Quote (IceMage @ May 4 2018 10:39am)

I don't know about that... the Iran Iraq war was pretty nasty. Before Afghanistan our military actions in the Middle East were somewhat limited.

Quote (Thor123422 @ May 3 2018 06:54pm)

We've done a lot more than outright military action. Supporting coozan overthrowing democratically elected leaders will do a lot more harm than military in the long run

Quote (Plaguefear @ May 3 2018 06:59pm)

Have a look at iraq before and after, you crushed one of the shining jewels of the middle east to kill one man.

Quote (Plaguefear @ May 3 2018 07:59pm)

Have a look at iraq before and after, you crushed one of the shining jewels of the middle east to kill one man.

Quote (IceMage @ May 3 2018 06:13pm)

Yeah... major powers fuck some shit up at times.

Quote (Ghot @ 4 May 2018 01:13)

Me thinks you're over-reacting a bit.

Quote (Saucisson6000 @ May 3 2018 08:42pm)

1 million people including several hundred of thousands children.
+ ISIS spread and the whole war. So what, over-reacting...?

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - At least three “U.S. Embassy” road signs went up in Jerusalem on Monday ahead of next week’s opening of the mission in the city, a Reuters witness said.
The signs, in English, Hebrew and Arabic, were installed by workmen close to the south Jerusalem location of a U.S. consulate building that will be repurposed as the embassy when it is officially relocated on May 14 from Tel Aviv.

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Both Cheney and Panetta, who both served as U.S. defense secretary during their careers, worried about China’s decision to militarize islands in the South China Sea and urged a stronger U.S. military presence in the region.
“I think it is very important for us to talk with them, communicate with the Chinese, but to do it from strength,” Panetta said. The best way to do that is to simultaneously increase both diplomatic and military might, he said.

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One thing they were both quick to agree on is that Gina Haspel, Trump’s pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, should be confirmed.

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“We are 100 percent committed to making sure that Iran does not have nuclear weapons,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told a news briefing.

“We’re going to continue to put maximum pressure, enormous sanctions on them. All of the sanctions that were in place before the deal are back in place and we are preparing to add additional sanctions that may come as early as next week,” Sanders said.

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“We will expand our missile capabilities despite Western pressure ... to let Israel know that if it acts foolishly, Tel Aviv and Haifa will be totally destroyed,” the hardline cleric said, to chants of “Death to America,” and “Death to Israel”.

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HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban fighters attacked Afghan bases in the western province of Farah, killing more than 30 police, officials said on Friday, as the insurgents stepped up their offensive in a region with vital opium smuggling routes into neighboring Iran.

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SAZLIBOSNA, Turkey (Reuters) - When residents of Sazlibosna, a village near Istanbul, tried to attend a public meeting about the Turkish government’s plan to dig a 400 metre-wide canal through their farmlands, they were stopped by police.

The 45 km (28 mile) Kanal Istanbul will link the seas north and south of Istanbul and ease traffic on the Bosphorus strait, a major global shipping lane. It will also redraw the map of one of Europe’s biggest cities, turning its western side into an island.