>The entire project has been a fiasco from the beginning. The decision to attack Iran made so little sense that no one in the [administration](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/03/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-remarks-to-press-6), including [Trump himself](https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5759721/how-trumps-iran-war-objectives-have-shifted-over-time), could offer a consistent explanation as to why we did it. Iran’s response — [closing the Strait of Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/what-is-the-strait-of-hormuz-can-us-stop-iran-blocking-it) and [attacking infrastructure in the Persian Gulf](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/iran-intensifies-attacks-on-gulf-energy-sites-after-israel-struck-its-key-gas-field) — was so predictable that preventing those things from happening has been [a cornerstone](https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/remarks-united-states-policy-persian-gulf) of American policy for decades.
>History will record that the turning point of Trump’s war came on Mar. 18, when Iran [wiped out](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/iran-attack-damage-wipes-out-17-qatars-lng-capacity-three-five-years-qatarenergy-2026-03-19/) 17 percent of Qatar’s LNG production capacity in a single strike in response to an [Israeli attack on Iran’s South Pars oil field](https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/19/middleeast/iran-qatar-south-pars-gas-field-explainer-intl). Trump was forced to [effectively apologize](https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2034453527892791768) for the attack and promise it would not happen again. From that moment, the U.S. had lost the initiative and, as a practical matter, the war.
TL:DR. The US has known for decades what Iran was capable of, and knew that striking Iran like Trump did would cause them to close the Strait of Hormuz and disrupt world energy production. We also knew we couldn't prevent it from happening
So Trump decides to strike Iran, the exact thing we knew would happen happened, and now we're facing a years long energy crisis and economic catastrophe
JFC. Every MAGA voter is an enemy of the state and I'm tired of pretending otherwise
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MiddleAgedSpongerMar 27, 2026
+6
Some MAGA voter are victims of the US's sophisticated and massive propaganda campaign of the last 50 years. 20% of Americans read at below a 5th grade reading level and are functionally illiterate. It took a coordinated effort by nefarious forces to get America to this point. Trump being elected is just the symptom of metastasized greed and ignorance.
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Impossible-Fig-8463Mar 28, 2026
+1
I don’t think I have it in me nowadays to even think of some of them as victims
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Calvin_Ball_86Mar 27, 2026
+6
Every maga, and every non voter. Those who decided to do nothing to prevent evil from winning are also responsible for evil succeeding.
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IrrelevantLeprechaunMar 27, 2026
+3
Yup. 75 million of us voted against this turd, for what it's worth; we are not the problem.
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Mediocre_Comedian739Mar 28, 2026
+1
Let’s see if 75 million of you turn out this weekend.
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whoanellyzzzMar 27, 2026
-36
this article is ass they have stated why in every press conference since the beginning
-36
MrMojoFomoMar 27, 2026
+20
So how does Trump's c\*ck taste?
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TymeSefariIncMar 27, 2026
+16
So, tell us why then.
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MrMojoFomoMar 27, 2026
+13
\*Insert Israeli propaganda on how Iran has been days away from having a nuclear weapon (for almost half a century)
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no_kids-and-3_moneyMar 27, 2026
+13
Come on… you can’t honestly believe that.
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DouglasRatherMar 27, 2026
+1
Please link an article from February 28 stating what the "why" was because I can't find anything.
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Colonel-MooseknuckleMar 27, 2026
+27
>“One person we talked to said: Look, when the president asks for something twice, we have an unofficial rule, which is that we do it,” Parker said in a recent podcast. “And I said: Well, why twice? And they said: Well, to be fair, he does say a lot of crazy things, but if he says it a second time, we know he’s serious. And we know — regardless of whether it’s to fire the board of the Kennedy Center and take it over or to potentially march on Greenland — if that’s what he wants, we are there to make that happen.”
>The U.S. economy is on the brink of disaster. The world economy is in even worse shape. In this grave moment, we cannot abandon American policy to whatever crazy thing Trump asks for twice.
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illit3Mar 27, 2026
+10
Presidents closest advisors aren't there to advise, they're just the concierge.
