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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Mar 2, 2026, 09:43 PM Monday

Trump's Reasons for Attacking Iran Don't Add Up

Why is American attacking Iran? It helps to have a coherent reason, to justify to the American public the costs in money and blood, to allies about the potential long-term risks, and to Iranians about the future of their country.

After 9/11, there was broad support for invading Afghanistan because the country hosted the attack’s mastermind. In 2003, there was less support for what turned out to be the false claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. They didn’t, but Saddam stuck a belligerent tone and kicked weapons inspectors out. In 2026, Iran was at the negotiating table and we invaded … for reasons.

A couple of days before the attack Daniel C. Kurtzer, a Professor of Middle East Policy Studies at Princeton summed up the lack of clarity:

The bottom line is we don’t really know why the U.S. appears to be preparing for war with Iran. Trump has not yet briefed Congress or spoken to the American people about a possible military action that could inflame regional tensions and spark a bloody conflict.


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Trump's Reasons for Attacking Iran Don't Add Up (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday OP
They sell oil without using US dollars. Chemical Bill 5 hrs ago #1

Chemical Bill

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1. They sell oil without using US dollars.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:07 AM
5 hrs ago

The US economy would take a blow if the world oil trade was not conducted using our dollars. We don't have manufacturing like we used to, and we don't tax billionaires, our economy is a house of cards.

So we tend to invade countries that produce and sell oil without using dollars. Like Iraq and Venezuela. We would invade Russia too, but they have a big army, and nukes to boot. Iran started selling oil in other currencies, so it was only a matter of time.

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