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Why has the US attacked Iran? Trump’s ‘huge gamble’ explained

Patience with diplomacy has expired, and a major military onslaught against Iran has started. As with any strategy for victory, the military means will need to be matched to achievable ends.

It seems from the outset that President Trump is setting the most ambitious objective: toppling the Islamic regime of the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Announcing the strikes on Saturday, he talked about the regime’s “unending campaign of bloodshed and mass murder” against the US and its allies, as well as telling Iranians, “your hour of freedom is at hand”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran, Israel, USA

U.K., Germany, and France Call for Return to Negotiations After Iran Strikes

The U.S.-Israel-led strikes on Iran started overnight and are probably going to continue for some time. Both Canada and Australia have issued statements in support of the strikes, but there has been objections from others.

Germany, France, and the U.K. are calling for a restoration of negotiations following the strikes, with French President Macron saying the operation “carries grave consequences for international peace and security.”

I am surprised carney came out in support of the Iran strike.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran, Israel, USA

American Muslims Must Acknowledge the Supremacy of the Constitution Over Sharia Law

What started as a debate over dogs begs a vital question.

Florida Congressman Randy Fine got into a fight with New York Palestinian activist and Mamdami advisor Nerdeen Kiswani over dog poop in the NYC snow emergency. This culminated in Fine saying words to the effect that, given the choice between Muslims and dogs, he’d choose dogs, igniting a political firestorm that has some in Congress calling for Fine’s resignation or expulsion. This is one of those seemingly frivolous things that seem to break out in the slow news days of August and February, when weather extremes make tempers short. However, it brings to the surface once again the clash of cultures between the Muslim world and the West, and raises the specific question of how much loyalty devout Muslims can give to the U.S. Constitution when they are seeking citizenship.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

Border Patrol Union Chief Upsets PBS: ‘Media’s Misleading the Public’ on Deportations

On Wednesday, the PBS News Hour brought on union chief Paul Perez of the National Border Patrol Council (who represents 18,000 Border Patrol agents), and anchor Amna Nawaz pressed him on why 6 in 10 Americans think immigration enforcement has “gone too far.” Perez argued “the media’s misleading the public,” and Nawaz wasn’t going to accept that argument!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, USA

Netanyahu, Trump said shown picture of Khamenei’s body retrieved from compound

Channel 12 news reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump were shown an image of the body of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, after it was recovered by Iranian authorities from his compound in Tehran.

Israel carried out a massive strike on Khamenei’s compound in the opening salvo of attacks on Iran this morning.

h/t XC

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

This Is Not a Drill: China Is Building a Base in Canada (and Possibly the Catskills)

As we are distracted, fecklessly try to convince the liberal mental bellyflops on Facebook that, anyway they slice it, Trump wasn’t one of Jeffrey Epstein’s pedos, the Chinese are taking advantage of our botheration and have been creating, quite successfully, a forward operating base (FOB) in Canada, and it’s less than 500 miles from the United States. Even worse, I have a sneaking suspicion that the Canadian government is in on the commie caper to hand Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) over to the filthy Chinese communists who seek to, with Islam, take over the world.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Canada, USA

Trump: I want ‘friendly takeover’of Cuba’

The United States is discussing a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, Donald Trump has said.

The US president said Washington was pursuing an amicable form of regime change in Havana, as sanctions continue to cripple the communist-run island.

Tensions between the US and Cuba have risen since Mr Trump imposed an oil siege on the island following the capture of Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, a key ally and oil supplier of Cuba, in January. He has threatened to impose tariffs on any country that exports oil to Cuba.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCuba, USA

30 More People Are Indicted in Anti-ICE Church Protest in Minnesota

The Justice Department announced on Friday that 30 additional people have been charged with disrupting a Sunday worship service with a protest during the peak of the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The new indictments bring the total number of people accused in the protest to 39, including Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor.

The demonstration on Jan. 18 took place at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn., where one of the pastors, David Easterwood, is also a senior official at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Mr. Easterwood was not at the church during the service that day.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives, Camp Of The Saints, USA

US and Israel launch joint attack on Iran

The US and Israel have launched an attack on Iran.

US president Donald Trump has described ongoing “major combat operations” and called for Iranian government forces to lay down their arms.

Earlier, Israel’s Defence Minister said Israel had launched a “pre-emptive attack” against Iran, with explosions heard across the country.

Iran Live

BBC Live Feed – US and Israel launch attack on Iran, as Trump says ‘major combat operations’ under way

Telegraph Live Feed – Trump: ‘Massive and ongoing’ combat operation in Iran

Al Jazeera Live Feed – US, Israel attack Iran live: Trump announces ‘major combat operations’

Jerusalem Post Live Feed – Israel, US target Iranian leaders in strikes as missile barrages trigger sirens

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Iran launches heavy missile barrage across Israel in retaliation for US-Israel attack

Sirens have sounded across Israel’s north and central regions on Saturday, after a rocket barrage was fired from Iran. A missile impacted in northern Israel, a Magen David Adom source told Walla, with no injuries being reported.

According to a report by Fire and Rescue, a missile’s shrapnel impacted on a 20-story building and penetrated into the 17th floor.

(more…)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran, Israel, USA

MACLEOD: If talking to the neighbours is ‘treason,’ the Canadian marriage is already over

Alberta is flirting with the Americans again. A few bold souls are down in DC, on their own dime, asking about diplomatic recognition and — bless their pragmatic hearts — a line of credit.

Predictably, the “Forever Canada, Elbows Up” crowd has dropped their avocado toast in horror, screaming “Treason!” with the kind of theatrics usually reserved for a Truckers convoy or a minor dip in Toronto real estate prices.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAlberta, USA

Report Raises Serious Concerns About FBI’s Surveillance of Religious Organizations and Journalists

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Roughly translated, this means “Who guards the guardians?”

While many attribute the phrase to the Roman poet Juvenal, I first heard it in an episode of Justice League Unlimited, a kids’ cartoon about the adventures of Superman, Batman, and their assorted costumed friends. It’s an apt phrase for contextualizing the recent news concerning the FBI and its use of assessments to surveil and investigate Americans at whim.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inFBI, USA, WTF?

Cuba says group shot on US-registered speedboat planned ‘armed infiltration’

Cuba has accused 10 people aboard a US-registered speedboat it intercepted off its coast on Wednesday of planning “an infiltration with terrorist aims”.

Border guards shot dead four people and injured the other six on the boat, the Cuban interior ministry said, alleging that those on the Florida-registered vessel had fired first.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington was investigating the “highly unusual” incident.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCuba, USA

Trump could declare national emergency over ‘Chinese election interference’

Donald Trump could declare a national emergency over apparent Chinese election interference, it has been claimed.

The move would allow the US president to exert presidential powers over elections, imposing voter ID requirements and banning mail-in ballots, according to The Washington Post.

Peter Ticktin, a lawyer behind a draft executive order apparently seen by Mr Trump, said the president was “aware that there are foreign interests that are interfering in our election processes”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", USA

Far-Left Activists Are Encouraging and Radicalizing K–12 Students In Nationwide Anti-ICE Walkouts

A growing number of K–12 students are taking part in walkouts and protests against federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations across the nation, raising questions about the activists radicalizing them.

The walkouts, which many school administrators say are a legitimate exercise of the students’ First Amendment rights, have seen increasing incidents of violence and lawlessness, ranging from beatings and scuffles to vandalism.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives, Camp Of The Saints, USA