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re: Trump: They weren't supposed to go after all these other countries in the Middle East.

Posted on 3/17/26 at 12:08 am to
Posted by meansonny
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Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 3/17/26 at 12:08 am to
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Why are those neighbors not doing it?


Because they have not developed an assault style military. They are defensive in nature (because they have been worried about Iran for almost half a century).
Posted by Proximo
Member since Aug 2011
24203 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 12:58 am to
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shocked he would say this. Why wouldn’t they lash out to other countries around them? Thats just crazy to me.

Because they’re civilian targets? Nothing he said contradicts the info they received prior to the strikes
Posted by Hawgnsincebirth55
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Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 3/17/26 at 6:09 am to
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We expected them to attack bases in middle eastern countries. Not oil depots owned and operated by other countries. Not desalination plants in other countries. Not urban buildings in other countries. You do know there is a difference?
while urban building are definitely different, you should expect oil depots and refineries to get hit because anyone with a brain should’ve seen Iran can’t win an outright fight with us and they know that so they have to attempt to cripple the economy of some of our client states in the region those are for all intents and purposes our assets.
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
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Posted on 3/17/26 at 6:22 am to
Posted by LawTalkingGuy
Member since Mar 2025
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Posted on 3/17/26 at 6:22 am to
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Let's think about this. Which one sounds better to our allies in the gulf?

We didn't know Iran was going to attack you.

Or

We knew they were going to attack you but didn't care.


Both statements sound pretty reckless and uninformed. But, no one ever accused Trump of being a great orator.
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
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Member since Oct 2012
41121 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 6:26 am to
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Because they’re civilian targets?
and?
Posted by lepdagod
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
6106 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 6:32 am to
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Iran can’t win an outright fight with us and they know that so they have to attempt to cripple the economy of some of our client states


This the obvious play… We ain’t got competent people operating this war on our side… ain’t no way they thought Iran would fight a conventional war…
Posted by rebeloke
Member since Nov 2012
17285 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 6:38 am to
My question is where is Iran operating their military strikes? How do they have any infrastructure left?
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