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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho said he would start a war with Iran to cover his tracks, who said that 2 years ago?
I know I did, I bet a few of you also did.
2naSalit
(86,054 posts)Grasswire2
(13,564 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)Link to tweet
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LibFarmer
(772 posts)for a certain someone to have a second shot at the presidency ....
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)But "flawed."
Kaleva
(36,146 posts)"War With Iran
Posted on August 29, 2007
For months we at Antiwar.com have been monitoring the situation between Iran and the United States, parsing the words of administration spokesmen for any hints of when and how hostilities between the two countries might begin. Weve been running reports from insiders saying that the Cheney faction is pushing for an attack, that Bush is quite amenable but is biding his time, and that an assault on Tehran is imminent. "
https://original.antiwar.com/justin/2007/08/29/war-with-iran-2/
"Chances of War With Iran Just Went Up
Sep 22, 2012
President Obama had been doing an admirable job in recent weeks of keeping the chances of war with Iran from rising, notably in rebuffing Bibi Netanyahu's efforts to get America to lower the threshold for a military attack. But on Friday the chances of war rose, and that's Obama's fault. "
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/chances-of-war-with-iran-just-went-up/262718/
Amishman
(5,540 posts)Bad for business and Trump is Wall Street's president.
All he has to do to distract is shuffle military assets from base to base and play jingo tough guy for his base and he gets a twofer - loud distraction from his other scandals and keep his hardcore supporters waving flags and hooting.
He already plays this game with bomber deployments around NK and cruising warships through waters contested by China.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)make his base happy.
https://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-trump-nuclear-weapons-2017-10
rampartc
(5,263 posts)we would live in perpetual peace
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Really?
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)I was really leaning NK for awhile there, but middle east should have seemed more realistic. How much do I owe you for that bet?