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To: Angelino97
The CIA started this in 1953.

Yep.

Right now the Midterms are more important than the Iranians acquiring nuclear weapons. We were supposed to "contain" them after we destroyed their nuclear facilities last year.

But there's a chance that the Democrats may win big in November and from there, they can impeach Trump and his administration if the votes are there.

24 posted on 07/30/2026 7:50:52 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Angelino97; MinorityRepublican

You might want to revisit your understanding of the events in Iran in 1953. Furthermore, if you study the actual history of Iran you’d find that reactionary elements within Iran began the unrest in 1906 as the feudal structure of the Qajar Dynasty was coming to an end.

https://globalsecurityreview.com/irans-1953-coup-that-wasnt/


50 posted on 07/30/2026 8:09:00 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Right now the Midterms are more important than the Iranians acquiring nuclear weapons.”

The midterms are almost certainly going to be lost.

Desperate Republicans might try to save some individual seats by passing a Medicare Part D secondary subsidy extension coupled with realistic election reforms.


69 posted on 07/30/2026 8:19:47 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (The data centers might be hunting down guns. Black tape device cameras and PC microphones.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The Dems might be able to impeach Trump, but enough votes to convict / remove are VERY unlikely. Then, even if successful, Vance becomes Prez - a mixed bag, but nowhere near the disaster the mullahs getting nukes would be.

Just what do you think the consequences of Iran getting nukes would be?

Don’t get me wrong, IMO we have made a number of errors, some of which largely predate Trump, and Trump erred in trying to negotiate with Iran after only a few weeks of major ops: “Reasonable” Iranians are NOT in charge, by a long shot, and Iran’s long established “mosaic” strategy pretty much precludes success of any “deal” anyway.

Now, how many posters on FR have mentioned that “mosaic” strategy before now? That pretty much illustrates the ignorance all about. (I myself was only “partially” versed in that strategy, until recently, so I will accept the criticism I was partially ignorant about it too. No one can know even 1% of everything. OTOH, “mosaic” is probably not a fully correct term. “Hydra” might be better.)

BTW, I have yet to hear any of the illustrious know nothings condemning the toppling of Mohammad Mosaddegh and his National Front play out the likely consequences of failure to give him and his the boot. My analysis (summary) is that we very likely would not have won the “Cold War” or maybe even not have it stay “cold”. Iran was MUCH more strategically important than Vietnam, and in Vietnam, at least we did, in the bigger picture, contain communism to very limited gains and even sap it greatly.


140 posted on 07/30/2026 8:59:17 AM PDT by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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To: MinorityRepublican

Probably sooner than that when Iran would not play ball as a transit route to Russia in WWII. Iran has been a meddling cock-up ever since. Carter thought the clerics would be better than the Shah’s perceived human rights abuses.


180 posted on 07/30/2026 9:40:49 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

HA HA HA HA HA HA


299 posted on 07/30/2026 4:19:57 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Sen. John Thune is a bigger enemy to the GOP than any Democrat.)
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