What is he up to?
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I just happened to see these 2 stories at about the same time.
2 + 2 = 4
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2 + 2 = 3?https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/30/politics/defense-officials-divided-potential-iran-attack/index.html
US defense officials divided over potential for Iranian attack on eve of grim anniversary
Washington (CNN)The US flew nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the Middle East Wednesday in the latest show of force meant to deter Iran, as defense officials remain divided over the risk posed by the regime and the Iraq-based militias it supports.
Pentagon officials say the military muscle-flexing is meant to warn Tehran off attacking American interests or personnel in the days surrounding the January 3 anniversary of the Trump administration's assassination of the powerful Iranian leader Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
At the same time, acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller decided Wednesday against a push to extend the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz's deployment to the Persian Gulf, sending it out of the region in an explicit de-escalation signal to Iran, according to a senior defense official.
The conflicting messages could reflect divisions within the Pentagon, where a second senior defense official tells CNN that the current threat level from Iran is the most concerning they have seen since Soleimani's death. Officials cite new intelligence that Iran and allied militias in Iraq may be plotting attacks against US forces in the Middle East. For example, Iran has been moving short range ballistic missiles into Iraq, prompting the US to deploy additional military assets to the region.
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Iran says killers of top general Soleimani, including Trump, ‘not safe on Earth’
Meanwhile successor to assassinated Quds force chief threatens ‘severe revenge’ — which may come from within the United States
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s judiciary chief warned Friday that Qassem Soleimani’s killers will “not be safe on Earth,” as the Islamic Republic began marking the first anniversary of the top general’s assassination in a US strike.
Ebrahim Raisi, speaking at an event in Tehran to pay tribute to Soleimani, said not even US President Donald Trump, who ordered the strike, was “immune from justice.”
Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike at Baghdad airport on January 3, 2020, ratcheting up tensions between decades-old enemies the United States and Iran.
“They will witness severe revenge. What has come so far has only been glimpses” of it, Raisi told the gathering at Tehran University.
“Do not presume that someone, as the president of America, who appeared as a murderer or ordered a murder, may be immune from justice being carried out. Never,” he said. “Those who had a role in this assassination and crime will not be safe on Earth.”
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Would be a nice thing to stage if you really wanted Trump to bomb Iran on his way out, too.
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Interesting article on the planning on the killing of General Soleimani
