US expects Iran operation to end in ‘weeks, not months’, says Marco Rubio | Iran

Isn't that what they said weeks ago?

I believe a wise man once said "you can start a war whenever you want, but you can't chose when it ends"

Its so wild that they say stuff like this only to be immediately contradicted by the Pentagon saying something like "war with Iran could last 6 months or more"

yeah sure, and im a flying elephant.

Yeah, and Covid will be over by Easter too.

Does Iran know about this?

Everyone who fought in WWI was going to be home before Christmas

Rubio’s out here using the same timeline I give my boss for a project I haven't started yet.

Remember, 456 weeks is still 'weeks, not months' ,

"It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months." — Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense (February 2003). When speaking to troops about the impending Iraq War, he dismissed concerns of a long conflict; the war continued for over eight years. Throughout the mid-1960s, U.S. military and political leaders frequently suggested that victory was imminent. General William Westmoreland used the phrase "light at the end of the tunnel" in 1967 to suggest the war was entering its final phase. The 1968 Tet Offensive soon shattered this illusion, and the war continued for several more years. In late 1950, after a series of successful UN advances, General Douglas MacArthur expressed hope that his troops would be "home by Christmas." However, the massive intervention of Chinese forces in November 1950 turned the tide, leading to three more years of brutal fighting. In 1944, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, looking to regain the initiative against the Allies, expressed confidence, stating: "If the British give us just two more weeks, I won't have any more doubt about it," while Hitler similarly promised that once the enemy was defeated, they would never return. In August 1914, Kaiser Wilhelm II famously told his departing German troops they would be home "before the leaves have fallen from the trees". This sentiment was echoed across Europe, where many believed the war would be over in four to six weeks. Instead, the conflict devolved into a four-year stalemate of trench warfare. At the start of the conflict in 1861, both the North and South expected a swift resolution. President Abraham Lincoln initially called for 75,000 volunteers to serve for only 90 days, believing the rebellion could be suppressed in that time. The war lasted four years and claimed over 600,000 lives. Hot damn it's almost like you can go through any conflict in human history & find some moron trying to sell the idea that the conflict will be over soon!

They been saying weeks for a month now.

Old Donnie is going to see the market sink 25% and pull the plug. He can't take this much longer.

Haven't they won already 5 times or so, according to Trump?

it was going to be days weeks ago... all over the place. it will end when he grows bored with this particular type of market manipulation and finds some other racket to personally profit from at the expense of the world.

Getting “three day special military operation” vibes… Remember when it was supposed to be over within a day or so? Or when we had already won? Sigh.

Hegseth: You think we didn't have plans for this!? Everyone Else: Are you saying this is... going to plan? Holyshit your plans suck.

years. You are gonna have to be there for the next 20 years. If you run in "weeks" Iran will rightfully so claim victory.

Well, months are made up of weeks, so if it ends in 48 months, that’s still technically 192 weeks lol

This is like a pregnancy. Ask a woman how far along she is, and they almost always will give the answer in weeks i.e 28 weeks. Years from now when this war is still going on in trumps 3-4th year Rubio will be saying I told you weeks and we are only 156 weeks into this! 

It’s been almost 10 years since Trump said he’d rollout his healthcare plan in two weeks.

The nice thing about this headline is they can use it over and over again for the next couple of years.

A few months from now: “They’ll be home by Christmas.”

What ya think was Russia's timeline in Ukraine ?

> Washington expects its operation against Iran to conclude in “weeks, not months”, the US secretary of state has said, despite spiralling violence across the region and a threat from Israel to “escalate and expand” its attacks against the Islamic republic.

Then Iran is going to win a victory acknowledged all around the world, unless the plan is to escalate to bombing that would have made Curtis LeMay proud. And even that probably won't work either.

Just saw another article stating they were planning to put 10k troops in Iran. I doubt that'll be just a few weeks.

'the world needs a plan' for the strait of hormuz. Oh so you guys have no plans whatsoever and plan to let the other countries clean up your mess..

