Thank goodness. Escalation is the worst option.

Author: Chris94 (39042 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 5:13 am on Jul 27, 2026

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LBJ couldn’t escape the escalation trap. Neither could Obama, who never should have surged in Afghanistan.

Sometimes you just need to cut your losses.

Replies to: “Thank goodness. Escalation is the worst option.”

Ooops. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 2:40am 7/26/26 (32) [View All]
- Thank goodness. Escalation is the worst option. - Chris94 - 5:13am 7/27/26
- Let’s go back to kissing their asses, right? Im sure you enjoyed watching these soldiers [LINK] - TampaIrish - 1:10pm 7/26/26
  - Trump has already tried to kiss their asses thru ceasefire agreement. Then Iran told us to fook off. - conorlarkin - 2:27pm 7/26/26
    - It’s not a kiss-ass ceasefire agreement. You killed their highest leader & wounded his successor - Eli - 4:44pm 7/26/26
      - Yet, Trump is still stuck with horrible choices: [LINK] - conorlarkin - 5:00pm 7/26/26
        
        He is the only President who has the guts to make those choices. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 12:05am 7/27/26
        
        Yes. Trump is soooooo strong, soooo brave. - conorlarkin - 12:08am 7/27/26
        
        One choice was left out: doing nothing and allowing Iran to develop nuclear weapons - NedoftheHill - 8:31pm 7/26/26
    - In my opinion, Trump severely miscalculated Iranian hardliners’ resolve… - Domer From Hell - 3:39pm 7/26/26
      - I don’t know if “gut feeling” can be considered calculation. [NT] - jimbasil - 4:07pm 7/26/26
        
        What units do you use when quantifying/calculating "resolve?" - NedoftheHill - 8:36pm 7/26/26
        
        Again, you MAGAdolts are far too willing to give trump bonafides for - jimbasil - 12:02am 7/27/26
        
        I assume you thought Kamala Harris is qualified to handle these types of decisions? - NedoftheHill - 12:38am 7/27/26
        
        That’s just stupid - we/you know he’s a criminal, you’ve witnessed his shit 1st term - jimbasil - 1:10am 7/27/26
        
        So we disagree on who was the worse candidate. I'm shocked! [NT] - NedoftheHill - 1:30am 7/27/26
        
        Good point [NT] - Domer From Hell - 7:12pm 7/26/26
    - And what leverage would that be? [NT] - TampaIrish - 2:50pm 7/26/26
      - Ability to strangle oil flow; regime in power; uranium stockpile. - conorlarkin - 3:48pm 7/26/26
        
        We were told by a professional that there wasn’t a stockpile and they were nowhere near - TampaIrish - 4:09pm 7/26/26
- DJT is definitely NOT a Strategic Thinker...he was certainly warned of this beforehand, but couldn't - TyroneIrish - 4:51am 7/26/26
- This war was stupid from the get-go. But unlike you and other board libs who - MarkHarman - 4:11am 7/26/26
  - How about being Consistent...there's a LOT more very serious criticism of our President due...don't - TyroneIrish - 4:57am 7/26/26
  - You keep up with that false narrative on all your posts. It’s untrue so please stop. [NT] - jimbasil - 4:43am 7/26/26
    - I criticized a Republican's action, so by definition it can't be a false narrative that I don't - MarkHarman - 4:54am 7/26/26
      - “ But unlike you and other board libs who can never, ever criticize anything a Democrat - jimbasil - 5:51am 7/26/26
- Time to end it in Ukraine then. Unwinnable anyways. Your vote is noted. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 2:52am 7/26/26
  - Trump abandoned Ukraine, who deserved our support vs Putin. - conorlarkin - 8:37am 7/26/26
    - And what did Ukraine do to “deserve” our free weapons? How did sending billions of dollars to - TampaIrish - 12:50pm 7/26/26
      - You must have been suspended when all this was discussed 4 years ago. - conorlarkin - 2:22pm 7/26/26
        
        Really good chance I was suspended because arguing with you and Chris usually winds - TampaIrish - 4:10pm 7/26/26
  - Reports are that Russia can produce a little over 200 Kinzhal and Zircon missiles per year, while - TyroneIrish - 5:12am 7/26/26
  - They barely speak of Ukraine anymore, since Trump is now buds with the little green guy. [NT] - MAS - 3:07am 7/26/26

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