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BumRushDaShow

(170,322 posts)
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:12 PM 4 hrs ago

GOP Sen. Johnson says Iran will be 'a long term project' after talks fail

Source: ABC News

April 12, 2026, 10:21 AM


Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said Sunday he was not surprised that peace talks between the U.S. and Iran stalled over the weekend, and that securing U.S. goals in Iran could be a "long-term project."

"I'm not surprised at all," Johnson told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz. "The ayatollahs, even though they have been so degraded in terms of their capabilities, nobody thought this would be easy. They've been preparing for this for 47 years."

Peace talks between the U.S. and Iran in Islamabad ended over the weekend after Vice President JD Vance said Iran would not agree not to seek a nuclear weapon, a key sticking point for President Donald Trump and his administration.

But just before the peace efforts failed, Trump told reporters that he did not care if the U.S. made a deal with Iran, saying that the U.S. would win either way. But as the fate of the war remained uncertain Sunday, Johnson said that the job was not finished in Iran.

Read more: https://abcnews.com/Politics/gop-sen-johnson-iran-long-term-project-after/story?id=131967290

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GOP Sen. Johnson says Iran will be 'a long term project' after talks fail (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago OP
Why isn't the USA a long term project? Irish_Dem 4 hrs ago #1
billionaires and millionaires don't want to pay a single penny extra in taxes wolfie001 1 hr ago #7
Yep. They refuse to pay for the services they themselves use. Irish_Dem 1 hr ago #8
Ugh..... Lovie777 4 hrs ago #2
He means it's going to be a drawn-out war, possibly lasting a decade or more sakabatou 4 hrs ago #3
Who didn't know this? piddyprints 4 hrs ago #4
"Nobody thought this would be easy"? Au Contraire, Senator. The stable genius figured it to be a cakewalk. Midnight Writer 4 hrs ago #5
"Long term" at this stage of the game means Javaman 3 hrs ago #6
LOL. A long term lesson in how to fail at war... ananda 1 hr ago #9

Irish_Dem

(81,642 posts)
1. Why isn't the USA a long term project?
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:14 PM
4 hrs ago

Education, healthcare, science.

Why is another country the place our time, energy, resources are going?

wolfie001

(7,770 posts)
7. billionaires and millionaires don't want to pay a single penny extra in taxes
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 08:46 PM
1 hr ago

That's a big problem. Never mind what the bible says.

Irish_Dem

(81,642 posts)
8. Yep. They refuse to pay for the services they themselves use.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 08:55 PM
1 hr ago

So make us pay their upkeep.
And they refuse to share their vast wealth made by cheating us with
inferior goods and services.

sakabatou

(46,195 posts)
3. He means it's going to be a drawn-out war, possibly lasting a decade or more
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:19 PM
4 hrs ago

Just like Iraq/Afghanistan.

piddyprints

(15,110 posts)
4. Who didn't know this?
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:31 PM
4 hrs ago

Every president before this orange fucker knew better exactly because it would be “a long term project.”

Hey, I know, how about not tearing up the Obama agreement just because he’s more of a man and happens to be black? What a bunch of maroons in charge now.

Midnight Writer

(25,487 posts)
5. "Nobody thought this would be easy"? Au Contraire, Senator. The stable genius figured it to be a cakewalk.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:31 PM
4 hrs ago

He could feel it in his gut.

Javaman

(65,830 posts)
6. "Long term" at this stage of the game means
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:46 PM
3 hrs ago

8 more months or until tiny Johnson is voted out as repuke speaker by his own party

ananda

(35,260 posts)
9. LOL. A long term lesson in how to fail at war...
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 09:23 PM
1 hr ago

while succeeding at destroying your own country.

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