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Yes, American media is pro-war nowadays for some reason, so that's entirely possible to me.

bayesian_horse 7y ago
What "American media" is "for" a war with Iran? I had the impression that the decision to stop the nuclear treaty was received with rather mixed feelings. The driving force behind any such development is Donald Trump, his administration and somehow the Israeli government that seems strangely eager to encourage Iran to start working on nukes again.
- nkkollaw 7y ago
  Actually, Trump was advised by Bolton to attack Iran after they shot down the unmanned drone a few weeks ago, and was heavily criticized by the press for not killing 100 people over a drone.
  - bayesian_horse 7y ago
    Then you need to pay better attention. Most of the criticism was directed at the way he waffled about the decision. We don't know what actually happened in the brain of the president. On a good day he is lying, corrupt and lazy. On a bad day he has obvious cognitive deficiencies. So we can't know if he intended to follow through on the attack or if it was just a show. We don't know how certain he and his people are about Iran attacking the drone.
    - nkkollaw 7y ago
      I see. I wonder though, he is lazy and has cognitive deficiencies you say, but he made billions and is the president of the United States. How do you account for that?
      - bayesian_horse 7y ago
        For one thing, nobody knows how much money he had or has, let alone "made". We do know that he inherited about $400 Million through illegal schemes. Over a few decades, invested in the stock market, or almost anything else really, he could have been a totally unskilled billionaire. What he actually did, however, was to lose billions. There is indeed no apparent way he could have "earned" even a single billion, between all his failures. And no proof he ever personally owned a billion. He certainly seems in no rush to prove otherwise. And you don't want to get me started on what lead to his electoral win. It certainly wasn't his smarts.
        nkkollaw 7y ago
        LOL, that's pretty delusional. However, whatever makes you happy.
addicted 7y ago
Trump was heavily criticized because he claimed that he stopped an attack he had authorized, when he learned people would die. His reason for stopping the attack was either transparent BS, or he was sleeping through the initial briefing when he authorized the attack in the first place, because there is absolutely no way that they realized only after the attack was in motion, that people would die. The more likely reason he stopped the attack was he watched criticism of a possible attack on Fox News, right after he had authorized it, since there was a segment around that time where Fox News hosts were discussing how it would negatively impact his polling to start a war against Iran.

What "American media" is "for" a war with Iran? I had the impression that the decision to stop the nuclear treaty was received with rather mixed feelings. The driving force behind any such development is Donald Trump, his administration and somehow the Israeli government that seems strangely eager to encourage Iran to start working on nukes again.

nkkollaw 7y ago
Actually, Trump was advised by Bolton to attack Iran after they shot down the unmanned drone a few weeks ago, and was heavily criticized by the press for not killing 100 people over a drone.
- bayesian_horse 7y ago
  Then you need to pay better attention. Most of the criticism was directed at the way he waffled about the decision. We don't know what actually happened in the brain of the president. On a good day he is lying, corrupt and lazy. On a bad day he has obvious cognitive deficiencies. So we can't know if he intended to follow through on the attack or if it was just a show. We don't know how certain he and his people are about Iran attacking the drone.
  - nkkollaw 7y ago
    I see. I wonder though, he is lazy and has cognitive deficiencies you say, but he made billions and is the president of the United States. How do you account for that?
    - bayesian_horse 7y ago
      For one thing, nobody knows how much money he had or has, let alone "made". We do know that he inherited about $400 Million through illegal schemes. Over a few decades, invested in the stock market, or almost anything else really, he could have been a totally unskilled billionaire. What he actually did, however, was to lose billions. There is indeed no apparent way he could have "earned" even a single billion, between all his failures. And no proof he ever personally owned a billion. He certainly seems in no rush to prove otherwise. And you don't want to get me started on what lead to his electoral win. It certainly wasn't his smarts.
      - nkkollaw 7y ago
        LOL, that's pretty delusional. However, whatever makes you happy.

addicted 7y ago

Trump was heavily criticized because he claimed that he stopped an attack he had authorized, when he learned people would die. His reason for stopping the attack was either transparent BS, or he was sleeping through the initial briefing when he authorized the attack in the first place, because there is absolutely no way that they realized only after the attack was in motion, that people would die. The more likely reason he stopped the attack was he watched criticism of a possible attack on Fox News, right after he had authorized it, since there was a segment around that time where Fox News hosts were discussing how it would negatively impact his polling to start a war against Iran.