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re: The tweet about targeting things of importance to Iranian culture

Posted on 1/5/20 at 10:42 pm to
Posted by Redbone
my castle
Member since Sep 2012
20631 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 10:42 pm to
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Or was this just worded badly
Worded correctly.

The way to win wars is demoralize the people. They crumble from within.

You win wars by breaking shite and killing people ... period.
Posted by YipSkiddlyDooo
Member since Apr 2013
3786 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 10:49 pm to
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Oh, that would be terrorism? But .... if Trump did it, it’s somehow not?


I’m amazed at how intent is interpreted and believed so strongly by some. Here is what Trump actually said in the tweet...

quote:

important to Iran & the Iranian culture


So some of the targeted location are important to Iranian culture. That does NOT guarantee it is a “cultural site” as every MSM headline would suggest.

Let’s pretend it’s 1860 and a foreign country were to attack a portion of the transcontinental railroad. Would that be a war crime? Because at that time the railroad could have certainly been “important to the US and American culutre,” while also having legitimate military/strategic value.

I don’t get why some mosque where a high value target is known to be 5 times a day, gets a hellfire put through a window to eliminate said target, is suddenly a war crime? Would that building (which now has been damaged) not possibly be considered important to Iranian culture?

I don’t get why reading comprehension for so many, is so stinking hard...
Posted by Catchfalaya
Member since Feb 2018
2053 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 10:49 pm to
If our enemies use these mosques for cover to hide from aerial bombardment, then shame on them. To me it would be fair game to target.
Posted by tigerterrace
Mobile, Alabama
Member since Sep 2016
3475 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 10:54 pm to
I drop so many bombs that it would be hard to see a roach move in a week.
Posted by MeatCleaverWeaver
Member since Oct 2013
22175 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 10:59 pm to
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He's trying to be as mean and hurtful as he can, because that is what he does. Unfortunately his moral compass is based on the early 20th century and the USA and world has evolved since then.

I don't think he would ever hit such targets, but then again he has little value for culture


I bet you sound just like John Ritter’s character Vaughn on Sling Blade saying this .
Posted by DeafJam73
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
19122 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 11:01 pm to
I’m seeing conversation that destroying sites of cultural significance would be a war crime. Is that true?
Posted by Richleau
Member since Dec 2018
4089 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 11:03 pm to
I would think killing the ayatollah would meet all satisfactions, cultural importance and the like. I dont think he means blowing up a church. That's not something to jive to.
Posted by choppadocta
Louisiana
Member since May 2014
2415 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 11:04 pm to
Some of you might be too young to remember but Saddam Hussein hid/ placed Mig fighters near sone of Iraq's most holiest/oldest cultural sites knowing that we would not strike them for fear of world/Islam allies backlash

L.a times
Posted by DeafJam73
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
19122 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 11:10 pm to
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I would think killing the ayatollah would meet all satisfactions, cultural importance and the like. I dont think he means blowing up a church. That's not something to jive to.


I would hope his staff would recommend not to target historical/cultural places. It’s a bad image. This ayatollah has been spouting off about killing Americans. I’d be okay to see him go.
Posted by Evolved Simian
Bushwood Country Club
Member since Sep 2010
23150 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 11:13 pm to
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bombing of non-military cultural sites


If they are mosques, I honestly don't give a shite. They are the source of most everything that is wrong with the world today. I hate saying that, but it is undeniably true.
Posted by SoulGlo
Shinin' Through
Member since Dec 2011
17248 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 11:19 pm to
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I'd say it depends on where the targets are hanging out. If some of the top dogs hang out in some mosque intending to use it as a shield, why not? These groups are not above similar behavior.



Wrong.





Those frickers destroy historical sites to erase history. Much like Progressives. Hmm.

Cultural sites i.portant to the Mullahs may not be cultural sites important to Persians.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
62750 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 11:27 pm to
quote:

YipSkiddlyDooo


This guy gets it. Trump didn't say we're targeting cultural sites.
Posted by Threelot
Abraham's Oasis
Member since Oct 2017
85 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 11:29 pm to
Fortunately, it will be military officers carrying out orders. And they won't. It's a war crime.
Posted by Doctor Strangelove
Member since Feb 2018
3354 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 11:34 pm to
It’s obvious Trump is talking about targeting sheep and goats with large thighs.
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
76373 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 11:35 pm to
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I don't think he would ever hit such targets, but then again he has little value for culture.


If only he'd done strike his own citizens like Barry did, right?

Abdulrahman al-Awlaki
Posted by Northwestern tiger
Long Island NY
Member since Oct 2005
23750 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 11:39 pm to
This would be really insane if he attacks the Iranian cultural sites. It would be similar to what isis did to the heritage sites in Syria .
Posted by Azkiger
Member since Nov 2016
27004 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 11:40 pm to
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But .... if Trump did it, it’s somehow not?


If there's terrorists hiding in a cultural building IDGAF. Make like Godzilla and flatten it.
Posted by Wild Thang
YAW YAW Fooball Nation
Member since Jun 2009
44181 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 11:45 pm to
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DavidTheGnome


GFY
Posted by Priapus
Member since Oct 2012
1950 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 11:50 pm to
What happened when the Germans holed up in Christian churches across Europe? We leveled them.

If you think DJT is going to let the followers of a religion that is about as legit as Scientology hide out under their little domes, you have to be as dumb as a rock.
Posted by flyAU
Member since Dec 2010
24900 posts
Posted on 1/5/20 at 11:53 pm to
Psychological warfare.

If he targets their favorite retirement home with the attached preschool, I would have an issue.
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