CTPlayer:
Guess who else Trump blew up? Another really bad Terrorist

Inside the plot by Iran’s Soleimani to attack U.S. forces in Iraq

(Reuters) - In mid-October, Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani met with his Iraqi Shi’ite militia allies at a villa on the banks of the Tigris River, looking across at the U.S. embassy complex in Baghdad.

The Revolutionary Guards commander instructed his top ally in Iraq, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and other powerful militia leaders to step up attacks on U.S. targets in the country using sophisticated new weapons provided by Iran, two militia commanders and two security sources briefed on the gathering told Reuters.

The strategy session, which has not been previously reported, came as mass protests against Iran’s growing influence in Iraq were gaining momentum, putting the Islamic Republic in an unwelcome spotlight. Soleimani’s plans to attack U.S. forces aimed to provoke a military response that would redirect that rising anger toward the United States, according to the sources briefed on the gathering, Iraqi Shi’ite politicians and government officials close to Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.
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Muhandis, like Soleimani, had long been on the radar of the United States, which had declared Muhandis a terrorist. In 2007, a Kuwaiti court sentenced him to death in absentia for his involvement in the 1983 U.S. and French embassy bombings in Kuwait.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-...SKBN1Z301Z

"The Revolutionary Guards commander instructed his top ally in Iraq, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and other powerful militia leaders to step up attacks on U.S. targets in the country using sophisticated new weapons provided by Iran, two militia commanders and two security sources briefed on the gathering told Reuters

"If the above is what makes you labelled this man as a terrorist then you are talking nothing but absolute balderdash. We all know that terrorist are proud and bold enough to claim responsibility for their actions, Bin laden, bagdahdi, Abubakar shekau are good examples, and my question to you is did the US ever placed a Ransome for his capture like they have done to other well known global terrorists?

Was he openly accused as the Alpha coordinator of any terrorists acts and he claimed responsibility like terrorists do?

Above all the link you paste is completely different from your statements

mysticwarrior:
"The Revolutionary Guards commander instructed his top ally in Iraq, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and other powerful militia leaders to step up attacks on U.S. targets in the country using sophisticated new weapons provided by Iran, two militia commanders and two security sources briefed on the gathering told Reuters

"If the above is what makes you labelled this man as a terrorist then you are talking nothing but absolute balderdash. We all know that terrorist are proud and bold enough to claim responsibility for their actions, Bin laden, bagdahdi, Abubakar shekau are good examples, and my question to you is did the US ever placed a Ransome for his capture like they have done to other well known global terrorists?

Was he openly accused as the Alpha coordinator of any terrorists acts and he claimed responsibility like terrorists do?

Above all the link you paste is completely different from your statements

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-soleimani-insight/inside-the-plot-by-irans-soleimani-to-attack-u-s-forces-in-iraq-idUSKBN1Z301Z
(Reuters) - In mid-October, Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani met with his Iraqi Shi’ite militia allies at a villa on the banks of the Tigris River, looking across at the U.S. embassy complex in Baghdad.

The Revolutionary Guards commander instructed his top ally in Iraq, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and other powerful militia leaders to step up attacks on U.S. targets in the country using sophisticated new weapons provided by Iran, two militia commanders and two security sources briefed on the gathering told Reuters.

The strategy session, which has not been previously reported, came as mass protests against Iran’s growing influence in Iraq were gaining momentum, putting the Islamic Republic in an unwelcome spotlight. Soleimani’s plans to attack U.S. forces aimed to provoke a military response that would redirect that rising anger toward the United States, according to the sources briefed on the gathering, Iraqi Shi’ite politicians and government officials close to Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.

Soleimani’s efforts ended up provoking the U.S. attack on Friday that killed him and Muhandis, marking a major escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran. The two men died in air strikes on their convoy at a Baghdad airport as they headed to the capital, dealing a major blow to the Islamic Republic and the Iraqi paramilitary groups it supports.

Interviews with the Iraqi security sources and Shi’ite militia commanders offer a rare glimpse of how Soleimani operated in Iraq, which he once told a Reuters reporter he knew like the back of his hand.

