The mullahs only have to restrain themselves for a few more weeks, and then they will get everything they want and more.
“Trump taunts Tehran with ‘some friendly health advice’ amid escalating U.S.-Iran tensions,” by Ben Wolfgang, Washington Times, December 26, 2020:
Iran’s foreign minister hurled invective at the White House on this week, accusing President Trump of irrationally plotting to attack Iran during his final weeks in office and ratcheting up hostility just as President-elect Joseph R. Biden prepares to extend a diplomatic olive branch to Tehran.
The fiery rhetoric from Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was a direct response to Mr. Trump’s threatening tweets a day earlier, extending a war of words between the two men. Both are well-versed in the art of theatrical battle on Twitter.
While the back-and-forth remained rhetorical on Christmas Eve, U.S. military and national security insiders have spent recent days warning about possible attacks by Iran-backed militias against American personnel in the Middle East.
It was a strike on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq on Sunday, which administration officials blamed on Iranian proxies, that sparked the latest verbal saber-rattling between Mr. Trump and Mr. Zarif.
The president late Wednesday evening tweeted a photo of three unexploded rockets that were purportedly used in the assault, which killed one civilian and damaged parts of the American diplomatic complex inside Baghdad’s Green Zone.
“Our embassy in Baghdad got hit Sunday by several rockets. Three rockets failed to launch. Guess where they were from: IRAN. Now we hear chatter of additional attacks against Americans in Iraq,” the president said in his Twitter message. “Some friendly health advice to Iran: If one American is killed, I will hold Iran responsible. Think it over.”…
Mike says
and how far will Iran push the American people or DJT
Clive Delmonte says
Mr Biden is not going to act against Iran, so the Iranian leadership thinks it can safely poke the US in the eye while Mr Trump’s last few days expire.
gravenimage says
Grimly likely, Clive.
Infidel says
The Iranians are really stupid. All they had/have to do is keep quiet until Jan 21st, and after that, they can return to true form! But looks like they’ll do something to provoke the US before that date, and Biden will be left w/ no choice but to continue a series of attacks, if started
B says
In 2021 They will be dealing with Trump, not Biden. They had better take his warnings to heart and, “think it over”.
Infidel says
I have my doubts, given the trigger levels needed to get congress to elect the next president, but i sure hope you’re right!
LB says
The real enemies standing in Trump’s way of reelection are the Establishment Republicans sitting in the Congress. Not a single one of them uttered so much as a word about the blatantly obvious election theft–of which there is MOUNTAINS of evidence–and that makes them equally complicit as the Democrats who performed the steal.
There are 2 possible ways which can get Trump his rightful 4 more years:
OPTION 1: During the counting of electoral votes, Mike Pence (who does the counting as president of the Senate) can simply choose to NOT COUNT the stolen votes from the 7 swing states, because nowhere in the Constitution does it say that the VP absolutely MUST read them as they are. The Senate then moves to vote on the matter by either accepting Pence’s count or reject it. If Pence’s count does pass as legitimate, that will lower Biden’s vote tally to below 270 which would then force both the Senate and the House to vote for the next president on the spot.
OPTION 2: Given how unprecedented option 1 is since it never happened before, it’s most likely that Mike Pence will count all votes normally (306 for Biden and 232 for Trump). In that case, there needs to be objections to the vote from at least one member of both the House and the Senate. In that case, the Congress votes whether to sustain the objections or reject them. If it’s sustained, then the entire count is rejected and it moves to Congress voting on the spot for the next president.
Given how Republicans have the majority in the Senate, in theory Trump should have the edge in all instances of the internal voting process. In practice however, there are many Establishment Republican traitors who hate Trump and have stood in his way for the past 4 years and who would like nothing more than to see him gone from the US political scene forever.
All conservative Americans reading this need to be aware that the people sitting in DC are parts of the Establishment (which is inherently anti-Trump because he is pro-American people), and their priority is not to do the right thing for their voters, but to do what’s best for themselves. It is therefore highly unlikely that any of them is willing to risk his political career to oppose this clearly stolen election. Those who do not object on January 6th, as well as those who did not utter a single word about the voter fraud since November 3rd, are traitors to the American people, and you should remember their names when the time comes to vote for them again (2022).
James Lincoln says
LB,
You are correct, the Electoral Count Act allows individual members of the House and Senate to challenge the results during the Jan. 6 special session.
