r/moderatepolitics • u/200-inch-cock unburdened by what has been • 24d ago

Trump Team Weighs Options, Including Airstrikes, to Stop Iran’s Nuclear Program News Article

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-iran-plan-nuclear-weapons-def26f1d
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u/BigfootTundra 24d ago

The US has not been in and is not in direct conflict with Iran. You can jump through whatever mental hoops you need to in order to justify what Trump is saying and what he might do, but you’re only fooling yourself.

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u/NINTENDONEOGEO 24d ago

Who said they were in direct conflict?

Straw man argument. 

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u/BigfootTundra 24d ago

If we’re not in direct conflict with Iran, and then we engage in a direct conflict with Iran, that would be a new war.

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u/NINTENDONEOGEO 24d ago

Trump ran on bringing up that new wars didn't start under him last time and that the existing wars right now (Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Iran), electing him would end them faster.

So if he decides to get directly involved, and that involvement leads to the war ending faster, then he'd be doing what he promised to do.

He never promised to not get involved. He promised to end them quickly.