Donald Trump has once again stepped up his threats to entirely wipe out Iran, but it somehow isn’t forcing Iran to make the deal he wants. The emptiness of the threats is embarrassing enough. But now, CBS News has published a series of extraordinary photographs of American bases and equipment abroad badly damaged by Iranian attacks. These pictures were leaked by anonymous U.S. service-members who did this because the truth about Trump’s war is being suppressed. As one put it: “This is major damage to our ba…

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    It was never supposed to be successful in the first place. Trump and his merry band of criminals already got exactly what they wanted out of this.

    He’s on record stating he doesn’t give a shit about what people are going through because of the war, the tarriffs, or any of his schemes designed to line his pockets.

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      And avoid his degeneracy being truly known. That is his biggest motivator. The “trump/epstein” brand is here to stay. We just need to put out all of his deflecting fires beforehand.

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        This war isn’t going away for years. The empire won’t admit they lost, they won’t double down, and they can’t destroy Iran as is.

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            I mean, what little plan there was seemed to honestly think they’d get Venezuela pt 2.

            Instead, they’ve now lost the Middle East, and all the data I’m seeing seems to suggest Iran is as strong militarily as when they started, while the US has destroyed years of production and shown the world it’s a paper tiger with gold plated betamax machines.

            Considering how much the US makes selling arms overseas, that’s a business problem as well as a military one now.

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      The price of Russian oil is all that really matters. It doesn’t look like it’s going to even help them though. That and getting the Abraham Lincoln away from the Baltic.

      The extremely non strategic retreat from the Middle East is kind of wild though. I’d have thought Trump was the very definition of blood for oil.

      It does seem like they’ve gotten away with six months more than they expected to.