US Kills Soleimani in Airstrike

Toxic Masculinity is going to result in lots of people dying.

Yeah. That war approval number is gonna be 39%

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“There will be an opportunity for the destabilization of the country,” he said. “This is a huge deal throughout the Middle East. The fact that it was done over the territory of Iraq means that Iraq will become what I feared it would become from the beginning: the battleground between Iran and the United States.”

But what if Trump’s only goal in Iraq is keep the oil? What if Trump doesn’t mind droning shopping malls in Iran?

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George H.W. Bush was a one term president who invaded Panama and Iraq. Cause and effect obviously aren’t obvious.

Fair point.

The Iraq war was over and a recession had started prior to election day. Two things that are probably unlikely in this case.

I thought he raised taxes?

Trump ends the trade war and starts a real war like a week apart.

I don’t agree that this is good for him. $8/gallon gas or a stock market mini-crash panic and he’s toast. That’s assuming we aren’t under martial law or suspending elections by that point.

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Election is almost in a year. That’s long enough that people will be over the initial patriotic surge. The only way this really works for Trump is if he prematurely hangs a Mission Accomplished banner.

Bernie already out in front calling it an assassination and Biden is going to have a republican vice president.

Not going to cry for the guy. Went to a war zone and got got. If the US joint chiefs of staff go to iraq and eat it, that’s war.

The actual bad:
another nail in Iran nuclear treaty coffin
escalating conflict in iraq, lebanon, etc

Potential upside, if Iran sees trump as a more personal threat, they may work toward his exposure and embarrassment.

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https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1212959357425651713

https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1212954848666234880/photo/1

Biden is concerned that maybe Trump hasn’t thought things through. That Trump owes us an explanation!

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Meh, they are both basically saying the same thing with different words. Biden is trying to put Trump on the spot and Sanders has already given up on even trying to do that.

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Biden is such an embarrassment to humanity.

It’s different enough. Biden is not privy to the intelligence. Maybe Trump is right? Who is Biden to judge?

Let’s not kid ourselves if Biden were in the Senate still he would be voting for a war against Iran in a heartbeat given the type of political cover that would need to exist for that vote to ever happen.

Someone should ask the Child-Rapist-in-Chief if he intends to implement John McCain’s idea of bombing Iran.

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Thread

https://twitter.com/ilangoldenberg/status/1212938815121309696

Doesn’t mention cyberwarfare. I think I agree that the most likely thing is just going hogwild on trying to get influence in Iraq. Why not?

Wouldn’t be booking any hotel rooms in Trump Istanbul or Manila

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