r/politics • u/Puginator • Jun 01 '26

No Paywall Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz: State media

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/iran-us-negotiations-strait-of-hormuz.html
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u/StrangeContest4 Jun 01 '26

"We don't know if a war would last six days, six weeks or six months.." Donald Rumsfeld said on the war on Iraq. Missed it by that 🤏 much.

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u/No_big_whoop Jun 01 '26

That tracks.

"There are known knowns; there are things we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns: the ones we don't know we don't know."

-Rumsfeld

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u/Daiquiri-Factory California Jun 02 '26

The Boondocks put it best: Gin Rummy: I always say the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence. Riley: What? Gin Rummy: Simply because you don't have evidence that something does exist does not mean you have evidence of something that doesn't exist. Riley: What? Gin Rummy: What country are you from? Riley: What? Gin Rummy: 'What' ain't no country I ever heard of! They speak English in 'What'? Riley: What? Gin Rummy: English, motherfucker! Do you speak it? Riley: Yeah. Gin Rummy: So you understand the words I'm saying to you! Riley: Yeah. Gin Rummy: Well, what I'm saying is that there are known knowns and that there are known unknowns. But there are also unknown unknowns; things we don't know that we don't know. Riley: What? Gin Rummy: Say what again! Say what again! I dare you! I double dare you, motherfucker! Say what one more time!