CONFUSED AS HECK WHAT TRUMP IS DOING BUT STICKING WITH HIM

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Sometimes you just got to close your eyes and trust the conductor President Donald Trump on the Trump Train

Trump has bounced around some on the ending this military action and because there are so many moving parts I will accept I am NOT SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HIGHER PAY GRADES ARE THINKING OR IF I HAVE A CLUE WHAT THE HECK IS THE PLAN

Most Liberals will scream and rant there is no plan. Fortunately there is one that is being shaped that is mere mortals do not understand or could comprehend

The USA is changing in politics as is the world

There is a huge reset going on

Look for a movement on the Ukraine Russian conflict along with Cuba changing to an American satellite

Crazier will be Texas and Florida becoming the centers for powerful financial centers in the USA

Ken Griffin of Citadel Group is advocating a huge move from NYC to other states

Mamdanni and his socialists minions have stepped in it That is the giant cow chip

Kathy Hochul the NY Governor is really a huge loser as rich people are voting with their feet

THE WORLD IS IN A HUGE CHANGE SND RESET

BETTER BE PREPARED FOLKS
 

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Why do you still trust him? Why are you so confident he has a plan? Just look at him and listen to him talk. He’s clearly suffering from dementia. His secretary of defense is an alcoholic with no real military experience comparable to what he’s doing.

The idea that global financial markets will leave NYC for Florida (Miami?) or Texas (Houston? Dallas?) is simply ridiculous.

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Why do you still trust him? Why are you so confident he has a plan? Just look at him and listen to him talk. He’s clearly suffering from dementia. His secretary of defense is an alcoholic with no real military experience comparable to what he’s doing.

The idea that global financial markets will leave NYC for Florida (Miami?) or Texas (Houston? Dallas?) is simply ridiculous.

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You obviously have not been involved in solving. Serious issues
 
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Sometimes you just got to close your eyes and trust the conductor President Donald Trump on the Trump Train

Trump has bounced around some on the ending this military action and because there are so many moving parts I will accept I am NOT SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HIGHER PAY GRADES ARE THINKING OR IF I HAVE A CLUE WHAT THE HECK IS THE PLAN

Most Liberals will scream and rant there is no plan. Fortunately there is one that is being shaped that is mere mortals do not understand or could comprehend

The USA is changing in politics as is the world

There is a huge reset going on

Look for a movement on the Ukraine Russian conflict along with Cuba changing to an American satellite

Crazier will be Texas and Florida becoming the centers for powerful financial centers in the USA

Ken Griffin of Citadel Group is advocating a huge move from NYC to other states

Mamdanni and his socialists minions have stepped in it That is the giant cow chip

Kathy Hochul the NY Governor is really a huge loser as rich people are voting with their feet

THE WORLD IS IN A HUGE CHANGE SND RESET

BETTER BE PREPARED FOLKS
When Trump first ran for president he said we don't win wars anymore. He was correct but I'm not sure we're winning this one either. I also don't see how this war is America first. My guess is at best we will have slowed their terror down for a few years and that's worth something. Maybe we spend $10 billion less in the region for the next 7 years and that we'll breakeven on the financial cost over time. IMO that's best case. I don't think we'll ever have long lasting peace in the middle east as long as Iran and their proxies recognize Israel's right to exist and I don't see that happening. I do give Trump credit for the Abraham accords and new countries are coming around.

My question for Trump haters is what would your preferred president do if they were in charge? Let me help by eliminating a few answers that aren't constructive answers:
  • Not what Trump is doing.
  • We should have stuck with Obama's deal.
  • Don't!
  • Work it out diplomatically.
What would your preferred candidate do if they took over tomorrow?
 

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Trump is enriching himself and empowering people like Peter Thiel (huge Epstein guy by the way), to be in control of the US, along with Israel, for decades to come.
I do not understand why that doesn't upset folks. I guess the propaganda is doing its job.
Do you think the next democrat president will stop using Palantir software?
 

