Fears that decision to strike could be open-ended as Trump comes under pressure to spell out his vision for the country

Donald Trump is under pressure to spell out his vision for Iran amid the ongoing attacks on the country and reports of the first American casualties since the launch of unprovoked US and Israeli military strikes.

Trump’s critics are demanding that the White House provide greater clarity about what comes next. Opponents and analysts say the lack of a clear plan outlined so far has created a danger of the US being sucked into a long-lasting conflict of the sort that Trump repeatedly vowed to avoid.

“If the administration has a game plan, they have yet to reveal it, frankly,” said Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow and Iran specialist at the Middle East Institute in Washington.

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[–] 25 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It goes to a false flag attack on NY, triggering a "National Emergency" around the Fall of 2026. Would this government bomb its own people?

What would this government not do to stay in power?

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago

    @MicroWave it doesn't have to go anywhere.The War IS the goal.

    None

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago

    it goes into the pockets of military industrial complex shareholders and oil extraction companies

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

    4 trillion dollar Epstein cover up.

    Epstein even predicted trump world bomb Iran to protect himself

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Where does this go? Line goes up for the MIC.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    It goes right into the living rooms of all the morons we still have left from 2004 who insisted "you can't change presidents during a war!"

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    That’s the plan, yeah?

    Gotta beef up the MIC somehow.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Lack of clear plan? It's clear..US attack. Iran Defends. US is the one without much more of a plan than to distract from the EpstinenFiles.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    In this case, its more than just a distraction from the Epstein files. Trump was captivated with the idea that Ukraine had to suspend elections while engaged in war. He is going to try and pull that same shit here, just watch.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    One third of Americans don't care if elections are suspended and want to see it all burn.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago*

    Calling them accelerationists is giving them too much credit.

    They don't want to see it burn, they just want to feel like their "team" won. Whether it burns and hurts them doesn't matter as long as they think it hurts the "woke libs" more.

    People who lack empathy simply can't understand that lifting others up will pay back in kind and lift themselves up, too. It's all a zero sum game to these pricks.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Oh no another forever war in the Middle East! Who could of seen that happening?

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago

    Presumably this is the oligarchs' backup plan to their bubble economy created around AI slop.

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    [–] 14 points 8 months ago

    I’m sure it’ll be fine; “concepts of a plan” are just as good as having an actual plan for enough of the population to get a fucking imbecile elected president a second time.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    Long conflict is the plan.

    More money for bombs. Emergency powers for King Trump. Distraction from all domestic issues.

    Just oppression and death to feed the Epstein class.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    When has the US gone to war with a credible plan and end game? Usually it is over optimistic or it is aimless.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    I was gonna build condos and have Nutlick run the whole thing!

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago*

    Of course it's going to be a long war, the Military-Industrial complex demands it. Peace isn't good for business, and Trump loves business.

    And it offers lots of opportunities for contract-steering graft.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Release all the Epstein Files and it will end

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Oh no, now he'll feel compelled to institute martial law. Who could have eeeeeeeever seen this coming? Hopefully his plan fails.

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