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1/ THREAD: Fact — If #Soleimani had truly planned to bomb even a single embassy, Trump wouldn't have felt the need to publically increase it to four embassies during an interview yesterday.
#NoWarWithIran #TrumpIsUnfit
#NoWarWithIran #TrumpIsUnfit
2/ The fact that Trump suddenly increased the number to four embassies yesterday demonstrates his rationalization in attempting to justify the assassination of Soleimani (i.e., "more is better").
3/ If Trump were telling the truth, the potential bombing/attack upon one American embassy would be enough to carry out a significant preemptive strike of some sort upon Iran.
The Trump Admin. launched an unsuccessful attack against a 2nd senior Iranian official in #Yemen on the same night Soleimani was killed. Congress has not been briefed (not even at the classified briefing this week!). No justification has been provided.
The coordinated nature of these attacks raises further questions about the claim that Trump was reacting to an “imminent threat.” If these were part of a broader operation, then the failure to consult Congress is inexcusable. The American people need answers. #NoWarWithIran
This strike is also an escalation of U.S. involvement in Saudi Arabia’s war in #Yemen. The Pentagon has previously avoided direct involvement & last year the House & Senate passed a bipartisan resolution to end U.S. participation, which Trump vetoed. nytimes.com/2019/04/16/us/…
Since I’ve experienced it 1st hand more than once— I’m going to tell you what it’s like when you have a loved one & immediate family member who’s serving in a combat zone away from you, or is suddenly deployed with less than 24 hours notice to a war zone…
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Before they leave, you scramble to make sure everything’s in order:
—Finances
—Wills
—Last minute checks for next of kin notifications…just in case
Time always comes too fast—You wait til the last second watching their plane & your heart depart.
And you feel gutted & terrified.
—Finances
—Wills
—Last minute checks for next of kin notifications…just in case
Time always comes too fast—You wait til the last second watching their plane & your heart depart.
And you feel gutted & terrified.
You spend hours, days & sometimes, weeks waiting to hear from them.
And when you don’t, even though you swore you wouldn’t, you finally give in—terrified of what you may find & check the news anyway—to look for stories of air strikes or hostile activity in their part of the world
And when you don’t, even though you swore you wouldn’t, you finally give in—terrified of what you may find & check the news anyway—to look for stories of air strikes or hostile activity in their part of the world
I am proud to stand with my colleagues today to reassert our constitutional authority and introduce legislation—the No War Against Iran Act—to stop President Trump from leading this country into an illegal war against Iran.
The American people are sick and tired of endless wars.
The American people are sick and tired of endless wars.
When I look back upon American history I remember the two most significant foreign policy mistakes our country made in the modern era, and those are the war in Vietnam and the war in Iraq. And let us be clear, we were led into both of those wars by a series of lies.
The result: the war in Vietnam cost us 59,000 American deaths and many others who came home wounded in body and spirit. In fact, a whole generation was devastated by that war. The casualties in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia are almost incalculable.
1. 15 total missiles. 10 hit one base (Al-Assad), 1 near Erbil and the rest were duds. The missiles that hit sound like they were largely inconsequential.
Iran has the capability to hit us in Iraq with precision... but they didn’t.con’t
#WarWithIran #NoWarWithlran #IranAttacks
Iran has the capability to hit us in Iraq with precision... but they didn’t.con’t
#WarWithIran #NoWarWithlran #IranAttacks
2. `They could have targeted another base in Iraq that’s closer and has more US troops (Balad), but they didn’t. As of now it looks like a face saving symbolic attack.
It’s surprising as it’s a radical change from their usual doctrine... #NoWarWithIran #WarWithIran #Iran
It’s surprising as it’s a radical change from their usual doctrine... #NoWarWithIran #WarWithIran #Iran
3. They never use their regular military and rely on proxy. This might say more on the psychological effect the death of Soleimani has had inside Iran. The regime is acting out of weakness. The opposition within Iran and Iraq feel strengthened. Cont #NoWarWithlran #Iran
#BREAKING Soleimani was in Iraq to ease regional tensions; then Trump said ‘Kill him’
1/ From LiberationNews: The acting Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi addressed Parliament today with a recommendation for U.S. troops to be removed from the country.
1/ From LiberationNews: The acting Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi addressed Parliament today with a recommendation for U.S. troops to be removed from the country.
2/ That speech has been widely covered in the U.S. media but its most explosive revelations have been omitted or buried.
