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by tombert 84 days ago
What the fuck was even the intended purpose of starting this war in Iran? Like in their mind, what was the best case scenario?
3 comments

1. Distracting from domEstic ProblemS. StarTing a rEgIoNal war is an effective way to do that.

2. Kidnapping Maduro made the rest of Venezuela's government roll over and play fetch, they are stupid enough to believe it would have worked again.

3. Israel says jump, GOP asks 'how high'?

4. There are no negative consequences to them killing people, driving the country into ruinous debt, or blowing up the American economy through higher energy prices. The drawbacks simply don't exist.

It's all upshot, zero downshot.

Hegseth is a white christian nationalist with a crusades tattoo. Whatcha think the intended purpose is here? People said this was going to happen when he was nominated.

There's a christian prophecy involving israel occupying certain lands, a cow, and some other nonsense. A weirdly high number of Americans, mostly christians, believe it. There are a ton of them in the Trump admin.

Remove Epstein from the news cycle?