The Iran War (was Nuclear Program) thread

[Doctor Phibes]

It's so obvious all the fat man really cares about is gas prices at election time.

What an utter waste this war has been.

[jon-nyc]

Trump: "The current Iranian leadership are very rational people. They are nice to deal with, they are strong and smart people. They are not radicalized, and they are looking to help their country."

[jon-nyc]

Iran to suspend its trip to Switzerland due to Israeli action in Lebanon.

I wonder if that means they'll postpone opening the strait.

[Andrea B]

[kluurs]

[Renauda]

Well that didn’t age well at all….

Iran's military says it is closing the Strait of Hormuz over continuing Israeli strikes in Lebanon.

It accuses the US and Israel of violating the ceasefire deal.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c9wq95g0lx2t?post=asset%3Ab65311db-a0da-4f87-8bc1-8a814cacf741#post

[jon-nyc]

Totally unforseeable. Not even by a genius like Trump.

[xenon]

If someone made up a scenario to inflict maximum embarrassment on the US, it wouldn’t look too different from this.

I’m really enjoying the Olympic quality mental gymnastics on display to defend this.

[Renauda]

“Baby Face” Vance is in the lead for the Baghdad Bob Trophy in this conflict. His performance been nothing short of stellar the past 24 or so hours.

[jon-nyc]

This is a really, really good point.

That’s also more than one year of GDP for Iran.