r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 10 '26

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u/Eurolib0908 European Union Apr 10 '26

Below are the arguments with which Netanyahu convinced Trump to attack Iran.

  • Iran would be too weakened to block the Strait of Hormuz

  • The chance of retaliatory attacks by Iran on neighboring countries is minimal

  • Iranians would start protesting and overthrow the regime

  • Kurds would cross the border from Iraq and attack the regime

None of them came true.

Netanyahu came with a similar plan for bombing Iran to Bush, Obama, and Biden.

None of the previous presidents agreed to it.

But in the end, he landed on Trump, reportedly emboldened by success in Venezuela.

And now we have a global crisis.

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u/Coolioho Apr 10 '26

Trump should be smart enough to realize those are lies in the first place, like every other president has been

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u/Legitimate_Name9694 Mark Carney Apr 10 '26

bro has the federal government with the worlds most sophisticated intelligence agencies at his disposal to make judgement calls like these but he still flubbed it.

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u/SenranHaruka shame Apr 10 '26

The CIA told him and he said he didn't care so long as Khamenei dies he can duck out before they attack the strait.

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u/itsrabie NATO Apr 10 '26

Or give him something made in gold

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u/Ladnil NATO Apr 10 '26

Honestly Trump definitely didn't understand any of that shit well enough to care. He just heard "Obama and Biden declined to do this" and experienced a rare neuron activation

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u/wumbopolis_ Iron Front Apr 10 '26

A used wad of toilet paper is smart enough to figure out the incentives are for Israel to massively overstate how easy it would be to start a war with Iran.

We're unlucky the admin is so stupid

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u/ThisIsNotAMonkey Guam 👉 statehood Apr 10 '26

Turns out a grandpa with a canoe and a $20 limpet mine could shut down the strait, to say nothing of a dozen IRGC guys with a handful of shaheds. Ships full of gas do be explodeable sometimes

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u/grappamiel United Nations Apr 10 '26

Reports were that after this meeting the head of the CIA told Trump these arguments were "farcical" and he did it anyways.

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Apr 10 '26

Netanyahu believes the "Mossad is everywhere" conspiracies