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[–] 4 points 1 week ago

Jeez, dumbfuck didn’t even wait until after the election.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    The audacity to call this "defensive strikes" won't make the action more palatable to the US populace. I wonder what Trump was promised for this escalation.

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    [–] 13 points 1 week ago (9 children)

    Dropping bombs on Iran is just making them mad.

    If THAT is NOT the GOAL then I'd like to hear what the goal is.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    To create a state of emergency to ignore the elections...

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    He's itching to launch a nuke... that should do it.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Trump doesn't have a Big Red Button. There are several steps in the command-and-control infrastructure that would stop him. Hell, I doubt the people around him would allow him to even try and open the Nuclear Football and get the codes.

    I came of age at the end of the Cold War and understand the consequences. No way in hell dementia boy is going to be allowed to launch even a small tactical nuke.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    I hope you're right. At the same time, he has surrounded himself with sycophants and religious zealots who would be completely supportive of his wish. Many believe the end-times are here and this is the next logical and necessary step.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Trump-connected folks bought oil stocks on Monday after they dropped the price by floating openness to peace talks, it's time to raise them once again!

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Wall Street hasn't caught on or are they complicit ?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago

    Um, did you sleep through the whole GameStop short thing where people confirmed that Wall Street is rigging the whole system..?

    They're absolutely complicit. The shenanigans we allow those fuckers on Wall Street to get away with are outlawed in many other countries.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago

    https://www.thestatesman.com/world/us-strikes-irans-qeshm-island-near-strait-of-hormuz-reports-1503658220.html

    It was still hours away from Tuesday in the USA but I guess it was TACO Tuesday in the middle east...

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    [–] 22 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Escalating the incredibly-unpopular war in Iran right before the midterms is an interesting strategy. Maybe it’ll get buried in the other headlines. Maybe not.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago

    The Associated Press news agency also cited a US official as saying the US had conducted defensive strikes against Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz. The official said that “Iranians using surface-to-air missiles against US assets” had been targeted.

    here's a thought, don't attack other nations and you don't have to worry about your planes getting shot down.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    Couldn't even wait until after the midterms sigh

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