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[War] Trump surrenders to Iran in a humiliating defeat

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  1. Amiga

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    It's a formula for disaster. Russia's military is the cautionary tale playing out in real time.

    For over a decade, Putin systematically purged independent-minded officers from the Russian military, replacing critical thinkers with men whose promotions depended not on battlefield competence, but on their ability to read the Kremlin's political winds. The result? A command structure incapable of adapting to sudden shifts in the combat environment.

    When you build a military (or any institution) around loyalty to a person rather than excellence in a role, you don't just get bad outcomes. You get a predictable spiral: sycophants who tell leaders what they want to hear, incompetent commanders who survive by flattery, and an organization structurally unable to face hard truths until it's too late.

    This is the direction we're heading. And it's in plain sight.
     
    #5841 Amiga, Jun 6, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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    No rush on that peace plan.

    Saturday, June 6 2026

    8:00 AM
    The President participates in Executive Time
    Trump National Golf Club Bedminster
    Out-of-Town Travel Pool

    Sunday, June 7 2026

    8:00 AM
    The President participates in Executive Time
    Trump National Golf Club Bedminster
    Out-of-Town Travel Pool

    Monday, June 8 2026

    8:00 AM
    The President participates in Executive Time
    Trump National Golf Club Bedminster
    Closed Press

    5:30 PM
    The President participates in a Tele-Rally
    Trump National Golf Club Bedminster
    Closed Press

    8:30 PM
    The President attends the NBA Finals
    Madison Square Garden
    In-Town Pool
     
    #5842 deb4rockets, Jun 6, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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    #5843 adoo, Jun 6, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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    You think those hypocrites will admit anything???
     
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    This is how the MAGA minds explain everything.

     
    #5846 Sajan, Jun 6, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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    Hugely close to a peace deal.
     
    #5848 Ubiquitin, Jun 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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    Religion of peace.
     
    #5849 Ubiquitin, Jun 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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    A senior Israeli official says that Iran's ballistic missile attack is a declaration of war while the initial February 28, 2026 Israel US ballistic missile attack was a mere excursion ... like one takes from a cruise ship as one is wont to do.
     
    #5850 No Worries, Jun 7, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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    An oxymoron if I've ever heard one...
     
    #5851 Andre0087, Jun 7, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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    Awful news really.
     
    #5852 Ubiquitin, Jun 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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    superfob Mommy WOW! I'm a Big Kid now.

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    We are sure it's Iran?
    A top military source told me Iran's military has been destroyed 9 times over.

    /s
     
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    Israel will always be at war. I guess that means we will, too.
     
    #5855 Surfguy, Jun 7, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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    Declaration of war? Isn't that what Israel did when they attacked Iran months ago? WTF? Iran is a **** country, but Israel must have hired Iraq's minister of Information.
     
    #5856 rockbox, Jun 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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    I guess their pride allowed them to rebuild it quickly.
     
    #5857 rockbox, Jun 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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    No doubt, Trump will be saying that the Iran Peace Deal is closer than ever.


    An Iranian official linked to negotiations between Washington and Tehran stated that "a deal with President Trump is no longer feasible at this stage," as the war in the Middle East reached its 100th day. The official explicitly blamed the U.S. for the escalating hostilities in Lebanon and current tensions.​
     
    #5858 No Worries, Jun 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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    Israelis often are blinded to how they appear by their own sense of self-righteousness. When they bomb, its the manifest righteous vengeance of God. When anybody bombs them, it's a moral outrage and a crime against humanity, and antisemitism to boot. They can't comprehend that anybody can honestly think of them as anything but the good guys forever and always.
     
    #5859 Ottomaton, Jun 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    I get it to some degree. They have been bombed non-stop since they became a country. I think they feel they are justified to do whatever they want because of it.

    We killed over a half million people because Osama Bin Laden crashed some planes into the WTC.
     
    #5860 rockbox, Jun 7, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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