bigredfish
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My opinion stated many times in the Iran thread, is that we had no business starting this.
Quite a few other reasons, but by and large an epic failure.
Best thing now is for the US to walk away with the loss.
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Donald Trump has, for now, shelved plans to escalate the U.S. military campaign against Iran, amid concerns that a wider war could quickly deplete U.S. stocks of Patriot interceptors and other key air defense missiles in the Middle East, the New York Times reports.
Trump and his top aides also fear a wider Middle East war, strained ties with key Gulf allies, and worsening economic, energy, and refugee crises.
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BREAKING: The United States has requested a new temporary ceasefire with Iran and is seeking a return to the collapsed and suspended Memorandum of Understanding, with discussions also expected to include Yemen and Trump seeking to make the Houthis part of it, per sources.
Iran is highly unlikely to accept the US offer, having comprehensively rejected all negotiations throughout this week and confirmed it won’t start negotiations under any circumstances, while Trump simultaneously announced the US is about to carry out a ‘massive attack’ on Iran ‘bigger than any attack ever carried out before.‘
- Stated strategic goals have changed 4 times and all have failed.
- $$$ costs well over $100 Billion
- stated by Trump on video that we did it to protect Israel
- ruined relationships with countries around the world
- most US ME bases rendered unusable
- Americans forced to pay 25%-40% more for gas. Other commodities like fertilizer also affected.
Quite a few other reasons, but by and large an epic failure.
Best thing now is for the US to walk away with the loss.
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Donald Trump has, for now, shelved plans to escalate the U.S. military campaign against Iran, amid concerns that a wider war could quickly deplete U.S. stocks of Patriot interceptors and other key air defense missiles in the Middle East, the New York Times reports.
Trump and his top aides also fear a wider Middle East war, strained ties with key Gulf allies, and worsening economic, energy, and refugee crises.
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BREAKING: The United States has requested a new temporary ceasefire with Iran and is seeking a return to the collapsed and suspended Memorandum of Understanding, with discussions also expected to include Yemen and Trump seeking to make the Houthis part of it, per sources.
Iran is highly unlikely to accept the US offer, having comprehensively rejected all negotiations throughout this week and confirmed it won’t start negotiations under any circumstances, while Trump simultaneously announced the US is about to carry out a ‘massive attack’ on Iran ‘bigger than any attack ever carried out before.‘
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