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The Timetable Trap - Trump is not telling Iran--or Democrats--his plans.
American Thinker ^ | 14 Mar, 2026 | George Shuster

Posted on 03/14/2026 6:23:02 AM PDT by MtnClimber

When General Eisenhower launched the D-Day offensive in June 1944, did he announce to the American People, and hence to the World including the German enemy, what the plan was in terms of what, where, when and how? Did he tell everyone at which beach we would attack and at what time with what forces, and specify how long he expected it would take to achieve victory? Of course not! Did critics in the United States demand that he do so? Naturally not. Only a fool would spill those sorts of beans ahead of time.

Why then are so many on the Left, aided and abetted by even some on the Right, demanding, on at least a daily basis, that Trump outline this kind of information? The idea is so stupid that one must struggle to figure out why it keeps getting trumpeted. Here then is why: the Left is trying to set a trap for Trump. Imagine this speech from Chuck Schumer after the fact, being one of the most frequent voices demanding Trump furnish more details about "the plan":

"Well, folks, there you have it. I told you so. Remember how Trump said we'd be done by Wednesday night. Well, here it is Thursday morning, and we are not done yet. Trump is a liar! Trump is incompetent! QED!"

The need to be wary keeps increasing because Trump has already expressed much more than necessary. To insist on even more detail is thus already a call for specificity much beyond what is either required or wise. Just because the American Left's desire to create a trap means they may never be satisfied is not a good reason to keep on furnishing more and more information to Iran.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: democrats; domesticenemies; foreignpolicy; iran

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1 posted on 03/14/2026 6:23:02 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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The democRATs seem to want the USA to lose and to collapse to illegal invaders. They are as much the enemy as Iran.


2 posted on 03/14/2026 6:23:14 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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The democrats are as leaky as a sieve or they would sell the info to Iran


3 posted on 03/14/2026 6:28:36 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: MtnClimber

The DNC’s Hamas wing can use them.


4 posted on 03/14/2026 6:32:38 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: MtnClimber

Agreed 100%. Tell Democrats nothing except what comes out in situation reports of actions already taken that we release to the press.


5 posted on 03/14/2026 6:32:47 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: MtnClimber
Since the Korean Conflict, the Rules of Engagement (ROE) have been set by politicians and we haven't won a war since. Leave the ROE to the generals who know how to win wars. The "polite bombing" of Vietnam cost thousands of lives on both sides of the war. Politicians dicking around with the ROE have killed thousands of Americans where a quick, decisive war would have actually saved lives. Thank God that Truman had the stones to bomb Japan or we'd probably still be fighting door-to-door there today. I think Trump knows this and keeping the political hacks at bay is a wise move.
6 posted on 03/14/2026 6:32:47 AM PDT by econjack
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Just keep repeating the phrase “Everything is A-OK”..”Everything is A-OK”..Send out memos to all news agencies that if any classified information is reported, then the perps will be prosecuted. And mean it.


7 posted on 03/14/2026 6:38:14 AM PDT by Judge Bean
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Trump is not telling Iran--or Democrats--his plans.

Unlike Joe Biden, who told the Taliban the exact date when we would be leaving Afghanistan. After that, all they had to do was wait us out.

8 posted on 03/14/2026 6:40:58 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: MtnClimber

Wake up Americans. This “left” or “democrats” everyone keeps talking about is really the Islamic Muslims taking over our country. Of course they want America to fall. Of course they hate us; of course they will fight for fraud, illegals, violence and anarchy.


9 posted on 03/14/2026 6:44:16 AM PDT by Hattie
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The last war that the Democrats actually wanted the US to win was WWII — and that was largely to save Uncle Joe over in the Soviet Union. For 80 years or so, the Democrats have been hoping we lose every war.


10 posted on 03/14/2026 6:44:57 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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It’s secret.......

What’s more, the secrecy is intact and even after the events, we know only fragments of what is the reality.

The world knows only what it is being told with some fragments escaping from Iran via Tousi TV.


11 posted on 03/14/2026 6:47:49 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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“General Eisenhower, exactly when do you plan to invade Europe, and will the attack be at Calais or somewhere else? How many ‘boots on the ground’ will you order? And by what date will the war be wrapped up?”


12 posted on 03/14/2026 6:51:17 AM PDT by motor_racer (Who will bell the cat?)
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Nice headline. It correctly names the two biggest threats to the United States.


13 posted on 03/14/2026 6:56:55 AM PDT by Kudsman (Volunteer white preservationist )
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We have a war!
We should not tell an enemy what we are going to do!


14 posted on 03/14/2026 7:03:50 AM PDT by AZJeep (sane )
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Good comment!


15 posted on 03/14/2026 7:20:55 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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You know, Trump clearly realizes that the world’s struggle against Islam is as endemic as is the scourge we daily wage against the Devil and evil in this world. The non-religious will fail to recognize this reality. They fail to put the Iranian War into the proper context, which is to recognize the Biblical nature of the struggle. That means the war against Allah’s Islam, the Devil’s Plan, will never be ‘over.’ The best we can hope for is to drive the blood thirsty representatives of Allah, the Jihad killers down and into such a state of impotence that they can no longer bring their living hell into our daily Godly lives, like they are now doing. The world community has been way too complacent with Allah’s Islam for way too long and allowed the evil to advance to its current state. People in Europe and Britain remain asleep. The are letting Islam wash over their lives and steal their future. At this time Trump knows the spear of Allah is Iran, as led by the Mullahs. So Iran must be our immediate objective because it is the most pressing threat to the free world and must be dealt with before it destroys God’s creation.


16 posted on 03/14/2026 7:25:20 AM PDT by iontheball (, )
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You don't seem to mind capitalization so it would be nice if you learned that there is a difference between a democrat and a Democrat.
17 posted on 03/14/2026 7:25:55 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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Bkmk


18 posted on 03/14/2026 7:29:53 AM PDT by sauropod
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Most Democrats deserve the same legal fate as the Rosenbergs ⚡


19 posted on 03/14/2026 7:37:53 AM PDT by MachIV
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Coincidence?

"John has a long mustache" scene From "Longest Day" movie about D-Day

"Mamma mia that's a spicy meat-a-ball" Alka Seltzer TV ad:


20 posted on 03/14/2026 7:49:21 AM PDT by P.O.E.
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