Soft doubt @Trainspotting_Vagabond

Levying hefty sanctions on Iran can be considered an act of war

Is attacking your embassy an act of war?

@Lidomite that's more of an impact tbh.

What about blowing up the largest oil facility in the world owned by your ally? Is that an act of war?

"ally"

Stop distracting from the issue, Louis

I want to know how this supposed war gets started.

so am i the only one who thinks that there is a lot of black ops shit going on right now against Iran and that the death of the Iranian general is just one of them?

If the Iranian government killed General Mattis, wouldn't we consider that an act of war? The Embassy attack should have never happened, and its defense was the right move. I don't trust the Neo-cons/libs who tow the pro war line. It won't be the actions, it'll be the political influence from Washington.

What's black ops about a designated terrorist getting killed when he was galivanting around Iraq?

You are still not telling me how this war gets started.

it's just came out of the fucking blue

What do you mean out of the blue? QS was directing the attack on the US embassy in Baghdad. And he got killed.

ok i didn't knew that bit

Yeah. Personally directing. He was there in front of the embassy

sauce for that

i wanna see the vid

lol

There's no vid. There's a picture. Can't be assed to find it. He was killed in Iraq. How do you think he found himself in Iraq?

why would an Iranian General be in Iraq in the first place, last i check they still hate each other cause religion and that whole Iran-Iraq war thing

i mean i wasnt questioning it

i was just wondering if you had it on hand

@Trainspotting_Vagabond The political influence from Washington. Trump has the final say, and he will never declare war.

To help coordinate attacks in iraq

essentially

Sorry, don't have it

@everybodydothatdinosaur if that's the case shouldn't they had send someone else instead of a high priority target like a general?

That's how fucking bold the Iranians got

then again what am i expecting from a country who thinks 90's tech is cutting edge....

ok since it's clear i'm way behind in my Middle east pol give me a quick catch up about wtf Iran been up to for the past two years

Past forever.

The thing is, that the iranians had become increasingly aggressive

Capturing trade ships. Blowing up the oil processing facility. Wanton acts of terrorism. QS has been responsible for the death and maiming of hundreds if not thousands of US soldiers.

They tried to assassinate several politicians for example

And mined civilian areas, attacked our people and wahtnot, finally culminating in an attack on an embassy

https://nypost.com/2018/10/31/iran-assassination-plot-is-a-wake-up-call-for-the-west/

There's a reason why the Iran Deal never went through Congress. Appeasing that shithole was never tenable.

It's a country ran by a crazy person who doesn't care if all his people die in a glorious war to get to heavan

With that kind of mentality it's kind of hard to negotiate

all that's left is basically force