Two weeks before the October meeting, Soleimani ordered Iranian Revolutionary Guards to move more sophisticated weapons - such as Katyusha rockets and shoulder-fired missiles that could bring down helicopters - to Iraq through two border crossings, the militia commanders and Iraqi security sources told Reuters.

At the Baghdad villa, Soleimani told the assembled commanders to form a new militia group of low-profile paramilitaries - unknown to the United States - who could carry out rocket attacks on Americans housed at Iraqi military bases. He ordered Kataib Hezbollah - a force founded by Muhandis and trained in Iran - to direct the new plan, said the militia sources briefed on the meetings.

Soleimani told them such a group “would be difficult to detect by the Americans,” one of the militia sources told Reuters.

FILE PHOTO: Iranian demonstrators chant slogans during a protest against the killing of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in front of United Nations office in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS
Before the attacks, the U.S. intelligence community had reason to believe that Soleimani was involved in “late stage” planning to strike Americans in multiple countries, including Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, U.S. officials told Reuters Friday on condition of anonymity. One senior U.S. official said Soleimani had supplied advanced weaponry to Kataib Hezbollah.

White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien told reporters on Friday that Soleimani had just come from Damascus, “where he was planning attacks on American soldiers, airmen, Marines, sailors and against our diplomats.”

An official at the headquarters of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards declined to comment. A spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry was not available for comment.

PICKING U.S. TARGETS WITH DRONES
The United States has grown increasingly concerned about Iran’s influence over the ruling elite in Iraq, which has been beset for months by protesters who accuse the government of enriching itself and serving the interests of foreign powers, especially Iran, as Iraqis languish in poverty without jobs or basic services.

Soleimani, leader of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, was instrumental in expanding Iran’s military influence in the Middle East as the operative who handles clandestine operations outside Iran. The 62-year-old general was regarded as the second-most powerful figure in Iran after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Muhandis, a former Iraqi lawmaker, oversaw Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), an umbrella grouping of paramilitary forces mostly consisting of Iran-backed Shi’ite militias that was formally integrated into Iraq’s armed forces.

Muhandis, like Soleimani, had long been on the radar of the United States, which had declared Muhandis a terrorist. In 2007, a Kuwaiti court sentenced him to death in absentia for his involvement in the 1983 U.S. and French embassy bombings in Kuwait.

Soleimani picked Kataib Hezbollah to lead the attacks on U.S. forces in the region because it had the capability to use drones to scout targets for Katyusha rocket attacks, one of the militia commanders told Reuters. Among the weapons that Soleimani’s forces supplied to its Iraqi militia allies last fall was a drone Iran had developed that could elude radar systems, the militia commanders said.

Kataib Hezbollah used the drones to gather aerial footage of locations where U.S. troops were deployed, according to two Iraqi security officials who monitor the movements of militias.

Slideshow (2 Images)
On December 11, a senior U.S. military official said attacks by Iranian-backed groups on bases hosting U.S. forces in Iraq were increasing and becoming more sophisticated, pushing all sides closer to an uncontrollable escalation.

His warning came two days after four Katyusha rockets struck a base near Baghdad international airport, wounding five members of Iraq’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service. No group claimed responsibility for the attack but a U.S. military official said intelligence and forensic analyses of the rockets and launchers pointed to Iranian-backed Shi’ite Muslim militia groups, notably Kataib Hezbollah and Asaib Ahl al-Haq.

On Dec. 27 more than 30 rockets were fired at an Iraqi military base near the northern Iraq city of Kirkuk. The attack killed a U.S. civilian contractor and wounded four American and two Iraq servicemen.

Washington accused Kataib Hezbollah of carrying out the attack, an allegation it denied. The United States then launched air strikes two days later against the militia, killing at least 25 militia fighters and wounding 55.

The attacks sparked two days of violent protests by supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups who stormed the U.S. Embassy’s perimeter and hurled rocks, prompting Washington to dispatch extra troops to the region and threaten reprisals against Tehran.

