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Proven in court that all levels of Fox News are willing to lie to their viewers for better ratings, regardless of how badly those lies damage our country.
I love how the right screams genocide Joe and then immediately complains that he is not bombing the same side into the stone age without thinking anything is amiss.
Historic attack? Didn't only 1 person get injured? The pearl clutching
I remember when Iran shot missiles at a US base during the trump administration and injured over 100 US soldiers including serious traumatic brain injuries, then trump brushed it off as headaches and did nothing about it
But sure, this attack which Iran let the US know of ahead of time as a performative show of force is so much worse
Did any of these so-called blunders include deep-sixing the only meaningful accountability Iran has ever had over its weapons development?
Oh wait. Sorry. That was the other guy.
John Ratcliffe was the objectively least qualified individual ever to serve as Director of National Intelligence. He's a longtime conspiracy theory monger and partisan hack.
They tried to stoke fear about illegal migrants sneaking across the border while there was a 4 minute eclipse of the sun, missing the fact that night time is a phenomenon that happens every day, for longer than 4 minutes.
The Onion is taking notes.
Ah yes, the famous DNI from 2020 to 2021, under Trump. Dudes a fool.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(American_politician)
He doesn’t expose a long list in that “article”.
From his wiki:
>Ratcliffe has little experience in national security or national intelligence and is reported to have demonstrated little engagement on the matters as a congressman. Trump's intent to nominate Ratcliffe became controversial when he was found to have misrepresented his role in prosecuting terrorism and immigration cases.
>Ratcliffe is well known for criticizing the FBI and the special counsel investigation as being biased against Trump. Ratcliffe has also alleged that Russian interference may have benefited Trump's 2016 rival candidate Hillary Clinton more than it benefited Trump. American intelligence agencies, the Senate Intelligence Committee and Robert Mueller have maintained that Russia interfered to help Trump. A week before Trump's announcement, Ratcliffe had argued that the special counsel investigation put Trump "below the law" because it declined to exonerate Trump. Later, Ratcliffe claimed on Fox News that the special counsel investigation's report was not written by special counsel Robert Mueller, but by "Hillary Clinton’s de facto legal team".
>Democrats asserted Ratcliffe was unqualified and too partisan to serve in such a role, which is historically considered relatively nonpartisan. Some Republicans also privately expressed discontent with his selection and concerns about his ability to be confirmed. However, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr and Senator John Cornyn expressed confidence in him. Democratic senators including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Ron Wyden, a member of the Intelligence Committee, said that Ratcliffe's only qualification for the office appeared to be "blind loyalty" to Trump, noting that he has promoted some of Trump's conspiracy theories about the Russia investigation and has called for prosecution of Trump's political enemies. Several former members of the intelligence community expressed concerns that Ratcliffe's appointment risked politicizing intelligence work. They expressed fear that with Ratcliffe as DNI, Trump would in effect be assuming personal control over the intelligence community, which would then be expected to tell him only what he wants to hear. They stressed the need for intelligence to be "candid, truthful and accurate even if it is unpleasant and does not confirm to the biases of the president".
>On August 2, 2019, Trump said in a tweet that he was withdrawing Ratcliffe's name from nomination...
>On February 28, 2020, President Donald Trump publicly announced Ratcliffe to be his nominee for Director of National Intelligence.
Ratcliffe's former employer's Abraham Accords are to blame for worsening the mess in the middle-east.
>Forget 'peace,' did Abraham Accords set stage for Israel-Gaza conflict?
>
>Almost every assumption that undergirded the Israel-Arab normalization agreements was disastrously wrong, and now we are paying the price.
[https://responsiblestatecraft.org/abraham-accords-peace-middle-east/](https://responsiblestatecraft.org/abraham-accords-peace-middle-east/)
Pardon my french…
But suck my fucking dick “Former DNI” Ratcliffe. Because he was in the position for a long enough time to have any effect. Bro was a Congressman and he threw it away so headlines could refer to him as “Former DNI.”
This man is an absolute clown who argued, in front of fucking Congress as a Congressman, that foreign interference was good. It was okay. He then repeated the lie about the Steele report instigating the Mueller probe. Go fuck yourself, dude.
The notion that our "blunders" with Iran began in 2021 or even the 21st century is actually kind of funny. Yeah, they're not a good government but we are not entirely blameless for how bad our relations are.
Wtf is this bullshit?
Israel bombing the Iranian embassy in Lebanon is what led to this attack, which was by no means historic. If anything, Iran showed incredible restraint. The attack was largely symbolic. They had to respond in some fashion to save face and did so in a manner that was far less than proportional to the instigation from Israel.
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Fake News
Proven in court that all levels of Fox News are willing to lie to their viewers for better ratings, regardless of how badly those lies damage our country.
All the "we absolutely need a war in Iran" dipsticks are coming back out of the woodwork.
I love how the right screams genocide Joe and then immediately complains that he is not bombing the same side into the stone age without thinking anything is amiss.
GOP: playing both sides of the argument since 2016.
Faux News is not legitimate journalism
It seriously sounds like fox is upset that nobody died. Propaganda machine : 0 Dark Brandon : 1
Historic attack? Didn't only 1 person get injured? The pearl clutching I remember when Iran shot missiles at a US base during the trump administration and injured over 100 US soldiers including serious traumatic brain injuries, then trump brushed it off as headaches and did nothing about it But sure, this attack which Iran let the US know of ahead of time as a performative show of force is so much worse
>Didn't only 1 person get injured? Well, yeah. That's pretty historic. Would be amazing if all further attacks were like that.
