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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

The only trait of the Trump Administration in which I have confidence is its incompetence.

Feral Finster's avatar

Iraq Syria and Libya all went so well - for Israel.

Anyway, the propaganda is crude, because it doesn't have to be very good. The decision to attack Iran was already made long ago. Now they're just trying to come up with a pretext.

Iran was foolish not to have gotten The Bomb when it could have.

Spunty's avatar

They all went pretty well for US oil traders too.

Feral Finster's avatar

Syrian oil production was a rounding error at most. Syria, however, is parked near Israel.

For that matter, Saddam would have been delighted to sell freely all the oil he could pump for dollars.

TS's avatar

Syrian oil production was significant for the whole region until the Kurds took over the best oil fields. And those would be our military bases right near there. Another gift of the 9/11 wars.

Feral Finster's avatar

IIRC, Syrian oil production was barely enough to meet internal demand.

In 2010, before the war, Syrian oil production was .5% of the global total. Small potatoes, no matter how you slice it.

Frances Lynch's avatar

Did US sanctions contribute to that? Sincere question.

MastiffSal's avatar

Brilliant as ever. Laura that is, not Trump, he's a fucking liability. Why doesn't the rest of the world just bomb Israel to smithereens, then America can be free?

Don_Quixote's avatar

I’m no advocate for nukes, but Iran has just as much right to them as the US … or Israel. The US put itself in this corner when it refused to defend Ukraine from Russia AFTER guaranteeing its defense if Ukraine pulled its nukes out. The US is not a trustworthy partner.

Mark Keating's avatar

I for one am confident that the current talks between the US and Iran will produce results, just like the last time the two nations talked. Those talks resulted in the US bombing Iran, "obliterating" that country's nuclear program. If there's one thing America loves, it's a sequel.

TS's avatar

Sigh. You say well.

gypsy33's avatar

“Israel has the Epstein tapes”.

Therefore wouldn’t it be more logical to nuke Israel? 😁

Peter Sire's avatar

No - that Adelson woman and the demonic Thiel have back-up copies

Frances Lynch's avatar

A further reason Israel pushed Trump to leave the Iran treaty was because Obama in crafting the original deal allowed missiles. At the time Iranian missiles, and probably everyone else's, were not able to cover the distance and/or took so long to do it that they were easy targets.

Enter Iranian scientists, who came upwith their current variety that can hit Israel in 4-7 minutes. BTW Iran have the most female STEM grads in the world per capita. The super duper missiles gave Israel nightmares, they are not big on people who can fight back. That's a further reason Trump did as he was told.

I am very tired of a nation of 370 million beign slave to a nation of 9 million who are remarkebly needy and ungrateful. Did you know Israel is setting up a LOT of no-go communities in Ukraine? 500,000 Zionists are now living in Ukraine. Many more are in Argentina, in Cyprus, plus they are setting fires in Patagonia.