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When Trump first ran for president he said we don't win wars anymore. He was correct but I'm not sure we're winning this one either. I also don't see how this war is America first. My guess is at best we will have slowed their terror down for a few years and that's worth something. Maybe we spend $10 billion less in the region for the next 7 years and that we'll breakeven on the financial cost over time. IMO that's best case. I don't think we'll ever have long lasting peace in the middle east as long as Iran and their proxies recognize Israel's right to exist and I don't see that happening. I do give Trump credit for the Abraham accords and new countries are coming around.

My question for Trump haters is what would your preferred president do if they were in charge? Let me help by eliminating a few answers that aren't constructive answers:
  • Not what Trump is doing.
  • We should have stuck with Obama's deal.
  • Don't!
  • Work it out diplomatically.
What would your preferred candidate do if they took over tomorrow?
I think the targeted use of military power that Trump used to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities was “good” foreign policy given the conditions at the time.

Your question is difficult to answer because I don’t think any other president (whether dem or republican) would have gotten into this specific war at this specific point in time.

I’m in favor of preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons (although it’s difficult to objectively say who can and cannot have nuclear weapons) and especially in favor of supporting the Iranian people against a brutal regime. But I don’t think this moment in time warranted what Trump executed, and the fallout is a global impact to the economy.

I honestly don’t know what the next move is now, this is a much more complicated issue now than it was before the war started.
 
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Sometimes you just got to close your eyes and trust the conductor President Donald Trump on the Trump Train

Trump has bounced around some on the ending this military action and because there are so many moving parts I will accept I am NOT SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HIGHER PAY GRADES ARE THINKING OR IF I HAVE A CLUE WHAT THE HECK IS THE PLAN

Most Liberals will scream and rant there is no plan. Fortunately there is one that is being shaped that is mere mortals do not understand or could comprehend

The USA is changing in politics as is the world

There is a huge reset going on

Look for a movement on the Ukraine Russian conflict along with Cuba changing to an American satellite

Crazier will be Texas and Florida becoming the centers for powerful financial centers in the USA

Ken Griffin of Citadel Group is advocating a huge move from NYC to other states

Mamdanni and his socialists minions have stepped in it That is the giant cow chip

Kathy Hochul the NY Governor is really a huge loser as rich people are voting with their feet

THE WORLD IS IN A HUGE CHANGE SND RESET

BETTER BE PREPARED FOLKS
No political leader should ask you to blindly follow what they say or do, especially not the president.

I think one of the major issues in politics right now is nobody wants to admit being wrong about something or that they might have made a mistake or miscalculated. I do think Trump is an extreme version of this, but I feel like it effects all of our politics right now because we’ve turned everything into an “us” vs “them” issue.
 

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Why do you still trust him? Why are you so confident he has a plan? Just look at him and listen to him talk. He’s clearly suffering from dementia. His secretary of defense is an alcoholic with no real military experience comparable to what he’s doing.

The idea that global financial markets will leave NYC for Florida (Miami?) or Texas (Houston? Dallas?) is simply ridiculous.

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not debating your post totally..it's clear to me that if there was/is a plan, we've certainly deviated from it. It's not hard to figure out where trump is trying to go, but, like seems to be normal, he's all over the place in getting there.

Next, don't know how how can come to the conclusion that Trump has dementia. Granted, he's all over the place but when I look up symptoms, it doesn't seem applicable.

On Hegseth, I admit my total surprise when he was picked. He has limited experience in the military and wasn't senior enough to attend any of the high level strategic planning/operating military schools. On the other hand, when you look back at previous secretaries, quite a few of them had even less experience with military matters than Hegseth. What that tells me (and I already knew from my experience in the Pentagon and working with senior military officials) the secretary may have final sign off on what happens, but career military and senior executive service civilians really run the show.

So far, while he comes across as an a-s kisser in his constant praise of trump, he hasn't done anything that will bring the military or the country to ruin.
 
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Trump is enriching himself and empowering people like Peter Thiel (huge Epstein guy by the way), to be in control of the US, along with Israel, for decades to come.
I do not understand why that doesn't upset folks. I guess the propaganda is doing its job.
isn't Theil gay? was Epstein involved with young boys as well? Not discounting the possibility, I just hadn't seen anything reported on that.
 

