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Saturday, June 21, 2025

The MAGA rift over Iran is not having a significant impact on President Donald Trump's decision-making on military strikes, sources inside the White House and beyond tell the Washington Examiner. The brewing conflict in the Middle East has pitted neoconservatives against "America First" loyalists as Trump weighs joining Israeli efforts to dismantle Iran's nuclear program by force. Trump has not made a decision yet on intervention " he has given himself two weeks to find a diplomatic solution " but the war has become the latest test of Trump's foreign policy doctrine and has even provoked criticism from allies who oppose foreign entanglements.

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Donald Trump will finally decide about what he will do in Iran based upon his mental illness and sick, sick ego.

I personally don't think that this crazy man will be able to resist the self-aggrandizement offered to him by war.

His metamorphosis into George W. Bush will be awesome, from his point of view and the point of view aformerly pacifist MAGA.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-06-21 10:20 AM | Reply

Trump wants his Money Shot.

War is inevitable.

This one could be far worse than anyone realizes.

#2 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-06-21 10:38 AM | Reply

Worse than Ukraine? You ------- Russian ----.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-21 11:53 AM | Reply

This one could be far worse than anyone realizes.

#2 | Posted by Effeteposer

Wars almost always are.

Ignorant, vicious people pay no attention to that reality.

Some at Fox News are saying Iran would collapse in two days.

Ignorant, vicious people.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2025-06-21 11:54 AM | Reply

Be wary of those rationalizing that destroying Iran will help the Ukrainians in their struggle against Russia. Of course that will be the case, since the Kremlin will lose one more supplier of weapons, like the Shaheed drone.

But for three years, Belarus, North Korea, China, India, Myanmar, Mali, and Eritrea have also supported Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. North Korean soldiers have been killed fighting for Russia. India indirectly finances the Kremlin's military by increased oil and gas imports, like China has been doing since Feb 2022.

But with the exception of Iran, there is no attempt by the rightwing at persuading the American audience to attack any of these other Russian allies. Why? Because none of these countries directly threaten Israel militarily like Iran, one of the few voices in the Middle East fighting against the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank.

Nuclear-armed North Korea, like Israel, did not sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), unlike Iran which did. Tel Aviv and Pyongyang do not cooperate with the IAEA. Tehran cooperated under the JCPOA and IAEA until Dotard Trumpf tore up the agreement. The real nuclear proliferation threat come from North Korea and Israel, but who is discussing changing those regimes?

Something we already know but bears repeating: AIPAC funds both major US political parties and the hardworking American taxpayer is on to them:

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Source: KyivPost

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-06-21 03:07 PM | Reply

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