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civil_politicianMar 27, 2026
+7
Actually you are not there to make that happen, you are there to serve the people of the United States and if his order is an illegal one that doesn’t do that your job actually is to not obey that directive.
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Movinginplace25Mar 27, 2026
+2
He's as serious as a 3 week old kitten
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ranchoparksteveMar 27, 2026
+15
Trump has no clue what a win looks like, so everything is a loss of some sort.
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whatproblemsMar 27, 2026
+3
lost before it even started
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civil_politicianMar 27, 2026
+2
Yep how do you “win” when you don’t have any goals defined? We wasted a bunch of expensive missiles and killed some school kids, thats the opposite of winning.
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adarkuccioMar 27, 2026
+1
He just tells himself (and others) he won, then congratulates with himself
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StevenMC19Mar 27, 2026
+12
I can save myself a click.
1. He started it.
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Cyndakill88Mar 27, 2026
+22
He can just stop. The media would bend over backwards to act like nothing happened
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Silent-StormsMar 27, 2026
+3
He can, but it won't fix any of the stuff he broke. The world economy is probably fucked, even if he tacos this instant.
3
rainman_104Mar 27, 2026
+3
It's easy to tear down a barn. Anyone can do that. It takes a carpenter to build one.
Trump is excellent at destruction. What has he done to build anything? Tearing up trade agreements is easy. Implementing tariffs is easy. Building relationships is much harder to do.
He has undone 80 years of hegemony.
3
Cute-Ad2879Mar 27, 2026
+8
It's literally in everyones best interests. I hate the man, but if he pulled out completely and the only thing we had to do was pretend he personally didn't f*** up, so be it. He is basically untouchable while actively the president anyway, let the fallout land on Hegseth and the Pentagon. At least we might avoid another Trump based global economic disaster.
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blazesquallMar 27, 2026
+6
And Iran should keep the Strait blocked until restitution is paid / sanctions lifted, etc.
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Cute-Ad2879Mar 27, 2026
+7
To the US? Sure. The oil flows world wide though and I don't remember the Philippines, Thailand or Slovenia, who are all now rationing gasoline, starting this war.
The rest of the world doesn't deserve to suffer for our hubris.
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putsch80Mar 27, 2026
+1
Agreed. But there’s no easy way to tell where a ship is heading since none of the tankers carrying oil to the U.S. have the U.S. flag flying.
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Cute-Ad2879Mar 27, 2026
+2
You are correct. Still they would have to falsify manifests, which might cause issues if anyone cared to do anything about it.
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DeltaFoxtrot144Mar 27, 2026
+1
PAID BY TRUMP PERSONALY too. no f****** way we should pay for shit he blew up didn't even have consent of the Gov this one is on him personaly.
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blazesquallMar 27, 2026
+1
Lol.. Congress abdicated that role decades ago. America owns this.
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LowerEndFredMar 27, 2026
-5
The entirety of the world understands that Iran the Iranian government is a terrible regime.
Trump is a dementia patient…..but every nation in the Middle East that is not controlled by a terror sect hates Iran.
Really their only friends are Russia, and fair weather China that just wants its oil.
This should have never have started. But the states knocked out nearly all of their military infrastructure. They are not a real threat for another decade.
So end it there
-5
Theferael_meMar 27, 2026
+3
Not sure Iran's "terrible regime" is really that much worse than the shit currently in the White House. Both are led by religious fanatics. Both think nothing about killing their own civilians. Both are threats, both regionally and globally. I would argue the US's vast military power actually makes it far worse.
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LowerEndFredMar 27, 2026
-5
The us is a democracy with a constitution and free press and a healthy and popular opposition
Iran has been a religious dictatorship for decades with wide spread internal revolutionary groups and executes women for showing their hair
So you can frig right off with that white western view babe
-5
espinaustinMar 27, 2026
+6
>The us is a democracy with a constitution and free press and a healthy and popular opposition
If you’re trying to make a point about Iran’s religious dictatorship, you might at least acknowledge there are real problems with your assertion about the US today.
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Mediocre_Comedian739Mar 28, 2026
+1
Iran has perfected their despotism over decades. You guys are just getting started. Important to note there was resistance in Iran in 1979. Not so much from Americans.
