Trump says he bombed Iran

[FlyersFan]

but his cognitive decline is obvious.

At his age there is going to be some no matter if he has full on dementia or not.   I don't think anyone over 65 should be able to be elected POTUS or VPOTUS or to Congress or to the Senate.   I think most folks in America agree with me.  But nothing will ever be done about it is my bet.

As for him having dementia of some kind .. maybe .. but he's also a big mouthed egotistical narcissist with a habit of lying about everything and having temper tantrums so it's hard to tell what of his personality is that, and what could be 'cognitive decline' related.

I would imagine a team of doctors (not just one, but a psychiatrist and a neurologist etc etc) would have to be the ones to try to sort it out.   Massive headache for whoever got stuck with that.  

[putnam6]

Sure.   It could be for personal gain.  He is a massive grifter.  
And it could be he's manipulating it to make the markets come up
so he doesn't look like such a failure.   Probably some of both.
Who the hell knows with him.

OR he could be cluing in allies, greasing palms in the Gulf States, AKA you support, opening the Strait, and slapping down the IIRG. I'll help you finance the operation, and you make a little bank on the side...the Gulf States don't have the same oversight as America does.


Then you can buy American Defensive systems for all your kingdoms... win/win

[DBCowboy]

Orange Man Bad when he bombs Iran, Orange Man Bad when he doesn't.

 

[Oldcarpy2]

OR he could be cluing in allies, greasing palms in the Gulf States, AKA you support, opening the Strait, and slapping down the IIRG. I'll help you finance the operation, and you make a little bank on the side...the Gulf States don't have the same oversight as America does.


Then you can buy American Defensive systems for all your kingdoms... win/win


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Or, he has no clue as to get out of his clusterf*ck of a War and is lying his ass off to save his skin.

But still, you have an eternal trusting faith in his supposed genius.

[Oldcarpy2]

Orange Man Bad when he bombs Iran, Orange Man Bad when he doesn't.

 

No.

He's bad when he tries to drag the West into a War which he didn't bother to tell them about and then gets all pissy after he insults them and whines about it when they tell him to get stuffed.

[DBCowboy]

No.

He's bad when he tries to drag the West into a War which he didn't bother to tell them about and then gets all pissy after he insults them and whines about it when they tell him to get stuffed.

Y'all can't keep a secret!

[Oldcarpy2]

Y'all can't keep a secret!

Ever heared of the 5 Eyes?

Or the so called Special Relationship?

Which you have trashed.

What, you think we'd run to Iran and tell on you?

Utter tosh.

[putnam6]

Seems optimistic to me but....

 

 

J.T. Alexander

@JTAlexander_
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Major notes from the weekend on Iran:
1) Combined Force strikes started hitting IRGC Ground Forces units in the Kurdish regions.

2) We have confirmed that IRGC members are at least two cycles behind on pay.

3) *Coincidentally,* I'm sure, the IRGC Ground Forces Commander went on a tour visiting these forces. In combination, these three notes indicate a high risk of desertion throughout the IRGC.

4) Separately, we have the attack on Diego Garcia that, frankly, justifies the war in and of itself. The base itself isn't terribly significant, its not that "Iran can get Diego Garcia! We have to go to war!" The issue is that Iran constantly lies about everything to do with its nuclear program. Taqiyya. They've issued fatwas against nuclear weapons, then simultaneously enrich uranium to levels only usable in weapons while developing long-range ballistic missiles. "Its for medical purposes!" No, it wasn't, and it couldn't be. Uranium enriched to this degree has no medical uses. "Its for self-defense!" Then why were you hiding a long range ballistic missile capable of delivering a nuclear weapon to London? The fact they were developing these weapons while consistently lying about it, in the face of all the world being united against their acquisition of the weapons, combined with all of their past acts of terrorism and piracy, absolutely justifies this war.

5) On Negotiations: These are being played very close to the chest, but here's what I've been able to gather... Witkoff and Kushner are keeping lines of communication open with non-IRGC elements of the Iranian State—if I had to guess, I'd expect officials within the Republican Government. If not Pezeshkian himself, then probably people with access to him. It seems abundantly clear that the situation in Iran is at this point A Tale of Two Cities. One is an IRGC-Cleric alliance propping up the corpse of the Velayat-e Faqih. The other is the Republican-Reform alliance propping up the still in-tact organs of state outside of the IRGC's control. We are almost certainly negotiating with one of these 'cities,' and not the other. This is what I expected would be the prelude to final resolution.

The existing power structures in Iran will continue to pull support away from, and rallying support against, the IRGC.

At this point, it appears the plan is to reach a pre-negotiated settlement with the Republican-Reform Government while hammering the IRGC on all available fronts and enabling a fairly smooth transition of power.

Mass uprising is probably now the backup plan, with total dismantling of Iran's infrastructure the backup to the backup plan.

[DBCowboy]

Ever heared of the 5 Eyes?

Or the so called Special Relationship?

Which you have trashed.

What, you think we'd run to Iran and tell on you?

Utter tosh.

I did trash it.

My bad.

Sorry old bean.

[Oldcarpy2]

 

Newsflash for you - there is no plan.  Wake up and smell the global crisis you lot have plunged us poor sods into.