You know...i think i just figured it out. It took this crisis to break this mofo,

[Volaris]

Because Iran, unlike kinda the whole rest of the planet, is under not even the pretense of obligation whatsoever to be nice to the dumb fucker, or to 'go along to get along'.

I'm kinda not mad about the fact the playground bully is getting his ass kicked by the only kid on the playground who's already spent time in detention, as it were...
Maybe this was the ONLY way that asskicking was ever gonna happen.

[RockRaven]

1. His whole life he's been sucker punching someone and then running and hiding behind

someone bigger to avoid getting hit back (usually lawyers he would never have been able to afford if he hadn't inherited a pile).

But he's not on the playground anymore. This time he wandered into a prison and punched a lifer.

[Volaris]

2. Thats a much more succinct analogy..my thanks!

[GiqueCee]

8. Both are plausible scenarios...

... and Iran has every reason to distrust the US after what we pulled in 1953. What we did to the democratically elected Mohammad Mosaddegh at Britain's greedy behest was utterly despicable.
And putting American servicemen and -women in harm's way just to satisfy Trump's fragile and over-inflated ego is an obscenity. Trump has to spend the rest of his rotten life in prison, or what's left of this country's honor will be down the toilet until our great grandchildren are old and gray.

[Jimmy76]

17. I like it

I enjoyed your statement, well put and to the point - there is nothing worse than someone that takes a month to explain something that should take half a minute!

[usonian]

3. Every action since Jan 2025 has been to confuse and distract from Epstein.

With "Weapons of Mass Distraction" assault on Iran, he appears to have reacted way too hastily (pressure from Bibi?) and massively overplayed his hand.

Having fired many competent people in the military and cybersecurity, he has nobody to save his little marshmallows from the firestorm he created after the latest Epstein revelations shocked him into frantic and disastrous action.

[lastlib]

4. Let the ass-kicking begin! n/t

[littlemissmartypants]

5. Please. Thank you. FDT

[BattleRow]

12. However,ass kissing Mr.Piggy is a no no..

Pork is forbidden,correct?

[lastlib]

19. Especially THAT pork!

Rotten, rancid, stinking---really, it's insulting to call that putrid pile of flesh "pork."

[BattleRow]

21. Wild bore..and thats not a misspelling,btw.

[Farmer-Rick]

6. I've been wondering if Iran killed pedo Trump

And a group of Trump humpers like the US did to Iran, would there be the same reaction from the American people?

Bombing Iran turned the Iranian pro democracy protesters to support their once disliked leadership. The people of Iran have now closed ranks and are supporting their leadership in the war against the US.

But if Iran were to wipe out pedo Trump and numerous henchmen of his, I seriously doubt it would cause the American people to close rank and support the remains of the cult of Trump. There actually might be cheering in the streets.

That is what pedo Trump and his idiot war mongers thought would happen in Iran. That the people of Iran would cheer and dance in the streets. Which only goes to show that the pedo and his cult are out of touch with reality.

[malaise]

9. The people of Iran support their own civilization

It is that simple -10,000+ years is no joke.

[Farmer-Rick]

22. Yes, a civilization pedo Trump wants to bomb

To smithereens.

[malaise]

23. It is the arrogance and belief in American omnipotence that angers me

This has to be stopped

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. "Maybe this was the ONLY way that asskicking was ever gonna happen."

A statement that I find horrifying and sad.

There needs to be no one else to do the 'asskicking' than ourselves.

But, we won't. My deductions as to the reasons for this are why I am so despondent about our future.

[KT2000]

10. Submission is his goal

He has to see fealty in everyone around him - cabinet meetings and international dealings. I like to think of his cabinet clomping around the White House in their ill-fitting Florsheim shoes.

You hit on an important point - the Middle East do not need him. In fact his son-in-law goes begging there.

[aggiesal]

11. Yup. The bully gets in a fight. The opponent gets scratches & the bully gets a blackeye but claims he won the fight. n/t

[BaronChocula]

13. Fingers crossed

Latest F*ck News poll has him at 41% approval. The bigger takeaway is that his disapproval rating in that poll is the highest it's ever been. But that 41% approval is also higher than other polls over the past couple months that showed him in the high 30s.

But on the world stage he's been bigly diminished with a steep decline coming from his Greenland ridiculousness. What a cornered rat he is.

[IbogaProject]

14. Unfortunately

He isn't suffering, only our military personnel and our Gulf State partners in crime.

[Ilsa]

15. If Krasnov begs Putin for help,

to use his influence with Iran, will that somehow save Krasnov's rep and legacy?

[Attilatheblond]

16. Why would Putin help him at this point

Putin is getting his wish list:
a depleted US military
sanctions liftes
NATO turning its back on Trump/US
US economy in turmoil and headed to recession/depression due to energy costs causing inflation everywhere
Likely Putin as a LOT of our secrets
We have no friends

[Ilsa]

18. IOW, Putin has already had his way with him and is

dumping him on the street corner to fend for himself? Okay, I'd buy that. Maybe Krasnov has given him everything of value for now.

[D_Master81]

20. It's been my thought all along

I think Trump never thought he’d have to fight a war. Whether it was Israel or our intelligence, I think he was told that if he killed the Ayatollah there would be an uprising and we would be out.