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Theferael_meMar 27, 2026
+1
You think Trump wouldn't act like the worst of the mullahs given the opportunity to do so? lol. Funny. You have mentally deranged religious fanatics in control of the Department of Defence. You have a White House that excused the murder of American citizens in American cities. You have relentless attacks on the media and press, most of which have already decided to obey in advance.
Your entire 'democracy' is rotten to its very core, 'babe'.
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LowerEndFredMar 27, 2026
Why do you keep saying “you”
I’m not American.
I’m just also not a disingenuous idiot to compare the two nations lol
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Glass-Amount-9170Mar 27, 2026
+1
You sure about that? Reuters article today says the US can only confirm that they’ve destroyed a third of Irans missiles. Keep in mind they have prepared for this for decades.
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Cute-Ad2879Mar 27, 2026
+1
Yeah. That's my point.
Call it mission accomplished. No one who believes the Trump administration when they claim victory is going to believe Iran when they do the same. Just get the oil flowing. The worst case scenario is this ends in status quo. The fallout isn't going to hit Trump, why does he care at this point?
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rainman_104Mar 27, 2026
+1
I think trump miscalculated the Iranian people and had expected the invasion and bombing would have laid a path to regime change.
He flat out laid it out for them to rise up. Which they didn't.
Persian expats were dancing in the street because they hate the regime in Iran. They aren't dancing now because nothing has changed.
1
SpamgrenadeMar 27, 2026
+1
Problem is Trump can't end this war because Iran has closed Hormuz. Without opening Hormuz up again Trump can't declare a victory and walk away.
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blazesquallMar 27, 2026
+1
America partners / allies with plenty of terrible governments.. are you in favor of destroying their infrastructure too? Are you sure you're just not conditioned via alignment to just be indifferent?
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LowerEndFredMar 27, 2026
I’m conditioned to be against dictatorships who treat women poorly
As a man who votes and has a daughter
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blazesquallMar 27, 2026
+3
That's the fun hypocrisy.. to use women's rights as a justification to attack an adversary like Iran while the US actively arms and allies with absolute monarchies like Saudi Arabia that also severely restrict those same rights.
..and domestically, following the overturn of Roe v. Wade, your own daughter literally has fewer federally protected rights today than she would have had fifty years ago.. trend ain't great either.
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LowerEndFredMar 27, 2026
I’m not American you git
I just understand the fact that women can hold every office a man can, can wear what she wants, love who she wants, shake ass and express opposing views against a government without any reprisals
And you want to f****** compare anywhere in the west to Iran….because abortion laws were given to the individual states?
0
BuffaloGwar1Mar 27, 2026
+1
The guy who never once admitted he was wrong about anything in his entire life? The guy who was born so rich that he has never even driven a car? The guy that can't tell the truth about anything at all?
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Mayweather2025Mar 27, 2026
+2
I can see it now...
"By stopping the war he started for no actual reason, Trump is really turning the corner and showing mercy and humility in the face of turmoil. We all need to come together to accept these $8.00/gal gas prices, and ask ourselves why the Democrats allowed Trump to bomb Iran in the first place. They should have handcuffed him to the desk in the Oval Office to keep him out of trouble. Today is the day Trump really became President."
\- Van Jones future speech.
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ct_2004Mar 27, 2026
+2
Iran now gets to decide when the war is over. We're operating on their timescale now.
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FacadeXlllMar 27, 2026
+1
He can't, otherwise the US loses all credibility to its allies in the Middle East which the US needs to prop up the ponzi scheme of the Petrodollar. Stopping would be to admit defeat and will be calamitous for the USA. The alternative is he keeps the war going for years leading to a global recession where the US loses in the end anyways. There is no bright side here, just less dark.
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BabypintoJuniorLubeMar 27, 2026
+1
He literally can't tho. People said Putin should just stop the invasion of Ukraine and Hitler should've just stopped the eastern front but narcissistic dictators will burn the world to the ground before admitting they were wrong.
