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Anonymous ID: 84b99a May 19, 2026, 11:27 a.m. No.24623088   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Live Updates: Trump says he was "an hour away" from striking Iran, insists war is "very popular"

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-peace-deal-attack-possible/

Anonymous ID: 84b99a May 19, 2026, 11:36 a.m. No.24623123   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3127

>>24623100

 

@joekent16jan19

17h

The Iraqi government definitely played w/ fire by not disarming these Iranian backed militias, especially after the 12 day war.

 

However our attack on Iran at the behest of Israel has increased the popular support for the militias in the eyes of Iraqi Shias who make up the majority of the country.

 

This will make it hard, if not impossible for the Shia majority Iraqi government to disarm or control these militias without facing major repercussions from their constituents.

 

@joekent16jan19

6h

The NYT article reveals that our military is telling President Trump what has been obvious from the onset of this war: there is no quick military solution in Iran and our early actions set the conditions for the stalemate we are in now.

 

Trump’s best option is to declare victory and walk away now. Limit our exposure in the region, reduce the risk of Iran restarting the war on their terms, and reset negotiations with sanctions relief as both carrot and stick.

 

The Iranians have adapted to our attacks. They can “win” simply by not losing. Future strikes will be less effective, cost us more in casualties, and further harden Iranian resolve.

 

Killing the Supreme Leader rallied the Iranian people around the regime. By also eliminating many moderate leaders, we’ve left ourselves with mostly hardliners to negotiate with, who are unlikely to give Trump the concessions he’s demanding.

 

Two lessons we should have learned in the GWOT:

 

  1. If you stay within reach of the enemy, they will adapt and ultimately win the long war by grinding us down. Iran is doing this on a massive scale with ballistic missiles, air defenses, and drones—the same concept as IEDs, just more advanced.

 

  1. Attacking a nation will rally the people around the regime we’re trying to overthrow, or around forces far worse.

 

Regime change is a fool’s errand.

 

@joekent16jan19

4h

Another major factor that shouldn’t be overlooked:

 

The war benefits the hardliners currently calling the shots in Iran, they could opt to attack us 1st & on their terms.

 

Our blockade & presence on Iran’s borders justifies the hardliners positions.

 

If we leave now we take away the ability for Iran to strike 1st & erode the unifying factor (resistance against U.S./Israel) central to the hardliners power.

 

Leaving now = Reduce risk, increase leverage.

Anonymous ID: 84b99a May 19, 2026, 11:40 a.m. No.24623150   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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Anonymous ID: 84b99a May 19, 2026, 11:51 a.m. No.24623208   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3219

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