Zippity Doomsday: Is Cadet Donald J. Bonespurs Turning Our Military People Into Political Campaign Props?

Mod: One of the finest political cartoons I have seen in quite a while. But now, back to the Trump re-election campaign.

Trump warns Iran: US has targeted '52 Iranian sites' and will 'hit very fast and very hard' if needed(Fox Newslink): President Trump issued a stern warning to Iran Saturday through a series of tweets to deter the country from retaliating after the U.S.-ordered airstrike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani Thursday.

"Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime, including recently hundreds of Iranian protesters,"Trump tweeted.

The president continued: "He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years."

Soleimani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force, was killed in an airstrike Thursday in Iraq that was ordered by President Trump.

"Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran& the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD,"Trump said Saturday, explicitly laying out that the U.S. will act if Iran retaliates.

Following Soleimani's death, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said "harsh retaliation is waiting for the criminals whose filthy hands spilled his blood." Iranian President Hassan Rouhani promised to "take revenge for this heinous crime." The Iran-backed militias that spawned in Iraq, known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), have been quick to threaten prompt revenge on U.S. personnel and interests.

Mod: 52 American hostages, indeed. Remember, no Trump has ever served in America's military. Not a one. But that doesn't mean Donald isn't above turning our fighting men and women into his very own personal political campaign props.

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