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@m-j-r.eth
curious what people think. in the context of testimony preceding the Iraq War, concerning the imminent and disproven threat of WMDs, and the following conspiracy of the Plame affair... was American consent for war manufactured?
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absolutelyβall ego & money β Iran has always been a way bigger threat than Iraq was btw β now we hold our collective breath and hope that this doesnβt escalate
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@m-j-r.eth
from what I can see, this a gift-wrapped reset to the cycle of violence. neither Iraq nor Iran have the means to directly threaten the United States. it would be a bitter, likely losing, cost to establish any beachhead or sustained invasion onto U.S. homeland. the same goes for any direct strike, as our response would be of biblical proportions. I'm a bit bemused by the retrograde amnesia in this current decision. we suffered Iraqi insurgency, and it got really bad with the beheadings. we suffered the consequence of the Arab Spring in places like Libya and Syria. I count that as runaway escalation. right now there's a War Powers resolution: https://massie.house.gov/uploadedfiles/iranwpr.pdf unfortunately, majority of Americans poll yes for the Iranian War. do you see any way to deescalate this? I think we'll have no choice but to tally up the bill and practice extreme stoicism.
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No way to know until we see what Iran & its allies do (although I donβt think Russia will get involved). Next 48 hrs seem critical wait & see. I never thought Iβd be agreeing with Massie so much β first on the BBB now on this. I donβt see much support from anyone of either party to any kind of long term involvement or even any additional escalationβI do actually think people remember and want nothing to do with more foreign wars.
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