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Putin is popping the champagne corks right now,
5X
(3,972 posts)and dotard will look so stupid when they hit again.
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)Trump got his distraction, and now hes making himself look like a peacemaker by calling for a ceasefire. And Iran got to look like they went toe-to-toe with the United States.
Now, the impeachment proceedings take back over and by Sunday, nobody will remember this Iran debacle.
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maryellen99
(3,789 posts)Hangingon
(3,071 posts)maryellen99
(3,789 posts)Hangingon
(3,071 posts)But this will play well with the undecided middle. He did something and Iran, for whatever reason, backed down.
maryellen99
(3,789 posts)Hangingon
(3,071 posts)Way too much American firepower available.
XRubicon
(2,212 posts)He didn't back up his threat. No biggy though...
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)in the past.
gordianot
(15,240 posts)Something he has in common with the Iranian regime. Both need enemies to survive proxy wars will continue.
bluestarone
(16,976 posts)A day or week til he BACKTRACKS! Don't believe anything now.
ScratchCat
(1,990 posts)what the original script said.
Zolorp
(1,115 posts)His choices were to look weak or like a madman. Somebody. Convince him he needed to look weak instead of being the madman.