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RockRaven

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2. I think the meaning of that quote is to be more hawkish. They mean he shouldn't have

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Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:42 PM

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negotiated/stopped bombing them. At least, that is how it reads to me without further context.

I don't think it refers to the miscalculation at the very beginning of this bad business which we would all agree upon but almost everyone in the WH would still dispute.

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Iran has time on their side sboatcar Yesterday #13

Time to pull a Reagan and do our own deal, right? Ponietz Yesterday #17

I didn't think about that, how brilliant would that be, to do an end run around the admin? sboatcar Yesterday #26

Its not an issue of not being capable of negotiating but rather one of his choosing to try and dictate. cstanleytech Yesterday #37

I think the meaning of that quote is to be more hawkish. They mean he shouldn't have RockRaven Yesterday #2

Except that it wouldn't work that way either. More bombing Klarkashton Yesterday #5

I am not saying they are correct, only what it seems to me that they mean. RockRaven Yesterday #8

True. And he stopped bombing bc his Arab allies wnylib Yesterday #20

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100% correct Raisin chicoescuela Yesterday #32

Not just him purr-rat beauty Yesterday #10

Things must be worse than we know SamuelTheThird Yesterday #11

There was more than one moving part, what did they expect? /nt bucolic_frolic Yesterday #14

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I wonder LilElf70 Yesterday #16

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Which one? Any reading between the lines? mr715 Yesterday #18

It's likely someone from the state department. LuvLoogie Yesterday #24

Ooo interesting. mr715 Yesterday #29

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lol! Kaleva Yesterday #39

Oopsie doodle struggle4progress Yesterday #21

He can't miscalculate because he doesn't calculate DavidDvorkin Yesterday #22

Well, you have a point there senseandsensibility Yesterday #23

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And yet he's focused on going to a fucking basketball game..... tulipsandroses Yesterday #27

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Just forgot to carry the 1. Sheesh pesky maths and stuff..... n/t gay texan Yesterday #30

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his uncle was a genius. trump, not so much Blues Heron Yesterday #34

Trump has "miscalculated" every goddamn day of his miserable life LymphocyteLover Yesterday #35

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I read the title as "Fundamentally Emasculated" haele Yesterday #43