Posted on 06/17/2025 6:36:52 PM PDT by Mount Athos
The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East.
Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded.
Millions of people have died on the other side.
GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE.....
Just like with Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya...
“Just be happy Kamala didn’t win! Would you rather have Kamala in the White House?”
Hang your head in shame- you wasted your vote- unless you voted for Harris...
it is comical reading the bedwetters here compare iraq and afgahnistan, which was run by incompetents, to iran...
When President Donald Trump announces we’re trying to win “hearts and minds” get back to us....
You mean the Iraq War brought about the glorious result of “the entire structure of the middle east is changed- likely forever- and its changed in our favor....”?
Trump’s 14-year history opposing Iranian nukes counters media spin he’d allow them: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-14-year-history-opposing-iranian-nukes-counters-media-spin-hed-allow-them.amp
<< after announcing his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump criticized President Barack Obama for negotiating “a disastrous deal with Iran,” saying, “Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and, under a Trump Administration, will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.” >>
You mean, The Coalition Of The Willing?
Then why is half the world looking to come here if we’re falling behind in every objective measure?
Because comparing Trump and Hegseth to Bush and Rumself is legitimate...i mean if President Trump chooses to get involved it will be to win “hearts and minds” rather than obliterate the enemy....
It must be a tough night knowing you wasted your vote....
no- the coalition of the coerced....like bush, President Trump will go in to win “hearts and minds” LMFAO....
You should’ve voted for kamala instead....
Didn’t Trump also say the tipping point for him getting into the 2016 race was watching iran board a navy vessel under obama and force American military on their knees??
>>>”i mean if President Trump chooses to get involved it will be to win “hearts and minds” rather than obliterate the enemy....”<<<
Like we “won hearts and minds” in Afghanistan and Iraq? How’d that work out?
How did that work out?
LOL- you couldn’t even understand the sarcasm of my post- sad....
You wasted your vote- should’ve voted for kamala....
After the Boomers are gone, policy towards Israel will change.
Posting that is truly pathetic.
Because comparing bush to Donald Trump is a legitimate comparison....i mean at any time now we can expect to hear Donald Trump say he wants to go into iran to win “hearts and minds”- correct?
“I would have been very good to Iran. They — I had to have one thing, no nuclear weapons. You can’t have nuclear weapon. Nuclear weapons are the greatest danger to our country going forward, to the world going forward.” (10/29/24)
“And all I wanted was Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon … That’s all I wanted. Very simple. You can’t have a nuclear weapon.” (10/28/24)
“We don’t want Iran to have a nuclear weapon.” (10/23/24)
“I didn’t want much. I wanted Iran to be very successful. I just don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon.” (10/16/24)
“You can’t let them have a nuclear weapon.” (10/14/24)
“I just don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon. It’s very simple.” (10/10/24)
“I only wanted one thing. You can’t have a nuclear weapon. You cannot let them have a nuclear weapon.” (10/7/24)
“No, they can’t have nukes. No, they can’t have nukes.” (10/7/24)
“They can’t have a nuclear weapon — and now they’re very close to having one and it’s very dangerous for the world, very dangerous for the world … The biggest problem today, in my opinion, the biggest risk is the nuclear weapons.” (10/1/24)
“All I want them to do is not have a nuclear weapon. They can’t have a nuclear weapon.” (9/30/24)
“The only thing is [Iran] cannot have nuclear weapons.” (9/26/24)
“I wanted one thing from Iran — no nuclear weapon. I didn’t want much — no nuclear weapon. And now they’re very close to getting it, and you can’t let that happen.” (9/19/24)
“All we want is we don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon. Very simple. That’s all we want. We don’t want you to have a nuclear weapon.” (9/17/24)
“They can’t have a nuclear weapon. We just can’t let them have a nuclear weapon. I’ll say this. If they do have a nuclear weapon, Israel is gone. It’ll be gone.” (8/27/24)
“I don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon.” (8/23/24)
“I just wanted to have a deal with Iran, very simple deal — can’t have a nuclear weapon. That’s it.” (8/23/24)
“They can’t have a nuclear weapon. They can’t have a nuclear weapon. And we were all set to make sure that they don’t have a nuclear weapon. Because once they do, it’s a whole different world, it’s a whole different negotiation.” (8/15/24)
“Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon — it’s very simple.” (8/8/24)
“They can’t have a nuclear weapon. It’s very simple. They can’t have a nuclear weapon. You cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.” (8/5/24)
“Iran should not have a nuclear weapon … Iran should never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.” (7/10/24)
“The main thing is Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon. That was my main thing. The deal was a simple deal. Iran can’t have a nuclear. You know, it can’t have a missile, it can’t have a nuclear missile. It cannot have that nuclear capability.” (6/20/24)
“We have a very hostile country that wants nuclear weapons. You can’t let that happen.” (6/15/24)
“Iran should not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. They would never have had even close to a nuclear weapon. They are very close to getting a nuclear weapon. You cannot let that happen.” (5/15/24)
“Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon — very simple. They cannot have a nuclear weapon.” (5/1/24)
“You can’t let Iran have nuclear weapons.” (4/30/24)
“Iran wanted to make a deal, and what the deal — 90% of the deal that I want to make is no nuclear weapon. That’s 90% — almost 100%. It might be 100%. That’s all I want. No nuclear weapon for Iran” (3/25/24)
“I want everybody to be happy. They just can’t have a nuclear weapon.” (2/23/24)
“I just didn’t want Iran to have a nuclear weapon. I said, ‘You know, we’re going to make a great deal. Everybody’s going to be happy. You’re going to be rich as hell again. Everything’s going to be great, but you cannot have a nuclear weapon.’” (1/20/24)
“They cannot have a nuclear weapon. That was the only thing — the one thing I said, ‘You cannot have.’” (1/5/24)
“I just don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon.” (1/5/24)
“They will have, within a short period of time, nuclear weapons — and that is never something that can be allowed to happen.” (12/30/23)
“No nuclear weapons. You can’t have nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are the single greatest threat to this world.” (11/9/23)
“They can’t have a nuclear weapon. That’s all. They can’t have nuclear weapons. It’s too destructive, too powerful. They can’t have it.” (10/29/23)
“Don’t let Iran have nuclear weapons. That’s my only thing I have to tell you today. Don’t let them have it.” (10/16/23)
“No nuclear weapons. You can’t give [Iran] nuclear weapons.” (7/15/23)
“You cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. You cannot let it happen because bad things will happen if that happens.” (6/24/23)
“IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!” (1/6/20)
“Iran cannot have Nuclear Weapons!” (6/22/19)
“We can’t let Iran get a nuclear weapon. We can’t do it. Can’t do it. We cannot let that happen.” (1/24/15)
“We can’t allow Iran to go nuclear.” (11/4/11)
The Middle East mess has been a bad deal for such a long time, but now it will get even worse unless someone can step in & end it.
Don’t forget that when Trudope took over 10 years ago, Canada was ahead of the US in overall human growth.
After 10 years of the libs, only your namesake province is even close to solvent now, and the entire nation ranks below MISSISSIPPI in economic growth..
Unless Trump can pull off a miracle, we in the west are in really deep kimchee!
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