Speaking to the media during Monday’s Easter Egg Roll, President Donald Trump made clear that he is looking for a total victory in Iran.
“Hopefully it [the war] can be over with quickly. Again, there are lots of different alternatives. We have many alternatives,” the president said.
He added, “We could leave right now and it would take them 15 years to rebuild what they have … But I want to finish it up. Iran CANNOT have a nuclear weapon. They are lunatics — and you can’t put nuclear weapons in the hands of a lunatic.”
After 70 or so years of half-assed wars populated with half-assed victories and outright defeats caused by an unwillingness on America’s part to just freakin’ win, this attitude from an American president is something beyond refreshing.
Yes, Trump could declare victory and get out today, and it would be a victory of
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