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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJosh Rogin: "Right now, we have two separate U.S. govt explanations for assassinating Soleimani."
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Right now, we have two separate U.S. government explanations for assassinating Soleimani.
Pentagon: It was meant to deter future Iranian aggression.
Pompeo: "There was an imminent attack taking place" we needed to stop.
Could both be true? I suppose. But it's confusing.
7:46 AM - Jan 3, 2020
Good question - of course, Josh isn't factoring in "pure incompetence".
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Josh Rogin: "Right now, we have two separate U.S. govt explanations for assassinating Soleimani." (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Jan 2020
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. The imminent attack will still take place . . .
Like any competent government, there will always be someone who is just as qualify to take his or her place . . .
Again, t-rump, administration, cabinet and the Republican party have fucked up again. . . .
karynnj
(59,503 posts)2. Can anything be both imminent AND taking place?
I think Pompeo knows the meaning of imminent and is intentionally trying to create an equivalence of two different things.
spanone
(135,832 posts)3. From an administration that lies 24/7.
the truth was assassinated three years ago
safeinOhio
(32,677 posts)4. White House:
Return of the Shah and take the oil.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)5. "There's a bear in the woods"
2020 is becoming more like 1984.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)6. I remember laughing my ass off at that ad...
...I kept waiting for it to shit.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)7. Unfortunately, so did Reagan