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Stinky The Clown

(68,962 posts)
Fri May 8, 2026, 01:32 PM Yesterday

This is not "Trump's War"

It sees to me we would be better served if it was called the Republican War. They had/have the power to end it. What they lack is the backbone to stop it.

Maybe the media should be pressured to change the narrative,

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This is not "Trump's War" (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Yesterday OP
Everything that The Dotard does which the public dislikes needs this treatment. RockRaven Yesterday #1
Our 'media' is entrenched in trmp's colon. spanone Yesterday #2
Ah, yes... GiqueCee Yesterday #3
Or the Billionaire's War. moondust Yesterday #4
As Smedley Butler said... COL Mustard Yesterday #7
And It Is as Much Bibi's War as the Yam's The Roux Comes First Yesterday #5
+1 leftstreet Yesterday #8
Very true themaguffin Yesterday #6
Well, they certainly don't have a problem with it, do they. paleotn Yesterday #9
It's Netanyahu's war..... SergeStorms Yesterday #10
Lindsey Grahm War Emile 23 hrs ago #11

RockRaven

(19,698 posts)
1. Everything that The Dotard does which the public dislikes needs this treatment.
Fri May 8, 2026, 01:33 PM
Yesterday

And it has the virtue of being true, on top of being useful.

GiqueCee

(4,630 posts)
3. Ah, yes...
Fri May 8, 2026, 01:45 PM
Yesterday

... the M$M, the mouthpiece for the oligarchs, as a malignant polyp up the nether portal of their useful idiot. I like it!

moondust

(21,343 posts)
4. Or the Billionaire's War.
Fri May 8, 2026, 01:57 PM
Yesterday

BBC has an article today titled: The companies making billions from the Iran war

1. Oil and gas
2. Big banks
3. Defence

(BBC website now requires subscription but the article is available at AOL.)

I've wondered for a while if the Iran invasion was actually about driving up the cost of oil/gas to benefit his big oil and business buddies (and corrupt family). There was no clear reason for starting the war, only vague excuses that changed every 10 minutes. Everyone knew that if attacked Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz and what that would do to the world's oil supply.

If windfall profits were the motive for starting the war, will it ever end so that prices come down?

SergeStorms

(20,788 posts)
10. It's Netanyahu's war.....
Fri May 8, 2026, 04:29 PM
Yesterday

He just yanked Trump's chain, flattered him, then sat back and watched.

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