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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOfficials Oppose Trump Targeting Iran Cultural Sites
Officials Oppose Trump Targeting Iran Cultural Sites
January 5, 2020 at 7:14 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 0 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2020/01/05/officials-oppose-trump-targeting-iran-cultural-sites/
CNN: Two senior US officials on Sunday described widespread opposition within the administration to targeting cultural sites in Iran should the United States launch retaliatory strikes against Tehran, despite President Trump saying a day before that such sites are among dozens the US has identified as potential targets.
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Officials Oppose Trump Targeting Iran Cultural Sites (Original Post)
applegrove
Jan 2020
OP
Will they write an anonymous op-ed about how bad they feel after Trump blows up a few?
tanyev
Jan 2020
#1
+1, there doesn't seem to be a way to protect people who speak out again the government. Snowden
uponit7771
Jan 2020
#4
Has there ever been a situation where The Pentagon or a branch of the military has refused
no_hypocrisy
Jan 2020
#2
tanyev
(42,572 posts)1. Will they write an anonymous op-ed about how bad they feel after Trump blows up a few?
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)4. +1, there doesn't seem to be a way to protect people who speak out again the government. Snowden
... might be right when it comes to republicans and that pisses me off to no end.
no_hypocrisy
(46,130 posts)2. Has there ever been a situation where The Pentagon or a branch of the military has refused
to comply with the order of the CIC?
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)3. Fook 'em. No names, it's just bs gossip.