Thursday, January 16, 2020

"The early warning system worked perfectly," stated Donald J. Trump

I do not believe no soldier was killed. Iran, at the time of the missile strikes, claimed there were people killed and it was not about a strike on the airliner. There is no reason to believe the Trump administration. Where are all the soldiers involved in these military installations? I want a headcount. I want a full accounting for every soldier in Iraq. NOW!

January 16, 202 
By Jake Tapper, Ryan Browne and Barbara Star

Several US service members were injured (click here) during last week's Iranian missile attack on Al-Asad airbase in Iraq despite the Pentagon initially saying that no casualties had taken place.

"While no U.S. service members were killed in the Jan. 8 Iranian attack on Al Asad Air base, several were treated for concussion symptoms from the blast and are still being assessed," the US-led military coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria said in a statement Thursday.

"Out of an abundance of caution, service members were transported from Al Asad Air Base, Iraq to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany for follow-on screening. When deemed fit for duty, the service members are expected to return to Iraq following screening," the statement added.

A US military official told CNN that 11 service members had been injured in the attack, which was launched in retaliation for the US airstrikes that had killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani the previous week. Defense One was first to report on the injured service members. Following the attack the Pentagon said that no casualties had resulted from the 16 missiles fired by Iran....
I sincerely appreciate the seriousness of the US Senate and the Chief Justice in carrying out the impeachment proceedings before them. I am proud of them. The world is watching.

The Washington Post has the picture of all pictures.

Guiliani kept Parnas in his back pocket because he was afraid not to for the chance someone would speak to him and find out about the conspiracy. Guiliani and Trump hung their hats on Parnas as their frontman to carry out a conspiracy that would ensure the 2020 win.

I have questions that will never be answered in public, like, how much did Putin participate in the conspiracy? Basically, did Parnas receive pressure from Russia to perform or did he simply feel lucky to be a Republican in a position that was simply good luck?

What plans do Guiliani and Trump have after 2020 that would require a conspiracy to guarantee the win?

January 14, 2020
By Paul Sonne, Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger

Rudolph W. Giuliani, right, arrives with Lev Parnas, third from right, for the state funeral of former president George H.W. Bush at the Washington National Cathedral on Dec. 5, 2018.

...Among the revelations (click here) in the documents released Tuesday: a message from Giuliani to Parnas saying he had involved a person he called “no 1” — possibly Trump himself — in an effort to lift a U.S. visa ban on a former Ukrainian prosecutor who was planning to come to the United States to make claims about Biden.

The materials also include a letter Giuliani wrote to Ukraine’s then-president-elect, Volodymyr Zelensky, requesting a May 14 meeting with the new leader in Giuliani’s “capacity as personal counsel to President Trump and with his knowledge and consent.” Giuliani scrapped his planned trip, and the meeting never took place....

...“All of this new evidence confirms what we already know: the President and his associates pressured Ukrainian officials to announce investigations that would benefit the President politically,” the chairs of the House Intelligence, Oversight, Judiciary and Foreign Affairs Committees said in a joint statement. “There cannot be a full and fair trial in the Senate without the documents that President Trump is refusing to provide to Congress.”

Giuliani did not respond to requests for comment. The White House declined to comment....