Abdul-Mahdi revealed that Soleimani traveled to Baghdad to deliver a message back from Iran to Saudi Arabia about a proposal to lower tensions in the region,
Abdul-Mahdi revealed that Soleimani traveled to Baghdad to deliver a message back from Iran to Saudi Arabia about a proposal to lower tensions in the region,
3/ that Soleimani was to meet with the Prime Minister the very morning he was assassinated, and — most crucially — that days prior Trump had asked the Iraqi Prime Minister to “play the mediator’s role” between the U.S. and Iran.
Iran announced today that it will no longer abide by the limits put in place by the #IranNuclearDeal. We don’t know all the details yet but this much is clear: this is serious and it’s entirely Donald Trump’s fault. Here’s what you need to know 👇
The most important thing to remember is that the #IranNuclearDeal was working, and Iran was complying —- and then Donald Trump violated it. Trump shredded it when he announced that the U.S. was leaving it in 2018.
Since taking office, Trump and his war cabinet have been doing everything they can to provoke a war with Iran. They have continued to escalate tensions, stoke fear, and spread misinformation.
1. One thing that struck me Thursday night after the assassination of Suleimani was people racing to agree that he had the blood of many Americans on his hands but a) without specifics and b) raising the question of why then was he virtually unknown to the average U.S. citizen
2. So the evidence - especially from Dexter Filkins' seminal 2013 NYer profile - is that Suleimani worked with Shi'ite militias in Iraq that killed Americans, especially with IEDs, during the mid-late 2000s. Why didn't US media publicize this? Where were the 'Wanted' posters?
3. I think the answer is simple. America didn't want to publicize the real outcome of our horribly misguided 2003 Iraq invasion, that it didn't make the world safer but opened the door for Iran to wield influence over Iran. In other words...
TULSI #NoWarWithIran TIMELINE:
@tulsigabbard has been warning about the sudden spark that could lead to war for years now. Tulsi was trying to stop this administration from having the power to declare war with Iran by introducing the "No More Presidential Wars Act." Congress
@tulsigabbard has been warning about the sudden spark that could lead to war for years now. Tulsi was trying to stop this administration from having the power to declare war with Iran by introducing the "No More Presidential Wars Act." Congress
including 188 House Democrats instead sided with Trump to scrap this provision.
October 12th, 2017
Press Release: Kucinich: Gen. Suleimani Killing ‘an Act of War’ Against Iran; Where's Congress?
Friday, January 3, 2020 - - Dennis J. Kucinich, former US Congressman (1997-2013) & two-time Democratic Presidential candidate, (2004, 2008) issued following statement upon the US drone strike at Baghdad airport that killed Iran’s top military leader, General Qassim Suleimani:
The extrajudicial-assassination of a top Iranian state official constitutes an illegal act of war against Iran, and risks a retaliatory response which imperils US officials and our soldiers world-wide.
1/8 Donald Trump has just unilaterally committed an act of war without the approval of Congress. Not even the Gang of 8 was informed.
#GeeksResist #OneVoice1 #DemCast
#NoWarInIran #Soleimani #WagTheDog2020 #TrumpsWar #WarWithIran
huffpost.com/entry/schumer-… via @HuffPostPol
#GeeksResist #OneVoice1 #DemCast
#NoWarInIran #Soleimani #WagTheDog2020 #TrumpsWar #WarWithIran
huffpost.com/entry/schumer-… via @HuffPostPol
2/8 Make no mistake. General Qassem Soleimani was an evil man responsible for the death of thousands, from employing sophisticated IEDs used against American troops to recent murdering of Iraqi protesters.
The Shadow Commander: newyorker.com/magazine/2013/…
The Shadow Commander: newyorker.com/magazine/2013/…
3/8 None-the-less, this is an act of war, the assassination of a powerful foreign leader, the second most powerful man in Iran, at a time when Trump has just been impeached and is facing trial while ALSO up for re-election.
#WagTheDog2020 nyti.ms/36iPzyp
#WagTheDog2020 nyti.ms/36iPzyp
13. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world?
#Hypocrites #DoubleStandards #Liars #Warlords #USRealTerrorists
#Hypocrites #DoubleStandards #Liars #Warlords #USRealTerrorists
Wrong US policies in the Middle East. Sanctions against Iran. Sanctions used by the USA as a war weapon🤨👇🏼
1. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world? 🤨👇🏼
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Hear me out. I remember when #Parkland happened, I went to pay my respects. I recall David Hogg, Emma Gonzalez, the other student activists being so aware that they had a limited media window to make an impact, to get their gun reform message out. Same thing now with the “camps.”
