Trump supporters who backed his promise to avoid new Middle East wars worry Iran’s attacks on shipping are pushing the U.S. toward escalation — and maybe even boots on the ground.
When the U.S. started firing Tomahawk missiles at Iran late last month, many of Donald Trump’s allies hoped it would be a quick, surgical operation, similar to last year’s strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities or the ouster of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro in January.
Though uneasy, they were reassured by the belief that Trump’s open-ended objectives gave him the flexibility to declare victory whenever he saw fit.
Now, more than two weeks into the campaign, some of those allies believe the president no longer controls how, or when, the war ends. They fear Iran’s attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, which have rattled global crude markets and threaten broader economic distress, are boxing Trump into a situation where escalating the conflict — potentially even putting American boots on the ground — becomes the only way to credibly claim victory.
Hold the cards? That orange shitgibbon has a handful of Uno cards while everyone else is playing poker-- he’s not even playing the same game. He needs to be put in a home for criminals with dementia then sealed in.
Time for our totally not completely manipulated stock market to inexplicably go up!
We clearly just kicked [Iran’s] ass in the field,
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“Thanks to a detailed planning process, the entire administration is and was prepared
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President Trump knew full well
HAHAHAHahahaaaahahahaaaa… oh man…
any disruptions to energy are temporary and will result in a massive benefit to our country and the global economy
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slipping beyond the president’s control.
Much like his ability to not shit his pants.
There are two ways to bring the USA to its knees, stop the flow of oil or fried chicken.
Expect drone strikes on poultry plants
HE NEVER HAD ANY CONTROL TO BEGIN WITH! Trump has about as much control of Iran as he does with his bowels.
Media and Congress extremely complicit in dysfunction against peace and negotiated settlement with Iran.
DNC would prefer the political win of “Trump defeat” but Adam Schiff called Iran “the enemy” this week, and Schumer was apoplectic about “Trump’s plan to TACO with (ominous secret) deal with Iran” during last “excursion”. Demonic pig fucking zionazi unanimity just wants to bicker about “plan coherence/success metrics”.
Rand Paul, normally (voted recently) against war, repeated Trump’s biggest lie of all. “There is no Iranian leadership to negotiate with”… and so somehow, “our only option is boots on the ground or inspired revolution.” Iran has a UN and a Geneva mission.
Media could strongly challenge the absurdities. “Either US was serious about nuclear negotiations, or it was always a ploy for Israel surprise attack and genocidal expansion ambitions”. Since Iran was attending negotiations, there is an offer to Iran they will accept to “sell” enriched uranium to US. Politico/OP, like other media and even diplomatic allies, is categorically complicit in avoiding all reasonable offramp exposure/pressure.
I mean, the US, for all its big guns have never won a war without Britain and/or France riding along to do the hard work. All the US knows how to do is make big explosions real good. That’s not war, that’s just state terrorism.
It was never in his control, he and the civilian leaders in DoD don’t understand and don’t want to understand the complexities of Iran either social or political