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I think the targeted use of military power that Trump used to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities was “good” foreign policy given the conditions at the time.

Your question is difficult to answer because I don’t think any other president (whether dem or republican) would have gotten into this specific war at this specific point in time.

I’m in favor of preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons (although it’s difficult to objectively say who can and cannot have nuclear weapons) and especially in favor of supporting the Iranian people against a brutal regime. But I don’t think this moment in time warranted what Trump executed, and the fallout is a global impact to the economy.

I honestly don’t know what the next move is now, this is a much more complicated issue now than it was before the war started.
it's going to be interesting to see if a "new world order" comes from this as some are predicting. There is a possibility that the structure of oil production and sales might be adjusted - until the next democrat admin puts a "hold" on fossil fuels again.

It does seem as if eliminating Iran and it's proxies in the region has to have a positive impact. But we will see.
 
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I think it is really amusing that the lefties can now identify people with dementia.
Pretty comical.
You know, I think that's a fair statement. You have a really good point. Of course the reverse is also true. You guys that were talking about Biden slipping don't seem to being saying the same thing about Trump. Have you forgotten how to identify it?
 

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it's going to be interesting to see if a "new world order" comes from this as some are predicting. There is a possibility that the structure of oil production and sales might be adjusted - until the next democrat admin puts a "hold" on fossil fuels again.

It does seem as if eliminating Iran and it's proxies in the region has to have a positive impact. But we will see.
I am legit worried about a degradation of the liberal world order. I don’t think it was perfect by any means, but it seemed pretty successful for a while. This approach Trump is taking benefits China the most imo.

I’m legitimately surprised that events such as the Iran war don’t seem to incentivize general republican voters to see the benefits of renewable and nuclear energy (independent of the discussion about global warming, which I understand most of us would disagree about at least some points).
 

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When Trump first ran for president he said we don't win wars anymore. He was correct but I'm not sure we're winning this one either. I also don't see how this war is America first. My guess is at best we will have slowed their terror down for a few years and that's worth something. Maybe we spend $10 billion less in the region for the next 7 years and that we'll breakeven on the financial cost over time. IMO that's best case. I don't think we'll ever have long lasting peace in the middle east as long as Iran and their proxies recognize Israel's right to exist and I don't see that happening. I do give Trump credit for the Abraham accords and new countries are coming around.

My question for Trump haters is what would your preferred president do if they were in charge? Let me help by eliminating a few answers that aren't constructive answers:
  • Not what Trump is doing.
  • We should have stuck with Obama's deal.
  • Don't!
  • Work it out diplomatically.
What would your preferred candidate do if they took over tomorrow?
The first thing I'd point out is that Iran has been about 15 minutes away from having a nuclear weapon for 20+ years now. I think Trump hurt their nuclear ambitions by bombing them (twice). I also think that Obama's deal hurt them as well. You can tell because despite that "15 minutes away" talk, they somehow never managed to get one under Obama's deal despite 2 years of that deal. There's obviously more than one way to skin that cat.

So I'm not on board with you just saying that sticking with Obama's deal was not contructive. THAT'S what we should be shooting for now. The biggest part of their military is damaged right now. NOW is the time to get the UN involved and get those inspectors in... I've heard multiple times how "We have all the cards". Let's play them now instead of spending $1Billion a day to get nothing done.
 

