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GoodRaisin

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17. Exactly. To pump the market up.

Reply to AverageOldGuy (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 11:29 AM

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Although, he may as well jump off at this point instead of sending American soldiers to their death. He isn’t accomplishing anything making threats he is too chicken to follow through on. The world is laughing at the bully.

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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 Yesterday OP

Rubio admitted as much a few days ago IbogaProject Yesterday #1

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

your Freudian slip NJCher Yesterday #19

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

What removes him from office? maxsolomon Yesterday #21

Think about it. Baitball Blogger Yesterday #25

I'm thinking about it. maxsolomon Yesterday #27

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

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

That's what he said yesterday AverageOldGuy Yesterday #5

THIS orangecrush Yesterday #10

Exactly. To pump the market up. GoodRaisin Yesterday #17

It's what reactionary's do. CrispyQ Yesterday #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 Yesterday #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 Yesterday #7

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

The destruction of the AWAC was pretty stunning wolfie001 Yesterday #9

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

Isn't it just us? odins folly Yesterday #11

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

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

Got it odins folly Yesterday #23

I wouldn't say hegemony..,,, paleotn Yesterday #12

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

Got us by the short hairs paleotn Yesterday #16

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

A broken clock MW67 Yesterday #22

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

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

The Phony War bucolic_frolic Yesterday #29

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

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

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

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