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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
But they won't.
Indeed 
I specifically chose that wording to make it clear that I wasn't grateful to Trump, he shouldn't get points for firing the maniac that he hired.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Sep 10th 2019 at 9:35:44 AM
"Sandwiches are probably easier to fix than the actual problems" -Hylarn
What a joke this administration is. Oh well, at least we won't be going to war with Iran now.
Bolton is texting into Fox and Friends live on air to insist he resigned, rather than being fired.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
Disasturbator
-Taps wood just in case-
No,it won't be Iran,he badly wants a bully a country that can't fight back easily and is unstable enough for military intervention,he basically wants curb stomp war like the Falklands war to make him popular
New theme music also a box
Shin Megami Tensei IV
I don't get why Iran. Venezuela is a far more justifiable target as far as PR goes.
Watch me destroying my country
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I don't think the evidence shows that. Trump fundamentally is a timid and lazy creature, if a problem isn't cheaply and quickly solved then he grows tired of it. Look at Venezuela, he was all about putting pressure on them but nothing came of it so he grew bored and backed off.
Fundamentally Trump doesn't want something as time-consuming and risky as a war, that doesn't mean that he couldn't start one but it does mean that there is every reason to believe that he doesn't want this.
The Right has harbored a mindless hatred for Iran for a long time, it's a natural target for their antagonism.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Sep 10th 2019 at 9:57:52 AM
"Sandwiches are probably easier to fix than the actual problems" -Hylarn
Much like Cuba, the neocon wing has never forgiven Iran from breaking out of the US sphere of influence.
Lemme guess how the next few days are gonna go. Bolton insists he quit and was not fired, Trump retorts that Bolton is a liar and a loser (despite that he only hires the best people), Bolton goes on the talk shows making his case while Trump insults him and says he's a disgrace. Can we skip to the end please?
x3 Because Israel.
Edited by speedyboris on Sep 10th 2019 at 10:00:21 AM
For the neocons it has to do with Iran overthrowing the US backed dictatorship, following by Iran opposition to Israel and compounded by the Iranian regime making more bad blood with things like Iraq.
For Trump it’s much simpler, it was about pissing on Obama’s legacy.
X3 I think that’s the point being made, Trump doesn’t want a war, he wants a victory, if he could invade say Haiti and make a big PR win out of it he would love to.
Edited by Silasw on Sep 10th 2019 at 5:10:10 PM
Apparently Trump's people had been trying to get Bolton fired for a while, but really ramped up the pressure this last week.
Bolton says he offered to resign last night, but apparently was so unaware his firing was this imminent that he still went on to chair a committee meeting this morning and was on his way to a press conference with Pompeo and Mnuchin when he got the word.
Yeah, as much as I hate Bolton, that kind of treatment is just loathsome - seriously, that's worse than when Trump fired Comey in such a way that he learned about it through the news, because Comey hadn't offered his resignation prior, nor was he imminently expected at an official meeting.
Edited by ironballs16 on Sep 10th 2019 at 1:30:09 PM
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Meh, he deserves it.
"Sandwiches are probably easier to fix than the actual problems" -Hylarn
Perhaps, but it still shows once again just how horrible Trump is.
I mean, you'd expect him to treat his own side with a least a modicum of common courtesy.
Lost in Space
Among thieves...
Trump's said it many times. If he feels that he's not receiving adequate loyalty, you become an enemy, full stop.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Your friendly neighbourhood Regent
What in his behaviour up until this point would make you expect that? 
Edited by Robrecht on Sep 10th 2019 at 8:10:48 PM
Angry gets shit done.
In hindsight, nothing, but I try not to get numb to these things.
The Spectre Monk
x20
Jesse Ventura would probably be one of the most reasonable choices he would ever make.
Although, given that Ventura is now a Russian propagandist himself...
I guess, after a night of pillaging and raping, a Viking wants a little something to go with his cocoa.
Jesse Ventura wouldn't even be in consideration anyway. He went with Gary Johnson (switching to Jill Stein) in the 2016 election. He also said that if he ran in 2020, he would beat Trump easily.
The Spectre Monk
He WOULD be better than Trump.
But then, who wouldn't be?
I guess, after a night of pillaging and raping, a Viking wants a little something to go with his cocoa.
Williamson?
The Spectre Monk
She would be awful, but worse than Trump? Nah
I guess, after a night of pillaging and raping, a Viking wants a little something to go with his cocoa.
Foreign Troper
I dare say that Bolton as president would be even worse than Trump.
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Shin Megami Tensei IV
Williamson would likely force the Entire White House to meditation seasons in order to alter reality as part of her secret plan to become a Godess.
Half Joking Mode
Watch me destroying my country
I'm never going to say this again but "I'm with Trump."
Trump is the proverbial stopped clock that Bolton is a lunatic and needed to be fired.
Mind you, HE HIRED HIM, but Trump's reasons for firing Bolton are valid.
And in all other cases, Screw that Bastard.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Sep 10th 2019 at 1:14:03 AM
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Bolton is officially out
, though he said he'd offered to resign last night, and Trump is saying he was fired.
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"