2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran

[deirdre]

Coming to the end of week two, Ian Bremmer of G-Zero media has some thoughts on where things stand.

... asymmetry is the whole ballgame. Militarily, this fight is wildly lopsided in America's favor. Strategically, it tilts toward Tehran. Yes, the US and Israel keep destroying Iranian capabilities every day, but with diminishing returns. The longer it goes, the more the balance shifts as Iran imposes mounting costs on the world economy and Trump's political standing.

https://www.gzeromedia.com/by-ian-bremmer/how-trumps-iran-gamble-backfired

i personally dont think higher gas prices ( i mean we made through Bidenflation) is a "diminishing return" to destroying Iran's arsenal in full...even if it does only buy us like 5 years of relative peace, and only like a 25% chance the [non terrorist] Iranian people can be free.

i mean it sucks for the midterms, but the opposition party almost always wins the mid terms anyway.
i personally think -especially compared to all the other stuff the world wastes money on- this is a damn good reason to spend money.

 

[Mendel]

[Off topic because bunk.]

I wonder how many comments in this thread are nothing more than "Trump is dumb".

Ironically,

Bidenflation

And, well, ...

https://bidentotrump.com/data/inflation-rate/

If you look at this graph, consider the worldwide effect of Covid and Ukraine sanctions, Trump's claims of "inflation has stopped" after he "inherited the worst inflation in the history of our country" are another example of "Trump is dumb". Or maybe he just thinks Americans are dumb.

 

[Mendel]

Deirdre, you appear to be oblivious to the overwhelming negative views that most of the world (and most of this country) has of Donald. We're here to enlighten you. You're welcome.

Note: this is an aggregate from a number of different polls.

An updating polling average of Donald Trump's approval rating and disapproval rating in his second term, accounting for each poll's quality, recency, sample size, and partisan lean
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https://www.natesilver.net/p/trump-approval-ratings-nate-silver-bulletin

Edit to add: I see the end of the graph is cut off, at least on my display. It ends at disapproval 54.9%, approval 41.3%.

Internationally, surveys show similar approval ratings, with the majority of respondents against the war.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-eas...ans-oppose-us-israeli-strikes-on-iran/3853988

About 75% said they are concerned that the conflict could spread to other countries, while trust in the US fell to 15%, the lowest level in the past 20 years.

 

[deirdre]

If you look at this graph, consider the worldwide effect of Covid and Ukraine sanctions, Trump's claims of "inflation has stopped" after he "inherited the worst inflation in the history of our country" are another example of "Trump is dumb". Or maybe he just thinks Americans are dumb.

whatever, we still made it through it.

(not sure why you are picking on a term like Bidenflation-its how newspapers know the period under discussion- and then proving me right about more "trump is dumb" rants.)