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TJBender · 06-22-2019, 09:24 AM

(06-21-2019, 09:03 PM)pirkster Wrote: This provocation is proving that Trumps rightful sanctions are working, where previous policy failed. They're getting desperate, and are now showing it. When the little dog nipped, the big dog didn't flinch. Hard to sell the narrative that we're somehow "bullying" them...

Lesson in policy - pallets of cash (cash that was never going back ever) don't work against people that hate you.

James Mattis wouldn't support this. John Kelly would have backed him up. Therefore, they're both gone and replaced by the draft-dodging architect of the war in Iraq and a Boeing lobbyist as his lackey. Trump gets his jihad against Islam, Bolton gets to continue his battle in the Middle East, Boeing's lackey gets big contract after big contract. We need more F-35 Joint Puke Fighters, after all.

(06-21-2019, 10:48 PM)mikesez Wrote:
(06-21-2019, 09:03 PM)pirkster Wrote: This provocation is proving that Trumps rightful sanctions are working, where previous policy failed. They're getting desperate, and are now showing it. When the little dog nipped, the big dog didn't flinch. Hard to sell the narrative that we're somehow "bullying" them...

Lesson in policy - pallets of cash (cash that was never going back ever) don't work against people that hate you.

The previous policy failed? how so?
Were they attacking tankers and drones in the years 2015-2017?
Were they enriching uranium to levels that could be used to build a nuclear bomb over 10 kilotons?

Imagine this: your neighbor is throwing rocks through your windows. You go over and just hand him $1,000 to stop. He's going to lay off for a while, then start collecting rocks again in hopes of a second payout. That's my best bet for Iran's play in all of this. They won't try to shut down the Strait. They're not interested in a war. They know they'd be turned into a parking lot by the only post-WWII President batty enough to do it. Russia would not support them. Putin is ballsy, but not stupid. They want another payout, if not from us then from Europe. If you give a rat a cookie, right?