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Emile

(43,231 posts)
27. Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear agreement.
Sun May 17, 2026, 04:01 AM
4 hrs ago

So apparently there wasn't a threat, until Trump made it possible.

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Reminds me of W Bush defenders. Midnight Writer 16 hrs ago #1
Saddam was a terrible man but he was also a sworn enemy of Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda gave rise to ISIS. Bush skipped the... OGBuzz 16 hrs ago #4
Another Point On That ProfessorGAC 16 hrs ago #6
For the same reasons I don't believe that Iran has any interest in attacking the U.S., or Europe, or..... OGBuzz 15 hrs ago #11
As To Russia... ProfessorGAC 15 hrs ago #12
Their conventional military weakness is on full display in Ukraine. OGBuzz 15 hrs ago #14
Worry Is Reasonable ProfessorGAC 15 hrs ago #17
Iran has freely admitted that they are enriching uranium well beyond Melon 16 hrs ago #2
It will be Donald or Bibi who will set off the nukes. OGBuzz 16 hrs ago #5
Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear agreement. Emile 15 hrs ago #10
Trump is shit. Iran should not posses nuclear weapons. Melon 15 hrs ago #15
London! Riyadh!! Then what happens? dpibel 12 hrs ago #18
They simply did not and were not enriching it to 90%. Eko 7 hrs ago #22
So your stance is that the enrichment to 60% is for what exactly? To scare other nations that Melon 7 hrs ago #23
Jeeze. Eko 6 hrs ago #25
YES Skittles 16 hrs ago #3
And you know he's been thinking about it.... OGBuzz 16 hrs ago #8
Get the minuteman missile out of your eye before you pluck the drone out of their eye Whip-poor-will 16 hrs ago #7
If Iran had a nuke, none of this would be happening. BlueTsunami2018 16 hrs ago #9
"Little Rocket Man" over in North Korea agrees 100%. It's all about deterrence. OGBuzz 15 hrs ago #13
It's a kind of Faustian Bargain Disaffected 15 hrs ago #16
We have gone through this same song and dance when a country we don't like gets a nuke indusurb 12 hrs ago #19
100% OGBuzz 12 hrs ago #20
It amazes me dpibel 12 hrs ago #21
Several Iranian backed terrorist groups have used suicide bombings as a primary tactical tool Melon 6 hrs ago #24
The Ayatollah's never sacrifice themselves 303squadron 5 hrs ago #26
Just google "settler attacks" to find the equivalent. Eko 4 hrs ago #28
Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear agreement. Emile 4 hrs ago #27
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