The attacks where Iranian military attacks in response to the American’s taking out a Revolutionary Guards commander….
There is no information on possible casualties …
The Trump White House is huddling….Trying to figure out how to handle Trump’s first serious military and diplomatic,omatic blunder with out starting a war….
Trump has few advisors that are willing to suggest caution ….
Trump the ‘deal maker’ seems in over his head as the world stands by waiting….
Trump’s view of the worth thru dollar bills and trying to undo anything with Barack Obama finger prints on it just could end up costing American lives…
Lastly?
American President’s that start foreign conflicts/wars tend to lose approval numbers in the polls after the first shots…
We ALL wait now….
Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq where American troops are based, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
“It is clear that these missiles were launched from Iran and targeted at least two Iraqi military bases hosting U.S. military and coalition personnel at Al-Asad and Erbil,” Jonathan Hoffman, the Pentagon’s chief spokesman, said in a statement.
There were no immediate reports of casualties, and the Pentagon said Tuesday evening that it was still assessing the damage.
Iranian officials said the attacks were the start of a promised retaliation for the killing of a top Revolutionary Guards commander. “The fierce revenge by the Revolutionary Guards has begun,” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement on a Telegram channel.
Iranian news media reported the attacks hours after the remains of the commander, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, were returned to his hometown in Iran for burial.
Hossein Soleimani, the editor in chief of Mashregh, the main Revolutionary Guards news website, said that more than 30 ballistic missiles had been fired at the American base at Asad, in Anbar Province, in western Iraq.
An American base in Erbil, in northern Iraq, was also attacked.
A Revolutionary Guards statement on state television said: “If America responds to these attacks there will be bigger attacks on the way. This is not a threat, it’s a warning.”….
The lack of clear information continued late Tuesday in Washington, after Iran said it retaliated for Soleimani’s death with missile attacks on military bases in Iraq. The White House announced Trump would make no public remarks in response Tuesday night, nor would any other senior administration officials.
Previously, Trump had caused an international uproar after threatening to attack dozens of Iranian cultural sites — only to retreat Tuesday following statements from his defense secretary and other officials dismissing such actions as illegal.
The Trump administration also was embarrassed after the Pentagon sent a letter to Iraqi officials this week stating the military would comply with the prime minister’s demand to pull U.S. troops out of the country, only to call it a draft copy released by mistake.
And Trump surprised his own aides by publicly threatening to enact sanctions on Iraq if U.S. troops are forced out of the country, while suggesting privately that he would consider reducing foreign aid to Baghdad, senior officials said. Vice President Pence is preparing a speech slated for next week on Iran policy, one official said, in an attempt to provide a more cohesive explanation of the president’s strategy….
image…President Trump, seen in the Oval Office on Jan. 7, 2020. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
Despite earlier reports, President Trump will not speak to the country tonight on the Iranian ballistic missile attacks on US bases in Iraq, PBS reports….
Politicalwire…
President Trump late Tuesday said “all is well” after Iran fired missiles at two military bases in Iraq that house U.S. troops and coalition personnel, adding that he would make a statement Wednesday morning on the attacks.
“Assessment of casualties & damages taking place now. So far, so good!” Trump tweeted.
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It appears that this attack was more for internal Iranian political consumption than anything else.
Reports are that the Iraqi PM was informed that the attacks were coming and that he passed word on to the American military.
My view also….
There where little to no resulting injuries….
Please give us a link/sourse on pre-warning view….
My feeling on this is that BOTH sides do NOT want a shooting war….
There has been NO retaliatory action so far from Trump….