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Sometimes you just got to close your eyes and trust the conductor President Donald Trump on the Trump Train

Trump has bounced around some on the ending this military action and because there are so many moving parts I will accept I am NOT SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HIGHER PAY GRADES ARE THINKING OR IF I HAVE A CLUE WHAT THE HECK IS THE PLAN

Most Liberals will scream and rant there is no plan. Fortunately there is one that is being shaped that is mere mortals do not understand or could comprehend

The USA is changing in politics as is the world

There is a huge reset going on

Look for a movement on the Ukraine Russian conflict along with Cuba changing to an American satellite

Crazier will be Texas and Florida becoming the centers for powerful financial centers in the USA

Ken Griffin of Citadel Group is advocating a huge move from NYC to other states

Mamdanni and his socialists minions have stepped in it That is the giant cow chip

Kathy Hochul the NY Governor is really a huge loser as rich people are voting with their feet

THE WORLD IS IN A HUGE CHANGE SND RESET

BETTER BE PREPARED FOLKS

The problem is Trump has created a government where dissent is not tolerated. Anyone who speaks out against what Trump and Hegseth, who resigned while we were bombing civilian boats off the coast, are doing is shown the door and then becomes an enemy of Trump for the rest of their life. There have been quite a few generals and admirals who resigned while we were bombing civilian boats off Venezuela. If you create a government where anyone who does speak up with a counter opinion is fired or bullied for the rest of their life if they do speak up, this is what we get. We are 100% at the whims of President Trump, who has no ******* idea what he's doing.
 

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I am legit worried about a degradation of the liberal world order. I don’t think it was perfect by any means, but it seemed pretty successful for a while. This approach Trump is taking benefits China the most imo.

I’m legitimately surprised that events such as the Iran war don’t seem to incentivize general republican voters to see the benefits of renewable and nuclear energy (independent of the discussion about global warming, which I understand most of us would disagree about at least some points).
now, to be sure, I don't speak for everybody, but I really don't think general Republican voters are against renewables. In fact, now speaking for myself, I agree with obama's policy "all of the above". Where the disagreement comes, again IMO, is political direction on which of "all of the above" voters can have or use. Let each one of the capabilities compete for customers, don't limit gas ranges, provide subsidies for electric cars, etc.
 

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The problem is Trump has created a government where dissent is not tolerated. Anyone who speaks out against what Trump and Hegseth, who resigned while we were bombing civilian boats off the coast, are doing is shown the door and then becomes an enemy of Trump for the rest of their life. There have been quite a few generals and admirals who resigned while we were bombing civilian boats off Venezuela. If you create a government where anyone who does speak up with a counter opinion is fired or bullied for the rest of their life if they do speak up, this is what we get. We are 100% at the whims of President Trump, who has no ******* idea what he's doing.
don't know if you were in the service...but in the Army, every person I ever worked for welcomed your opinion, even dissent. But, when the decision was made, it was expected that everyone in the command would execute that decision as if it were their own. If your conscience wouldn't allow you to do that then you were open to find another position.

I operated the same way when I moved to civilian life. I welcomed everyone's opinion, but once the decision was made, if you couldn't support it, then I helped find that person another job in the company. In any organization, you can't row the boat if someone is rowing in the opposite direction.
 

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The first thing I'd point out is that Iran has been about 15 minutes away from having a nuclear weapon for 20+ years now. I think Trump hurt their nuclear ambitions by bombing them (twice). I also think that Obama's deal hurt them as well. You can tell because despite that "15 minutes away" talk, they somehow never managed to get one under Obama's deal despite 2 years of that deal. There's obviously more than one way to skin that cat.

So I'm not on board with you just saying that sticking with Obama's deal was not contructive. THAT'S what we should be shooting for now. The biggest part of their military is damaged right now. NOW is the time to get the UN involved and get those inspectors in... I've heard multiple times how "We have all the cards". Let's play them now instead of spending $1Billion a day to get nothing done.
I didn't say Obama's deal wasn't constructive. I believe it helped slow Iran down but I also believe they were enriching and storing uranium at secret sites that weren't being inspected. I also believe the sanctions relief and $100 billion we gave them helped them fund their terrorist activities.

But none of that's my point. I'm asking what somebody's preferred candidate would do at this point. Saying that Trump should have never pulled out of Obama's plan is an opinion about the past, not a recommendation about the future.
 

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What I want from my imaginary candidate:

1. Cut our losses and leave the SoH.
2. Negotiate with current regime leadership to implement something similar to the JCPOA.
3. Tell Israel if they continue bombing neighboring countries we're cutting off military funding. The tail shouldn't be wagging the dog.
4. ??
5. Profit.
 

