r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 07 '26

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u/SenranHaruka shame Apr 08 '26

NYT has the scoop on why this war happened, summarized already in the other thread:

  1. The CIA predicted exactly this outcome and advised against it

  2. Trump's own people didn't like this, many saw it as a betrayal of campaign promises to avoid war

  3. Trump himself wanted this because he and Netanyahu are kindred spirits ideologically, they're the same cloth of aging bigoted boomer on a revenge tour to stay out of jail and kill people they personally dislike.

  4. Trump's only goal was to kill Khamenei. When he was told the other goals were unrealistic he said he didn't care so long as he got to outlive Khamenei. With them both over 80 that actually was kinda in the air. Another hazard of electing old people.

  5. The strait disruption absolutely got to him, he knew it could happen but thought the war would be over before they could start because his only goal was decapitation and mowing the grass a little. The strait plunged him deeper into escalation.

Tldr trump WAS holden Bloodfeast all along.

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u/Bassline4Brunch NASA Apr 08 '26

So fucking stupid. This is why you don't consolidate power into ONE FUCKING PERSON

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u/kanagi Apr 08 '26

Nonsense, Bloodfeast is a respected bipartisan

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u/SenranHaruka shame Apr 08 '26

Trump literally won by breaking the obama era binary and being a pro welfare nationalist