Sen. Mark Kelly says Trump administration is "flailing" in Iran and "has to try to figure out a way out of this"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sen-mark-kelly-trump-administration-iran-war-flailing/

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grue@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 14h (2 replies)

No matter what Trump does, it won't put the strait back in the status (in terms of freedom of navigation) it was in before Trump attacked. Iran fully controls it now and can impose whatever restrictions it wants, and there is nothing the US can do about it.

To be clear, packing up and going home is absolutely the correct thing to do, regardless. But even that is not "a way out" of the consequences because there is no "way out" of the consequences. Trump's damage is permanent and unfixable.

madcaesar@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 12h

Trump's damage is permanent and unfixable is on his family crest.

He's set back the entire world civilization back decades.

sanitation@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 13h

Iraq, saudis can Probably build pipelines to Red Sea. Smaller states like Kuwait, bahrain qatar are just gonna be fucked

hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 11h (1 reply)

Trump poked the sleeping bear and now they’re going to continue to punish us, even if we withdraw from the war. He is an absolute moron who only obeys his Israeli financiers.

This is the country that regularly chants “Death to the USA!” and they’ll be glad to see the USA crumble. Our only way forward is rapidly developing alternative energy, but to Trump, that’s all for the “libcucks,” because it’ll damage the profits of his corporate oil masters.

eyesaremosaics@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 10h

Blackmailers more likely

thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 16h

The way out is simply to stop. Just leave. It's over.

2piradians@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 10h

I think he's only holding off the ground invasion until after the mid-terms. Not because it would work, mind you, but because that bald zombie fuck, kegsbreath, and the other yes-man goons tell him it's a good idea.

They know ground troops now would fuck them in the mid-terms, but they're itching to do it. When it turns into another Iraq/Afghanistan he won't be around long enough to care. All of them will be focused on fucking up everything they can before they take the money and run.

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 15h

There is a simple way and a hard way and they both involve packing up and coming home.

DisasterTransport@startrek.website · 2 pts · 11h

No they don't. Either they maintain power and the mess continues, or they lose power and the mess continues and they get to blame democrats for it.

KneeTitts@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1h

Narrarator: but they never did...

Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz · 0 pts · 1h

Alternative to CBS.

Also, Mark Kelly has accepted $554,054 from pro-Israel PACs, so I don't think he's a good spokesperson for being anti-war.