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DeltaFoxtrot144Mar 27, 2026
+7
step one 1) be the biggest idiot in every room you walk into, Step 2) ignore 40 years of precedent and warning from your predecessors. Step 3) see step 1
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Mike_Pences_MotherMar 27, 2026
+5
I think its Ironic that by attacking Iran he didn't get anything of what he wanted and they are somehow stronger after all this. Amazing.
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BabypintoJuniorLubeMar 27, 2026
+2
I don't think it's clear what he wanted at all. If this went as perfect as Venezuela what did Trump or American interests stand to gain? The only thing Trump wanted was to keep Bibi happy, and Trump doesn't care about other people so the only reason I can think of is pics of Trump and known Mossad agent Epstein doing some fucked up stuff.
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butteronionsMar 27, 2026
+5
This is why you don't put reality tv stars in charge of the Presidency and the pentagon.
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CompetitiveAd4825Mar 28, 2026
+1
We’ve forgotten that haven’t we?
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smack54azMar 27, 2026
+3
By starting it.
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DistractedPhoenixMar 27, 2026
+5
Iran: "You almost had me? You never had me - you never had your war. Patriot missiling , not drone striking like you should. You're lucky that hundred shot of Claude didn't bomb more grade schools.”
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PerniciosiusMar 27, 2026
+2
Thousands are bravely marching to their doom on the mighty Epstein file hill—because clearly, Trump is so compromised. He and Netanyahu are definitely pulling off this grand conspiracy just to avoid jail. Truly a masterclass in subtlety.
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AnswerAdorable5555Mar 27, 2026
+2
By starting it.
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VanguardAvengerMar 27, 2026
+2
By starting it without a clearly defined objective.
You cant win a war if you cant define what you won by doing it.
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kummer5peckMar 27, 2026
+2
He lost the war with himself. Nobody else wanted this.
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Extension_Pin_6359Mar 27, 2026
+5
Low IQ idiot gets led by the nose by Israel into a war he can't get out of.
Sounds about right.
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Michel_RPVMar 27, 2026
+1
Tried to use the military as a compensator and still got politically and militarily kicked in the junk.
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TripleJ80Mar 27, 2026
+1
Someone needs to actually report the casualties of this bullshit “excursion.”
1
RIP_GreedoMar 27, 2026
+1
While it's not like Iran is a bastion of liberal ideals (nor is our own country, or our allies in this war), Iran does represent a check against our country's disastrous and immoral foreign policy. It could be of world-historical importance for Iran to give the US and Trump a humiliating black eye here. American credibility is already at an all-time low, the Trump admin is widely despised in the US and around the world, and nobody save for the most deluded sycophants is under any illusion that this war, which has the nasty side effect of also destroying the world economy, was anything but an unforced error on the part of Trump and Israel. If they are allowed to just slink away from this war with any sort of thought that he's won a great victory, this will just happen again. Cuba is next, then who knows what new horrors await. This tide of senseless imperial violence needs to stop. Call it revolutionary defeatism or whatever, this can't go on any longer.
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Thac0isWhac0Mar 27, 2026
+1
By huffing his and kegsbreaths farts and thinking it was a good idea in the first place.
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rgvtimMar 27, 2026
+1
By being an idiot. And I know it sounds flippant, but it is also the most succinct descriptive explanation as well.
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Jp95060Mar 27, 2026
+1
Maybe trying to do what no one else has been able to do with no alleys was a bad idea?
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SaidhainMar 28, 2026
+1
I remember in High School I got goaded into a fight by another guy. I was sure I had it. I pictured myself one twoing him with two swift punches. He’d be on the ground and I would be victorious.
The fight time came. My mental picture was perfect, no chance I couldn’t win, until he punched me first, swiftly, in the face. I hadn’t planned that in my head and it was all over.
This brought back that memory.
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lizkbyerMar 27, 2026
By starting it?
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HappyFatLabsMar 27, 2026
How Putin Won Trump's War in Iran
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Kingskull1999Mar 27, 2026
they also bombed hospitals and an school full of kids these are war crimes that should be penalized by the death penalty
Iran completely took control of everything and has cornered both israel and us in a complicated situation
Also the us lost several F35 fighter jets and its advanced aircraft carrier uss ford and all of their military bases in the uae
Trump not only lost the war but he got absolutely schooled
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