BTW...we're now spending ~$1B/day, thanks to DJT tearing up the JCPOA...and not getting anywhere

Author: TyroneIrish (24333 Posts - Joined: Oct 8, 2020)

Posted at 6:54 pm on Apr 28, 2026

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near where we were back in 2016, from a nuclear safety or economic sense...plus our conventional military strength has been dramatically diminished...and getting worse every day this war persists.

Replies to: “BTW...we're now spending ~$1B/day, thanks to DJT tearing up the JCPOA...and not getting anywhere”

Both sides believe the other will BLINK, but there is another scenario. - Curly1918 - 2:57pm 4/28/26 (18) [View All]
- In the end Iran will control Hormuz and make concessions on nuclear program. Then both sides claim W - Eli - 5:31pm 4/28/26
  - Some people claimed victory for Hamas as well. Not surprising if each side claims victory. - NedoftheHill - 5:43pm 4/28/26
    - If your goal is wiping out Hamas, of course you failed, they can claim V. It all depends on the goal - Eli - 5:58pm 4/28/26
      - Hamas can only be defeated by taking away its mass murder ability. - NedoftheHill - 8:00pm 4/28/26
- So if the US blasts "everything," both sides will be able to declare victory. - Chris94 - 3:50pm 4/28/26
  - I suppose we could ship a pallet of cash under dark of night & declare victory. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 4:08pm 4/28/26
    - You guys love that - Chris94 - 4:33pm 4/28/26
      - A two second google search for an image of the pallet of cash showed Obama admin confirming $1.3B [NT] [LINK] - NedoftheHill - 5:31pm 4/28/26
        
        BTW...we're now spending ~$1B/day, thanks to DJT tearing up the JCPOA...and not getting anywhere - TyroneIrish - 6:54pm 4/28/26
        
        ...doing something that does NOT fund terror and nuclear proliferation. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 8:10pm 4/28/26
        
        ALL of the money was seized from Iran...not one penny of U.S. assets...and it was delivered in - TyroneIrish - 6:46pm 4/28/26
        
        Not sure where you are going with that. - NedoftheHill - 8:03pm 4/28/26
        
        My memory failed me. Or needed an update. - Chris94 - 6:08pm 4/28/26
        
        That was in addition to the $400M cash pallet. [NT] [LINK] - NedoftheHill - 5:33pm 4/28/26
        
        Say what you want about why it was cash, but that is how a terror organization would want the payoff - NedoftheHill - 5:37pm 4/28/26
- Been there...Done that...DJT "Obliterated" Iran's nuclear capability, and yet here we are. Your - TyroneIrish - 3:35pm 4/28/26
  - Well, they have been set far back from where they were before we bombed them out of necessity. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 5:15pm 4/28/26
    - Had DJT not torn up the JCPOA, Iran would not have enough 60% HEU to make several low-yield nuclear [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 6:26pm 4/28/26

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