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RandySF

(75,314 posts)
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 05:12 PM Tuesday

Don't expect a U.S. strike against Iran.

Trump is making a threat display to drag Iran to the negotiating table and save face. Failing that, he'll blink and announce an "extension". TACO.

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Don't expect a U.S. strike against Iran. (Original Post) RandySF Tuesday OP
This does seem very much like the tariff bluster newdeal2 Tuesday #1
Yup, that's his usual M.O., MarineCombatEngineer Tuesday #2
I considered that possibility EYESORE 9001 Tuesday #3
I think he might order a strike on fordo Mosby Tuesday #4
He was played by Bibi and continues to be JCMach1 Tuesday #5
he is a toddler playing with a loaded weapon Skittles Tuesday #6

newdeal2

(3,016 posts)
1. This does seem very much like the tariff bluster
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 05:14 PM
Tuesday

The way he talks also makes it hard to take him seriously.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,782 posts)
2. Yup, that's his usual M.O.,
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 05:14 PM
Tuesday

but I wouldn't put it past his "advisors" to convince him to join Israel and bomb the living shit out of Iran.

EYESORE 9001

(28,464 posts)
3. I considered that possibility
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 05:29 PM
Tuesday

However, it’s more than he can contain in his tiny hands. Don’t rule out the possibility that if Iran feels a true existential threat, they may use something out of left field - a dirty bomb, perhaps. If true nukes ever fly from Israel, I believe Iran would respond in kind with whatever was available.

Mosby

(18,708 posts)
4. I think he might order a strike on fordo
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 05:34 PM
Tuesday

Using "bunker buster" bombs.

I also think he ignores Gabbard, knowing that she is a Russian asset. Couldn't be more clear at this point.

JCMach1

(28,727 posts)
5. He was played by Bibi and continues to be
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 05:43 PM
Tuesday

Its a double bind.

US takes out Fordow with conventional munitions, or Israel use tactical nukes on it.

Bibi secretly pulled the trigger to stop the negotiations.

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