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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,331 posts)
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 07:40 PM 4 hrs ago

US Mulling an 'Off Ramp' On Iran As Top General Advises Trump Iran Attack Would Be 'Far More Difficult' Than Venezuela

President Donald Trump is weighing options to avoid a major military conflict with Iran if the country does not ditch its nuclear program after General Dan “Raizin” Caine told him an attack would be “far more difficult” than the operation that captured Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, The New York Times reported on Sunday evening.

The report said Trump and key members of his administration are heading to Geneva on Thursday to meet with Iranian negotiators; the meeting appears to be a “last-ditch” effort to avoid a military conflict.

“President Trump has told advisers that if diplomacy or any initial targeted U.S. attack does not lead Iran to give in to his demands that it give up its nuclear program, he will consider a much bigger attack in coming months intended to drive that country’s leaders from power,” the report said, based on “people briefed on internal administration deliberations.

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Members of Trump’s team and on the Iranian side are both considering an “off-ramp to military conflict,” which would include a “very limited nuclear enrichment program” that would only be used for medical research, the report said. That is because some members of the administration have expressed “doubts” a full dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program occur, if the U.S. only conducts airstrikes.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-mulling-off-ramp-iran-223945820.html

In other words, go back to the deal that was made in the first place. Needy Amin will claim the deal was his own idea and demand the Nobel Peace Prize.

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US Mulling an 'Off Ramp' On Iran As Top General Advises Trump Iran Attack Would Be 'Far More Difficult' Than Venezuela (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 4 hrs ago OP
Really alarming that a leader would not realize that on his own bucolic_frolic 4 hrs ago #1
Little Marco ought put a muzzle on Trump pfitz59 4 hrs ago #2
He didn't think it through C_U_L8R 4 hrs ago #3
He didn't think RainCaster 3 hrs ago #6
There is only one reason I want that asspickle to go to Geneva maxrandb 4 hrs ago #4
Trump can only be convinced by Raising Cane's newdeal2 4 hrs ago #5

C_U_L8R

(49,196 posts)
3. He didn't think it through
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 07:50 PM
4 hrs ago

… before sending countless soldiers and ships and planes off at huge expense to the country. Trump is clearly the world’s biggest idiot.

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