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No political leader should ask you to blindly follow what they say or do, especially not the president.

I think one of the major issues in politics right now is nobody wants to admit being wrong about something or that they might have made a mistake or miscalculated. I do think Trump is an extreme version of this, but I feel like it affects hen you all of our politics right now because we’ve turned everything into an “us” vs “them” issue.

When you board an airplane YOU TRUST THE PILOT TO GET YOU THERE

THERE ARE GUARDRAILS IN PLACE FOR THE PILOT

JUST AS THERE ARE GUARDRAILS FOR TRUMP

YOUR ISSUE IS YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR GUARDRAILS ENFORCED ON THE PRESIDENT AND GOVERNMENT

CAN I BE HONEST WITH YOU

NOBODY GIVES TWO CLUCKS WHAT YOU OR I THINK

WE HAVE TO TRUST IN THE ELECTED FOLKS
 
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now, to be sure, I don't speak for everybody, but I really don't think general Republican voters are against renewables. In fact, now speaking for myself, I agree with obama's policy "all of the above". Where the disagreement comes, again IMO, is political direction on which of "all of the above" voters can have or use. Let each one of the capabilities compete for customers, don't limit gas ranges, provide subsidies for electric cars, etc.
I 100% support an all of the above approach where each alternative competes for customers. Who wouldn't want that? If utility companies could install a bunch of windmills and solar panels to reduce consumer energy cost by 50% people on both sides would be all for it.

Unfortunately that's not what we've had. We've had taxes and regulations targeted at fossil fuels, large subsidies for green projects, and legislation that forced carbon neutrality by 2030-2035. That's hardly a policy of allowing the best alternative to prevail.
 
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not debating your post totally..it's clear to me that if there was/is a plan, we've certainly deviated from it. It's not hard to figure out where trump is trying to go, but, like seems to be normal, he's all over the place in getting there.

Next, don't know how how can come to the conclusion that Trump has dementia. Granted, he's all over the place but when I look up symptoms, it doesn't seem applicable.

On Hegseth, I admit my total surprise when he was picked. He has limited experience in the military and wasn't senior enough to attend any of the high level strategic planning/operating military schools. On the other hand, when you look back at previous secretaries, quite a few of them had even less experience with military matters than Hegseth. What that tells me (and I already knew from my experience in the Pentagon and working with senior military officials) the secretary may have final sign off on what happens, but career military and senior executive service civilians really run the show.

So far, while he comes across as an a-s kisser in his constant praise of trump, he hasn't done anything that will bring the military or the country to ruin.

Hegseth knows how to listen to and take advice

That says it all
 
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I didn't say Obama's deal wasn't constructive. I believe it helped slow Iran down but I also believe they were enriching and storing uranium at secret sites that weren't being inspected. I also believe the sanctions relief and $100 billion we gave them helped them fund their terrorist activities.

But none of that's my point. I'm asking what somebody's preferred candidate would do at this point. Saying that Trump should have never pulled out of Obama's plan is an opinion about the past, not a recommendation about the future.
[email protected] one thing to consider is that the Iranian representative to the peace talks said that Iran had enough enriched uranium (60%) for 11 bombs. I don't know if that was truth or bravado, but if they had sufficient uranium for bomb, they were closer than you think. According to AI, you can go from 60-90% in an estimated 4-5 weeks.

Another data point, you only need enriched uranium at about 3.5% or so for commercial uses. So, there's only one reason why you'd need 60% enriched uranium.
 

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now, to be sure, I don't speak for everybody, but I really don't think general Republican voters are against renewables. In fact, now speaking for myself, I agree with obama's policy "all of the above". Where the disagreement comes, again IMO, is political direction on which of "all of the above" voters can have or use. Let each one of the capabilities compete for customers, don't limit gas ranges, provide subsidies for electric cars, etc.