On Thursday – the day before the attack that killed Soleimani - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper warned that the United States might have to take preemptive action to protect American lives from expected attacks by Iran-backed militias.

“The game has changed,” he said.

CTPlayer:


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-soleimani-insight/inside-the-plot-by-irans-soleimani-to-attack-u-s-forces-in-iraq-idUSKBN1Z301Z
(Reuters) - In mid-October, Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani met with his Iraqi Shi’ite militia allies at a villa on the banks of the Tigris River, looking across at the U.S. embassy complex in Baghdad.

The Revolutionary Guards commander instructed his top ally in Iraq, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and other powerful militia leaders to step up attacks on U.S. targets in the country using sophisticated new weapons provided by Iran, two militia commanders and two security sources briefed on the gathering told Reuters.

The strategy session, which has not been previously reported, came as mass protests against Iran’s growing influence in Iraq were gaining momentum, putting the Islamic Republic in an unwelcome spotlight. Soleimani’s plans to attack U.S. forces aimed to provoke a military response that would redirect that rising anger toward the United States, according to the sources briefed on the gathering, Iraqi Shi’ite politicians and government officials close to Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.

Soleimani’s efforts ended up provoking the U.S. attack on Friday that killed him and Muhandis, marking a major escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran. The two men died in air strikes on their convoy at a Baghdad airport as they headed to the capital, dealing a major blow to the Islamic Republic and the Iraqi paramilitary groups it supports.

Interviews with the Iraqi security sources and Shi’ite militia commanders offer a rare glimpse of how Soleimani operated in Iraq, which he once told a Reuters reporter he knew like the back of his hand.

Two weeks before the October meeting, Soleimani ordered Iranian Revolutionary Guards to move more sophisticated weapons - such as Katyusha rockets and shoulder-fired missiles that could bring down helicopters - to Iraq through two border crossings, the militia commanders and Iraqi security sources told Reuters.

At the Baghdad villa, Soleimani told the assembled commanders to form a new militia group of low-profile paramilitaries - unknown to the United States - who could carry out rocket attacks on Americans housed at Iraqi military bases. He ordered Kataib Hezbollah - a force founded by Muhandis and trained in Iran - to direct the new plan, said the militia sources briefed on the meetings.

Soleimani told them such a group “would be difficult to detect by the Americans,” one of the militia sources told Reuters.

FILE PHOTO: Iranian demonstrators chant slogans during a protest against the killing of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in front of United Nations office in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS
Before the attacks, the U.S. intelligence community had reason to believe that Soleimani was involved in “late stage” planning to strike Americans in multiple countries, including Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, U.S. officials told Reuters Friday on condition of anonymity. One senior U.S. official said Soleimani had supplied advanced weaponry to Kataib Hezbollah.

White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien told reporters on Friday that Soleimani had just come from Damascus, “where he was planning attacks on American soldiers, airmen, Marines, sailors and against our diplomats.”

An official at the headquarters of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards declined to comment. A spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry was not available for comment.

PICKING U.S. TARGETS WITH DRONES
The United States has grown increasingly concerned about Iran’s influence over the ruling elite in Iraq, which has been beset for months by protesters who accuse the government of enriching itself and serving the interests of foreign powers, especially Iran, as Iraqis languish in poverty without jobs or basic services.

Soleimani, leader of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, was instrumental in expanding Iran’s military influence in the Middle East as the operative who handles clandestine operations outside Iran. The 62-year-old general was regarded as the second-most powerful figure in Iran after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Muhandis, a former Iraqi lawmaker, oversaw Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), an umbrella grouping of paramilitary forces mostly consisting of Iran-backed Shi’ite militias that was formally integrated into Iraq’s armed forces.

Muhandis, like Soleimani, had long been on the radar of the United States, which had declared Muhandis a terrorist. In 2007, a Kuwaiti court sentenced him to death in absentia for his involvement in the 1983 U.S. and French embassy bombings in Kuwait.

