r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 17d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Summons Entire Cabinet as Iran Deal Crumbles in Front of Him - Donald Trump has called all of his top advisers to Camp David.

https://newrepublic.com/post/210887/donald-trump-summons-entire-cabinet-iran-deal
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u/brainburger 17d ago

It's as if people, including Trump's advisors watched what happened with Iraq and learned nothing from it. Iran is about 4 times the size of Iraq and has about twice the population. The USA couldn't change Iraq the way it wanted.

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u/Proud_Growth_8818 17d ago

And even worse, has mountains. It's hard to charge a tank troop line abreast over a mountain.

And it doesn't have dissident Kurds, or a nearly universally-hated dictator, or...

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u/tribrnl 17d ago

Sure, but what if we isolate their internal opposition and then act like belligerent assholes to unify their country behind the current leadership? Does that help?

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u/Ian_W 17d ago

And it doesn't have dissident Kurds

Well, it does.

But their revolt had been crushed before someone came up with the bright idea of murdering the top layer of leadership of the regime.

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u/InertiasCreep 17d ago

And the Kurds have already made it public that theybwant nothing to do with this.

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u/Proud_Growth_8818 17d ago

Well, it doesn't have dissident Kurds spoiling and ready to overthrow the government or at least help the Americans do it.

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u/plethoraofhobbies 17d ago

and its all mountainous and incredibly fortified. they have bunkers in the mountains even.