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And the first lesson for 2020 is: “America, I’ve got your back.”

by Vanderleun on January 2, 2020

“I’ll bet everyone in foreign service feels a whole lot safer today. And, the Persians didn’t bait him into a war.” — c w swanson

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Mumblix Grumph January 2, 2020, 7:07 AM

The greatest past of Trump’s response is the Press has to actually mention Benghazi.

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Terry January 2, 2020, 7:29 AM

I would be quite happy if President Trump would now respond to the deep state terrorists here in the US. Much larger target list than anything in Iraq and much more dangerous to Americans.

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OneGuy January 2, 2020, 8:39 AM

But for most on the left this is just another reason he has to go.

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Sam L. January 2, 2020, 9:30 AM

Trump’s a MAN, and a mensch.

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Gordon Scott January 2, 2020, 9:57 AM

Boy it is interesting. He really is calibrating the responses very carefully. He does NOT want to get into a shooting war with Iran. Of course we are “increasingly isolated” and “have no respect” on the world scene. All of the power rests in the hands of the moral superpowers like Sweden and Canada.

Yeah, Canada, who had to call us when they wanted to fly some troops to Asia to help with tsunami relief.

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Ralph Kinney Bennett January 2, 2020, 7:59 PM

Wouldn’t you just love the see the look on the bearded face of the miserable little prick (forget his name at moment) who’s the “spiritual leader” of Iran, when he got the news of what happened at Baghdad Airport earlier today.

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Snakepit Kansas January 3, 2020, 4:46 AM

If you mess with the bull, you get the horn. And certainly not a pallet full of cash.
NO BENGHAZI!!!

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CC January 5, 2020, 1:00 PM

How can there be so much circumstantial evidence against these traitors, but nothing that can generate an arrest warrant?

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Only by Fire is Fascism Finished

Year upon year in Earth’s darker forests,
Heaped at the foot of the trees,
Dry drifts of wood rot and leaf fall increase
Which sunlight shall never seize.

The vampire by sunlight or stake.
The wolfman by silver in bone.
The demon by bell, book, and pentagram.
The fascist by fire alone.

The ash that descends in the September skies
Where the leapers swam down the stones?
Best answered by bombs from mid-heaven at prayer
With that fire which hollows the bones.

The vampire by sunlight or stake.
The wolfman by silver in bone.
The demon by bell, book, and pentagram.
The fascist by fire alone.

If their god decrees war, God’s war shall prevail.
His lessons are seared in His stone.
No dreams shall defer, nor wishes erase,
The answers that burn in the bone.

The vampire by sunlight or stake.
The wolfman by silver in bone.
The demon by bell, book, and pentagram.
The fascist by fire alone.

Only by Fire is Fascism Finished.
This Sin is demanded that Your Line may Live.
Only through Fire is Freedom Reborn.
Each generation pulls the Sword from the Stone.

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