Does the Iran dust up bother you that much or is it just an excuse to hate Trump?

I pray we continue dusting Iran!!

It doesn't bother me at all.

Assuming the reason we went in there is the stated reason, the idea that it would have been better to—I'm not sure what...ignore it indefinitely because it would be unpopular? Ignore it until after the midterms because it would be unpopular?—is childish and asinine.

Everybody says they want leaders, not politicians, but then when someone acts like a leader—which means they are willing to do unpopular things if it's the right thing to do, whether it's Thomas Massey or Donald Trump—nobody supports it. Especially if it costs them an extra dollar a gallon at the pump.

This country does not want leaders. It wants politicians wearing Santa Claus suits.

Giving Iran a reason to think twice is one of the things Trump did right.

Now HOW he has done it and how he has communicated about it ("we're very close to a deal, its the best deal ever, nobody else could have negotiated such a deal...oh, wait" times 5 or 6), that's a different story.

Somebody convinced him that attacking Iran would help overthrow the government and install the former Shah’s son. He probably was told it would happen between 6 to 8 weeks and it hasn’t worked out that way. Now it doesn’t look like it’s going to. I don’t know what the endgame is.

Regardless, it’s a massive unforced error that tied an anchor to a booming economy.

What bothers me is how we prosecuted the war. This was never going to be a win unless we had regime change, with a western freindly government left at the end. Incompetence from the start. Sixteen US servicemen lost and over 800 wounded, so we can level their military and nuclear capabilities, all to have them rebuilt over the next several years?
So yeah, it bothers me.

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tied an anchor to a booming economy.

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Can you break that down for me and show your work to come to that conclusion?

Every metric I look at shows me an economy that was pretty mediocre before and after Iran.

And by "pretty mediocre," I don't mean bad. I just mean middle of the road. Nothing remarkable either way.

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Assuming the reason we went in there is the stated reason,

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That's an issue for a lot of people. This administration hasn't earned that sort of trust.

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theunknownknight

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Perfectly said.

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all to have them rebuilt over the next several years?

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Unless we nuke the country, that's probably the best we can accomplish, don't you think? I don't think we could force a western friendly regime change there. Not without literally occupying the country indefinitely.

But even if someone has to burn down their operation every 7-8 years or so, that's still better than allowing them to start a nuclear war with Israel, which they eventually would if they ever had the capability.

Do any the people here crying about gas prices increases have any idea what that would do to the world economy?

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Diesel was like 8.20 Nov 3rd Its 7.20 last night Nothing changed in Iran wtf. Ppl are so dumb with iran

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Exactly

I have never hated Trump and still dont. Im grateful for what he did in 2016. I actually think the GOP Senators are far more detestable.

You cant make campaign promises then break every one and not expect backlash. This goes for the entire GOP