They're taking so long because they know Trump won't follow through on his threats. More threats aren't going to make them hurry up.
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More accurately they know trump won't follow through on the negotiations. Trump says he's going to bomb you, there's a 50/50 chance he will bomb you. Trump says he's going to talk peacefully, there's a 100% chance either the US or Isreal is going to be bombing durring or before the negotiations and during whatever cease fire is negotiated.
How fucking funny would it be if we wake up tomorrow and Iran has drone struck the white house, similar to how Ukraine did with Russia last year?
That would be the most unexpected and hilarious ending to Trump I can think of.
That would be absolutely terrible.
Currently, the general US sentiment seems to be that Trump is an internal problem, that you have to deal with.
An attack on the White House would not be seen as an attack against Trump, it would be seen as an attack against the nation as a whole.
We have an example of this, look at the approval rating of Bush before and after 9/11, they surged from just barely over 50% to above 90% instantly.
Now, I don't expect this huge of a jump with Trump, but I there would absolutely be a huge jump in Trump's approval ratings after a foreign attack on the White House.
Plenty of people would see it as their duty to support the president in those times.
For the 30% of lead poisoned weirdos, maybe.
During the theater run of Independence Day, people in the theater often cheered when the white house was destroyed.
Pretty sure that was a movie, though
I believe that Americans know the difference between the WTC and the Trump White House
I believe that Americans know the difference between the WTC and the Trump White House
C and H! Do I win?
Then instead of the White House, Mar-a-lago🤷♂️
it would be seen as an attack against the nation as a whole.
So? USA is also absolutely attacking Iran as a nation as a whole. USA has set the precedence that Iran is absolutely allowed and even justified in doing this. And I for one would not lift a finger to help USA, but will continue to boycott American products.
USA created this mess together with Israel, and USA shouldn't come fucking crying to Europe if the White House is bombed!!
Like USA did when Iran closed the Hormuz Strait. 😡
Iran is clearly the victim here. Iran may be a shitty country, but on the international scene USA is worse.
I mean, in the hypothetical example I believe the implication was not one that trump survived. So a better analogy would be turning point USA. Of which yeah general like and "honoring" of charlie certainly went up. But on the whole the influence of turning point USA seems to be less. As far as the overall, I'm not sure how to really judge how that would go in this hypothetical would b long term.
We live in the shit timeline, we don't get nice things like that. We get undying Trump who lives like another 40 years as president and bullets fly around him like that stupid movie Wanted...
This isn't a video game. Iranian drones with the ability to strike the white house wouldn't be "nice things".
Iran aren't the good guys and war is always shit. No exceptions.
Who said this is a video game? I want Trump to die plain and simple. Suffering would be a bonus.
To elaborate, no I don't want innocent people in the white house to die, but the gist of the initial comment was essentially eluding to trump being killed which was the concept I was supporting.
War does suck 100% of the time and there are no good guys in this world. Iran, US, or otherwise.
I'm guessing you are thinking about operation spiderweb, where Ukraine released drones deep inside Russia from Russian registered trucks, and took out several fighter jets and very valuable AWACS.
Yes such an attack on white house taking out Trump would be hilarious, and absolutely justified karma as deserved, considering USA did the same to Iranian politicians.
I would worry however what the response to such an action would be?
They also know Trump won’t keep his end of the deal.
Trump can't follow through on his threats.
The US doesnt have the conventional arsenal left to do what he wants, and none of the middle eastern countries(minus Israel) would allow a nuclear attack.
Trump won’t follow through on his threats.
He "won't" because he can't, but I bet Trump wants to nuke Iran if necessary, he has no moral boundaries and doesn't give a shit about the human suffering he is causing.
His only fear is about the possible consequences to himself, and maybe he has even been actively prevented from doing it?
My guess is that Trump absolutely wants to follow through, but he can't. Partly because congress won't allow it, but there may be other reasons, like the military may have finally refused an illegal order?
Trump is mentally a toddler, and he will go as far as he can, until someone stops him.
I hope America is ready to pay the price when the economic shock really hits.
Sorry, but short attention spans combined with deliberately minimized education levels will ensure that not only are most Americans not ready, but that they will blame whoever has the misfortune to be in charge when the aftereffects of everything Trump has done finally firmly take hold. My fellow ~~Americans~~ morons haven't a clue what "looking at the big picture" means.
Inflation rose to 4.2% based on today's reports and you've got ExxonMobil and Chevron CEOs warning of severe energy spikes in July and Aug....gonna be fun....
It's going to hit everyone, not just us.
To my knowledge, America is the only country that has yet to undeniably experience economic shock from this war. The rest of the world is already suffering from America's imperialism. The worse Americans are seeing is slightly inflated gas and goods pricing, which can be brushed off as usual economic waves.
You know the answer to that.
Donald Trump is a pedophile rapist pile of shit.
Both off-topic, and completely relevant.
They are holding all the cards — we shall pay the price.
Pretty sure we are already paying 'the price'.
Agreed. But there will be more that we haven’t felt yet, I’m sure.
Per the article, I suspect you are right. I'm in a uniquely fortunate position, in that I live in a small town, and mostly use a bike for transport. All the same, I like to eat food and am not realistically able to grow all I consume. And I need to replace bike parts now and again. At some point the computer in front of me will need replacement, etc, etc. Sigh.
Small towner here, as well. I feel and share your pain.
this strategy seems to have worked well for Greenland and Canada. Grey rocking at an International scale.
Oh time for the thinly veiled nuclear threats again because it's Wednesday?
There is no negotiation. Iran gave their demands and Trump the narcissist fuckup will never take an L an give those demands.
Oh man they better hurry up before Trump does something crazy… like give Iran an even better deal.
Tough talk from Donald Donkeybrains.
Bet you a gallon of gas that it’s not going to happen.
He totally means it this time guys.
[ X ] DOUBT
Someone blow his fucking brains out already.
Go on anarchists. Do actual shit for a change.
Like Mexico paid for the wall?
Iran has no reason to suspect the USA will ever hold up a deal with the dementia addled moldy orange much less GQP's next dictator. As well I don't think the USA military is capable of trying to fight an outright war with even a modestly equipped foe. Iran isn't the Taliban.
Why are his eyes so goddamned bloodshot all the time?
Not sleeping?
Eye strain from constantly checking social media?
Old age?
Coke?
Syphilis?
High blood pressure from a decades long diet of hamberders?
More terror attacks by the USA. Non-targeted bombing campaigns or operations focused on civilians has never won a war but it has spread misery far and wide. The people leading the war are either out of range or in a bunker deep enough that it might as well be on the other side of the planet. Even if you "glass" major cities, that's not where the missiles are located.
Wrong as always , the big bill is for the average american