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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,041 posts)
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 01:41 PM 5 hrs ago

Iran's Trump card is better than a nuclear weapon

There is no question that President Trump is 100 percent responsible for a stunning victory in the Iran war. His actions will completely reconfigure the Persian Gulf for a generation.

Unfortunately, there is also no question as to who won. Hint: It wasn’t the United States.

On the plus side, Iran will probably agree to give up its nuclear ambitions, because Trump has given it something better: a stranglehold on the Persian Gulf and the world economy.

If there is one military lesson from the Iran war, it’s that having a handful of nuclear weapons is useless. Modern air defenses are just too good. More than 90 percent of Iran’s drone and missile attacks were intercepted.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/opinion-iran-trump-card-better-130000426.html

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Iran's Trump card is better than a nuclear weapon (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 5 hrs ago OP
Pootin must be thrilled with his useful idiot SheltieLover 5 hrs ago #1
It's his brand... 2naSalit 3 hrs ago #2

2naSalit

(103,082 posts)
2. It's his brand...
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 03:00 PM
3 hrs ago

Make a flashy mess out of something, blame everyone else and declare victory. IOW he starts a forever war and loses it inside of 60 days.

That's his brand.

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