Soleimani picked Kataib Hezbollah to lead the attacks on U.S. forces in the region because it had the capability to use drones to scout targets for Katyusha rocket attacks, one of the militia commanders told Reuters. Among the weapons that Soleimani’s forces supplied to its Iraqi militia allies last fall was a drone Iran had developed that could elude radar systems, the militia commanders said.

Kataib Hezbollah used the drones to gather aerial footage of locations where U.S. troops were deployed, according to two Iraqi security officials who monitor the movements of militias.

Slideshow (2 Images)
On December 11, a senior U.S. military official said attacks by Iranian-backed groups on bases hosting U.S. forces in Iraq were increasing and becoming more sophisticated, pushing all sides closer to an uncontrollable escalation.

His warning came two days after four Katyusha rockets struck a base near Baghdad international airport, wounding five members of Iraq’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service. No group claimed responsibility for the attack but a U.S. military official said intelligence and forensic analyses of the rockets and launchers pointed to Iranian-backed Shi’ite Muslim militia groups, notably Kataib Hezbollah and Asaib Ahl al-Haq.

On Dec. 27 more than 30 rockets were fired at an Iraqi military base near the northern Iraq city of Kirkuk. The attack killed a U.S. civilian contractor and wounded four American and two Iraq servicemen.

Washington accused Kataib Hezbollah of carrying out the attack, an allegation it denied. The United States then launched air strikes two days later against the militia, killing at least 25 militia fighters and wounding 55.

The attacks sparked two days of violent protests by supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups who stormed the U.S. Embassy’s perimeter and hurled rocks, prompting Washington to dispatch extra troops to the region and threaten reprisals against Tehran.

On Thursday – the day before the attack that killed Soleimani - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper warned that the United States might have to take preemptive action to protect American lives from expected attacks by Iran-backed militias.

“The game has changed,” he said.

judging from how quick it was for you to respond to my quote, convinceable evidence suggests you copied and pasted all your response cos the message is too long for a quick reply.

Secondly I asked a question and I would appreciate it if you could kindly answer my questions with anough evidence to give credit to your ascertion.

ahhh yeah..

typical.
calling a dog bad name just to hang it.

im sure we will soon read an article linking soulemani to the death of jesus.

where have I heard all these propagandas before? oh yeah, every countries us of a have invaded.

if they are not looking for non existing wmd in iraq capable of killing every Americans, they are covertly taking out world leaders on suspicion that he might be terrorist.

anyone not willing to play ball like the Saudis will either be assassinated or sanctioned.
yet everyone kept indulging and feeding this facist monster cos of religious affiliations.


im just glad more than 50% americans voted against that orange clown that still acting like he is still the 1940s.
it shows that the clown doesn't represent majority of americans. cos it would be really sad if he does.

The Iranian government is winning at the moment, all they need to does is nothing.

Presently, without a shadow of a doubt, Iran is the most influential power in the region.

Their influence spans from Tehran much of central Asia up to the Levant.

They should accept the assasination of the famous Captain as collateral damage for the rapid gains made by Soleimani himself, and pass on any sort of retaliation that is outside of the scope of their strategic jurisdiction.

The Trump administration are unstable and that could be tragic to all the gains the deceased General worked to acquire.

It has just been further confirmed that the United States sponsored Buhari’s election in 2015 guess who was the US president in 2015.

But Dems are crying wolf cos of Putin.

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander

mysticwarrior:
judging from how quick it was for you to respond to my quote, convinceable evidence suggests you copied and pasted all your response cos the message is too long for a quick reply.

Secondly I asked a question and I would appreciate it if you could kindly answer my questions with anough evidence to give credit to your ascertion.

LOL

https://twitter.com/NTarnopolsky/status/1214249290303987713?s=19

Satanyahu just went AWOL on big uncle Sam.

Anyone following up the shitshow going on in the DoD? Milley and his group of clowns just help prove the clown show going on with this admin of morons.

Nikki Haley nailed it on Hannity: You don’t see China, Russia or other countries speaking out and mourning Iran terrorist Solemani. The only ones publicly speaking out are Democrats and Dem presidential candidates. Yeah, no one but the stupid Democrats are mourning the terrorist piece of shit.

