1 billion per day, just to do this. the longer trump drags on and doesnt admit defeat the worst its going to get economically. iran can drag this on indefinitely.
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Actually that billion per day doesn't count the extra logistics and movement of troops and equipment, so in reality that number is maybe close to double what they report.
Absolute insanity.
How is America going to pay for all this debt?
The scary part is Hegsett and Trump would rather nuke than admit defeat.
Basically the only options are another forever war or WW3.
Man who would've predicted the Epstein Wars of 2026? I mean I guess everyone, literally everyone. Bibi's got all that kompromat on Trump.
and putin too, currently hes benefited from this due to sky high oil prices and the sanctions being lifted. plus russia being friends of iran is also providing intelligence on ME areas of interest and probaly US positions, and pressuring TRUMP too.
Epstein even predicted trump would invade iran to save his own ass
epstein also advised pUTIN 2018, how to CONTROL trump more closely, thats why he was so DISTRAUGHT after his meeting with putin in 2020, after he lost the election.
exactly, hence The Epstein Wars (includes Venezuela and others)
cuba is the next distraction.
smort
Hope there aren’t any suckers or losers amongst them.
Where is Israel? Only Americans' lives are at risk.
Looking forward to the draft, that should be fun.
People think all the protests in the 60s were about the War, but they were really about the draft. Once the draft ended, and only volunteers were going (always plenty of morons who want to experience the "glory" of war), the protests slowed a lot.
Call for a draft, and watch the fireworks.
That's what you voted for guys!(The maga ones)
Now wait for mid elections or something and go fight for your country.
The worst part is kids does and will die.
Don't forget the idiot leftists who think both sides are the same so didn't vote .
Harris got a >50% more votes in California than Trump, or over 3 million more.
If 3 million Californians who voted for Harris instead voted for 3rd party candidates, or stayed home, she still would have won California.
If 500 000 Texans who voted for Trump instead voted for Harris, she still would have lost Texas.
Over 4.8 million Texans voted for Harris, and she still lost that state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election#Results
The populate vote doesn't technically matter; but it still matters. Moreover, spreading the crap that the parties are the same, stressing that the dem candidate was just as bad on some issue, that her laugh was annoying - all that matters.
I like that she does laugh.
Correct, Republican and Republican-lite aren't the same, and if you're in a purple state, you might have to hold your nose while you vote, but not all states are purple, and even then some would still rather vote for something that allies more with their principles.
Israel doesn't have a useful idiot as leader.
trump is israels useful idiot.
Loosing terribly when not just bombing from a far.
All this for a war that was won?
The "Piss President".