A. I’ve seen and heard the entire Gabbard clip. I don’t need Politico or the National Review to interpret it for me.
B. “FRiend, the CinC is NOT contemplating war— far from it.”
That’s simply not supported by the facts, by which I mean President Trump’s public comments and Truth Social posts.
“I don’t care what she [Gabbard] said. I think they [the Iranians] were very close to having a weapon.”
So, for the very greatest strategic issue facing us today, the one where the President relies on his DNI, he is trashing the one thing she’s responsible for.
He said there was no intention to kill Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “for now.” Who talks of possibly eliminating another country’s chief of state if not considering war?
In discussing the current state of hostilities, he said this: “We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran. Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American made, conceived, and manufactured ‘stuff.’ Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA.”
He said WE have control of the skies, not Israel. Why would someone NOT considering war speaking of controlling the skies of a country we are NOT at war with or even weighing the possibility of war?
Trump is constantly— deceptive toward enemies within and outside the country. That is one of his main tactics— keep media morons guessing, and keep them off balance.
“We” means the alliance and partnership with the one true ally we have in the ME. Without our overwhelming ability (as in always above— see: Space Force) the more meticulous aspects of the Israel operations would be nearly impossible to conduct as we will see towards the end of this week. This cooperation is the major difference from the morons controlling Joey Bags Biden and his grifters, and neo con jackasses in Congress from people who have the conviction of their words. Believable, because they don’t know for certain.
The President no longer relies on the stupid system of WH NSC— he’s broken that up. This is reflected in the idiotic speculation of Politico’s hacks, which some here apparently think is somehow factual. It has never been.
“For now”— is a negotiating tactic, assuming that in the near future Khamenei will abscond out of Iran, because either way we and Israel know exactly where he is. A very old tactic— like sending sat photos of the principal residence—wonder why? Keep em guessing.
Why wouldn’t the same sort of assumptions be made of the military movements under Joe Biden, like the 2 carrier groups? Everyone knew they were there to monitor and prevent Israeli operational actions. Because it was Biden’s incompetents and lackeys no one saw a credible threat- while hindering the Israelis every move. Credible threat does not mean war— rather it conveys the potential ease of conducting war, because it is credible. The leadership difference is tectonic in shift. Check out the Tehran evacuation of 10 million on the word of a credible threat, that might not even make war a necessity.
[He said WE have control of the skies, not Israel. Why would someone NOT considering war speaking of controlling the skies of a country we are NOT at war with or even weighing the possibility of war?]