@baltimorened

Ned I turned down having a thousand acre solar farm installed on some of my property

Solar power has uses but not as a replacement for power plants for homes or other
 
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What I want from my imaginary candidate:

1. Cut our losses and leave the SoH.
2. Negotiate with current regime leadership to implement something similar to the JCPOA.
3. Tell Israel if they continue bombing neighboring countries we're cutting off military funding. The tail shouldn't be wagging the dog.
4. ??
5. Profit.
You seem to think Iran leadership would negotiate in good faith. You also seem to be OK with Iran saying Israel has no right to exist and to continue forcing their ideology throughout their proxies the middle east.

I have no idea what ?? and profit mean.

I'm not trying to fight you on this. I personally think it's time we focus more on home and reduce our efforts to be the world's policeman. I just think things are complicated.
 
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[email protected] one thing to consider is that the Iranian representative to the peace talks said that Iran had enough enriched uranium (60%) for 11 bombs. I don't know if that was truth or bravado, but if they had sufficient uranium for bomb, they were closer than you think. According to AI, you can go from 60-90% in an estimated 4-5 weeks.

Another data point, you only need enriched uranium at about 3.5% or so for commercial uses. So, there's only one reason why you'd need 60% enriched uranium.
Well, I honestly don't have any idea. I was told just 6 months ago by the POTUS himself that the Iranian Nuclear program was OBLITERATED. Now I'm being told that they have the materials for 11 bombs... It sure sounds like SOMEONE is full of shiiit. The really sad thing is that I'm not sure who that is. It USED to be that when the POTUS said things from a military context, you could believe it, and could just assume that anything Iran said was a lie. Now I don't believe Iran any more than I used to, but you have to take was the POTUS says with a HUGE grain of salt as well.
 

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Well, I honestly don't have any idea. I was told just 6 months ago by the POTUS himself that the Iranian Nuclear program was OBLITERATED. Now I'm being told that they have the materials for 11 bombs... It sure sounds like SOMEONE is full of shiiit. The really sad thing is that I'm not sure who that is. It USED to be that when the POTUS said things from a military context, you could believe it, and could just assume that anything Iran said was a lie. Now I don't believe Iran any more than I used to, but you have to take was the POTUS says with a HUGE grain of salt as well.
here's what I understood from all the verbiage....the first bombing "obliterated" the capability for enriching....the enriched, or at least part of it, was in a different location. But, I admit, I don't know for sure what the exact state of play is. I assume that someone in the administration knows.
 

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don't know if you were in the service...but in the Army, every person I ever worked for welcomed your opinion, even dissent. But, when the decision was made, it was expected that everyone in the command would execute that decision as if it were their own. If your conscience wouldn't allow you to do that then you were open to find another position.

I operated the same way when I moved to civilian life. I welcomed everyone's opinion, but once the decision was made, if you couldn't support it, then I helped find that person another job in the company. In any organization, you can't row the boat if someone is rowing in the opposite direction.

Exactly my point. The first part of your scenario there is where we're breaking down. People are not speaking up because they know if they do, they'll be asked to leave. That's why when Trump announces Project Freedom on Friday and then cancels it on Tuesday, everyone's ******* confused.
 

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This is the one I've been waiting for. That doubt is finally starting to creep in, and enough for you to verbalize it to the enemy.

It's only a matter of time before OP is full antifa.

For the record, I love the idea of all the billionaires and conservatives moving to just two states.
 

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[email protected] one thing to consider is that the Iranian representative to the peace talks said that Iran had enough enriched uranium (60%) for 11 bombs. I don't know if that was truth or bravado, but if they had sufficient uranium for bomb, they were closer than you think. According to AI, you can go from 60-90% in an estimated 4-5 weeks.

Another data point, you only need enriched uranium at about 3.5% or so for commercial uses. So, there's only one reason why you'd need 60% enriched uranium.
Yes, they said that years after pulling out of the JCPOA. It’s reasonable to assume that wouldn’t be the case if the JCPOA wasn’t disbanded.
If the position is that it doesn’t matter what agreement we put in place because we assume Iran is going to cheat and break the rules, then what’s even the point of doing anything beyond total destruction?
 