Are we planning to just concede to their terms? I don't see any other way that that timeline makes sense

We’re two weeks away from being two weeks away, to paraphrase an nba scouting report.

Weeks? As in 156 weeks? 208 weeks?

I remember reading headlines like this back in 2001...

They're still acting like they have control of this situation. They're either lying or delusional.

They’re all just buying time as they r*** the markets & American tax payers to line their pockets

It's like they don't remember they pulled the same shit with covid. Ignore it until it blows up in their face

A three day operation

Their expectations are wildly inaccurate 

So months and more then. Got it

Yeah that’s what Cheney and Rumsfeld said in ‘03 too against a much smaller country and less formidable adversary. Spoiler alert - it didn’t turn out that way.

3 days tops /s

Translation: decades.

"I wanna get put in charge of Cuba, wrap this shit up!"

Months are made of weeks. The real question is whether Iran is on.the same schedule

they were saying that weeks ago lol

Sure, Jan.

Said it would be a day at first, then days, now weeks and then it’s going to turn into months rolling straight into years.

According to the Elon estimator.

Read between the lines. The admin really hopes it ends in 4 weeks with normal oil prices. Iran gets a vote and it ain't gonna happen.

Rubio, Trump, and the rest of the US Idiocracy can't even explain why they started the war. Release The Epstein Files and Lock Up all these Criminal Pedophiles.

😂😂😂😂😂 They are just going to keep bombing and Iran is going to harm critical infrastructure in the Middle East to a point the world will be so truly wrecked more then it is now that prices won't come down for years! Also, Iran won't open strait in a few weeks! So we could bomb for years but it won't open the strait again and that is the biggest problem of all! Honestly the US should just embargo ships Iran lets through with their oil and gas and say nope, you get no money for oil you sell until you open the strait again. They could guide the ships carring Iran oil to port until the strait is opened to all. The ships could be seized far from Iran posing no threat. Iran needs the income so seizing ships that carry their oil and gas should be priority. Tell Iran look, if you block the rest of the world, then you get blocked too, open the strait to all again. This is without doubt the stupidest war ever! Boots on any part of Iran is a nightmare situation and shouldn't even be thought of! If anything US troops should be brought in incase Iran tries to invade any of their neighbors like Kuwait! Kuwait is right their and Iran could flood thousands of military in their and cause havoc and try to take it! The idoits that started this illegal war all need to face accountability! Not a single person thought this through except some upper military that advised Trump against it which he did not listen to at all!

I feel like we've heard this tune before. Remember these gems in the buildup to the Iraq invasion? >It is not knowable how long that conflict would last. It could last six days, six weeks. *I doubt six months*. US Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, Feb 8, 2003 >I really do believe we will be greeted as liberators ... The read we get on the people of Iraq is there's no question but that they want to get rid of Saddam Hussein. Vice-President D*** Cheney, Mar 16, 2003 >Weeks rather than months. There's always the possibility of complications that you can't anticipate, but I have great confidence in our troops. Vice-President D*** Cheney, Mar 17, 2003 on Face the Nation

Lies…he is stalling for US ground operations, then he will come out and declare US had to do something to open the strait of Hormuz, which will led to a chorus of “we must support the troops” in the US. Fox News propaganda will be nonstop showcasing our boys in Iran…bodybags/massacre will be hidden from primetime. I have read the script. It is called Iraq 2.0 but in Iran.

You can’t believe a word anyone in this administration says.

Said that a few weeks ago buddy

So years then

Haven’t they already won like 18 times?

Should have never started. The United States needs to rethink, and totally reset their foreign policy.

If they run out of money then I guess the US would have no choice but to walk away. It's much harder to stop a war once you've started. 

I thought we already won?? And that it was to be over weeks ago?

If you say it often enough the MAGA stop counting!!!

Taco Two Weeks rides again.

