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> conclude that to be a bloody stupid idea.

You say that as if all the other presidents' wars in the middle east were shown to be good ideas and they were smart to follow that advice and kill all those people their generals wanted to kill. Iran seems to have not been nearly as terrible as Iraq, Afghanistan, or Libya, or Syria. The death toll is only around 10000. What's the problem? Don't say oil prices increased because that's a good thing.



> You say that as if all the other presidents' wars ...

That would be entirely your take on things I did not mention.

> The death toll is only around 10000.

What's the population of the suburb you live in? About that?

> What's the problem?

\1 Trump started by destroying an agreement hard fought for by multiple countries that actually contained enrichment.

\2 The US has lost the bulk of post WWII soft power built up over decades as a result.

\3 Iran has splintered into independent smaller groups any one of which can go rogue with nuclear weapons / dirty bombs.

\4 Other states (eg: North Korea) are now fully emboldened and have ramped up their actual nuclear weapon production.

... etc.

There's a long long list of problems here - all could have been circumvented by a competent POTUS with a full experienced diplomatic cadre.


>What's the population of the suburb you live in? About that?

This comment shows you're being disingenuous. If a war killed 4 people, you'd be asking how big my family was. You can obviously understand the significance of that figure and it's nothing to do with suburbs.




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