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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1 ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Dear MAGA, thank you for the foreign wars!
Date: 03/09/26 10:13 PM
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None of those people thought that the Ayatollah and that regime were a good thing, either. They simply realized that the downsides to simply attacking Iran completely outweighed the potential benefits, because the amount of military engagement necessary to actually dislodge the regime (rather than what we're doing now) were enormous and incredibly risky.


No, Obama and Biden and co. actively moved to empower Iran. They did that by studiously ignoring Iran's power projection mechanisms and by sending them pallets full of cash.

Cash that wound up funding the Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas for October 7th. How ironic that Obama's bad foreign policy ultimately helped create Iran's Pearl Harbor moment.

Rather, they were simply wise enough not to act recklessly.
Good thing no one did.

There have been easily a dozen different "higher purposes" offered by the Administration for the war, and still more that have been offered by pundits and apologists. Of all those different possible higher purposes, I have no way of knowing which one you're referring to, since you give no hints. Perhaps you could tell us?

Okay, so you don't care to guess?
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