Iran Catch-All | US Build-up in region

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nycfan said:
I genuinely don’t buy it. Trump is great at distracting the media and driving the news cycle without making a politically risky decision like this (with his first resistance from parts of his MAGA base). I’m not saying that he wouldn’t do all kinds of shenanigans to change the news cycle/move on from unflattering or bad news for him, but this doesn’t strike me as the easy candidate he would be likely to employ.
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I dont buy it either, plus Trump knows “his” Congress will ultimately pass the bill.
 
1moretimeagain said:
I dont buy it either, plus Trump knows “his” Congress will ultimately pass the bill.
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I don't know. What happened Saturday makes passage of the bill significantly less likely.

ETA -- A number of influential MAGAs are calling Saturday the end of Trump 2.0's domestic agenda. That may be a little much, but I do think his ability to shape domestic policy has been massively neutered.
 
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RaiGuy said:
I would say yes, but i don't think he's smart enough to think of that. I think it's more likely he got FOMO from watching Fox News and seeing Israel attacking.
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*ding*ding*ding*. We have a winner.

Oh, Trump & Putin on a call today working out the next phase of Trump 2.0 TV: The Iranian - Ukranian connection.

Coming to shiny object CNN broadcasts near you.
 
lawtig02 said:
I don't know. What happened Saturday makes passage of the bill significantly less likely.

ETA -- A number of influential MAGAs are calling Saturday the end of Trump 2.0's domestic agenda. That may be a little much, but I do think his ability to shape domestic policy has been massively neutered.
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I hope so, but fear otherwise.
 
mynameisbond said:
That does make sense. I didn’t know it was closer. I stand corrected.
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They just refueled in Guam. The Pacific journey is much farther than across southern Asia.

However, no one was fooled. Trump simply wants everyone to believe it, and not worry about the fissile material "leaving the building."
 
Per NY Times, the Iranian government told Qatar the bombs were coming and do not plan to escalate. This is an exit ramp per its reporting.
 
lawtig02 said:
Yes. And I’m also not sure many people have spent much time in Graham, Swain, Macon or Clay counties. Or for that matter in Hertford, Gates, Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan or Bertie. That’s POVERTY. And I fully recognize SC has a ton of those areas as well, but rural NC is not really different from what I can tell.
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i'm from ENC so i'm biased but Hertford, Gates, Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan and Bertie are all made more palatable by their proximity to the albemarle sound (and chowan river) than a lot of comparably poor areas in SC that don't have access to water like that. better soil, better views, etc.
 
If Iran starts the ceasefire, and then Israel waits 12 hours before it starts its ceasefire, does that mean that Israel has 12 hours to bomb Iran?
 
lawtig02 said:
NC has Charlotte and RDU, which have no corollary in SC. Other than that, the states are similar, just on a different scale.

GSP is a larger version of the Asheville-Hendersonville area.

GSO is comparable to the Columbia area.

Wilmington is a much smaller version of the Charleston area.

Outside of those "metro" areas, the states are very similar. But no doubt NC has the advantage with CLT and RDU.
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gsp and asheville-hendersonville are almost equal population wise.

gso has 1.7 million, greater columbia 800k.

wilmington 450k, charleston 800.

i think you sold NC a bit short on the first two.
 
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You guys have been making “end of the world” predictions for 5 months. At some point you might want to consider admitting that Trump knows what he’s doing, at least on some issues. Iran respects strength and power.

Obama/Biden’s approach to Iran was to appease, give them pallets of cash and allow their oil to be sold.

Markets are going to soar.
 
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