Angst at the Pentagon.

[Billiejeens]

Truly pathetic.

How simple you are?

Agreed

 

[theHawk]

Shifting Views and Misdirection: How Trump Decided to Strike Iran​

Interviews with administration officials, Trump allies and advisers, Pentagon officials and others familiar with the events show how, during this period, different factions of Mr. Trump’s allies jockeyed to win over a president who was listing in all directions over whether to choose war, diplomacy or some combination.

Outsiders tried to divine which faction was ascendant based on whom Mr. Trump met with at any given time. Mr. Trump seemed almost gleeful in telling reporters that he could make a decision “one second before it’s due, because things change, especially with war.”

All the while, Mr. Trump was making blustery statements indicating he was about to take the country into the conflict. “Everyone should evacuate Tehran!” he wrote on Monday last week on Truth Social, the social media platform he owns. The following day, he posted that he had not left a meeting of the Group of 7 in Canada to broker a Middle East cease-fire but for something “much bigger.”

So, he told the world, “Stay tuned!”

These public pronouncements generated angst at the Pentagon and U.S. Central Command, where military planners began to worry that Mr. Trump was giving Iran too much warning about an impending strike.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us/politics/trump-iran-decision-strikes.html

During a time when it would have been best for Don to STFU he just couldn't resist promoting his social media platform.............

Trump Media approves $400 million stock buyback​

The announcement follows Trump Media’s $2.5 billion raise last month from institutional investors — one of the largest bitcoin treasury plays by a public company. The company said it would use those funds, which include $1.5 billion in equity and $1 billion in convertible notes, to buy bitcoin, with custody provided by Anchorage Digital and Crypto.com.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/23/trump-media-stock.html

..........by using it to irresponsibly blab war plans. Why have an unsecure correspondence on a Signal chat when you can tell the world what you're going to do in ALL CAPS?

Is there any point to this rant?

Different factions were telling him their idea of what to do…so in other words everyone has their own opinion of how to handle it.

What of it?

The Don listens to all sides, and makes an executive decision. I know this concept is baffling to lefties, who are used to AutoPen Biden or Empty Chair Hussein to rubber stamp anything the DNC Cabal puts forth. You aren’t used to an actual leader who can make such decisions. You are used to everyone including “the President” to just follow the script.

 

[g5000]

How simple you are?

Agreed

The "I know I am, but what are you?" kindergarten argument from the Trump cult.

 

[Stann]

How simple you are?

Agreed

I forgot , you are totally useless and add nothing to every conversation people have attempted to have with you. Quit wasting your time as well as everyone else's.

 

[Billiejeens]

I forgot , you are totally useless and add nothing to every conversation people have attempted to have with you. Quit wasting your time as well as everyone else's.

That's not very nice.

 

[Stann]

That's not very nice.

The truth hurts when all you believe is lies. Sorry to be you.

 

[Billiejeens]

The truth hurts when all you believe is lies. Sorry to be you.

It's you.

 

[justoffal]

I hope you're celebrating because that's all changing already. Payback is a *****. I am no fan of the Iranian regime but they are a hellcat to deal with and we just let the cat out of the bag and backed it into a corner. Be prepared to have your eyes scratched out.

They can't **** enough goats to make a difference...

 

[justoffal]

The most secure operation in military history.
No Democrats were involved.

You know damn well the moment any one of the democratic contingent got wind of this they would be right on the phone to Iran.

 

[Billiejeens]

They can't **** enough goats to make a difference...

How many goats would it take?

 

[Stann]

They can't **** enough goats to make a difference...

Is that what you're into ? Figured it was something weird.

 

[justoffal]

No they aren’t, they no longer even have an air force. So **** off with this shit. It reminds me of how tough Iraq was supposed to be as we over ran their asses in a route. Iran isn’t capable of paying anyone back. They’re ******* done.

They can still cause a fair amount of havoc with the missiles they have left however I think they have finally figured out it's not worth the exchange of revenge that they would have to face.
These assholes are going to come to the table and try not to look like they have their hat or turban as the case may be in hand.

 

[justoffal]

So we know

 

[Stann]

They can still cause a fair amount of havoc with the missiles they have left however I think they have finally figured out it's not worth the exchange of revenge that they would have to face.
These assholes are going to come to the table and try not to look like they have their hat or turban as the case may be in hand.

Or use their proxies to attack US all at once creating a devastating blow to the US and the West in general. This is exactly what religious extremists do. Fanaticism doesn't need any basis in fact , the fact that it is so prevalent in religion is a testament to that fact. Their values are distorted.