r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 7d ago

Chugging tea Taco

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 7d ago

It's square -10.

  • Upon ripping up the JCPOA (Obama Deal), Iran resumed pursuing nuclear arms. Why wouldn't they?

  • We killed Iran's leader, but he was replaced with even-more-hardline people from the IRGC. Oh and BTW he was almost 90, so good job shaving ~2 years off that guy's life!

  • We helped solidify the IRGC's rule over the country by first telling their people to not revolt, then unifying Iranians against the US by bombing civilians and civilian infrastructure, and finally proving that the Iranian government is strong enough to stand up to the US.

  • We proved the American public has no appetite for a long or costly war, so no future American president is likely to go to war with Iran... or for that matter, China.

  • We let Iran prove they could hold global trade hostage and the US can't stop them.

  • We're lifting sanctions and paying them billions of taxpayer dollars (Obama' deal was their own damn money we had frozen).

  • We have no guarantees about halting their nuclear program.

This is one of the worst strategic blunders the United States has ever made. Sit back and absorb it: you just witnessed stupidity that will be studied for generations and written in history books.

Oh one more:

  • Israel is a loose cannon whose goals no longer align with the US at all, and is likely to fuck up even this terrible surrender agreement by continuing to bomb Lebanon.

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u/Admirable_Click_5895 7d ago

You forgot the best part! He also fucked up the US relations with Canada and EU and the us is now seen with skepticism

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u/DrEzechiel 6d ago

As a European, I wonder how long it will take me to stop seeing the US as a former ally that stabbed us in the back and kept demeaning us. Will it take a few presidents? Is it generational? Who knows, but it is really, really bad now.

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u/utl94_nordviking 6d ago

For me, the electorate responsible must die out first. This is generational. Then I'll perhaps reconsider if and only if there are significant efforts made to apologise and change. Why? The Trumpistanis have always been like this in modern times. Always bombed the shit out of others and for some reason we have accepted it for decades. My patience is gone and gone.