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My partner and I can’t even remember why he bombed Iran. Anyone able to remind us?
I don't think he ever gave a solid reason for it. At first it was something about them refining radioactive material, then it was about the apocalypse, then I stopped paying attention to the flimsy excuses.
It has been an "imminent threat" for the past 40 years. Not sure they understand the meaning of the word "imminent."
I've heard the phrase "largest state sponsor of terrorism" thrown around, but honestly I feel like it wasn't even mentioned until well after everything had started and it wasn't an immediate success like they must've thought it would be. No idea if it's true at all. And there's always "we gotta stop them from getting nukes".
Basically it's whatever they can think of in the moment in the rare instance they get questioned about it. They've also said all goals have been met since like, at least a week ago, so now I guess it's just for the love of the game.
Supposedly he thought it would increase his dismal polling numbers, as military action tended to do so for previous presidents.
Also, to distract from the Epstein files and several other things people are actively upset about.
Two causes but no real objectives of the war:
Now, he has created this situation and doesn't know how to back out of his mess without loosing his face (from his view) in public, whichbl he already has lost anyways