The reason that every other US president has ruled out war with Iran is exactly because of this tactic. It takes a group of really ignorant, egotistical, and foolhardy leaders to melt through the layers of decision making that underlie such a course of action.

The more Trump screams on social media and Hegseth bully pulpits while whining about media coverage, the worse this war is going. Look for more avoidable Air Force and Navy incidents, more dead American soldiers, and a civilian bloodbath that will take decades to unravel the implications of.

They should make the pertinent conclusion that US bases don't protect them, that US is only standing by Israel.

Those countries have been directly funding Donald Trump and are all littered with American bases. They are absolutely involved.

I hate to say this but as a former US military officer I am 100% behind Iran. The Mango Mussolini started Operation Epstein Fury as a distraction and the buzzards need to come home to roost. I am sorry people are getting killed but Iran is not going to stop now that their leader and 180 little girls have been killed.

As someone who grew up in Dubai I want to tell them to go fuck themselves. They made their bed, now sleep on it.

Maybe stop allowing America to use your country as bases to terrorize and control your neighbors?

Protection for Petro dollar oil dies here. Trump is destroying American dominance on the world stage, it's wild to see.

Petro dollar is worthless.

So the middle east countries paid top dollar to get the US 'president' to do all the things they wanted, and he ended up screwing every single one of them. When you get in bed with trump, he will eventually shit the bed, and you will have to lie in it with him. You deserve the stupid choice you made.

Seriously tho 🤣 Iran bombed the fuck out of them and now they can’t sell oil. Sorry I can’t find my compassion for the petrostate dictators. May they lose all their ill gotten gains.

KSA: "Yeah I defnitley didn't do nothing just like Israel over there. I don't even know what an Iran is"

Let me cry crocodile tears and play the worlds smallest violin for the poor lil ole petrol states

Australia needs to cancel our leases of American bases in Australia. Even if you think we should be aligned with the US only having Australian bases on Australian soil is in our best interests. This war has shown that any host country of American bases will be subject to attacks not only on those bases but on the host country's own military and civilian infrastructure.

Yanks out!

How are the bribes to the child rapist paying out? I see you are recieving bombs in exchange to the "payments" you made to Mango Hitler. I suppose it was the expected result? Bombs for money, isn't it?

Good. You need to keep getting bombs.

You lie down with dogs, you get fleas.

If you don't like being a target, get the US bases out.

This is possibly the one thing that will get Cheeto to pay attention. OPEC oil boys getting mad

I think Trump's best course of action is to take the loss, pull out and try to sell it as a "mission accomplished" at home, which might just work for the redhats.

Then he still has to hope that the mullahs take the win and leave it at that, not trying to avenge the old Khameini any further.

And he still has to hope that he hasn't permanently damaged the alliances with the Gulf states.

And he still has to hope that the economic chaos he's started doesn't escalate and it doesn't take too long to return to normal.

Etc.

I.e. the US is very likely fucked in the long term. But all other options seem even worse.