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Butler1000

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Allright, so how many days then??
Lol. Thats not how you quantify a war. They don't do things that way any more. I will refine it. Trump right now has essentially backed himself into a corner. Unless Iran capitulates to Israeli demands he has to attack or TACO. He has done both in the past.

He will likely attack at some point. It's the level of retaliation that matters. If Ballistic missiles and drones get through and kill a ship or a bunch of service men He will have to escalate things. Or the hawks eill eat him alive, as will his base. So in a way whether an actual war occurs isn't up to Trump. He wants the easy win.

But he may not get it.
 

Phil C. McNasty

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Lol. Thats not how you quantify a war. They don't do things that way any more. I will refine it. Trump right now has essentially backed himself into a corner. Unless Iran capitulates to Israeli demands he has to attack or TACO. He has done both in the past.

He will likely attack at some point. It's the level of retaliation that matters. If Ballistic missiles and drones get through and kill a ship or a bunch of service men He will have to escalate things. Or the hawks eill eat him alive, as will his base. So in a way whether an actual war occurs isn't up to Trump. He wants the easy win.

But he may not get it
You are so whimping out of our bet right now, its making my head spin
 

DtheB

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No, if course it doesnt guarantee that. Thats why I'm willing to bet you that it doesnt

Now, do we have a bet or are you gonna chicken out??


Not completely


I have no idea what you're trying to say here.

Do we have a bet, or not (based on my previous post stipulations)??
Your bet is based on a flawed premise.

You feel that he won't start a war but that is not completely in his control and it is subjective in terms of interpretation. ("You started the war." " No, you started the war.")

Making the bet on who fired the first missile onto the other side, is much more objective.

Are you willing to bet that trump will not be the first to fire between the US and Iran. I predict that you will not bet.
 

Shaquille Oatmeal

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How fucked up is that country. An "impartial" court but they are card carrying members of a party? Supreme court/neutral justices should not be allowed to have any allegiance to any party. At least pretend to give the appearance of impartiality.
I've been saying this for the longest time.
Correct me if I am wrong but I am not aware of any other nation where justices are put in power because they are conservative or liberal.
What a sham of a democracy the US is lol.
 

DtheB

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Your parameters for definition of war don't cut it. In fact unless Congress DECLARES war it isn't actually a war. It's something else.

Honestly Trump may have Barron and sons making polymarket bets and that will decide this, not anything resembling common sense, decency, or reason.

So no bet. As I pointed out, they don't have enough ammo to go 30 days. And Trump doesn't want 30 days either. He wants headlines, not casualties. Distraction, not results.
Agree on all points. Using "war" as the basis for the bet is a fail. Who fires first is the aggressor.
 

Phil C. McNasty

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Both parties whimp out on the bet, as I suspected.

As per usual Left-wingers are a bunch of pussies
 

DtheB

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I've been saying this for the longest time.
Correct me if I am wrong but I am not aware of any other nation where justices are put in power because they are conservative or liberal.
What a sham of a democracy the US is lol.
How has it lasted for 250 years? Maybe there was more morality and human decency in the past.
 
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DtheB

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Both parties whimp out on the bet, as I suspected.

As per usual Left-wingers are a bunch of pussies
Your bet was flawed. And I explained why. Who is the arbiter of deciding which side started a war. You? Will you let me decide?

Now tell us why you chickened out on a bet on whether Trump gives the order to fire first which, no one can deny, could very well start a war. Whether it does or not is irrelevant because by firing the first he's shown his intent to start a war.

Will you bet that trump will not fire first? If not, why not? Don't be a pussy now?
 

DtheB

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Slavery? Segregation? No I don't think so.
The country is a corporatocracy. That is how they have survived.
The US judicial system is an entity unto itself and unique to the US. As you said, no other country in the world has their system.

Slavery and persecution and racism is not endemic to the US. It was/is a worldwide phenomenon to one degree or another. Every country has had to deal with it. How people treat other people is an issue everywhere. It's almost part of the evolution of man
 
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