Ed Israel/US Attacks Iran /Yet Another Country/Iran

[Andy_Ross]

Rachel Scott Senior Political Correspondent covering the White House and Congress for ABC

Rachel Scott
@rachelvscott
Spoke with President Trump. He told me the conflict should be over in days, not weeks but if no deal is made he’s blowing up the whole country with “very little” off the table.

"If happens, it happens. And if it doesn't, we're blowing up the whole country,” he said.

I asked if there’s anything off limits.

“Very little,” he said.

“It should be wrapped up in days because no sane group of people could stand the punishment that's going to rain down on them if it's not," he said.


Rachel Scott
@rachelvscott
The president tells me he was testing NATO.

"This was a test for NATO, I didn't need them, but I wanted to test them.”

“I said, I'd love to have you guys get involved. And they said, well, we can't do it. I said, Oh, that's okay. I didn't even give him a hard sell. They probably said, Oh, he's a terrible salesman. Because all I did say, love to have you be involved.”

“I was doing that as a test. I didn't need that, right? They're a paper tiger. Paper Tiger. They have no ships. They have no nothing, and Putin has zero fear of them," he said.

"But I did it as a test."

Rachel Scott
@rachelvscott
When I asked the president about his comments to Fox that there could be a deal tomorrow — he said he didn’t know if there would be, saying “I have no idea with these people.”

"There could be a deal, and there could also not be a deal. I don't know. I have no idea with these people, they're getting the ◊◊◊◊ beat out of them, and that's, that's all I can tell you. There's been no country that's ever taken a pounding like that."

 

[Resume]

Rachel Scott Senior Political Correspondent covering the White House and Congress for ABC

Rachel Scott
@rachelvscott
Spoke with President Trump. He told me the conflict should be over in days, not weeks but if no deal is made he’s blowing up the whole country with “very little” off the table.

"If happens, it happens. And if it doesn't, we're blowing up the whole country,” he said.

I asked if there’s anything off limits.

“Very little,” he said.

“It should be wrapped up in days because no sane group of people could stand the punishment that's going to rain down on them if it's not," he said.


Rachel Scott
@rachelvscott
The president tells me he was testing NATO.

"This was a test for NATO, I didn't need them, but I wanted to test them.”

“I said, I'd love to have you guys get involved. And they said, well, we can't do it. I said, Oh, that's okay. I didn't even give him a hard sell. They probably said, Oh, he's a terrible salesman. Because all I did say, love to have you be involved.”

“I was doing that as a test. I didn't need that, right? They're a paper tiger. Paper Tiger. They have no ships. They have no nothing, and Putin has zero fear of them," he said.

"But I did it as a test."

He's out of his ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ mind, besides being full of ◊◊◊◊.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Future Weapons

DOOCY: Congressman, do you want to see the US start hitting civilian infrastructure like the president says?

ISSA: Of course, the president didn't want to do it. He'll do what he has to do. When you take away bridges, you take away the ability for them to transport future weapons

Link

 

[Andy_Ross]

Rep. Darrell Issa: "The president now is using the only technique he knows will in time succeed, which is you will either change or we will be negotiating with your successor. He's already been through a couple of successors and there's no question at all they can at will eliminate who they're negotiating with and go on to the next negotiator until one of them realizes that going to meet Allah is something they'd like to delay."

Link

 

[Jack by the hedge]

Already been through a couple of successors? How many do you think is 'a couple'? When the dust settled after the initial missile attacks Trump said they didn't know who they would be negotiating with because he or the Israelis had already killed everyone they had in mind as a potentially more amenable successor.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

WTF is this idiot talking about now?

I feel this too could be turned into a sign.

 

[jeremyp]

You got Bloomberg?

<snip>

Or you could just do basic research yourself for once

It's very disappointing to see somebody on an allegedly sceptics forum do this. You made the claim. It's for you to back the claim up. See also Hitchens' Razor.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Coping

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
JUST IN: Iran is STUNNED at just how decisively America exploded our own equipment just to keep them from salvaging it

It’s so huge the aircraft shape is scorched into the ground!

 

[Safe-Keeper]

JUST IN: Iran is STUNNED

Correct.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

It's pathetic to pretend Iran is STUNNED that the Americans would destroy some aircraft rather than let Iran take them, when Iran is defying Trump to destroy their entire country rather than let him take it.

 

[angrysoba]

Unfortunately it can't be ruled out that this is a threat to use a nuclear weapon against Iran

But knowing TACO he's just going to extend the deadline again

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump

Tuesday, 8:00P.M. Eastern Time!

Please! None of this “you’re too chicken to nuke Iran” taunting. Not helpful!

 

[Darat]

I thought this was also about helping the Iranian people by getting of rid of “the regime”? How will flattening the country help the people?

 

[Andy_Ross]

I thought this was also about helping the Iranian people by getting of rid of “the regime”? How will flattening the country help the people?

They have betrayed him by not overthrowing the regime, they have to be punished.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

They have betrayed him by not overthrowing the regime, they have to be punished.

Just like states which betray him by voting for someone else. Or allies who don't leap to join in his madcap war. They all have to be punished too.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

I thought this was also about helping the Iranian people by getting of rid of “the regime”? How will flattening the country help the people?

I don't know anymore, I can't keep up with the Minitruth's revisions anymore.

 

[Andy_Ross]

John Bolton
@AmbJohnBolton
The Europeans made a critical mistake by ignoring Iran, and taking Trump’s bait by saying “Iran is not our war.” Europe is well within range of Iran’s missiles. Its economies are threatened by closure of the Strait of Hormuz. They’ve given Trump the perfect opportunity to end US support of Ukraine.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

Sorry about the chain-posting, but:

Just like states which betray him by voting for someone else. Or allies who don't leap to join in his madcap war. They all have to be punished too.

Another reason why he won't suspend elections. He needs to know which states he should support or neglect, or even punish.

 

[dudalb]

Problem is the line between civilian and military intrastructure is not always that clear.

And people here are throwing around the term war crime without really undestansing what it means.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

John Bolton
@AmbJohnBolton
The Europeans made a critical mistake by ignoring Iran, and taking Trump’s bait by saying “Iran is not our war.” Europe is well within range of Iran’s missiles. Its economies are threatened by closure of the Strait of Hormuz. They’ve given Trump the perfect opportunity to end US support of Ukraine.

This makes complete sense in his head. Punish Ukraine for Europe's reticence to join Trump's reckless adventure into wrecking world trade.

Also of course Trump already stopped helping Ukraine. All he does now is let Europe buy weapons from him to donate to Ukraine.

If these people had an inkling of how they look from outside their bubble they would die of shame.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

... people here are throwing around the term war crime without really undestansing what it means.

You might be surprised. Maybe people aren't so ignorant as you imagine.