Reality check:: Trump: They weren't supposed to go after all these other countries in the Middle East.

[womanofthehills]

Trump: “They weren't supposed to go after all these other countries in the Middle East. So they hit Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait. Nobody expected that. We were shocked”

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The Cradle:
“Iran officially warned in a letter to the UN on 19 February that US military bases across West Asia will become “legitimate targets” if the Islamic Republic comes under attack by Washington. “

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[rampartd]

1. the best computers and teams of generals and statesmen have been gaming this exact situation

for 50 years. who would have ever thought????

one guy who "would have thought" was the emir of qatar. the "pro quo" for the gold plated airplane was "you don't LET this happen."

[spanone]

2. Yes, he's really that ignorant.

[Tetrachloride]

3. how now brown cow

wherefair art thou ?

[Johnny2X2X]

4. Nobody expected...

He means everyone expected that but he dismissed their concerns. What the hell did he think they were going to do?

[liberalla]

19. Exactly!

[tanyev]

5. It's not a reality show where he can say any rando thing and a team will fix it in post production.

Obviously, that’s how his administration functions much of the time, but anything outside the bubble can’t be controlled that way.

[Rob H.]

6. "Nobody expected that."

Shades of "I don't think anybody could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it into the World Trade Center" and just as false.

[wnylib]

33. Just like nobody could have predicted that

covid would become a pandemic and not go away as soon as the weather got warmer.

[Skittles]

7. WHEN will enough be enough

this man is a DANGER TO THE WORLD

[orangecrush]

11. x100000000000

[GiqueCee]

23. And the world knows it...

... but apparently, Republicans don't. Well, actually, I don't think they give a shit; they just want to rule over the ashes of whatever's left when the Orange Anus is gone. Good luck with that, you evil assholes. I can pretty much guarantee that payback is gonna be a BITCH!

[Skittles]

24. I can't believe they are still coveting Trump's endorsement

the man is a multi-felon rapist seditionist mass murdering piece of utter SHIT

[GiqueCee]

27. I'm thinking...

... that they're past seeking endorsements, and more afraid of what he'll exhort his brain-dead minions in red hats to do as retribution for not showing sufficient obeisance. They may have suspected, but now they KNOW he's a raging psychopath capable of anything. Some of 'em must know that he ordered Epstein's murder, and that he's threatened just that to others he considered disloyal. He's a fucking monster who beat the living shit out of a little girl who bit his cock when he forced her to fellate him. There are NO limits to his vengeful savagery.

[Cherokee100]

8. It's the Epstein thing.

It's the Epstein cover up. Krosnov, has to save his behind. Along with all of his pedophile buddy. No matter how many innocent people, have to die.

[flashman13]

9. Where have I heard that before? No body expected them to fly airplanes into tall buildings.

Oh yeah. Now I remember.

Been there. Done that.

What are we not expecting now?

[Coolgoober]

10. Might First Thought

Was, HOLY SHIT, This guy should be resigning after saying that. This is the most INCOMPETENT Administration ever. "We were shocked." Are you fucking kidding me??!!? The world is laughing at him.....us

[Buddyzbuddy]

12. If it wasn't so tragic it would be funny. Iran is not cooperating.

They aren't fighting the way the Felon wants or planned on. If they're aren't careful, he's not going to play with them anymore and take all of his army men and toys and go home.
What a buffoon.

[liberalla]

20. Fingers crossed! time to go home -- now!

and then just stay home dumbass!

[Buddyzbuddy]

30. It would actually be cheaper for us to pay for his golf trips until he leaves office.

As opposed to the alternatives.

[liberalla]

34. Ahh... Those were the good 'ol days! it almost seems quaint now.

If only we could go back... she says wistfully

[GiqueCee]

25. Let us pray...

... and hope that's all he does. Raining tactical nukes on 'em is what he's just dyin' to do. You can damn sure betcha his stubby little fingers ain't far from that button.

[Buddyzbuddy]

29. Those are my thoughts too.

He never thinks of the consequences, the precedent he's setting.

At least Rumsfeld was smart enough to think and state "we don't know what we don't know".

[lastlib]

13. Shocked because they were STUPID!

Maybe it was just PEDOnald and his circle of loyalists---any general worthy of the rank would've foreseen it.

[liberalla]

21. He doesn't listen to generals... He knows better than the generals

Just ask him -- he'll tell you.

[0rganism]

14. Idiot! "Nobody expected that"? Except every administration for the last 45 years?

Maybe... just maybe, find someone in your cultivated staff of spineless yes-men who would have "expected that", and promote them to a position where you can hear from them from time to time.

Meh, there I go taking F47 at his word again. Assume he's lying. Obviously everyone expected it, especially anyone who's looked at a map of the region. They did it anyway, because they want to project strength and cause distractions. F47 wants his long-term military entanglement so he can claim whatever "wartime president" perks he can find. Headline shift, power grab, look strong, shout out to racists and religious fanatics, kill many children -- pure win from F47's viewpoint.

[liberalla]

22. Especially the distractions...

are helpful in the attempted burying of the EPS files.

[0rganism]

32. Distractions and child murder are strong motivators for F47

He may not be vigorous enough for raping children anymore, but he can still kill them, which doubtless gets his dick hard (along with the dicks of many others involved in this "excursion" ) .

[BurnDoubt]

15. This IS the guy who stared at an Eclipse...

So I’M not shocked that he was shocked.
Somebody should surely lose their FCC License over this.

[xuplate]

16. Says the 3D chess player.

[blue blues]

17. It was U. S. military bases that were attacked

I would think this is how a war works?
just saying

[70sEraVet]

18. And he didn't expect them to close the Strait of Harmuz...

Here's a hint -- don't take the advice from the guys who are wearing the over-sized shoes!!!

[doc03]

26. Nobody told him?

[RockRaven]

28. When you listen to incompetent fools like yourself or Kushner or Witkoff instead of

subject matter experts who are telling you what you don't want to hear...

[ffr]

31. For me, worse than this guy being an absolute Grifting scam artish "able to broker middle-east peace in a day"

are the idiots who delivered him back into power. For them, I wish that the Karma be swift and have twice the sting it should.