@DONKINGDONOSO@newjuels@RachLANY @just_santiago08 @EricLDaugh The problem is 100% Trump, Hegseth, etc.
The military can open the strait if ordered to do so. It can conquer Iran if ordered to do so.
Why won't Trump do so?
Because the costs would be too great.
@DONKINGDONOSO@newjuels@RachLANY @just_santiago08 @EricLDaugh Has nothing to do with the military.... they're functioning well enough.
The problem is the WH: Trump and Hegseth.
@jappleby@TheDemocrats I understand your point.
My first reaction was the same as yours (also as long time Dem).
But it seems like the overwhelming of leftside responses has been supportive of the comment.
I think the era of "when they go low we go high" may be over.
Which might not be a bad thing.
@lifework1133@MarioNawfal We have two ways to go here... Trump's capitulation, or the ramping up of the war.
Everyone around him (except for Hegseth) is warning that Door Number Two would likely be disastrous.
Door Number One requires that Trump admit he's the loser here.
Even odds on this one...
@ShadowofEzra From last year's Annual Threat Assessment, put out by Trump's ODNI...
"The IC assesses that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and that Khamenei has not reauthorized the nuclear weapons program suspended in 2003. However, pressure to do so has likely increased. "