Trump attacking Iran took courage

[ColonelAngus]

Obama attacked Libya, Syria, and Iraq. Lefties, show the posts you made critical of him.

Also Yemen.

Show the posts you made claiming WW3 and we are all gonna die.

Obama sent $2 billion in cash on a pallet to Iran.

You Democrat religious zealots blast him? Show me.

 

[Independent thinker]

Anytime one engages in a military conflict they are taking risks as a rule. So, what were the risks Trump was taking? He is now faced with the notion that he and his immediate family will forever be at risk for assassination from Iran. In fact, they were after Trump for assassinating an Iranian general that was known for killing Americans in the Middle East during his first term. But now I think the risk has exponentially increased, not just for Trump but for his family as well.

Secondly, you don't know the repercussions in terms of a response. Will they use a WMD now of some sort against you or use sleeper cells in your country to be activated or some sort of other diabolical reaction.

But lastly, there are the political repercussions, especially before a midterm election that you simply have to win or your whole Presidency will get shot down into impeachment mode 24/7 as we saw the last time he lost the midterms to the DNC.

Because of this, I believe Trump believed they were on the verge of having nuclear weapons, or he would have at least waited till after the midterms to avoid the risk of losing the midterms because of it.

Right or wrong, it took courage

Pretty much everyone out there agrees that, if Iran wanted to, they were only a few weeks or a few months away from making a nuclear weapon due to the fact that they enriched uranium to close to weapons grade when there was absolutely no reason to do so for peaceful purposes. If it all was just a bluff, their bluff was called.

 

[JWBooth]

None of this was necessary.

 

[Kondor3]

...Right or wrong, it took courage

Courage? Him? I'm not convinced. But I won't rule it out.

 

[Kondor3]

None of this was necessary.

After God-knows-how-many-years of attempted negotiations? After them putting their nuclear facilities 300 feet underground? After them kicking-out the IAEA? After them continuing to call for Death to America and Israel and sponsoring terrorism?

Yes, it was necessary.

Not only necessary but long-overdue.

 

[Votto]

None of this was necessary.

So, do you think Trump was lying about them being close to getting nukes or you think he had bad intelligence or something else?

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Islimists like Iran don’t need excuses to mass murder, especially non-Muslims. They do it for sport.

 

[jc456]

It took courage for our military personnel. Trump is a coward.

just you are the coward.

 

[jc456]

Islimists like Iran don’t need excuses to mass murder, especially non-Muslims. They do it for sport.

and demofks cheer them on. The roaches have exposed themselves.

 

[konradv]

just you are the coward.

You have no way of knowing that, but if I was it would be less dangerous than our current situation under a cowardly president.

 

[jc456]

You have no way of knowing that, but if I was it would be less dangerous than our current situation under a cowardly president.

How? You fear mongerers

 

[konradv]

How? You fear mongerers

How is a cowardly president bad? Do you ever ask a relevant question?

 

[jc456]

You have no way of knowing that, but if I was it would be less dangerous than our current situation under a cowardly president.

How many bombs did obammy drop? Just curious your knowledge of history. I’m happy to help you out when you deny

 

[konradv]

How many bombs did obammy drop? Just curious your knowledge of history. I’m happy to help you out when you deny

Don’t try to derail the thread. Obama bombed some terrorists; he didn’t start a possible nuclear war.

 

[Kondor3]

Operation Midnight Hammer was the right thing to do.

There comes a time when "talking" no longer works.

Given how dangerous the Iranian Theocratic Dictatorship is... that point-in-time had passed long ago.

So we used Military Force... which is something those martyrdom-seeking Theocrats and their enablers actually understand.

 

[candycorn]

Bone Spurs, the guy who dodged service during the Vietnam War, courage? Who knows what might have happened if the folks at Faux were against the strike?

At the same time, the president’s team was closely monitoring how their most prominent supporters were reacting on social media and on television to the prospect of the United States joining the war in a more visible way.

They paid close attention to the statements of Tucker Carlson, the influential podcaster and former Fox News host, who was vehemently opposed to the United States joining Israel in taking on Iran. Mr. Trump became infuriated by some of Mr. Carlson’s commentary and started complaining about him publicly and privately.

Political advisers to Mr. Trump had been swapping notes on various public and private polls examining the popularity of military action against Iran, noting that American support for an operation depended in part on how pollsters asked the question. While polls showed that an overwhelming majority of Americans did not want the United States to go to war with Iran, most Americans also did not want Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon.

The president was closely monitoring Fox News, which was airing wall-to-wall praise of Israel’s military operation and featuring guests urging Mr. Trump to get more involved. Several Trump advisers lamented the fact that Mr. Carlson was no longer on Fox, which meant that Mr. Trump was not hearing much of the other side of the debate.

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

Well...

One has to wonder what the calculus was--assuming there was calculus involved.

Obama signed the deal with Iran in July 2015. Trump said it gave Iran the bomb.

"This deal sets off a nuclear arms race in the Middle East, which is the most-unstable region in the world. It is a horrible and perhaps catastrophic event for Israel."

So for 4 years as President between 2017 and 2021...he did nothing to stop the arms race.

Now suddenly, he decides to act?

Its bewildering and the blowback will be likely another 9/11 type of attack--most likely on our power grid. Iran has very little to lose at this point.

 

[jc456]

Don’t try to derail the thread. Obama bombed some terrorists, not start a possible nuclear war.

Trump bombed nuclear facilities

 

[candycorn]

Operation Midnight Hammer was the right thing to do.

There comes a time when "talking" no longer works.

Given how dangerous the Iranian Theocratic Dictatorship is... that point-in-time had passed long ago.

So we used Military Force... which is something those martyrdom-seeking Theocrats and their enablers actually understand.

We were “talking”? Trump just got into office 5 months ago. How much talking was done?

 

[konradv]

Trump bombed nuclear facilities

Is NK next?

 

[candycorn]

Trump is the most vetted President in American history

Think of it. He was investigated for 3 long years during his first term, and faced two impeachments, and then left office as the real circus started with lawsuits and felony charges.

You also had legacy media beating the "I hate Trump" drums the entire time. They even took him off Twitter so that Trump could not talk to the American people directly and later put a gag order on him while running for office later on. How can you run for office with a gag order placed on you?

No other American political figure has been persecuted like this, yet he still won office again.

Why do you think that is?

He validates your hate and bigotry and he’s entertaining--something folks like you find appealing in a politician .