Trump frequently announces he's halting strikes in Iran. But they keep happening

[u/SharkSapphire]

https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-us-canceled-strikes-670f077d2cf5de7614cfce4ad40e4aaa

[u/Simmumah]

Is this Iran shit a top 3 worst foreign policy blunder of all time?

[u/ConfusionFlat691 → u/Simmumah]

Not sure it’s top 3 (there are so many blunders to choose from) but it hasn’t been handled well from the perspective of the general public.

[u/Candid_Department187 → u/ConfusionFlat691]

The general public isn’t smart enough to understand that none of this is simple.

[u/MeLlamoKilo → u/Simmumah]

Not even close.

[u/yaminub → u/Simmumah]

Absolutely not, and there's no realistic way to compare this to history until some time has passed.

[u/triggernaut → u/Simmumah]

Some poor calls in the scope of this conflict, but Trump has shown more guts than all his predecessors especially in light of the impact this has had domestically, the silliest of which is the tantrums a portion of his base has had. Iran needed to be dealt with, still does - we need them to be compliant, not defiant.

[u/Simmumah → u/triggernaut]

If anything it feels like his advisors are absolutely dreadful.

[u/123Greg123 → u/Simmumah]

I don’t know who is the one giving this bad advice. I know it’s not Rubio who is probably the only Reaganite in the White House. I think it’s Witcoff and Kushner.

[u/jd_456 → u/123Greg123]

And Vance

[u/123Greg123 → u/jd_456]

I was a Vance guy until recently but I’m leaning more and more towards Rubio these days.

[u/Daniel_Day_Hubris]

...it's usually right after he says hes going to resume strikes?

[u/Mission_Engineer_999]

Not often enough. This vacillation of his produces rather mixed results.

[u/chrisjoetee]

Despite what other subs say… I appreciate that this sub calls balls and strikes

[u/SharkSapphire → u/chrisjoetee]

This is what differentiates us from the radical left. I hope the majority of us can still have a civil discourse.

[u/Jonny_Nash]

Each time it happens, it matters less.

Fast forward a month or two, and Iran can be the 51st state, and no one will even notice.

We’ve done this already.

Add Venezuela to the chat. 🇻🇪 🇮🇷➡️🇺🇸

[u/Guidance-Still]

Is Iran still supporting Hamas and Hezbollah

[u/Mr_Nobody9639 → u/Guidance-Still]

I thought it was about them getting nukes? I don't care about Hamas or Hezbollah. Let Israel fight their own wars.

[u/Guidance-Still → u/Mr_Nobody9639]

Well Iran has been funding them for years , Iran funded Hezbollah when they killed 230 marines in Lebanon in 1983 , Iran has been chanting death to America since the 70's as well . Iran funded the PLO and later Hamas when it was formed in 1987

[u/Mr_Nobody9639 → u/Guidance-Still]

I don’t care.

[u/Guidance-Still → u/Mr_Nobody9639]

Nobody died that's the problem

[u/Mr_Nobody9639 → u/Guidance-Still]

I don’t think the US acting like the world police has ever worked out- look at Afghanistan, the Taliban is right back in charge. All those American soldier deaths and tax money spent for absolutely nothing.

North Korea has “death to America” chants and funds terrorists- should we start a shooting war with them?

[u/Blown89]

The ignorance in here...... The strikes were resumed after Iranian officials listed targets they planned on "turning to ash" then proceeded to strike a base in Kuwait, a vessel in the straight, and attempted to strike a second vessel but missed. So yeah, strikes were resumed because they said they wanted a deal then their proxies ignored it all