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SterWonk's avatar

> “President Trump succeeded in putting so much fear in this new regime that they were willing to come to the table,” said Griff Jenkins.

President Obama got them to the table too. And left that table with a signed agreement (which TFG doesn't have). Which includes weapons inspections (which I am highly doubtful TFG will be able to get). And *didn't* waste the lives of American soldiers, Iranian civilians, billions of dollars in US munitions, and billions (trillions?) of dollars in Iranian infrastructure.

Underdawg23's avatar

A school full of little girls died because two men continually raped children. What kind of world is this?

Ron Spangler's avatar

I'm not wavering in my $upport of Wonkette, because of the gifs of kitties and birds and such, and because you all seem like very nice people who are trying hard. But I am pretty much done with news analysis, and with about 95% of the so-called factual reporting on what this motherfucker says.

Everything sucks, and it will keep sucking until at least the day he leaves the WH, or keels over, and probably beyond, and even then we will be badly informed and subject to a constant assault of opinion by professionals who miss the point (again, present company largely excepted).

I already deleted all of my social media accounts. I like to read the arts, culture, recipes, and First Dog on the Moon in The Guardian. I have four browser windows open following the Artemis II mission, and when that's over there's the women's rugby Six Nations tournament to stream.

But reading the headlines? Fuck off. I'm done.

Queen Méabh's avatar

So when will he get the Nobel Peace Prize?

RRJKR's avatar

I still blame the Brits, Between the way they chopped up the former Ottoman land and the Mandate for Palestine, they set all of this in motion!

Mildred Downey Broxon's avatar

As a person of Irish extraction, it's never a bad time to blame the Brits. They are usually in on it.

RRJKR's avatar

Masters of exploitation and corruption, but the shit never seems to stick to them

Why So Lugubrious?'s avatar

Just saw this headline on NYTimes.com:

After 5 Weeks of War, a Look at What Trump Has Accomplished in Iran

I swear to gawd, if I could be promised that a click would reveal a totally blank page with just the masthead, I would subscribe to that paper again.

Jens TINGLEFF's avatar

Did Hic!Seth do well?

𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘨𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦

𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺’𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 ‘𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦’ 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘜𝘚 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 — 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 ‘𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥’ 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘉𝘢𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hegseth-iran-ceasefire-war-update-b2953826.html

Why So Lugubrious?'s avatar

Bangin' article, thanks. Would that our journos were that aggressive in their reporting.

RRJKR's avatar

Drunk again? So early in the day?

Ron Spangler's avatar

At this point I just want to buy him a giant bag of Big Macs and hope for the worst.

Mr Beeep's avatar

Ol Two Dolls must have gotten some “come to Allah” talking to.

Even Fucker Carlson went Yosemite Sam on his ass.

FUCKER FUCKING CARLSON!!!

What A Debacle's avatar

“Total and complete victory. 100 percent. No question about it,” said Trump...

WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN AGE BITCHES.

VwllssWndr's avatar

This is some of that "winning" we were promised!

Why So Lugubrious?'s avatar

What he meant was "NO QUESTIONS ABOUT IT!"

What A Debacle's avatar

Surprised he didn't go with 600%.

fair_n_hite_451's avatar

That part will come later. In the 12th or 15th retelling of the same story...

VwllssWndr's avatar

"This was the greatest conflict the world has ever seen and I negotiated peace!"

RRJKR's avatar

Just replace "Islam with Christianity" and you see not much difference between our current administration and the regime in Iran "Authoritarian Theocracies" are the same no matter what religion they are based upon.

Nacho Librul's avatar

“Big Money! No Whammies!”

God, what an idjit.

RRJKR's avatar

"Well, this isn't working out, So what's Plan B to get those midterms canceled? We're going to get crushed!" - The GOP

Tommy Mo's avatar

The world may be laughing at TACO Two Weeks, but he is reaching the only goal he had for the Iran invasion or, for that matter, anything he’s ever done in his “adult” life:

“Big money will be made”

VwllssWndr's avatar

Guess those Trump Bibles haven't been raking in the cash.

RRJKR's avatar

World class grifting!!

LyftControlledCities's avatar

"Double sided ceasefire"?!?!?

Hey genius, if only one side agrees to it, then it's not actually a ceasefire, uumkay?

HarryButtle, degenerate artist's avatar

Called this last night:

"We're thinking of doing it as a joint venture...also securing it from lots of other people."

Trump, speaking to Jonathan Karl this morning about collecting tolls in the Strait of Hormuz.

Are the Iranians really gonna share? Probably not but everything is just another big grift with this guy.

Smol Blue Dot's avatar

In the unlikely event that the US does get a share, where will the money go? A) pay down the national debt. B) refund the Pentagon accounts used for the war so no US taxpayer dollars are directly spent on this excursion. Or C) directly into Trump and friends pockets.

VwllssWndr's avatar

Trump's friends? Fuck them, they didn't bring peace to the region!

Eileen's avatar

Wry "ha-ha"....

Linoleum von Curmudgeon, Esq.'s avatar

Ever open the statement and discover "additional processing fee(s)" which took a chunk from you?

That's going to be Oman very soon.

HarryButtle, degenerate artist's avatar

I thought the same thing: Iran's not gonna share but Oman? They don't have a choice.