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Bibi sees his window closing.
Trump wants *anything* that fucks with Biden"s chances for success. Plus it makes Putin happy.
PlanetBev
(4,104 posts)I think the Iranians are way too smart to take the bait, not when a new sheriff is coming to town.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)Buckeyeblue
(5,499 posts)It's not like he is in a position to protest. Honestly, this is the position that Trump's bullshit about the election has put us in. We have a very weak world position right now because Trump has stopped being president (not that he was ever that great at doing it). As we've known all along, Trump doesn't give two fucks about the country.
RockRaven
(14,966 posts)Look at all the money Trump and his clan have gotten from countries who consider Iran an enemy but don't want to fight Iran by themselves.
BlueTsunami2018
(3,492 posts)And hes not calling these shots. He doesnt know a fucking thing about it. Hell sign off on them because the puppeteers know how to appeal to his lack of character. He thinks it makes him look tough.
ancianita
(36,054 posts)The whole time we were fighting in Iraq over Saddam's illegal yellow cake deal (or whatever), Iran was actually getting black market uranium to weaponize, and Bush probably knew it.