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You seem to think Iran leadership would negotiate in good faith. You also seem to be OK with Iran saying Israel has no right to exist and to continue forcing their ideology throughout their proxies the middle east.

I have no idea what ?? and profit mean.

I'm not trying to fight you on this. I personally think it's time we focus more on home and reduce our efforts to be the world's policeman. I just think things are complicated.
?? And profit is an old meme from South Park. A jestful addition when someone asks for lists.

I have to assume that they’ll operate in good faith, otherwise what’s the point in doing anything besides a total takeover?

No, I don’t particularly care about Iran threatening other countries. Israel can more than take care of themselves thanks to the billions in support we give them. If Israel wants to attack a country then they can do that, what I don’t want is us getting drawn into a conflict we have no business being in
 
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Well, I honestly don't have any idea. I was told just 6 months ago by the POTUS himself that the Iranian Nuclear program was OBLITERATED. Now I'm being told that they have the materials for 11 bombs... It sure sounds like SOMEONE is full of shiiit. The really sad thing is that I'm not sure who that is. It USED to be that when the POTUS said things from a military context, you could believe it, and could just assume that anything Iran said was a lie. Now I don't believe Iran any more than I used to, but you have to take was the POTUS says with a HUGE grain of salt as well.
Both can be true. Trump is a bombastic blowhard who is prone to exaggeration. I also wouldn't trust Iran the largest state sponsor of terrorism who won't hesitate to murder tens of thousands of their own people.

I'm sure that the June 2025 bombing decimated much of Iran's nuclear capability. Common sense also tells me that they're smart enough to keep some things in alternate locations deep underground (Natanz and Fordo in addition to Isfahan). I'm also sure that their scientists that were killed kept good notes so others could follow in their footsteps.

I also trust the IAEA when they say material likely remains.
 
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Sometimes you just got to close your eyes and trust the conductor President Donald Trump on the Trump Train

Trump has bounced around some on the ending this military action and because there are so many moving parts I will accept I am NOT SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HIGHER PAY GRADES ARE THINKING OR IF I HAVE A CLUE WHAT THE HECK IS THE PLAN

Most Liberals will scream and rant there is no plan. Fortunately there is one that is being shaped that is mere mortals do not understand or could comprehend

The USA is changing in politics as is the world

There is a huge reset going on

Look for a movement on the Ukraine Russian conflict along with Cuba changing to an American satellite

Crazier will be Texas and Florida becoming the centers for powerful financial centers in the USA

Ken Griffin of Citadel Group is advocating a huge move from NYC to other states

Mamdanni and his socialists minions have stepped in it That is the giant cow chip

Kathy Hochul the NY Governor is really a huge loser as rich people are voting with their feet

THE WORLD IS IN A HUGE CHANGE SND RESET

BETTER BE PREPARED FOLKS
You have an advantage over Trump. You are at least smart enough to know you have no idea what is going on. Trump is way too stupid to recognize the fact he has no idea what is happening.
 

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Why do you still trust him? Why are you so confident he has a plan? Just look at him and listen to him talk. He’s clearly suffering from dementia. His secretary of defense is an alcoholic with no real military experience comparable to what he’s doing.

The idea that global financial markets will leave NYC for Florida (Miami?) or Texas (Houston? Dallas?) is simply ridiculous.

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He stated he is not smart. That is the problem with the vast majority of his minions.
 
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I think it is really amusing that RWers can no longer identify people with dementia.
Pretty comical.
It's amazing that folks like you never said a word regarding Biden, yet, somehow overnight, y'all became doctors. Biden couldn't even put a sentence together. You're the same fools who believe every quack who signs a letter just absolutely knows without even meeting the person. That's beyond lazy, and purely political. The same people who absolutely knew the Steele dossier was real. Lmao.
 

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You know, I think that's a fair statement. You have a really good point. Of course the reverse is also true. You guys that were talking about Biden slipping don't seem to being saying the same thing about Trump. Have you forgotten how to identify it?
Trump doesn't look remotely close to Biden, nor does his work schedule. Get real.