I hope that's not hopium. I think a rational actor would have prepared for the current situation. But I don't know the limitations of the Iranian government or it's capability to prepare.

They could be blowing their entire stockpile in a hope to bring a favorable peace.

I just don't know about the nuke thing. It would be entirely rational for Russia or China to MAD the US in that case.

Is there a chance of that realistically?

God fucking damnit

I was not conscious during that time. What about the degradation of bases and international willingness from specifically the Gulf states allowing US troop masses?

Seems predictable that he's a true believer in the propaganda. And his administration is not intelligent or self aware enough to recognize the limitations or consequences.

I don't think it's that weird.

Trump is 80 and addicted to fox news and seems interested in some sort of legacy. He's going after "the bad guys" with all the geopolitical understanding of a fox news viewer.

I mean the rest of the article is pretty sobering. Not excited about Israel using a nuke.

Honestly that's my thought too. Finally bit a chunk out of people with teeth themselves.

I'll vote for him the general if he does this. Critical support.

So, he was belligerently drunk?

I have a "conservative" friend. We both had a bit of a crashout discussion last night. We're American.

The economy is crashing in front of our eyes. We're both extremely privileged and lucky and we both recognize it and we recognize how fucking stupid everything is in our society. We recognize we're powerless to even change the nature of our jobs.