"A bomb of some kind"

In the Post Millennial, Libby Emmons reports,

US President Donald Trump told press today that the explosions that rocked Beirut, Lebanon, were not an accident. He has been informed that it may have been "a bomb of some kind."

He was asked if he was confident that this was an attack and not an accident.

"It would seem like it, based on the explosion, I've met with some of our great generals, and they just seemed to feel that it was. This was not some kind of a manufacturing explosion type of event... this was a, seems to be according to them, and they would know better than I would, but they seem to think it was an attack. It was a bomb of some kind, yes."

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What is the flying object?

This video was taken an instant before the massive explosion in Beirut. What's that flying object? pic.twitter.com/grztCwBJb6

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 4, 2020

The explosion in Beirut

Stunning video shows explosions just minutes ago at Beirut port pic.twitter.com/ZjltF0VcTr

— Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) August 4, 2020

Massive explosion rocks Beirut, Lebanon

The Guardian has coverage here.

Is it time to defeat the jayvee team?

A team of Associated Press writers have put together a report detailing the Islamic State attacks in Paris. Don't forget that the Islamic State has also claimed responsibility for bombong a Russian plane over Egypt, killing 224 people on Halloween, twin suicide bombings in Beirut killed at least 43 people and wounded more than 200, and 26 people died Friday in Baghdad in a suicide blast and a roadside bombing that targeted Shiites. Read more here.

Dick Morris is calling for 100,000 additional ground troops:

Now, having let ISIS build up, refusing to keep a military presence in Iraq after we left, and only annoying the terrorists with limited air strikes, we must send in ground troops.

Hopefully, France will make a major contribution, but all of the western nations must act. We need to send upwards of 100,000 troops, from all nations combined, to end ISIS.

This need not be a U.S. led invasion. France has resources of its own and, with supplementary troops from the US, Germany, Britain and the EU, it should be able to do the job. It makes no difference for French president Hollande to "declare war against ISIS." He and we need to attack and kill it.

After the Paris attacks, a third war in the region is now inevitable and necessary. We cannot let this cancer grow and expand its capacity to wreak havoc. The stakes are just too great.

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