The better alternative...
by domer.mq 
, Thursday, June 18, 2026, 19:50 (14 hours, 51 minutes ago) @ nedhead
Was to not fall for the "Israel says they're going to strike, so we'd better do it" trick that Israel has been trying to pull since at least Bill Clinton was president. The better alternative was to not do the thing that every expert warned about because every expert, including in our own military, knew what Iran would do as a response.
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- The terms of the US's surrender in the Iran war are stark. -
domer.mq,
2026-06-18, 09:03
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- Are these two paragraphs distinguishing energy v. weapons? - Grantland, 2026-06-19, 06:16
- Sounds like they went easy on us - fightinamish, 2026-06-18, 19:51
- I heard someone describe it as late-empire rome - MattG, 2026-06-18, 12:33
- What a joke! - oviedoirish, 2026-06-18, 12:32
- What does the $300B buy us? -
San Pedro,
2026-06-18, 09:41
- I'd like to know exactly WHOSE $300Billion that is.
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BillyGoat,
2026-06-19, 09:12
- Mine. Yours. And everyone else's. -
Chris,
2026-06-19, 10:10
- Me too. -
San Pedro,
2026-06-19, 09:15
- Mine. Yours. And everyone else's.
- Some GOP nitwit used the term "Peace in our time" - Jack, 2026-06-19, 09:03
- If someone has their knee on your neck - atxND, 2026-06-18, 19:08
- Peace? -
nedhead,
2026-06-18, 18:37
- The better alternative... -
domer.mq,
2026-06-18, 19:50
- Sure, but we can't go back in time. -
nedhead,
2026-06-18, 19:52
- Was Hiroshima a tolerable outcome for Japan -
KGB,
2026-06-19, 05:34
- I don't understand this line of argument. - nedhead, 2026-06-19, 06:07
- Was Hiroshima a tolerable outcome for Japan -
KGB,
2026-06-19, 05:34
- Sure, but we can't go back in time.
- The better alternative... -
domer.mq,
2026-06-18, 19:50
- It buys us Trump’s attempt at development deals - Joe I, 2026-06-18, 12:21
- Its helps secure Iran’s new young extremist leader. -
Mark,
2026-06-18, 10:00
- This doesn’t address my question. -
San Pedro,
2026-06-18, 12:19
- This doesn’t address my question.
- It buys us not having our Oil reserves go to 0 next month. -
domer.mq,
2026-06-18, 09:53
- Our oil reserves are nearly empty? -
San Pedro,
2026-06-18, 12:18
- as I have learned recently, it's a complex question -
domer.mq,
2026-06-18, 12:29
- I guess taking over Venezuela - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2026-06-18, 12:54
- as I have learned recently, it's a complex question -
domer.mq,
2026-06-18, 12:29
- Our oil reserves are nearly empty? -
San Pedro,
2026-06-18, 12:18
- I'd like to know exactly WHOSE $300Billion that is.