President Donald Trump has expressed certainty that his big gamble to directly assist the Israelis delivered a knockout blow to Iran’s nuclear program — even as many of his supporters and detractors are warning that U.S. military action could lead the United States into an expansive regional conflic

Donald Trump expressed certainty his big gamble to directly assist the Israelis delivered a knockout blow to Iran’s nuclear program — even as many supporters and detractors alike were warning that U.S. military action could draw the United States into an expansive regional conflict.

Trump, in brief remarks to the nation on Saturday evening from the White House, said the U.S. strikes “obliterated” three critical Iranian enrichment facilities and “the bully of the Middle East must now make peace.”

But it’s a risky moment for Trump, who has belittled his predecessors for tying up America in “stupid wars” and has repeatedly said he was determined to keep the U.S. and the Middle East from another expansive conflict.

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    423·
    22 hours ago

    You think his cult members won’t eat this up and just follow their Daddy because he told them so, Associated Press? That’s rich, they’re already out there justifying it. Once they get their marching orders from FOX, it will be “war is a good thing and when we said wars in the middle east were bad we just meant only when they’re started by Democrats” conveniently ignoring how few of them have been started by Democrats instead of being spearheaded by Republicans like the faked intelligence leading to the Iraq War. Democrats didn’t push it, they just went along with it because public sentiment said the people wanted war. Democrats, being the wishy washy fucks they are, bent over and said “I’ll do whatever I need to keep idiots happy and voting me back in.”

    • voxthefox@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      162·
      21 hours ago

      Not so much voting them back in as much as donating to the DNC, democrats ultimately don’t care about winning, in fact they make more money when they’re losing.

    • aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com
      61·
      21 hours ago

      The talking points I’m picking up are:

      • this isn’t a real war, we were in and out with precision munitions, and our people are back safe, everyone should praise them for being so awesome;

      • Iran has been a bully for decades, and somebody needs to punch the bully in the mouth, when that happens everyone stands back and is happy the bully got punched in the mouth;

      • this isn’t a new war, Iran has been at war with us and our allies for a long time via their proxy groups

      • Biden was never able to take care of business, now Trump is in and it’s taken care of, and only the Americans could’ve done it because of our awesome military technology.