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RandySF

(81,137 posts)
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 04:12 PM Jun 2025

Don't expect a U.S. strike against Iran.

Trump is making a threat display to drag Iran to the negotiating table and save face. Failing that, he'll blink and announce an "extension". TACO.

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Don't expect a U.S. strike against Iran. (Original Post) RandySF Jun 2025 OP
This does seem very much like the tariff bluster newdeal2 Jun 2025 #1
Yup, that's his usual M.O., MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2025 #2
I considered that possibility EYESORE 9001 Jun 2025 #3
I think he might order a strike on fordo Mosby Jun 2025 #4
He was played by Bibi and continues to be JCMach1 Jun 2025 #5
he is a toddler playing with a loaded weapon Skittles Jun 2025 #6

newdeal2

(4,775 posts)
1. This does seem very much like the tariff bluster
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 04:14 PM
Jun 2025

The way he talks also makes it hard to take him seriously.

MarineCombatEngineer

(17,716 posts)
2. Yup, that's his usual M.O.,
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 04:14 PM
Jun 2025

but I wouldn't put it past his "advisors" to convince him to join Israel and bomb the living shit out of Iran.

EYESORE 9001

(29,450 posts)
3. I considered that possibility
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 04:29 PM
Jun 2025

However, it’s more than he can contain in his tiny hands. Don’t rule out the possibility that if Iran feels a true existential threat, they may use something out of left field - a dirty bomb, perhaps. If true nukes ever fly from Israel, I believe Iran would respond in kind with whatever was available.

Mosby

(19,237 posts)
4. I think he might order a strike on fordo
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 04:34 PM
Jun 2025

Using "bunker buster" bombs.

I also think he ignores Gabbard, knowing that she is a Russian asset. Couldn't be more clear at this point.

JCMach1

(29,086 posts)
5. He was played by Bibi and continues to be
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 04:43 PM
Jun 2025

Its a double bind.

US takes out Fordow with conventional munitions, or Israel use tactical nukes on it.

Bibi secretly pulled the trigger to stop the negotiations.

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