"Wars begin when *you will*, but they do not end when you please". Macchiavelli

Lil' Marco finally says something...but doesn't he realise that if you have enough weeks, it can be also seen as months?

It'll more likely be years.

They say that because a few more weeks is when the US will have enough soldiers and marines in proximity to mount an invasion of Kharg Island. They assume the invasion of Kharg Island will be swift and result in a “surrender” by Iran. Regardless, never trust a politician when it comes to war. They will tell you what is in their best interest politically which is typically a lie. Listen to the generals for a higher chance at truth…but even that may amount to BS.

Well yeah cuz after 60days it's an illegal military action.

We were told this a month ago...

So what he's saying is a decade at least.

So 52 weeks then.

Imagine the propaganda that the rulers of Iran can use going forward that they beat “The Great Satan”. Their iron grip will never be broken after this.

They’ve been saying that for weeks. Almost a month now.

Incredible how weeks later these f****** clowns keep getting a pass for having no plan.

I thought they’d already won at least 3 time and the Iranian military was completely destroyed at least twice now. 

Just six weeks, just six weeks and $50 billion bro it'll be so quick bro just six months and $200 billion bro it's like so close to winning hearts and minds bro

So, it'll be years then.

And since their expectations have been on point so far…

Turns out months are made of weeks. If they just never acknowledge how many months it is, and just keep counting weeks, we have nothing to complain about! /s

Lulz...famous last words.

All this administration does is lie.

52 weeks! Not 12 months ok?

The operation they won weeks ago?

Pinocchio should have a sequel.

But we CAN go forever. If we want to. Which we dont. But we might.

52 weeks?

Yeah ... right around the same time that 🍊 said the best health plan we've ever seen is coming out.

Does anyone believe these people?

We've been in this conflict for almost 30 days now, he only has 30 more before congress is supposed to approve it... is he going to follow that rule? nope.

Years you say?

Have yall not won this war like a half dozen times this past month already

Because when the operation ends, the war starts.

Right. And you've been spot on with your predictions to this point. /s

Putin thought Ukraine will be done in 3 days...it's 4 years now ? And Iran was preparing for this for the last 50 years. I hope it will be over soon, but I doubt it

Saying "it's over" will not reopen the strait 

I was told we already won?

A war is the opposite of a relationship. A relationship needs two to start, and one to break it off. A war needs one to start, but two to break it off.

Months are made out of weeks. So are years.

So, years?

I’m pretty sure I heard something similar not too long ago.

Over by Christmas

Good luck..

Well, it can end in 200 months...

Right, right, operation will end in weeks. Surely another bombing campaign isn't around the corner 

Isn’t that haha they said for Afghanistan?

Not if they use the Marines and the Army. Straight out bull💩.

“We expect everyone to forget about this train wreck of a war when we unleash some new fresh hell upon the citizens”

'The US' or 'Trump'? The orange mess is infamous for dismissin military advice from his generals

That’s funny, because we’re all expecting it to last years.

Yes, Ukraine war has been going on for 213 weeks, not 49 months or 4 years...

“Well what you plan and what takes place aint ever exactly been similar.”

Right, a special military operation for just a few more weeks...

I expect an exit plan isn't going to start being drawn up until Trump is out of office.

Anything in months can also be counted in weeks. Iraq war ended in weeks too if that's how Rubio wants to phrase it.

Wait. Didn't America win already? Are they going to win the same war again? The inmates are running the asylum.

Unless he is going to capitulate to Iran, this is definitely not going to be done in weeks. But why does anyone give these morons an ounce of credibility anyways? They’re all liars that just tell people “a few weeks” knowing that the public doesn’t keep track of all the blown promises.

At this point it doesn't matter - we are weeks away from catastrophe, not months.

How is he gonna reign in Israel who seems to be in charge? Just wondering.

Oh god it’s going to go on for years isn’t it

52 weeks in a year.

Lying liar face says what?

Weeks can be months

Is that why another 10k troops are reportedly being deployed?