PBC News & Comment: Amid Trump’s Threats and Pompeo’s Lies, Iran Readies Retaliation

Iran has 13 US targets, Trump has 52 Iranian targets, and MSM slams Trump as it approves of Suleimani’s assassination…..--Trump stages photo op with 52 F-35 bombers, says timing is coincidental, as survivors of the 1979 hostage crisis say “leave us out of this”
--Pompeo derides reports that Suleimani was on diplomatic mission supported by Trump
--at ConsortiumNews, Pepe Escobar adds details to the “peace mission” angle, which has been buried by corporate media
--WashPost columnist Jennifer Rubin opines that Pompeo is lying about his lies
--Lee Fang exposes arms industry ties of military experts who are all over TV news
--Kevin Gosztola tracks recent comments of disgraced Gen. Petraeus
--and in prior report, Gosztola zeroes in on State Dept. propaganda
--Rachel Maddow does her part, in softball interview of Elizabeth Warren
--oops, US tells Iraq to ignore that letter about US troops leaving
--matching US moves, Iran names Pentagon brass “terrorists”
--Defense Secretary and former Raytheon exec Mark Esper bucks Trump, says we will not attack cultural sites, and Mitch McConnell agrees
--Iran says it will only strike military targets
--50 dies in stampede during funeral procession in Suleimani’s hometown
--US won’t allow Iran's Foreign minister to address UN on Thursday
--listener Jerry Fresia shares interesting analysis from Alliance of Middle Eastern and North African Socialists
--after Daddy said US has “God on our side”, Trump Junior posts picture holding assault rifle and sporting crusader cross
--in new in-depth interview, author Tom Mueller talks about his new book on whistleblowers, and blames both parties for their treatment
--pressure mounts on Pelosi to deliver articles of impeachment, without agreement on witnesses in Senate trial
--earthquake swarm hits Puerto Rico: yesterday 5.8 and today 6.4
--after being shut out of Assembly by Maduro allies, Juan Guaido restates his phony claim of being legit president of Venezuela
--Libya in flux as Putin and Turkey’s Erdogan meet to talk about it
--based on 60 Minutes report, WhoWhatWhy continues to question the “suicide "of Jeffrey Epstein