Will We NEVER Learn the Lessons of Trump?

So, “we’ve always been at war with Iran,” is the new normal, along with substantially higher prices, a third worldization of the hoi polloi, minority rule and medical care only for those whose personal wealth allows them to afford it?

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It’s like having a SCOTUS that only defers to precedent and the Constitution where they meld with it’s CSA ideology.

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So, 7x2 weeks? Or does he mean Labor Day 2027?

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Flatterer

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An Iran analyst in a NYT short video said that since the current talks are just a “framework” to open the Strait and push all the important stuff into further negotiations, the Iranians may actually be trying to delay final agreements until Trump leaves office.

Not an unreasonable assumption, since it took the Obama negotiators 2 years to finalize the previous nuclear deal that Trump tore up. And that was before negotiations meant passing hand written notes back and forth to the current Ayatollah with couriers.

The Strait may open, and Trump will say he won the war, but the Iranians are operating on an entirely different set of assumptions. And they can close the Strait again at any time.

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So, Chris Cilliza will save me from the need to think?

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Yes, and the current regime lacks the competence to work within that reality without spending at a level that provides for a constant combat mission in the Gulf.
The missteps may have already baked that result into the pie; but, it is the result of ill considered decisions from the get go.

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MM is up.

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Fun facts to know and tell:


(@bradmossesq.bsky.social on Bluesky )

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Someone didn’t like being embarassed in front of the class.

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Ah, the old fashioned Baffle Them With The Bullshit approach to life and legislating.

FML….

They have a script and they’re all sticking to it.

Meanwhile, because the Dems are plagued by a culture of always having to be the one who is right about everything and the smartest one in the room, we have vanity candidate clowncars fucking up elections result in CA’s governor race, etc.

Unfortunately, our population includes many who would rather have the racism if they were given the choice

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