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Buckeyeblue

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22. The handing of Iran and Ukraine are maybe the worst foreign policy decisions in our country's history
Sat May 30, 2026, 12:58 PM
10 hrs ago

If you think about it, the lack of support for Ukraine and the Iran aggression are on a world wide scale much worse the W's Iraq war and you could argue it is worse than the escalation in Vietnam.

I know the 55k families that lost someone in Vietnam, along with the countless others who dealt with the physical and psychological aftermath would argue differently.

But I'm looking on the scale of the world. Trump has sided with Putin. He seems to have no interest in containing China. And with Iran, he is putting much of the world's energy supply at risk.

He is a mess. And should be removed from office.

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Was there ever even a deal to reject? These "deals" seem to have been nothing more Ocelot II 12 hrs ago #1
True, deal is over-stated SamuelTheThird 12 hrs ago #3
No! Ray Bruns 10 hrs ago #25
So much worse than a Prairie_Seagull 12 hrs ago #2
The "deal" JBTaurus83 12 hrs ago #4
Manipulating the market for fun and profit. multigraincracker 12 hrs ago #5
And a lot of deflection from the Epstein Files. republianmushroom 12 hrs ago #8
link please hookaleft 12 hrs ago #6
Bloomberg has the attack on a US base in Kuwait muriel_volestrangler 12 hrs ago #7
https://x.com/World_Affairs11/status/2060609851777073488 SamuelTheThird 12 hrs ago #9
That appears to be their continued general "we won't be pushed around" rhetoric muriel_volestrangler 11 hrs ago #11
I think you're parsing too much SamuelTheThird 11 hrs ago #17
The Mehr article has nothing about an "offer" muriel_volestrangler 11 hrs ago #18
lol fine, don't use the word offer SamuelTheThird 11 hrs ago #19
Here's one. There are several if you want to look. littlemissmartypants 10 hrs ago #26
BREAKING: Iran Launches Missile at U.S.-Linked Base in Kuwait Reported Injuries ⚡️🇮🇷 LetMyPeopleVote 11 hrs ago #10
Prayers for the troops, curses for those who launched this unnecessary war. surfered 11 hrs ago #12
"Iranian state media" gulliver 11 hrs ago #13
I'm not seeing this reported on any mainstream including Guardian, the bloom link is pay only so who knows. nt ImNotGod 11 hrs ago #14
Checked BBC, the Independent and AP nitpicked 11 hrs ago #16
So we shouldn't pay attention to what Iran's media says? SamuelTheThird 11 hrs ago #15
It's what the Republicans would love us to post gulliver 10 hrs ago #20
What you're saying is rather bizarre SamuelTheThird 10 hrs ago #21
"State media" gulliver 10 hrs ago #23
Theocratic. Patriarchal. Homophobic in the extreme. Bigoted. SamuelTheThird 10 hrs ago #24
The handing of Iran and Ukraine are maybe the worst foreign policy decisions in our country's history Buckeyeblue 10 hrs ago #22
Its Saturday. By Tueday there will be an semblance of a deal again. Humpy Dumpty and friends n/t Cheezoholic 9 hrs ago #27
Remember, deal on...deal off, market up market down ashredux 9 hrs ago #28
I wonder how many more millions of dollars Trump will give Iran for injuring our troops. chowder66 9 hrs ago #29
The military does not have to follow illegal orders. BidenRocks 9 hrs ago #30
It will get worse. If the US couldn't sort things out in Afghanistan in 12 years after the Russians couldn't ... marble falls 7 hrs ago #31
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