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DENNIS B MURPHY's avatar

Trump's a bully and like all bullies, it does not want to be seen as weak. He let himself get maneuvered into this by now netanyahu

As to the professor's assertion that his supporters might now think twice about him, one has to only look at the numerous. Social media posts circulating, which people a year ago were claiming trump was gonna keep us out of wars.And now they're lauding him for attacking iran

It's a cult

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DENNIS B MURPHY's avatar

Then there was this as of this morning in the news:

How pathetic!

Trump had warned Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu against striking Iran but changed his mind after seeing how Israel’s military action was “playing” on television. “The president was closely monitoring Fox News, which was airing wall-to-wall praise of Israel’s military operation and featuring guests urging Mr. Trump to get more involved.”

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Lyle Smith's avatar

Trump has been consistent in trying to accomplish what the Washington establishment says it wants in the Middle East: make Jerusalem the embassy of Israel, bring peace between the Arab states and Israel, and not allow Iran to have nuclear weapons.

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Jim Guleke's avatar

If any reader here wants to dive further into FDR’s maneuvering to get the United States into World War II, I highly recommend Prof. Brands’s latest book “America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh, in the Shadow of War,” Doubleday (2024).

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DENNIS B MURPHY's avatar

And yes I read professor brand's book

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DENNIS B MURPHY's avatar

I would not characterize roosevelt's approach as maneuvering

Roosevelt saw as early as 1910 that Japan was going to be arrival in the Pacific and suspected. It might take war, he didn't maneuver it. It came upon us

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Jim Guleke's avatar

If any reader here wants to dive further into FDR’s maneuvering to get the United States into World War II, I highly recommend Prof. Brands’s latest book “America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh, in the Shadow of War,” Doubleday (2024).

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