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  1. Pale Rider

    Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

    Who could have expected that gatekeeping discourse, silencing nuance and punishing good-faith disagreement would backfire?
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    Iran. Nuff said.

    Anyone else notice that Trump didn't just let Iran strike our base? He actually coordinated the timing with them. His exact words: "They said, 'We're going to shoot them. Is one o’clock okay?' I said it’s fine." This wasn't de-escalation. This was a POTUS giving a green light for a foreign...
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    Harris-Walz / Dems

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    Harris-Walz / Dems

    wonko's hopium is back!
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    Police behaving badly

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    Iran. Nuff said.

    It's the perfect loop. No accountability, no peace, just endless justification for regime change dressed up as self-defense.
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    Iran. Nuff said.

    Let’s be honest: there's no chance of a lasting ceasefire now. Iran just got bombed without having a bomb, yet managed to save over 800 pounds of enriched uranium in the process. Now they’ve got both the material and the motive. The message they've been given is clear: not having nukes didn’t...
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    Iran. Nuff said.

    What happened is Israel finally found someone dumb enough to co-sign their long-desired regime change in Iran. And they're not letting Trump off the hook now. https://time.com/7295726/netanyahu-trump-israel-iran-nuclear-strikes If he's remotely as smart as he thinks he is (or just has the...
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    Iran. Nuff said.

    So worth it... https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trumps-bombing-probably-set-irans-nuclear-program-back-by-mere-months-report-says_n_685b0444e4b04f1da81c663a
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    Iran. Nuff said.

    He wasn't debasing it before? This is what finally sealed it?
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    Iran. Nuff said.

    Trump didn’t just get played, he chose to be played. Ignored his own intel, let Fox feed him a peace prize fantasy and handed Israel exactly what they wanted. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-decision-bomb-iran-influenced-by-fox-news_n_685a78b8e4b0c75437067cd5
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    Iran. Nuff said.

    I'd be more surprised if they didn't.
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    Iran. Nuff said.

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    Iran. Nuff said.

    Sure. Enriching to 60% can be a pressure tactic: a way to gain leverage in negotiations, not necessarily a step toward a bomb. Iran has done this before in response to sanctions or attacks, then scaled it back. As for IAEA opacity, that's also not unusual. States under pressure often play...
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    Iran. Nuff said.

    That’s speculation, not evidence. If Iran were truly building or even brandishing a nuke program to extort the world, the intel community would be shouting it from the rooftops to justify strikes. But they’re not, because there’s nothing solid to show. "Might be doing something" isn’t a basis...
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    Iran. Nuff said.

    Considering I don't believe Iran was on the verge of building nukes (as per my previous posts), I obviously don't think what we just did was worth the cost. From where I sit, it's already done more harm than good. Economically, strategically and diplomatically. If Iran is willing to absorb the...
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    Iran. Nuff said.

    That assumes perfect coordination and instant resolve, but markets move faster than militaries. A disruption doesn't need to last long to cause global pain. And Iran doesn't have to win, just make enough noise to shake the system. The rich may gallop to defend their money, but they can't rewind...
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    Iran. Nuff said.

    He said "people like the Houthis," not "the Houthis will close Hormuz." The point is Iran already has other proxy groups they can lean on (e.g. Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq). They don't need to invent anything new. Yeah, the world would definitely try to reopen Hormuz, but markets don’t wait for...
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    Iran. Nuff said.

    Meanwhile, the big takeaway for every regime watching? Get nukes. Iraq didn't have them. Libya gave them up. North Korea kept theirs and no one's invading Pyongyang. All this really did was make proliferation look like the smart move.


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