• CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 days ago

    He was told that Iran would fold quickly and it would be an easy win for his ego. It’s not happening, and even Fox News can’t sugarcoat the fuel crisis for months and months.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      20 hours ago

      probably suggested by NETANYAHU, if you dont want these epstein files to be released, distract the public by attacking iran, and also benefiting us by giving us aid.

      • Someone8765210932@lemmy.world
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        15 hours ago

        I remember reading a news article about Lindsey Graham who aggressively pushed Trump to attack Iran, while traveling to Israel to get “coached” on how to sell this.

        Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has been exposed by the Wall Street Journal for “coaching” a foreign leader on how to influence Donald Trump.

        The WSJ ahead of the weekend published a story called, “Lindsey Graham’s Quest to Sell Trump on Striking Iran.” In that piece, there is a nugget about the senator engaging in a campaign to help Netanyahu to persuade Trump to launch an Iran war. […]

        “To help make the case on Iran, Graham traveled several times to Israel in recent weeks, meeting with members of the country’s intelligence agency,” the Journal reported Friday. […]

        The report further states, “He spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, coaching him on how to lobby the president for action. Netanyahu showed the president intelligence that persuaded Trump to go ahead, Graham said.” (source: msn, mention WSJ article, archived WSJ article)

        Honestly, the fact the Graham openly talks about this is just insane. I guess this shit isn’t illegal, nor does it make people question you…

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Same thing happened with Iraq.

      We were told it would be a quick win, a month at most, and wouldn’t cost more than a billion dollars.

      L—O—L

      Both Democrats and Republicans support this war, if not in word than in deed, and I fully expect it to last for years.