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11 US troops injured in Iran missile strikes on Iraqi bases
Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 19 Comments • 2 Likes • 6 years ago
“Defense One reported Thursday that the U.S. service members were airlifted to Kuwait and Germany where they received treatment for traumatic brain...”
U.S. Soldiers stand at a site of Iranian bombing at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. Ain al-Asad air base was struck by a barrage of Iranian missiles on Wednesday, in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed atop Iranian commander, Gen. Qassem Soleimani,...
The “Trade Deal” is Hilarious
Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 64 Comments • 6 Likes • 6 years ago
“There’s no third party enforcement or oversight of whether the two sides are meeting their obligations.”
Joshua M. Brown, CEO Ritholtz Wealth management There’s no third party enforcement or oversight of whether the two sides are meeting their obligations. Basically, it’s just political cover. The market doesn’t care. Stocks wanted a resolution and this will do for now. Here’s Ethan Harris and...
Cats Could Be the Next Rocky Horror Picture Show
Via: Krishna • Entertainment • 14 Comments • 3 Likes • 6 years ago
“For all of its failures, though, Cats might have the potential for a rare sort of long-term success: It could very well be the next Rocky Horror...”
Cats might have been a hit on Broadway in the 1980s and '90s, but the new film adaptation has been, by almost all standards, a catastrophic failure. Its $6.5 million domestic opening weekend wasn't even half of studio projections, disastrous for a major release with a production budget...
The UK is abandoning its alliance with Trump as the United States 'withdraws from its leadership around the world'
Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 35 Comments • 4 Likes • 6 years ago
“The UK is threatening to tear up its defense alliance with the US after President Donald Trump's Iran crisis triggered a rupture between the two...”
President Donald Trump. Getty The UK is threatening to tear up its defense alliance with the US after President Donald Trump's Iran crisis triggered a rupture between the two countries. UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace told The Sunday Times that the UK was looking to forge stronger...
'Our enemy is here': Iran protesters demand that leaders quit after plane downed
Via: Krishna • Travel, Geography and Foreign Cultures • 12 Comments • 4 Likes • 6 years ago
“'Our enemy is here': Iran protesters demand that leaders quit after plane downed”
Demonstrators light candles while gathering during a vigil for the victims of the Ukraine International Airlines flight Credit: Ali Mohammadi/Bloomberg DUBAI (Reuters) - Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday, increasing pressure on the Islamic Republic's leadership after...
Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade: Trump Bringing Obama Into Iran Discussion ‘Doesn’t Make Sense’
Via: Krishna • Travel, Geography and Foreign Cultures • 16 Comments • 6 Likes • 6 years ago
““I just don’t love bringing up the previous administration, just as I didn’t like when President Obama brought up President Bush,” Kilmeade said on...”
Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade: Trump Bringing Obama Into Iran Discussion ‘Doesn’t Make Sense’ “Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade has shared his disapproval of President Trump’s Wednesday claim that the Obama administration’s Iran Nuclear Deal is partially to blame for the strikes between...
Fox & Friends' Steve Doocy wonders what would happen if the U.S. accidentally shot down a jet. Geraldo Rivera reminds him 'we did.'
Via: Krishna • Travel, Geography and Foreign Cultures • 8 Comments • 4 Likes • 6 years ago
“"It was something that took us years to live down," Rivera noted.”
What would happen if the United States accidentally shot down a jetliner like Iran apparently did this week? There's no need to speculate, as Fox News' Geraldo Rivera just pointed out. The hosts of Fox & Friends on Friday discussed news that officials believe the Ukrainian passenger...
Tucker Carlson: Now is the time to pull out of Iraq for good
Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 31 Comments • 4 Likes • 6 years ago
“So 17 years, trillions of American dollars, more than 35,000 Americans killed or wounded -- you probably know one -- and this is what we get at the...”
Tucker Carlson said it is time for the U.S. to remove itself from Middle Eastern affairs after years of war in Iraq and the surrounding region. The "Tucker Carlson Tonight" host said Wednesday that President Trump had the right idea in 2007, when the future president said during an...