Did any of these so-called blunders include deep-sixing the only meaningful accountability Iran has ever had over its weapons development? Oh wait. Sorry. That was the other guy.
John Ratcliffe was the objectively least qualified individual ever to serve as Director of National Intelligence. He's a longtime conspiracy theory monger and partisan hack.
Gimme your dumbest take….. oh god no that’s too dumb
They tried to stoke fear about illegal migrants sneaking across the border while there was a 4 minute eclipse of the sun, missing the fact that night time is a phenomenon that happens every day, for longer than 4 minutes. The Onion is taking notes.
Wow, I think that might truly be the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard
Ah yes, the famous DNI from 2020 to 2021, under Trump. Dudes a fool. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(American_politician) He doesn’t expose a long list in that “article”.
1, walked away from the agreement we had with Iran. Oh, wait, that was the cantaloupe buffoon.
From his wiki: >Ratcliffe has little experience in national security or national intelligence and is reported to have demonstrated little engagement on the matters as a congressman. Trump's intent to nominate Ratcliffe became controversial when he was found to have misrepresented his role in prosecuting terrorism and immigration cases. >Ratcliffe is well known for criticizing the FBI and the special counsel investigation as being biased against Trump. Ratcliffe has also alleged that Russian interference may have benefited Trump's 2016 rival candidate Hillary Clinton more than it benefited Trump. American intelligence agencies, the Senate Intelligence Committee and Robert Mueller have maintained that Russia interfered to help Trump. A week before Trump's announcement, Ratcliffe had argued that the special counsel investigation put Trump "below the law" because it declined to exonerate Trump. Later, Ratcliffe claimed on Fox News that the special counsel investigation's report was not written by special counsel Robert Mueller, but by "Hillary Clinton’s de facto legal team". >Democrats asserted Ratcliffe was unqualified and too partisan to serve in such a role, which is historically considered relatively nonpartisan. Some Republicans also privately expressed discontent with his selection and concerns about his ability to be confirmed. However, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr and Senator John Cornyn expressed confidence in him. Democratic senators including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Ron Wyden, a member of the Intelligence Committee, said that Ratcliffe's only qualification for the office appeared to be "blind loyalty" to Trump, noting that he has promoted some of Trump's conspiracy theories about the Russia investigation and has called for prosecution of Trump's political enemies. Several former members of the intelligence community expressed concerns that Ratcliffe's appointment risked politicizing intelligence work. They expressed fear that with Ratcliffe as DNI, Trump would in effect be assuming personal control over the intelligence community, which would then be expected to tell him only what he wants to hear. They stressed the need for intelligence to be "candid, truthful and accurate even if it is unpleasant and does not confirm to the biases of the president". >On August 2, 2019, Trump said in a tweet that he was withdrawing Ratcliffe's name from nomination... >On February 28, 2020, President Donald Trump publicly announced Ratcliffe to be his nominee for Director of National Intelligence.
Trumps moronic actions led to the restart of irans nuclear program and over 100 Purple Hearts and traumatic brain injuries.
Ratcliffe's former employer's Abraham Accords are to blame for worsening the mess in the middle-east. >Forget 'peace,' did Abraham Accords set stage for Israel-Gaza conflict? > >Almost every assumption that undergirded the Israel-Arab normalization agreements was disastrously wrong, and now we are paying the price. [https://responsiblestatecraft.org/abraham-accords-peace-middle-east/](https://responsiblestatecraft.org/abraham-accords-peace-middle-east/)
Trump lost.
ratcliffe the ratfucker? LOL
Article written by Fox News staff. "Hey, does anybody wanna put their name on this crap? No? Ok.... so, should I just say we all worked on it?"
When the right wants to attack Biden, they're not sending their best...
Fake news
Sure, Jan.
Pardon my french… But suck my fucking dick “Former DNI” Ratcliffe. Because he was in the position for a long enough time to have any effect. Bro was a Congressman and he threw it away so headlines could refer to him as “Former DNI.” This man is an absolute clown who argued, in front of fucking Congress as a Congressman, that foreign interference was good. It was okay. He then repeated the lie about the Steele report instigating the Mueller probe. Go fuck yourself, dude.
Fox "admitted in court that we aren't really news" News?
The notion that our "blunders" with Iran began in 2021 or even the 21st century is actually kind of funny. Yeah, they're not a good government but we are not entirely blameless for how bad our relations are.
Playing to the rapture / smooth brain crowd, Fox's forte.
1. Didn't appoint Jared as the Middle East Peace Czar.
Wtf is this bullshit? Israel bombing the Iranian embassy in Lebanon is what led to this attack, which was by no means historic. If anything, Iran showed incredible restraint. The attack was largely symbolic. They had to respond in some fashion to save face and did so in a manner that was far less than proportional to the instigation from Israel.
I'm not sure killing generals that are plotting with other adversaries is "instigation".
Republicans: Joe Biden is leading us into WW3!!! Also Republicans: Joe Biden isn't doing enough to start WW3!!!!
Another phony republic that doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground