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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Fri Jan 3, 2020, 10:56 AM Jan 2020

Wag The Dog?

Iran is a bad actor. That being said I don't trust the Trump administration's motives or competence in confronting them. We have no idea how this plays out.

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Wag The Dog? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2020 OP

Perhaps no one else knows how this plays out, ceertainly not trump . . . empedocles Jan 2020 #1

I was being somewhat figurative. We do have some idea how this turns out. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2020 #2

Agree with tit for tat, however, 2020 at some point will move beyond tat. empedocles Jan 2020 #4

On the news break just now Bettie Jan 2020 #3

'FFS'. Well put. empedocles Jan 2020 #5

From Prof. Tribe Gothmog Jan 2020 #6

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

1. Perhaps no one else knows how this plays out, ceertainly not trump . . .

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Jan 3, 2020, 10:59 AM

Jan 2020

perhaps . . . putin has the best look at it.

Ugh!

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

2. I was being somewhat figurative. We do have some idea how this turns out.

Reply to empedocles (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 3, 2020, 11:02 AM

Jan 2020

Probably tit for tat escalation. Neither side wants an all out war.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

4. Agree with tit for tat, however, 2020 at some point will move beyond tat.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 3, 2020, 11:07 AM

Jan 2020

Bettie

(16,109 posts)

3. On the news break just now

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Jan 3, 2020, 11:03 AM

Jan 2020

(AP) Pompeo was saying this was to 'deescalate' the situation.

HOW does this do that? Oh, it doesn't. FFS.

empedocles

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5. 'FFS'. Well put.

Reply to Bettie (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 3, 2020, 11:07 AM

Jan 2020

Gothmog

(145,242 posts)

6. From Prof. Tribe

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Jan 3, 2020, 12:46 PM

Jan 2020

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