@MoveOn organized emergency responses around the country today. MOC are visiting “detention centers.” Some media outlets are getting access to photos. But we must remain on this- a year later it’s worse than ever for families separated, kept in squalor. #DontLookAway
There are many fronts to rally around, #NoWarWithIran, #NoTanksOnTheMall, #IvankaIsNotADiplomat, #MuellerReport, fighting to preserve women’s access to abortion, to name check some. Add in chaos, diversion amidst lots of serious issues; racism, attacks on the press. All of it bad
I am a shameless fan of @BravoTV. Their programming is a fascinating look at how differently people operate. I see connections to foreign policy and natsec way too often. This one couldn’t go by unnoticed.
The #VanderpumpRules reunion illustrated what's happening with #Iran. 1/
The #VanderpumpRules reunion illustrated what's happening with #Iran. 1/
Like the vast majority of negotiated agreements, this analogy is not perfect and the audience for it is quite niche [👋 hi, friends]
But hear (read) me out. 2/
But hear (read) me out. 2/
Takeaway from the three-part reunion: The Group employs "maximum pressure" constantly yelling and poking at James. When James bites back, they say “See?! The Real James. Burn it with fire.”
Sound familiar? 3/
Sound familiar? 3/
NEWS: I’m joining @RepRoKhanna & 18 others introducing a bipartisan amendment to the NDAA stating as clearly as we can that only Congress has the constitutional authority to authorize our military to engage in hostilities against Iran. #NoWarWithIran
The lack of leadership & clarity from this @WhiteHouse is quite frankly a national security threat. I am deeply concerned that this president & his warhawk cabinet are going to escalate this situation out of control.
Democrats do not want war with Iran. Republicans do not want war with Iran. The American people do not want war with Iran. Enough is enough!
I'm at a loss as to what to do to help stop a potential war with Iran, but I want to share with you my story...
My family came to the US in 1984 in the middle of the Iran / Iraq war. I was 10 when we left a city called Bandar Abbas, right at the tip of Strait of Hormuz.
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My family came to the US in 1984 in the middle of the Iran / Iraq war. I was 10 when we left a city called Bandar Abbas, right at the tip of Strait of Hormuz.
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I didn't put much thought into the regular sirens, followed by blackouts (power loss) that would happen regularly. Each time, my parents would take my sister and I to sit in door archways where the structure of the house was strongest to withstand a bomb blast.
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As a parent today, I can't imagine the psychological torture that a parent must feel trying to protect their kids from bombs and missiles. In 1984, my parents had enough. With little money, no language or know-how they gave up everything to start over in the United States.
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8. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world?
#Hypocrites #DoubleStandards #Liars #Warlords #USRealTerrorists
#Hypocrites #DoubleStandards #Liars #Warlords #USRealTerrorists
1. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world? 🤨👇🏼
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2. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world? 🤨👇🏼
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I’ve observed Colorado @SenCoryGardner since his election. What I’ve seen has left me dismayed. Rather than building bipartisan bridges to get things done, Cory became a supine Trump yes-man. There are 1000s reasons he shouldn’t be re-elected. Here are 101: #VoteCoryOut #COsen
#1: Even though he was elected by the narrowest of margins in 2014 in a state that has since voted for Hillary in 2016 & a democratic state govt trifecta in 2018, Cory continues to act as if he has a mandate from the white nationalist alt-right. #VoteCoryOut #cosen
#2: Cory Gardner has consistently voted for the extreme Trump agenda. During the 2019-2020 Congress, he’s voted with Trump over 90% of the time. During Trump’s 1st two years, Cory’s voting record was over 95% in line with Trump. #VoteCoryOut #cosen
Attacks on @TulsiGabbard for her good judgement is nonsensical
#Syria's President #Assad did not gas his own ppl👇Facts Matter‼️
It’s now revealed that @OPCW suppressed expert engineers report that found the cylinders were staged & not dropped from the air:
#Syria's President #Assad did not gas his own ppl👇Facts Matter‼️
It’s now revealed that @OPCW suppressed expert engineers report that found the cylinders were staged & not dropped from the air:
#WhyTulsi👇🤨
It’s now revealed that #OPCW suppressed expert engineers report that found the cylinders were likely not dropped from the air.
#Tulsi2020 #TulsiGabbard #NoMoreWars #ForeignPolicy #Syria #Assad
It’s now revealed that #OPCW suppressed expert engineers report that found the cylinders were likely not dropped from the air.
