Iran. Nuff said.
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Trump has shown, repeatedly, that he can't be trusted as an ally and will throw anyone and everyone under the bus without a second thought if he thinks it'll be in his own personal best interest. Or if they do anything to annoy or insult him. Or if he's just feeling extra pissy that day. Of course nobody with half a brain wants to work with him.
I dunno about any. "What are we going to do next, attack Iran?" was a common joke during the Bush administration*, and the consensus seemed to be that it would be a phenomenally stupid idea and that the rest of the world would just laugh at us and not help.
*There was some specific politician who was gung-ho about the idea at the time, I forget his name, but I remember a pundit nicknaming him "Bomb-Bomb-Bomb, Bomb-Bomb-Iran".
Le sigh.
www.cnbc.com
Ironbite-COULDN'T EVEN LAST A DAY COULD YOU ISRAEL!?
Iran reportedly closes Strait of Hormuz again, casting shadow over nuclear talks
Iran's joint military command said the closure was in response to continued Israeli military operations in Lebanon.
www.cnbc.com
Ironbite-COULDN'T EVEN LAST A DAY COULD YOU ISRAEL!?
Israel has really reached the “FAFO” stage, haven’t they? The US is their ONLY major ally left, and they are still trying to screw things up. So, now, it’s a question of whether all the “Jewish money” in Washington is enough to offset Israel’s bullshittery, or will THAT administration finally get the “grown up talk” they’ve been needing for decades?Le sigh.
Iran reportedly closes Strait of Hormuz again, casting shadow over nuclear talks
Iran's joint military command said the closure was in response to continued Israeli military operations in Lebanon.
Ironbite-COULDN'T EVEN LAST A DAY COULD YOU ISRAEL!?
It will be interesting to see how things shake out if Israel’s continued military actions remain disruptive enough to shake some of the support they still maintain in the US government.
I suspect any "grown up talk" won't happen until after trumps regime is ousted. All bibi has to do is flatter the malignant narcissist and psychopath and it'll fix things for them.
All Bibi has to do is reference the full Epstein files and Trump and his cronies will do whatever they ask.
Does he need them? Mossad has reach, and the threat would be enough: all of this is BECAUSE of those files, after all.
Even if he doesn't, the threat of it (and of losing all that Israeli lobbying money) is enough.
I don’t know.
Trump is petty (and unmoored from consequence) enough to just leave them twisting in the wind. Any other President would prize the alliance over short term political ease but Trump doesn’t care at all. It’s not like his voters will punish him for it either.
Trump is petty (and unmoored from consequence) enough to just leave them twisting in the wind. Any other President would prize the alliance over short term political ease but Trump doesn’t care at all. It’s not like his voters will punish him for it either.