My latest in PJ Media:
As insane as it is, this was inevitable: now the left’s fantasy about “terrorist Trump supporters” has gone international. Rockets hit coalition forces near Erbil International Airport in Iraq last Monday, killing a civilian contractor and a member of the U.S. military. The following day, Iraqi Sheikh Mohammad Al-Basry, a former official of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMU), which are primarily Shi’a groups that fought against the Islamic State, appeared on Iraq’s Iraqiya TV to blame “Trumpist sleeper cells” for the attack. No, you are not reading Stephen Green’s Insanity Wrap. This is just a bit of miscellaneous insanity.
The host of the show said to Al-Basry, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI): “Some people say that the rocket attack (on Erbil) was a terrorist act, and a malicious one at that.”
Wait, what? A terrorist act that was also malicious? What does a non-malicious terrorist act look like? I hope that will be a matter for another Iraqiya TV program. In the meantime, the host immediately started into his audition for MSNBC, saying: “The Biden administration has been talking in a calmer and more reasonable fashion with regard to Iran, and wants to resume negotiations with Iran (over the JCPOA). Therefore, it is unreasonable, at this stage that Iran would carry out such an act, the reaction for which could influence Iran’s nuclear program, to say the least.”
Mohammad Al-Basry responded: “Let me tell you my opinion, which could sound a bit exceptional [no kidding], but take it as it is and look it up [where?]. Biden’s rise to power has definitely opened new horizons for negotiations, whether in the Middle East, with China, or with the rest of the world, in order to (counter) decisions taken by Donald Trump. Before Trump left office, he warned and threatened, because he did not want the new administration to succeed.”
So far, neither the host nor Al-Basry said anything that couldn’t form the basis for the next Cuomo Brothers skit. But then Al-Basry added that Trump “has old alliances in the Middle East, and specifically in the Gulf and in Iraq. It is inconceivable that Trump would just leave things as they are and get out. Through these alliances, he established Trumpist sleeper cells that are trying to cause disturbances for the Biden administration and to cause a crisis between Washington and Tehran.”
Trumpist sleeper cells! You can just see them out there with their red MIGA hats, chanting “The election was stolen!” as they set off these rockets….
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gravenimage says
Insanity on Stilts: Iraqi Official Claims ‘Trumpist Sleeper Cells’ Behind Rocket Attack
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Yes–the idea that “Trumpist sleeper cells” are rife in Iraq couldn’t be more nuts. Just laughable.
Relic says
Iraqi Christians on the target list.
Fred van de Bunt says
Not many Christians left to persecute:
“A population project by the Shlama Foundation has estimated that there are about 150,000 Assyrian Christians remaining in Iraq as of July 2020.[40] This is down from about 1,500,000 in the year 2003.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Iraq#Persecutions
So 90%, or around 1.350.000 Christians disappeared the last two decennia in Iraq!!!
gravenimage says
Just horrifying, Fred.
Westman says
Do you get the feeling that Islam has so stunted intellectual development in the ME that many of the men are really sustained adolescents in full size bodies? I haven’t observed anyone telling or believing such ridiculous peer myths since Jr High. Oh, wait, the Dems did have flights of fancy for 4+ years….
gravenimage says
I think this ludicrous claim is largely aimed at the US.
Dude says
Wow. Them there Proud Boys are everywhere!
Infidel says
Maybe Q’Anon there stands for ‘Quran-Anon’ ?