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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Wed Jan 8, 2020, 11:17 AM Jan 2020

Kabuki Theater?

Neither side wants war. Both sides wants to appear tough. The mullahs don't want a war that threatens their rule. Trump doesn't want a war that threatens his re-election. That's all he care about, all...

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Kabuki Theater? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2020 OP

Exactly. It's like his dalliance with Kim Jong Un. maxsolomon Jan 2020 #1

Iraq, Vietnam, Afghanistan DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2020 #2

Maybe, in the end, that's preferable. maxsolomon Jan 2020 #3

I doubt Trump wants war because he doesn't stand to benefit from it. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2020 #4

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)

1. Exactly. It's like his dalliance with Kim Jong Un.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Jan 8, 2020, 01:18 PM

Jan 2020

Both sides are murderous assholes, and they each benefit when they ponce about on the world stage, making giant farting sounds with their mouths.

Does the Ayatollah give a fuck about that Ukrainian airliner? The mourners killed in the stampede in Kerman?

He'll say he does.