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CFR President Says ‘The World Will Be The Battlefield’ After Iran Escalation
2020-01-05
[Summit News] The President of the Council on Foreign Relations
...the century-old, left-leaning meeting place for connected senior members of the deep state...
Richard N. Haass says that "the world will be the battlefield" following a dramatic escalation in tensions between the United States and Iran.
No doubt. But it has been for four decades...
Fears of a wider war are rising after Iran’s Quds Force General Qasem Soleimani was killed during an airstrike near Baghdad’s airport.

Haass warned that those who thought any war with Iran would look similar to previous military campaigns were being incredibly naive.

"Make no mistake: any war with Iran will not look like the 1990 Gulf war or the 2003 Iraq wars. It will be fought throughout the region w a wide range of tools vs a wide range of civilian, economic, & military targets. The region (and possibly the world) will be the battlefield," tweeted Haass.

He went on to assert that developments would lead to Iraqi authorities exerting great pressure on the U.S. to leave their country.
If we’re forced out, we’ll take our donations with us. Or perhaps just move it all to Kurdistan — wouldn’t that be fun?
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Posted by:Besoeker

#12  Dar Al-Herb
Posted by: Frank G   2020-01-05 17:29  

#11  AKA 'Dar al-Harb'
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136   2020-01-05 16:34  

#10  His Real Worry: Somebody might bomb the airplane or office he is sitting in and that would be a War Crime!
Posted by: magpie   2020-01-05 13:56  

#9  Suleimani created the f---ing "battle space," you idjit. Across Lebanon, Golan, Gaza, Iraq, Yemen, Syria.
And Buenos Aires.

F--- off and go back to your think tank bubble world.
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-05 12:10  

#8  So, muzz screeching about jihad or commies screeching about struggle are not at war with everyone who disagrees with them? And those who disagree with muzzizm or communism should just lie back and enjoy it. Suck it, Haass...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-01-05 11:44  

#7  Hey shithead! The world has been the battle space since the crusades.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2020-01-05 11:30  

#6  I used to be a Lutheran until that went all to hell, but it was never the first thing in the morning I woke up thinking of myself as.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-01-05 11:29  

#5  Aye, shite they are
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-05 10:39  

#4  Shia, shithead... kinda all the same.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-01-05 10:34  

#3  make that I-WANIANS now

Doesn't seem to be much difference, operationally...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-01-05 10:04  

#2  The world is our battleground if we want it to be.



^ make that I-WANIANS now.
Posted by: jpal   2020-01-05 09:52  

#1  What's it now?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB   2020-01-05 04:48  

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