First of all if this man was planning to kill Americans they have all kinds of people over there that can do that. Killing him does not stop a thing. The only thing it did do was start some mess we will not be able to get out of too easy. If Trump thinks Iran and all those groups over there are going to bow down to him and become cowards now he has another thing coming. They have people over there who have been looking for trouble and Trump played right into it. God help us for what is about to come. […]

And let the Church say Amen, BD.

And let the Church say Amen.

I can’t offer you any kind of analysis. Like my Iranian friend, I feel that this is out of our hands. If you pray, pray for peace. […] 1-5-20

TAC Reader:
As the resurgent Rumsfelds, Wolfowitzes and Boltons put it {in the run-up to the Iraq invasion}, we are an Empire now, and we create our own reality that the rest have to live in. There is no recognized accountable limit to American power to destroy whomever fails to submit to whomever wields that power, which is not us ordinary Americans. But because this tyranny speaks English, it is the best of all possible worlds? We have forgotten God, so we do not seek His will be done on earth, as in Heaven, but that of our lusts. […]

We have forgotten God, so we do not seek His will be done on earth, as in Heaven, but that of Our, corruption, greed and lusts. WE (America) are drunk with unbridled Power and THAT is Our damnable Failure.

The very parliament we helped install votes to expel our troops.

Excerpt:
Lost amid the Iranian recriminations over the assassination of Qassem Soleimani has been the outrage in Iraq. Soleimani was popular there, too, and Iraqi militia figures, including the powerful Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, were killed during our attack. Thousands have poured into Baghdad to mourn Soleimani’s death, and now the Iraqi parliament has taken a remarkable step. […] D. Larison, TAC writer, 1-5-20

Now please note: “Although the vote was 170-0 in Parliament, many of its 328 members, primarily Kurds and Sunnis, did not attend the session and did not vote.”

And I don’t think it’s binding. But still..it’s “a remarkable step.”

The Trump administration has made a habit of lying about all things related to Iran, so it should come as no surprise that their official justification for killing Soleimani is similarly dishonest. Pompeo has said that the assassination was ordered to prevent an “imminent” attack, but that appears to be based on Nothing. […] Daniel Larison, TAC writer, 1-4-20

TAC Reader:
The Iraqi parliament and, I believe, its prime minister have called for the withdrawal of US troops. If they don’t want us in their country we will become an army of occupation. […]