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Would a better image be destroying the power plants and water desalination of 90M people?
by azinman2 6mo ago
Would a better image be destroying the power plants and water desalination of 90M people?
- _heimdall 6mo agoOne should never draw a redline they aren't willing to cross. Trump of all people should know this, he gave Obama shit for years over the uninforced redline with Syria over chemical weapon use.
- kelnos 6mo agoTo Trump, when someone else does something, it's worthy of reproach, but when Trump himself does it, it's the cleverest 4D chess anyone could ever imagine.
- cosmicgadget 6mo agoA more fundamental aspect of his character is that everything his enemies does is bad and stupid and everything he does is good and genius. So if Obama allows red lines to be crossed, it's totally different. Trump has a long history of bluster and hyperbole and - look - we re-elected him so I guess it can be a winning strategy. Or it was. Now that people are calling his bluff on tariffs and genocide, there isn't so much winning.
- Yoric 6mo agoI personally would have a better image of the ongoing war if it had any objectives that felt achievable. Out of curiosity, what do you think is the best realistic outcome for this war, from the US perspective?