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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48700965
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I wish I could better trust our government right now. And that’s not just a comment about Trump.
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The names Bolton and Cotton come to mind, don't they....
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Shut up and play your guitar! Minor Deity ![]() |
Trusting the government is so anti-american. I just don't get the blind loyalty on both sides. You can trust our side! BS! | |||
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Analysis of the situation. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/0...east/iran-trump.html Headline is "Iran’s Gambit: Force the World to Rein In Trump" if you don't have a subscription and want to get to the article via a search.
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I suspect we were in fact in Iranian airspace. Just a hunch.
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"I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity ![]() |
Trump's restrained reaction could be support for that hypothesis. But it could also reflect the different games that the two nations are playing, as David Ignatius argues... Iran Must Escape the American Chokehold ... | |||
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/0...t/iran-us-drone.html
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"I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity ![]() |
We don't know the facts here. Equally plausible to me is that this "approved strike revelation" is just another tool in ratcheting up pressure on Iran. As in, "see, we really WERE prepared to attack, so you better start seeing things our way or else." | |||
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Or something may have been communicated through back channels.
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Sounds a bit like the scene in The American President when Michael Douglas orders an attack on Libya as a proportional response to their bombing a missle site in Israel. Except he asked about how many people would die *before* the attack was launched. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/0...ump-iran-attack.html
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He's in a bind. He's got half his support hankering for a fight, and the other half trying to show some sense and trying to keep him out of a fight. This type of scenario is his nightmare and he's trying to some out smelling like a rose so he pulls the "I didn't attack because I'm a nice guy?" routine. The more he talks, the less likely that the pullback was intentionally leaked and was a warning shot to the Iranians. I think it's indicative of the fight going on inside the adminstration, and he doesn't know how to get out of it.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politi...ran-strikes-n1020386
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Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana ![]() |
Either that, or it's Trump running off his mouth via tweet without any form of consultation or plan from his senior advisors, pro or con. It's dangerous. The guy needs to have his twitter account suspended. | |||
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