1. Any objection to a state’s results must be backed by at least one House member and one senator.
2. The two chambers would then separate to debate the objections before voting on whether to reject the state’s results.
And herein lies the problem:
3. An objection must pass in both chambers by a simple majority. If the vote followed party lines, Republicans would fail to block Biden’s victory because Democrats control the House.
Infidel says
James and LB, actually both houses have to reject the contested electoral votes in order to push Biden below the threshold. The House definitely won’t do it, and even in the senate, you can bet that the senators who’ve been condemning Trump for keeping this going – McConnell, Toomey, Romney, Sasse et al won’t vote for it, so it won’t pass either house. And Mike Pence doesn’t strike me as someone who won’t read out those electoral votes if the 2 houses don’t reject them.
Also, I think that even if by some chance it does ultimately get thrown to Congress, Trump will win since more House delegations are w/ him, but Pence will likely lose since all those senators who’ve been calling on Trump to concede will likely not vote for Pence. So we could end up w/ President Trump and Vice President Harris
Daniel Triplett says
Here’s a quick, easy article that explains how the Electoral Count Act of 1887 works, which is as described here in these posts:
https://thenewamerican.com/conservatives-to-challenge-biden-electoral-votes-in-congress/
The following explains the Act more in depth, for those interested:
“ Counting Electoral Votes: An Overview of Procedures at the Joint Session, Including Objections by Members of Congress “
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32717.pdf
As said, among the required steps in this process is a floor vote in each chamber to reject the specific electoral votes at issue. And since modern Democrats always unify to put party before honor, ethics, and Country, we can assume the Democrat-majority House will NOT vote to reject the electoral votes, which means Biden/Harris wins.
As such, we’d be wise on January 7 to raze Iran’s nuke production infrastructure to the ground, including the total destruction of subterranean facilities at Fordow and Natanz, among others.
Trump should also make an Executive Order rescinding all Obama/Brennan-era restrictions for the Federal government prohibiting mention, identification, or investigation of Islam or jihad violence, and in fact specifically order an objective full investigation into Islam’s motive, mission, and methods. No Muslims allowed on investigation team.
Moreover, before he leaves office, Trump should publicly call out Islam for exactly what it is, in a brutally honest speech that would make even Geert Wilders and Viktor Orban blush. He should acknowledge the 1400-year zero-sum Islamic War we’re in and speak for all Kaffirs committing to win this war, because winning or losing are the only two options. He should simultaneously call out Democrats, Islam’s useful idiot co-conspirators.
Then he should end the speech with a *Mel Gibson from ‘Braveheart’ type moment*, where he says something like, “They may take our lives but they’ll never take our freedom !!!”
Then drop the mike and leave the room.
gravenimage says
Thanks, LB, James, Infidel, and Daniel. It’s not looking good.
Mojdeh says
Iran rotten terrorist regime of Iran is end of line. Nukes will get them out of holes out. We know exactly are tunnels located and valuable info already given to right people. Iran Khamanie is dead Iranian tv keep showing interviews from past.3 months. Iran terrorist regime reads Jihad Watch because since yesterday we said freeways light are off. Iran today said they are upgrading electric lines so is off until further notice.1 city not at least 18 cities? Come on lies and deceptions continues. Javad Zarif is getting chubby due all meat and Vodka and beers he drinks.If Iranian people drink beer they have to have 70 slashes.Death to Islamic Republic of Iran , In a day time come kill your scientist and run a way?lol… You have security holes all over.We expose terrorist regime until end of regime arrives soon?
Mojdeh says
Biden or Trump – One of Them HAS to Concede – The Tamar Yonah Show [audio] ?
Many are still saying that US President Donald Trump can win the election and keep the White House. Tamar’s guest, Dr. Jerome Corsi, author of the book, ‘Killing the Deep State: The Fight to Save President Trump’ and founder & CEO of http://www.CorsiNation.com says that Trump will be able to prove election fraud and he even goes as far as to say that Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton could ask Joe Biden to concede under the heading of election discrepancies, in order to cut a deal and stop criminal investigations that Trump could open up against them.
So, with all the stakes on both sides, who in the end will concede?
https://israelnewstalkradio.com/biden-or-trump-one-of-them-has-to-concede-the-tamar-yonah-show-audio-%f0%9f%8e%a7/ Sir Robert will you to Tamar Show in Israel… E mail her .Thanks a lot.
gravenimage says
Trump: ‘Some friendly health advice to Iran: If one American is killed, I will hold Iran responsible’
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Hear, hear!