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Fil1957

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6. He'll try and spin it as a victory. Don't know how he will do that, but he'll try. And some of the hard core MAGA and

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Tue Mar 31, 2026, 10:42 AM

Mar 31

Republicans will believe him. They'll hail him as the greatest military genius who ever lived in the history of the world.

But that's a small price to pay if it means no ground war in Iran.

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Matt Stollar:And just like that, Trump acknowledges the obvious - the U.S. lost and Iran now has hegemony [View all] Passages Mar 31 OP

Rubio admitted as much a few days ago IbogaProject Mar 31 #1

The war that isn't Whip-poor-will Mar 31 #2

your Freudian slip NJCher Mar 31 #19

Or maybe someone convinced him that by retreating, Hormuz will be opened. Baitball Blogger Mar 31 #3

What removes him from office? maxsolomon Mar 31 #21

Think about it. Baitball Blogger Mar 31 #25

I'm thinking about it. maxsolomon Mar 31 #27

Yup, the super wealthy gop donors are being impacted by the antics of the stooge they put in office. mwmisses4289 Mar 31 #30

Even a blind sow picks up and acorn once in a while. multigraincracker Mar 31 #4

That's what he said yesterday AverageOldGuy Mar 31 #5

THIS orangecrush Mar 31 #10

Exactly. To pump the market up. GoodRaisin Mar 31 #17

It's what reactionary's do. CrispyQ Mar 31 #18

He'll try and spin it as a victory. Don't know how he will do that, but he'll try. And some of the hard core MAGA and Fil1957 Mar 31 #6

I know how he'll do it. He'll do what he always does: LIE. And repeat his lies, over and over and over. MLWR Mar 31 #7

The same way he does everything else. Declare it loudly EdmondDantes_ Mar 31 #8

The destruction of the AWAC was pretty stunning wolfie001 Mar 31 #9

The Iranians were very deliberate in their conduct of the war Bluetus Mar 31 #24

Isn't it just us? odins folly Mar 31 #11

Now we can buy oil from Russia ... wasn't that the whole point of this exercise? FakeNoose Mar 31 #14

$2M per ship. That's Iran's going rate to transit Hormuz paleotn Mar 31 #15

Got it odins folly Mar 31 #23

I wouldn't say hegemony..,,, paleotn Mar 31 #12

There is a real problem here. The Iranians are not going to let Trump off his petard without concessions. flashman13 Mar 31 #13

Got us by the short hairs paleotn Mar 31 #16

That's not the only thing they have got us by. flashman13 Mar 31 #20

A broken clock MW67 Mar 31 #22

He's a pestilence upon the earth. Joinfortmill Mar 31 #26

As others have said, it's really two wars WestMichRad Mar 31 #28

The Phony War bucolic_frolic Mar 31 #29

When we get together with friends the topic of undoing this mess always comes up. Passages Mar 31 #34

If this were a true statement, then why . . . peggysue2 Mar 31 #31

I want all of them prosecuted too. I'm not the biggest fan of The Atlantic, yet this Passages Mar 31 #33

I wish the characters that these people portrayed in the movie were here now Wonder Why Mar 31 #32