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[Video] Iran responds to Trump: "Do not call your defeat an agreement"... "You have reached a stage where you are negotiating with yourselves". (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 1 week ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 54 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I don’t think we’ve ever seen the US lose a war so quickly and completely.

And I call it losing because they’ve failed at every reasonable objective.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They never had a reasonable objective to start with

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

That’s why I wrote every reasonable objective.

They can stick around for 20 years blowing stuff up, but you can’t win unless you have some objective.

[–] 1dalm@lemmy.today 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Honestly, of all the bad possible outcomes of this war. Losing this way is the least bad.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Maybe.

The fertilizer shortage driven famines and dust bowl haven’t started yet.

[–] 1dalm@lemmy.today 2 points 6 days ago

Exactly, if this really all ended now then we all practically got off easy. (Including the Iranian people compared to how bad it could get.)

[–] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

so far... until the boots touch down and the loss gets worse

[–] 1dalm@lemmy.today 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Americans honestly don't even consider this our war.

This is Trump's war. America didn't lose this war. Trump lost Trump's war.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

I do not blame them, this is Trump’s war of ego.