It has been reported we watched Iran prepare to

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launch their missles. If so why didn't we take them out? They ended up causing little damage and no American casulties. Did we let them launch them knowing we have the technology to steer them off target or did Iran purposely miss their target? Just seems odd to me.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-officials-knew-iranian-missiles-were-coming-hours-in-advance/2020/01/08/b6297b4c-3235-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html

[onenote]

1. Who is reporting this?

I ask because there have been a lot of "reports" referenced here the last 24 hours that turned out to be incorrect. This one might be correct, but knowing the source would be helpful.

[jberryhill]

2. It has been reported

Like the long-debunked death of Merle Haggard. https://www.democraticunderground.com/1002184981

[Whiskeytide]

24. I have heard Merle is rooming with Elvis. I understand he still looks...

... a lot like David Allan Coe, though.

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3. I heard it on Morning Joe and also last night

on MSNBC or CNN

[Dennis Donovan]

10. WaPo: U.S. officials knew Iranian missiles were coming hours in advance

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-officials-knew-iranian-missiles-were-coming-hours-in-advance/2020/01/08/b6297b4c-3235-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html

[onenote]

13. saying we knew they were planning an attack (but not where or when)

isn't the same as saying we 'watched' them

[Dennis Donovan]

15. We did, via intelligence and communication intercepts.

The early warning came from intelligence sources as well as communications from Iraq that conveyed Iran’s intentions to launch the strike, officials said.

[11 Bravo]

4. I'm going to need a little bit more than "it has been reported".

It's also been reported that Bat Boy and Elvis share a condo on Alpha Centauri.

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6. Just said it was on Morning Joe and either MSNNC

or CNN . They said we saw them moving their launch vehicles and preparing to launch. I suppose from a drone or satilite.

[Dennis Donovan]

11. Go ahead and put this link into your OP:

U.S. officials knew Iranian missiles were coming hours in advance

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-officials-knew-iranian-missiles-were-coming-hours-in-advance/2020/01/08/b6297b4c-3235-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html

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16. Ok thanks I was switching back and forth from

CNN and MSNBC and wasn't sure where I heard it.

[SQUEE]

5. So, you are saying we should have struck Iranian soil?

Those ballistic missiles were launched from Iran.

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7. That is exactly what Trump said he would do. But they

also said Iran had the technology to drop them on a pin head. So why did they miss their target.

[SQUEE]

8. And he didn't, thank goodness.

I guess blind clocks find nuts once a day.

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9. I don't get why if they are supposed to be

so accurate why aren't they. Are we being lied to about their capabilities? Did they in tensionaly miss? Or do we have the technology to redirect them? Or are they like the Scuds Iraq had.

[onenote]

12. The only reports I have seen or heard (including searching Google)

are that the US had advance knowledge that Iran intended to strike at US targets in Iraq but did not know which targets or when until they were launched and identified by early warning systems.

[jayfish]

14. Looks Like They Put Them Exactly Where They Wanted Them.

This appears to have been all for show.

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17. Why?

[jayfish]

18. Dead-Center Strikes on Smallish Targets Surrounded by Tarmac or Soil.

The odds against such a thing accidentally happening are long.

ON EDIT: Also, the damage appears light for the full 1,700lb and 1,100lb warheads the Iranian missiles are spec'd for. That could just be the scale of the image though.

[Blue_true]

22. My guess is the Pentagon under Trump is trying to make itself and Trump look big.

Iran struck two sites in different parts of Iraq, warned the Iraqis where not to be and damaged nothing else, that looks like precision targeting to me.

[GemDigger]

21. To tell trump to sit down and shut the hell up.

[SQUEE]

19. As Jayfish said, looks like they hit exactly where they wanted them to.

If I recall these have a +/- 3 meters.

[TeamPooka]

20. Because firing on missle sites starts a full out war.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

23. Iraq and Iran are sending us some pretty clear messages, and

the international community knows it.

Such as...
* America, you're standing on our turf and in our home, and you're a long way from yours.
* America, you helped us with ISIS and built dozens of bases and camps along the way. Like old fish, we would rather you go home and allow us to start rebuilding on our own.
* America, you've never bothered to understand our culture, our norms, our society, our religions, our history or our needs for help. Your President W was the best living proof and now you hit us with this crazy new guy.
* America, our oil and other resources are ours and ours alone............fuhgeddaboudit.
* America, we'll be friends with who we damn well please. Get over it.

KY rant done.........

[dewsgirl]

26. +1000

[Kurt V.]

27. +1

[bdamomma]

25. Well it seems

like Iran and Iraq have united against the US. Stupid tRump.

[UniteFightBack]

28. There was a back channel as reported on CNN. nt