IN SEPTEMBER 2015, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump appeared on the syndicated radio show of conservative media star, Hugh Hewitt, to talk foreign policy.
“Are you familiar with General Suleimani?” Hewitt asked the real estate mogul from Queens.
“Yes,” said Trump, before hesitating. “Go ahead, give me a little … tell me.”
When Hewitt told Trump that Suleimani “runs the Quds Forces,” Trump responded: “I think the Kurds, by the way, have been horribly mistreated by us.”
“No, not the Kurds, the Quds Forces,” Hewitt interjected. “The Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Quds Forces. The bad guys.”
“I thought you said Kurds,” a sheepish Trump replied.
https://theintercept.com/2020/01/03/four-years-ago-trump-had-no-clue-who-irans-suleimani-was-now-he-may-have-kicked-off-wwiii/ -------------------------
Three years later ...
The White House says not to expect a statement tonight, instead referring to the Pentagon, which said this strike was carried out at the direction of President Trump. The president hasn’t made any public appearances today, but was seen by CNN cameras on the golf course earlier.
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1212934771153756161---------------------------
... Based on past precedent, any Iranian response is likely to be asymmetric and carried out by proxy groups, and may also include physical or cyberattacks against critical infrastructure. To a degree not seen in years, U.S. personnel in Iraq (...or Europe, or South America) may now also be at risk. In the past, directly targeting U.S. troops in the country was seen as taboo given the longstanding Iranian goal of preventing escalation that could lead to all-out war. But with the conflict suddenly turning into a hot war with the top-ranking Iranian as a target, that may well change. The consequences could be painful for both sides.
https://theintercept.com/2020/01/03/qassim-suleimani-killing-iran-airstrike/ ... and another report the shit-head probably didn't read ...
Infrastructure Council Warns Trump That Chance to Thwart a Cyber 9/11 ‘Is Closing Quickly’https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/infrastructure-security/infrastructure-council-warns-trump-that-chance-to-thwart-a-cyber-9-11-is-closing-quickly/The president’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council warned Donald Trump in a draft report this week that cyber threats need to be confronted with dire urgency, considering the grave risks posed to society’s most critical sectors from bad actors including Russia, China and Iran and the inability of private industry to fend off sophisticated attacks on their own.
... “U.S. companies find themselves on the front lines of a cyber war they are ill-equipped to win against nation-states intent on disrupting or destroying our critical infrastructure,” said the letter accompanying the draft report, before launching into bold-faced text again: “Bold action is needed to prevent the dire consequences of a catastrophic cyber attack on energy, communication, and financial infrastructures.”
“The nation is not sufficiently organized to counter the aggressive tactics used by our adversaries to infiltrate, map, deny, disrupt, and destroy sensitive cyber systems in the private sector.”
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He got 'Impeachment' off the lede.