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Think this war will be a quickie? (Original Post) Aviation Pro 15 hrs ago OP
Donny will cut and run if it goes on too long and gets too ugly. tanyev 15 hrs ago #1
Yep. He doesn't have the attention span or resources for a ground war LeftInTX 14 hrs ago #6
Iraq was going to be done in seven days. Norrrm 15 hrs ago #2
Depends on the DOW, don't you think? mr715 15 hrs ago #3
It's over $50,000 you guys! Initech 14 hrs ago #5
No, the psychos don't plan on leaving. Initech 14 hrs ago #4
Nope.War pigs and Gangsters want profits. haele 13 hrs ago #7
Ain't no money in short wars. Iggo 13 hrs ago #8
Well, there ought to be plenty of money for some, since all these 'short wars' Jack Valentino 13 hrs ago #10
... spanone 13 hrs ago #9
From our side, or theirs ?? From our side I say "T.A.C.O. "! Jack Valentino 13 hrs ago #11
You're right. Dunc 8 hrs ago #12

tanyev

(49,040 posts)
1. Donny will cut and run if it goes on too long and gets too ugly.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 09:09 PM
15 hrs ago

Lives and resources thrown away, leaving chaos in his wake.

LeftInTX

(34,060 posts)
6. Yep. He doesn't have the attention span or resources for a ground war
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 09:24 PM
14 hrs ago

Plus, his poll numbers will tank even lower.

As long as it's in the "show and awe", stage he's good.

He wants to be known as, "The guy who killed Ayatollah. Now give me my Nobel Peace Prize".

Norrrm

(4,668 posts)
2. Iraq was going to be done in seven days.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 09:16 PM
15 hrs ago

I think it was Wolfowitz who said that.

He also said there would be statue of Dubya in Baghdad.

haele

(15,298 posts)
7. Nope.War pigs and Gangsters want profits.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 10:26 PM
13 hrs ago

Too many interests want oil production slowed for profit, other interests want Iran to collapse, still others want to start up a world wide conflict and destabilize the world because they think it will put them on top.

Jack Valentino

(4,822 posts)
10. Well, there ought to be plenty of money for some, since all these 'short wars'
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:02 PM
13 hrs ago

have been seriously depleting our armed force's stock of munitions.....

Jack Valentino

(4,822 posts)
11. From our side, or theirs ?? From our side I say "T.A.C.O. "!
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:12 PM
13 hrs ago

("Trump always chickens out&quot

From their side, this seems likely to set off a string of terrorist attacks
which will last for years.... since they have invoked 'jihad' and all that...


Trump NEVER considers long-term consequences to his actions,
and started this war on a 'WHIM' as usual---

And, he doesn't know the difference between the American civil war
and the 'reconstruction' period thereafter--- and thinks that 'airports'
were somehow involved in the war for independence, even though it predated
the invention of the airplane by some 125-ish years.....

Historically speaking, he's a fucking idiot!


If you don't even know basic history, there's no chance to profit by it




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