Just to get this straight, according to Democrats, killing the terrorist responsible for hundreds of American deaths is bad.

Kopfschmerzens:
Anyone following up the shitshow going on in the DoD? Milley and his group of clowns just help prove the clown show going on with this admin of morons.

I can see how you stylishly avoided my last post,

You liberals are bloody hypocrites.

Timbuktuo:


When will you arrive at your point?

What do you mean 'arrive at your point'? It's very clear


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj01U8l35OI

wirinet:


- the Benghazi US embassy attack was carried out by members of the Islamic militant group Ansar al-Sharia , a Sunni groups - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Benghazi_attack
Sunnis and shites don't see eye to eye.

Yes oil tankers were attacked by Iran in the gulf of Hormuz, but we're any of them US tankers? Besides how come you are holding only one man responsible for an action carried out by the Iranian government?

- The drone was violating Iranian airspace. Do you want the Iranians to the escorting US surveillance drones spying on their territory?

- You have evidence that General Soleimani ordered the attack on US embassy in Baghdad? Or you ascribe all actions carried out by any member of the Quds Force to Soleimani?

How many Iranian and Iraqi citizens has US troops on the orders of their Generals killed over the decades? Are you insinusting that it's fair game for Iraqis and Iranians to bomb US Generals and citizens wherever they may be in the world, even in allied countries, without informing them?

This is sth. everyone seems to have forgotten

Guess who said this:

"Our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate - he's weak and ineffective.

"So the only way he figures that he's going to get re-elected, and as sure as you're sitting there, is to start a war with Iran."

LMFAO!

you guys need to watch this



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEiwoY_6ll8

zendi:
Absolute bleeding heart idiocy.
The Statue of Liberty, proclaiming come one come all, is a STATUE, not a STATUTE, not the US Immigration and Naturalisation Act, which Trump is enforcing.
Western liberalism is a mental disorder.

https://googleweblight.com/i?u=https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/01/06/j,e-biden-complains-donald-trump-is-blocking-worlds-poor-from-the-united-states/&hl=en-NG&tg=68&pt=9

Funny how you are posting this crap with your NG search box, plus i don't take losers that gulp crap from breitbart serious.

fieryy:


What do you mean 'arrive at your point'? It's very clear


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj01U8l35OI

An average trumpster live in the world of lies and alternative realities..All they do is to lick trump's ass

Kopfschmerzens:


Funny how you are posting this crap with your NG search box, plus i don't take losers that gulp crap from breitbart serious.

O yes, you only gulp crap from CNN, when they're not busy issuing fake news retractions or settling defamation lawsuits.
Link, by the way, quoted from Breitbart (Hard) News.
Bicos your Lamestream Media would love to sweep this type under the carpet.

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/01/07/cnn-settles-lawsuit-with-covington-catholic-student-nick-sandmann/

PDPGuy:

Professor Emeritus of Bullshiting from Trump University. LMFAO!

Booming economy, ISIS leader dead, Iran military leader dead, deterrence back with 0 American casualties, 187 solid judges (incl. 2 on SCOTUS), record deregulation, record low unemployment, wages rising for 1st time in 10 yrs, etc.

Admit it: the man is an excellent president.

2days ago

trump:: "The United States just spent Two Trillion Dollars on Military Equipment. We are the biggest and by far the BEST in the World! If Iran attacks an American Base, or any American, we will be sending some of that brand new beautiful equipment their way...and without hesitation!"


iran: *attacks biggest usa base in iraq*


trump: iran backing down. l want a deal. im sanctioning them more.



trump supporters: admit it. the man is an excellent president.





clowns

garetz:
Booming economy, ISIS leader dead, Iran military leader dead, deterrence back with 0 American casualties, 187 solid judges (incl. 2 on SCOTUS), record deregulation, record low unemployment, wages rising for 1st time in 10 yrs, etc.

Admit it: the man is an excellent president.

