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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTRUMP hasn't "accepted" his 2020 loss. Why the F*CK would we even CONSIDER him "accepting" loss in IRAN?
Trump 'incapable' of accepting US has lost the war with Iran: Nobel laureate
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2676762102/
Paul Krugman believes that Trump is flat out unable to deal with the fallout of the war in Iran, and that it has not yet set in that the United States' intervention in the Middle East has failed. Writing in his Substack earlier Saturday, Krugman claimed, "Its been clear for a while that the United States has basically lost this war.
"The goal was to achieve regime change, possibly to take Irans uranium. Neither of those is going to happen. The Iranian regime is a harder line than it was before. Iran has ended up strengthened because its demonstrated its ability to shut off traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
"Well, as best I can tell, and this is all speculation now, I dont think that Trump has taken on board, maybe hes emotionally incapable of taking on board the reality that he screwed up, that he took us to war and lost, that he, in his mind, still thinks that America has the upper hand and that the Iranians are cowering in fear over the might of the U.S. military, and that he doesnt need to make any concessions."
The Strait of Hormuz had briefly been opened by Iran but was again closed over a US blockade. A new closure of the Strait of Hormuz was confirmed by Iranian military operational command, Khatam Al Anbiya, with a statement accusing the US of "maritime piracy and theft".
Hugin
(37,903 posts)I wonder which tee the US will be buried on?
Pathetic.
enid602
(9,722 posts)Let him think its a huge win! Give him a ticker tape parade, and that fancy arch hes been jonesing. And one of those Nobel Prizes.
The price of him going into Iran is just too much of a price for us to pay. The loss of the petrodollar and the economy. The cost in terms of lives and treasure. The bombing of whats left of Israel. Its too much.