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imanamerican63

(15,144 posts)
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 09:51 PM Saturday

So, I wonder how this triangle relationship going to fare?

Trump helps Israel bombing Iran! Putin backs Iran & Trump is caught in the middle. Putin can’t be happy with Trump and Israel gets what they wanted, dragging the US into their war with Iran!

Yep, Trump is the smart one!

Hardly!

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Ocelot II

(125,456 posts)
1. Trump's supposed BFF Putin won't be pleased with the bombing of his client state.
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 09:53 PM
Saturday

Did Krasnov just get us into a proxy war with Russia?

Leghorn21

(13,908 posts)
4. Exactly, 63!!
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:02 PM
Saturday

If pukin’s tight with Iran and getting short-range ballistic missiles and drones from Iran for his shitty shitty war on Ukraine, then how will he react to this news? 🤷🏻‍♀️

A google:

dutch777

(4,567 posts)
5. Like the signs say "Are we great yet?...I just feel embarrassed". Just encouraging the Iran program to go to dirty...
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:09 PM
Saturday

Take their program off the grid and out of any inspection regime and delivery dirty bombs to ports in Israel and elsewhere in shipping containers marked "Farm implements" or some such. Will it set the Iranian program back? Surely. Will North Korea or even maybe the Chinese help the Iranians restore enough enrichment capacity and know how to get revenge, in exchange for Iranian oil? Why not? Maybe politically in the short run it helps Bibi and maybe Donnie, but in the long term the cycle of violence and revenge will only spiral deeper, darker and even more impactful and deadly. BFL...Bonehead failed leaders.

Bev54

(12,567 posts)
6. Putin has been quiet, he supports Iran but I think even he
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:20 PM
Saturday

Did not want them to have a nuclear weapon. He is walking a tightrope and my bet is Trump got his ok. It will also help Russia for the price of oil to increase.

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