didn't Iran say they were gonna stop following that a few days ago anyways?
did they walk that back?
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didn't Iran say they were gonna stop following that a few days ago anyways?
did they walk that back?
Folks, this is how he ALWAYS sounds when sticking to the script. This shouldn't be a surprise.
Imagine the bar being so low that any speech that isn't rambling and mad is presidential.
Yep.
Now Trump will spend the next 24 hours watching FoxNews and CNN, and that likely will determine his actual response.
If you want to know what their angle is, just listen to Hannity.
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Sanctions ban them from selling oil to others, and other goods, as well as the price hikes up on everything like medicine/milk/etc. Iranians are getting fucked over pretty well as it is.
It's still unbelievable to me that the President of the United States has his political agenda dictated to him every day by a fear-mongering "news" channel.
Not just American products. It really hurts their economy and the people there.
I still maintain that Saudi arabia should be sanctioned far more than iran who have been willing to actually be reticent
I see it as him telling them what angle to take and build it up, then he does it. Trump's speech was basically Hannity's hour last night, with the same talking points. Maybe I'm giving him too much credit and it is the other way around.
He is entirely doing this because he's a fucking idiot. Speaking openly about the status of game-changing weapons is destabilizing. What if Russia or China already have the weapons developed? They now know that the US doesn't. That means the balance of power is openly fucked. In theory this motivates them to attack (they won't, though, given the current climate). And what if they're way behind on developing them? They may now speed up and invest more money in advanced weapons. That isn't good either.
Plus we already threatened retaliatory sanctions on pretty much any country that would buy oil from Iran.
If it was intentional, you say you have hypersonic missiles, not hypersonic missiles under construction.
It seems like a minor thing but it's incredibly reckless to expose your military R&D.
"dont forget guys, iraq wants us to stay there indefinitely and we'd be ceding our geopolitical position to iran and russia and china if we leave"
stahhhp.
stahhhp.
Trump literally believes we have planes that are invisible don't take his words on any weapons we have as meaning Anything.
Yeah, that's a silly take. He's an idiot no doubt, but he's not spilling any secrets here.
The US got that Huawei VP detained in Canada because of those sanctions.
They are still trying to extradite her.
I suspect we'll see ramping up of those efforts. Personally, I'm not a fan.
"Slurring" and "Adderall" are trending on Twitter...
...so naturally the Sergeis are desperately trying to push "YeAh WeLl PeLoSi SlUrS tOo", making it painfully obvious that they have orders to push that shit.
I do hope Schmuck a L'Orange gets one rail too many soon and... well, I can't say what I wish would follow that.
...so naturally the Sergeis are desperately trying to push "YeAh WeLl PeLoSi SlUrS tOo", making it painfully obvious that they have orders to push that shit.
I do hope Schmuck a L'Orange gets one rail too many soon and... well, I can't say what I wish would follow that.
I'm just glad that we won't be dying in a pointless war (at least not yet anyway).
I take whatever little safety we can get for now.
I take whatever little safety we can get for now.
The USA has openly said it doesn't have hypersonic weapons, and that we are behind. Russia is already deploying them, and working on different types. China debuted their, the last march. I mean, this is the next step in weapons.
Although, you're going to use them on a nation that has subs and nukes everywhere? Doesn't change much of that.
Trump is a moron, but Hypersonic weapons are already here, just waiting for confirmation in use.
They don't change their poker faces once during the speech. I don't see it
What I was thinking....I watched on mute intentionally to see if it was noticeable.
This is a reminder of out of date I am on the current state of our security dilemma
Yeah, Russia wasn't coy about announcing they had a successful test of a hypersonic missile. They've since tried their best to classify their research so the US and China can't use it to play catch up.
This person is seeing something that apparently only they can see. The expressions of the 2 remain the same throughout. We all know Trump is a fucking moron, so why post bullshit?
so the whole thing is looking rather pointless, no real damage to the US, just a weird display of force.
and in the minds of people it will just renew Iran as a threat and help Trump justify his actions against Iran...
also there is the whole plane crash thing, if that turns out to be related to this attack, like a mistake by Iran with AA guns or something, oh boy.
and in the minds of people it will just renew Iran as a threat and help Trump justify his actions against Iran...
also there is the whole plane crash thing, if that turns out to be related to this attack, like a mistake by Iran with AA guns or something, oh boy.
But American politicians think they are worth the price.
He can read.
seems like it,
they can hit the US allies in the region with precise attacks if the USA escalates, I guess
I don't think the U.S. would win. Not sure why the idea of 'winning' endures.
Severely critical of Trump, but for once "happy". At least relieved. I don't care about any subplots, or attempts to ridicule him on other points. This was about to get very stupid and very dangerous past this point, with another response. Something nobody needs right now
I hope that I'm wrong but I really doubt that Iran is done here. Last night was meant to be a public show that they did "something" but you have to believe with their track record that their real revenge will come later and be far more difficult to trace back to them.
Looks like they targeted hangars for airplanes/drones instead of troop barracks?
So is the media just erasing the Iraqis deaths? There were reports that Iraqis were killed in the strike on Solemani and in the Iran strike. Trump claimed in his speech this morning that no Iraqis were killed in the relalitory strike and now I can't find anything about who else was killed in these strikes.
They'll very likely go back to the proxy war and keep pressuring Iraq to oust the US forces.
So, Trump isn't very popular here - it's fun to read this thread. He did what he had to do, so I'm not sure what the problem is. Also, Iran just delayed any withdrawal of American troops from Iraq with these actions, so unsure what good this actually did them other than some stupid "show of force"
There were iraqis (high ranking) killed in the suleimani strike but none in last nights strike
Read this thread. He has made everyone working for US interests overseas more at risk, not just our soldiers in harm's way.
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