re: Trump considering deploying more troops

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The idea that we are doing this for Iranians is as absurd as the WMD line.

It also cannot be reconciled whatsoever with the staunch anti-interventionism MAGA has otherwise tripled down on with regard to USAID, Ukraine, NATO, etc.

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exactly...

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It genuinely feels like people will just defend whatever Trump does

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first day on the PoliBoard??

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Cool add it in!

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It would make my post noisy because it doesn’t have relevance to the big events of escalation. And I’m not cherry picking here. Just being pointed and concise (I didn’t specifically mention JCPOA or taking out Soleimani or the fact the proceeds from Iran Contra were used to fund the rebels either).

I do acknowledge we agreed to give Iran a bunch of money under Obama for something related to 79.

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Netanyahu has been framing Iran as an existential threat and pushing for conflict for decades.

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Israel controls the world. Bibi made the ayatollah call for the death of America.

They were frozen assets from the Carter admin, and after the Shah was deposed.

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I’d rather pull the plug on the whole thing than put one American soldier on Iranian territory.

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Under normal circumstances I’d agree with you. But that ship sailed on day one of this war. We have to see it through at this point and that means finding the uranium and installing a new government. That’s the only conclusion that is acceptable at this point. The wisdom of the decisions that brought us to this point is another conversation to be had.

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I do acknowledge we agreed to give Iran a bunch of money under Obama for something related to 79.

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That ended with the Iranians boasting that they could build 11 nuclear bombs any time they wished.



The problem here is most of your are coming from a point of pure ignorance.

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Nobody thought two weeks.

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Nobody. Lol This is just a tiny sample.

Posted by cajuntiger1010 3/3/26 at 9:42 am to IMSA_Fan

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If the US doesn’t - the Chinese will play the long game and flood the country with capital


No boots will go on the ground lol. This will be over in 2 weeks

Posted by theballguy 3/3/26 at 9:47 am to BOHICAMAN
I'd go with less than a week. This will not be anything like Iraq.

Posted by FLTech 3/3/26 at 10:40 am to BOHICAMAN
Trump is not sending troops on the ground.. let Israel do that shite. Trump knows his bae is totally against a long war and especially a war with our boots on the ground

There is no war
Posted by Jjdoc 2/28/26 at 8:27 am
Thankfully.

We are not getting into a long drawn out war.
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Posted by stout 2/28/26 at 8:29 am to Jjdoc
If Ali Khamenei is already dead, this will be over quick

Posted by Nosevens2/28/26 at 8:32 am to BOHICAMAN
Military actions aren’t necessarily a war

Posted by wackatimesthree2/28/26 at 8:36 am to TigersHuskers
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Kinda like Iraq when we got Saddam?


Uh, yeah.

Those military operations started on March 20, 2003 and Baghdad fell on April 9.

That regime took right at 3 weeks to defeat.

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Under normal circumstances I’d agree with you. But that ship sailed on day one of this war. We have to see it through at this point and that means finding the uranium and installing a new government. That’s the only conclusion that is acceptable at this point. The wisdom of the decisions that brought us to this point is another conversation to be had.

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This post feels very W Bush / Iraq circa 2004

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Israel controls the world. Bibi made the ayatollah call for the death of America.

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I just don’t like Netanyahu. Plenty in Israel would agree.

Indeed!