You are not only ignorant, but clueless too!
Nobody knows what this means except who are actually involved. But hey thanks for sharing your arm chair quarterback skills.
I wonât even dignify that drivel by giving it a considered reply.
No, it simply means he isnât up for reelection and thus is not constrained in his actions by reelection considerations.
After the mid terms of a second term generally they are considered lame ducks and thatâs when you find out who they really are.
Note, it was in his last two years that Bush caved again and again to the democrats because he was worried about his legacy and was hoping doing so would buy him some favor in the future with historians.
Of course you wonât dignify it, because you are just another clueless troll here trying to opine on something you have no intimate understanding nor experience with. You entire statement is purely speculative with no basis to support it! Next!
That is interesting. I never really understood the whole âLame Duckâ label, but I guess it differs from who you ask.
Actually that pic of Trump exemplifies the preposterous arrogance of the US. It says âWeâre stronger than you, and you better believe it!â God how I despise bullies.
All heâs done is throw a monkey wrench into the model Iran has been using to export terror for 40 years.
Up until this attack they thought they knew how far they could push us without a significant retaliatoy strike.
For all the noise they are making they are now scared shitless because Trump cannot be predicted like the last few presidents going back to Bush 41.
They knew as long as they didnât directly attack a US vessel or manned aircraft weâd not retaliate in a significant way.
Now itâs an entirely new risk vs reward equation for them.
Netanyahu hanging onto power is also something they could not have imagined even six months ago so any significant strikes against either the US or Israel is going to find them looking like a ham sitting between two tigers.
Not long ago during the prior series of shipping attacks I warned someone that if they took it a step farther Trump would retaliate in an overwhelming and totally unexpected way, he laughed at me and I simply said, âHide and Watchâ.
He asked what that meant? I said hide and watch because if they do push it, the retaliatory strike will be overwhelming and totally unexpected.
Well, here we are and it has come to pass.
Weâre moving not only enough assets in the region to grantee force protection but should there be an overt retaliation by Iran something very bad will be coming almost instantly their way.
I donât know what it is, but I highly suspect it will be focused on their offensive anti ship capability and air power.
You are the archetypal yankee doodle dandy who will brook no criticism from outside, whether itâs justified or not. âAmerica, right or wrong!â, and thatâs why your country is so hated.
Blah blah blah! Heard that all before too! Do you feel better about yourself now limey that you are able to hear yourself talk?
You know maybe itâs time we do pull back from all international involvement other than trade for a decade or so.
Let them come crawling back begging for our help again next time the world is on fire and say, âSorry handle it yourselvesâ.
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I much prefer that anyway, strengthening our economy and working on domestic issues for a change. I admit, I am an isolationist. 
Iâm not, I recognize the need for engagement but Iâve been fed up with the arrogant pricks abroad since my first visit to France in the 80âs.
Let them stir in their own flaming cesspools for a decade or so and maybe theyâll learn to take care of themselves.
If we are threatened in any way though, make the cost unimaginable on a biblical scale, scorch the earth of your enemies and leave them nothing to rebuild with.
We canât totally disengage though or weâll end up like the failed empires of GB and FR.
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Yeah is all very hard for me currently to read what is really the motive in the bigger picture. But from what I can tell removing Soliemani from the equation is a big freaking deal considering what he was responsible for, and apparently he was playing a much more bigger role than most have thought.
If nothing else it will almost certainly pull them back from the attacks they had planned.
Remember the embassy was just to be the first in a series of major strikes.
Lets hope you are right, because a US base was attacked in Kenya right after this strike that wasnât being reported in the media.
Your mind was made up before you ever saw the picture. Pride and arrogance are often conflated by feeble minds.
It was reported but it was completely unrelated. Al Shabob is striking back because of the Opâs being run out of Kenya in Somalia.
It didnât get as much press simply because it wasât such a major deal, basically just another day in the WOT in Africa.
Killing Solemani is a major event.
Yes well Americans know all about âarroganceâ donât they? Trump is showing everything in that pic which makes Americans so loathed, namely chutzpah in spades, and the complacency of supreme power (and I donât mean power of office). I could name a couple of members of this board who show it. Just have a bit of humility for a change, and remember the trope âThe bigger they are, the harder they fall.â Any man who ignores the advice of a friend is a fool, and in this respect, Iâm a friend - and I sure donât have a feeble mind!
Well neither of those claims are remotely true.
Your reading comprehension is diminished. I made two separate statements. Only one was directed at you. Do try to keep up.
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