Posts posted by atomheartbevo
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Officers told journalists that the troops knew a few hours in advance that they were going to be hit.
And they only targeted American areas of the air base, which is only about a quarter of the entire base.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/11/middleeast/iran-strike-al-asad-air-base-exclusive-intl/index.html
QuoteUnited States troops at the Al-Asad air base in Iraq were aware that an Iranian attack was imminent, allowing them to take shelter two-and-a-half-hours before missiles struck on Wednesday, CNN has been told during an exclusive tour of the devastated site.
Most troops were either flown out of the base or sheltering in bunkers by 11:00 p.m. local time Tuesday -- shortly before the first of four volleys of missiles began at just after 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, officers said during the first tour by journalists of the air base.
Yeah, they were really fucking accurate
QuoteThe attack lasted around two hours, only targeting the US areas of the air base, which comprise around a quarter of the Iraqi base.
Officers called it a "miracle" that there were no casualties at the blasted site, with missiles landing just a few meters from bunkers, and some essential personnel remaining outside throughout.
It is the first time troops at the base have spoken in detail of the moments before the attack, revealing that they were able to seek shelter in bunkers shortly before missiles struck.
US troops knew there was going to be an attack on their base -- they just didn't know what the nature of the attack would be.
QuoteIraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi previously said Iran sent Iraq an official verbal message that an attack "had begun or would begin shortly," on unspecified US military locations.
An Arab diplomatic source also told CNN that Iraq gave advance warning to the US on "which bases would be hit" after Iranian officials passed on the information.
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2 hours ago, Jack Straw said:
we all know that every single Republican who said they “do not approve” of Trump in those polls will vote for him anyway.
Piggybacking on this, and tying into my insecurity comment - Trump's obsession with polls is another solid indicator that he's insecure as hell. If he was as popular as he tries to convince people that he is, he wouldn't need to be telling people, but I can't decide if he's doing that for the benefit of his followers, or if he's trying to convince himself.
In fact, from a political point-of-view, it may serve his best interests to be posting stuff that would make his base feel like he's slightly behind and that every one of their votes is going to count when the time comes. If he keeps pushing this notion that he's as popular as he claims, some of his base may get complacent and skip voting.
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8 hours ago, Goredho said:
Yeah, that one is complicated. I do think he honestly believes he’s a genius, called upon by a higher power and the best President that ever graced America with his leadership. I think the root of his incessant lying is because his self-image is so diametrically opposed to reality. He has to manufacture a reality that supports his view of himself and feels extremely uncomfortable when anything threatens it. It’s why he has to go to LSU v Bama after the World Series, kill an Iranian general before impeachment can be ramped back up, tell everyone his inauguration was the biggest, etc...
I think it ties into what Red Five said - Trump isn’t quite consciously aware of his insecurity, and everybody around him is afraid of telling him to tone it down on twitter and in speeches.
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1 hour ago, Goredho said:
His only skills are a lust for conflict, a self-confidence that is as unshakable as it is unwarranted, a savvy understanding of base human nature, a knack for media manipulation and a complete void of conscience that allows him to operate unconstrained by ethics or morality.
Trump has little self-confidence. He is constantly looking for positive feedback and positive reinforcement from Twitter, Fox News, Republicans in Congress, his cabinet. He is drawn to men who act more powerful than him. In theory, he should be the most powerful man in the world, but he acts subservient to people like Putin, Lil Kim, the Saudis
Rarely does a day go by where he doesn’t display his utter lack of self-confidence on twitter for all the world to see.
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18 minutes ago, GSU&UT said:
I'm not going to argue that and really feel like we'll see the same things repeat if Biden wins the nomination.
Biden doesn't have decades of hatred from the GOP and more than a few independents like Hillary had.
Trump knows this. That's why Trump is so fixated on Hunter - he's doing everything he can to gin up the same level of hatred and angst against Joe Biden as he tapped into with Hillary, and he and the Republicans just can't do it.
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4 hours ago, FondrenRoad said:
The GOP is trying to implement a 100 year plan right now so they can maintain power after demographic change.
No they aren't. If they gave a shit about the demographic change, which is happening faster than they expected, things would be a lot different. Instead, they are doing plenty of things that are turning off a shitload of young people, minorities, etc. and they have no care in the world.
Those two dozen or so Republicans that are retiring from Congress are not doing so for shits and giggles.
Right now, the store is on fire thanks to them, and they are looting the cash registers as they run out the door.
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On Devin Nunes, the dingleberry on the asshole that is Donald Trump
in Cloak Room
His distinguished academic career in political science and international relations, as well as his law degree.