. “Looks like you are going to get a war instead. That’s what happens when you listen to the mustache. Good luck in 2020!”
Tehran may be right, and many in Washington agree with Iran’s assessment of Trump disinterest in war. Yet, Iran’s strategy is also immensely risky: Trump is an unpredictable character and, while his political instincts lean against war, his easily manipulated impulses consistently override his instincts.
But with Trump crippling the Iranian economy, Tehran seems to have reached the conclusion that counter-escalating — despite its risks — is its best choice. Iran faces greater danger when all of the cost and risks are on its shoulders. If the cost and risks are more evenly distributed, Iran calculates that it can secure a better outcome for itself.
If the plan works, and the Trump-Bolton tensions grow and lead to Bolton’s firing, Tehran will have proved to Trump that it won’t crack under pressure. Trump will be forced to back off from his belligerent posture — just as he did with North Korea — and adopt a more conciliatory tone. With that leverage in hand, Iran may then be ready to confront Trump at the negotiating table.
But having planned to thwart a U.S. military attack on Iran ever since the mid-1990s, Tehran also appears ready for this plan not to work.
THINK What do you expect out of America? Its a new country born out of massive bloodshed, now reaching teenage years, the way it conducts itself is like a spoilt teen.
THINK America cannot afford to get into war with Iran! Deadly, long drawn,, expensive and huge human costs! Iraq, Afghanistan & Vietnam were hard lessons!
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THINK No! Bank on this.
mehdirhasan THINK I think Lucifer is waiting on the gates of hell to welcome his brother John Bolton. I cannot understand for the folks who make so much noise about being the voice of the unborn child have no qualms going after the living.
THINK Is Bolton carrying a wooden chip on his shoulder from the 1970's hostage crises during the Carter administration?
THINK The scumbag idiot trump won't hesitate for a secant to go to war with Iran and sacrifice American life's if he believes there's even a small chance it would help him get reelected so he can avoid prosecution for obstruction and other crime's. Nothing else matters to him.
THINK Mustache has wanted that his whole life
mehdirhasan THINK Oh goodie! I feel a lot safer now. The sociopath with the nuclear button doesn't really like the bitter psychopath trying to start a new war in the Middle East, so he probably won't let him this time. Phew!
THINK Could Trump finally be joining the legions who have zero confidence in John Bolton, who can't even be bothered to concoct false pretenses for provocation and war? If we can't visualize an impeached Trump quite yet, at least we can visualize a fired Bolton. Fingers crossed.
THINK Presidents who are in middle of a war usually have it easier getting re elected . We don't like changing leaders mid stream. A dust up with Iran may boost Trump's re election prospects
THINK Do not make mistake! You defeated from Iran proxy groups in Yemen, Iraq and Syria. After 18yrs of war you defeated from Taliban in Afghanistan! How you will confrontrat Iran?
THINK The Americans have a short memory, do not you know that Iran calls America the Great Satan and puts America's flag in the entrances of government departments? I am surprised by Iran, whose people have vowed to end America and Israel power is now shaken and does not want to fight.
THINK Bolton ‘s a psychopath.
THINK somebody wants an oil))
THINK President Trump does not want a war but he ain't skerritt
THINK Iran is capable of wiping out any of these nearby US bases. If they did that as retaliation to (e.g.) bombing some Revolutionary Guard HQ then Trump would be between a rock and a very hard place to invade.
THINK Bolton isn’t afraid to defend our interests. Your Obama let everyone walk all over us.
mehdirhasan THINK That’s a pretty big gamble and not one I’d be willing to take knowing that DonaldTrump wants to go into the 2020Election as a war time President.
THINK John Bolton and his porn 'stache need to go bye-bye.
THINK AmbJohnBolton gets his way, several thousand young Americans are going to die in the Middle East. He was too pro Iraq War for Dubya, didn’t get in, now is his time. Draft-dodging megalomaniac shill. That blood will be on your hands too POTUS. Beware.
mehdirhasan THINK Go to your neighbours house sit there with a gun ready to shoot them and if they do anything blame them. Sound logic?
THINK Anyone else think Bolton dreams about getting a hot air Balloon, and flying around the world dressed as a elf? LMAO!!! That guy and Trump are both evil.
THINK No don’t believe this ,Trump wants this war with Iran ! This is why he choose Bolton ! The PAYOFF is Big for Trump $$$$ from the Saudi’s and Israel He said nothing about Khashoggi murder and got involved in Israel Election Trump cares only about $$$&
mehdirhasan THINK “Fact” ?
THINK What worries me is that Trump may be gullible enough to believe Bolton when he pulls the wool over his eyes while he, Bolton, forces the country into a war.
mehdirhasan THINK Hey NBC news...we veterans of the US armed forces think NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, and FOX gave our bigoted swamp-cretin bloated 4× draft dodging POTUS too much air time! Why do you trust the lying criminal so anxious to prove he does have balls? It's about US OIL getting $$$$$$
THINK Can tparsi talk about Hezbollah, backed by his government, which killed the Americans in Lebanon? The people of the Middle East support the US administration's efforts to stop Iran's terrorism
THINK realDonaldTrump doesn’t listen to rational advisers. He wants a war because he thinks it will get him re-elected and doesn’t care how many lives he destroys. TrumpMonarchy is his ultimate goal. Thinks he’s just like Putin
mehdirhasan THINK What a mess
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THINK tparsi The president of the Iranian lobby in America should advise his government to stop supporting terrorism and the killing of children in Syria, Iraq and Yemen by Hezbollah and Houthi militias
mehdirhasan THINK A random undated picture of a ship that has a dent in it is evidently adequate cause to preemptively attack Iran. Why does this seem like Déjà vu from the 'weapons of mass destruction' that cost hundreds of thousands of lives & trillions of U.S. dollars in Iraq?
THINK Fake news
THINK Dr Strangelove all over again. Only more psychotic.
THINK Is Bolton looking at him with temptation eyes there...
THINK The Project For The New American Century. Bolton has been trying to intentionally destabilize the Middle East believing it's to America's benefit for nearly 30 years now.
THINK Yeah NBC, President Trump is an idiot and has no clue what his administration officials are doing, right? Only Obama knew everything—except Obama was the President who always said, he had no knowledge but would “get to the bottom of it!”
THINK FYI: If Trump thinks war with Iran will please his base, he'll do it without blinking.
THINK That scumbag does want a war.....anything for a distraction, and a way to galvanize his ignorant base....he could care less.
THINK That will never happen. Trump lives to spread chaos around the world