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In reply to the discussion: Exclusive: Trump floats "off ramps" after attacking Iran [View all]slightlv
(7,680 posts)27. When even WE see America as a form of the Great Satan
because of the Magas and the oligarchs and the tech bros who stole the last election, why wouldn't Iran... or any other country, for that matter? America under Trump is a threat and danger to all world order, and will have to be brought to heel. If we can't do it ourselves, other countries will see to it... just like they did with Hitler. They're not going to sit there and wait for the bombs to drop on their own countries. And all this, because of a demented old man who should have been in a Nursing home over a decade ago!
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If any non-nuclear country had any doubts as to why it needs a nuclear deterrent,...
LudwigPastorius
8 hrs ago
#3
Except it's the trying to acquire the nuclear weapons that causes the attacks
EX500rider
7 hrs ago
#8
Yes, but in his first term he blew up the deal that had Iran totally controlled.
ancianita
6 hrs ago
#19
A girls' school. At least 85 dead right now, and it is likely to go higher.
colorado_ufo
7 hrs ago
#7
Yep, we're the baddies. The whole nation will suffer for the sins of this man and his Dept of War.
ancianita
7 hrs ago
#12
maybe kinda weird to post, but this song I just heard connects me to what you say
ancianita
7 hrs ago
#15
I hear you. I simply refuse to see America that way in the long arc of its history.
ancianita
5 hrs ago
#31
Not to mention that Prince Pahlavi just screwed over his supporters in Iran when he sided with the orange assclown.
Crowman2009
2 hrs ago
#41
I don't think for a minute the Iranians are going to let Trump off this petard of his own making.
flashman13
6 hrs ago
#24
Given what Katinfl says, it's more like we're a rogue country spreading state sponsored terrorism
ancianita
7 hrs ago
#10
If I remember correctly it took a long time for John Kerry to get them to sign the treaty years ago.
Katinfl
7 hrs ago
#9
Totally agree. It's the basis of international law. And we have broken that which makes this
ancianita
7 hrs ago
#16