Yeah he is, he's really good at presidenting.

happney65:


And remember how Jamal Khassogi was butchered and his body dismembered..And what did they say after a year?Some people have been sentenced to death..People we do not even know...

Ani Oloshi ni awon trumpsters yenn,they live in the world of alternative facts and only choose what they want to believe..How is Iran different from saudi arabia that is even a greater killer..

Shior!

its not just the executions, it is the medieval, barbaric, retrogressive methods used, chopping to bits, beheading, crucifixion, flailing in this modern age and Trump US doesn't label them a terrorist regime and dumb house niggers are maga-ing their two brain cells in approval with slobbering appraisal

happney65:


I am not sympathizing with terror..Just telling you if you call Iran a rogue nation which it is,Likewise Saudi Arabia which Trump is in bed with..Both of them are rogue Nations and state sponsors of terror..that is what they are..Both of them..

Trump came in and tore up the Iran nuclear deal..A deal that has kept the peace before now.. because that is how you do to countries like that..But hey,the the billions in arms sales to the Saudis are ultimately more important than Khashoggi’s life

on trump tearing up the Iran nuclear deal without an iota of common sense, listen to Hillary Clinton, it appears she was prophetic to the dotted "I"
https://www.facebook.com/908009612563863/posts/3338008246230642/
only error she made was thinking Americans have a deep reserve of common sense because Trump's election shows that reserve to have been shallow! Here's to hoping it is deep enough this time

garetz:



Saudi Arabia is a US ally, they are not launching attacks against US interests, killing US citizens or attacking US embassies, they are not a threat to the US but Iran is doing all that so Trump has a responsibility to neutralize the threat they pose.

they are not launching attacks against America, they are only the hotbed, spiritual and ideological fountain of wahabbi sunni extremism both state sponsored and unofficial! Hell! Majority of the 9/11 bombers were Saudi nationals, hell, the recent attack on a US military base stateside was by a Saudi officer, but what does all that matter compared to Saudi patronage of trump hotels and a multi billion dollars arms deal?

ribbit:
okay then..
I hope you are not also a supporter of Nnamdi kanu. when Buhari decided to nuke him with otumokpo or send sars after him for killing policemen.



cos most of you trump supporters tend to love kanu

my brother, too much sense wee not kee you

GOP Senator says it is probably the worst briefing ever since he got into the Senate...Hehehehhehehehehe

kokaneprodigy:

Do u know the US has its intelligence gathering network?
The US won’t go to a foreign land to strike the dude if they don’t have strong intel.

After all he never came out to tell the world he would be in Baghdad but US knew + details of his itinerary enough to know when and where to send the drone.

Intelligence gathering.

is it the same US intelligence agencies whose assessment on 2016 election meddling and the role of Putin's Russia trump refuses to accept? Or have they suddenly stopped becoming the Republicans deep state! Conservatives tend to become more stupid and contradictory especially when they think they are making sense! Have you read China's foreign ministers response? To paraphrase, they will not stand by and tolerate the unilateralism and bullying of Iran by anyone. It seems Iran will get its nukes eventually afterall

kokaneprodigy:


Let me also ask you this.

If a group of people u are affiliated to decide to kill in ur name, they claim to do such on your behalf publicly. You on the other hand didn’t come out to denounce the killings publicly, instead you keep quiet with your body language encouraging them.

There’s something they say about silence meaning consent.

then why is the trump administration hard pressed to provide any tangible evidence that he was directly planning anything against the US? The general was an active player in the middle East especially in Syria against Isis! Yeah, he was a bad guy, but he had more than one facet to his profile and yes, he was an unconventional ally in the fight against Isis! If the US thinks they would attack Iran and NATO would back them or Russia and China would fold its hands and watch then I have a skyscraper to sell to you in sambisa! Even erdhogan of turkey won't ally with the US in a fight against Iran because believe it or not they are a force in the middle East! Partisanship aside, the whole world recognizes bare faced bullying when it sees it, the worst part is that irrespective of how decent and honorable the next President is, Iran isn't coming back to the negotiating table or shelving their nuclear program anymore! All because trump wanted to massage his ego