#Tulsi2020 #TulsiGabbard #NoMoreWars #ForeignPolicy #Syria #Assad
#ChemicalWeapons Attack Were Staged👇😡‼️
The #OPCW confirms that a leaked document on alleged gas cylinders at #Douma in #Syria is genuine. It says it is conducting 'an internal investigation' about its 'unauthorised release.' :
#Tulsi2020🌺
hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2019/05/strang…
The #OPCW confirms that a leaked document on alleged gas cylinders at #Douma in #Syria is genuine. It says it is conducting 'an internal investigation' about its 'unauthorised release.' :
#Tulsi2020🌺
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11. Holocaust in Yemen caused by US, France, UK, Saudi Arabia, UAEmirates, Israel, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Senegal, Sudan, Qatar, Morocco, Canada, Australia, Germany
#Yemen #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrime #Holocaust #YemenCantWait #YemenHolocaust #WorldHypocrisy
#Yemen #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrime #Holocaust #YemenCantWait #YemenHolocaust #WorldHypocrisy
1. Holocaust in Yemen caused by US, France, UK, Saudi Arabia, UAEmirates, Israel, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Senegal, Sudan, Qatar, Morocco, Canada, Australia, Germany 🤨👇🏼
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2. Holocaust in Yemen caused by US, France, UK, Saudi Arabia, UAEmirates, Israel, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Senegal, Sudan, Qatar, Morocco, Canada, Australia, Germany 🤨👇🏼
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5. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world?
#Hypocrites #DoubleStandards #Liars #Warlords #USRealTerrorists
#Hypocrites #DoubleStandards #Liars #Warlords #USRealTerrorists
1. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world?
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2. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world?
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[THREAD] #NoWarWithIran. I'm going to put everything I know about Iran and the push for war by the bipartisan neocon war hawks in Congress, the Trump administration, and especially the corporate media which uniformly pushes for more wars 24/7.
The good news is that most people seem to already know of the CIA backed overthrowing of Iran's democratically elected government in 1953, but just in case.
The video goes onto say that after the British, these five companies then had 40% of Iran's oil. The wars for oil go way back.
It's a scary time in Iran. US sanctions have caused prices to double or triple. There are shortages of food and medicine.
They talk about the possibility of war, but the reality for Iranians is that Trump's sanctions are war- and they're killing Iranians.#NoWarWithIran
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They talk about the possibility of war, but the reality for Iranians is that Trump's sanctions are war- and they're killing Iranians.#NoWarWithIran
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At my grocery store, basic subsidized staples like cheese and rice are rationed one per person.
People line up for hours to buy government-subsidized meat, since the price of "free market" meat has doubled.
People line up for hours to buy government-subsidized meat, since the price of "free market" meat has doubled.
A friend arrived at my house distraught the other day. On her way over, she saw an old man having a seizure. When she tried to help him, he told her that epilepsy medicine had doubled in price.
He couldn't afford to not have seizures anymore.
He couldn't afford to not have seizures anymore.
#WhyTulsi🌺@TulsiGabbard is right, alternative is #AlQaeda and #ISIS
Please see👇🇸🇾Over 200 Testimonies by #Syrian Orthodox, Anglican, Catholic Priests, Nuns and Many More #Christians ALL Defending #Syria's President #Assad as their protector.
Please see👇🇸🇾Over 200 Testimonies by #Syrian Orthodox, Anglican, Catholic Priests, Nuns and Many More #Christians ALL Defending #Syria's President #Assad as their protector.
Even #Mattis now admits there was NO evidence #Assad used poison gas on his own people. #Syria
Both the 2017 event in #KhanSheikhoun & the 2013 tragedy in #Ghouta are unsolved cases in the eyes of the #US Defense Dept & Defense Intelligence Agency. newsweek.com/now-mattis-adm…
Both the 2017 event in #KhanSheikhoun & the 2013 tragedy in #Ghouta are unsolved cases in the eyes of the #US Defense Dept & Defense Intelligence Agency. newsweek.com/now-mattis-adm…
TULSI on ASSAD & What She Witnessed in SYRIA
Mar 29, 2019
We find out why @TulsiGabbard met with #Assad, about the PEOPLE in #Syria and who she met when she visited Syria and much much more!
#Iran #NoWarWithIran
Mar 29, 2019
We find out why @TulsiGabbard met with #Assad, about the PEOPLE in #Syria and who she met when she visited Syria and much much more!
#Iran #NoWarWithIran
