Alex3d ago
Randahl Fink

When allied countries fought Saddam Hussein, our "peace deal" involved his body dangling from the end of a rope, and the Iraqi people gaining the right to elect their own representatives democratically.

Under Trump, the Iran "peace deal" involves giving 300 billion dollars to the evil regime while it continues to kill its own people.

Trump said the war would end with "total surrender". He just forgot to mention the US would do the surrendering.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/17/politics/us-iran-memo-annotated-intl-vis

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Show threadRandahl Fink3d ago
Updated to correct the fact that the 300 billion are most likely not paid by the US. Sources claim gulf-region backers.
Show threadMove forward or die!3d ago
@randahl yeah but then Trump will find a way to send our tax dollars to reimburse the gulf states. He loves stealing and wasting our money
Show thread@[email protected]3d ago

@randahl

that would be interesting if true. I think Americans are awfully tired of trump costing us wheel barrow fulls of money.

Show threadThe Animal and the Machine3d ago

@randahl
I would guess it’s historical earnings from the dark economy that couldn’t come home because of a sanctions wall.

They want their money. The only way this could work is if they are drip fed it to keep the Strait free and open.

This is not likely.

Show threadJohnnieMac3d ago
@randahl should work as well as the Board of Peace
Show threadRené3d ago
@randahl Ha ha did #trump told those country ‘s they have to pay for his surrender to #iran
Show threadVHG 🇪🇺🇩🇪3d ago
@randahl #willianSpanial reviewed the content of the „deal“ in this video. It’s Not bad, just costly and shaky. https://youtu.be/0gbm_76ssTg?si=wecrT7_uXQI05ohu
Will Russia Sabotage the Iran Deal?

YouTube
Show threadBenjamin Kwiecień 🇵🇸3d ago
@randahl I think this way of talking about Iran obscures the truth about it. Iran's government isn't a dictatorship like Saddam's was. A lot of people were so deluded by such rhetoric about Iran that they thought assassinating Ali Khamenei would bring down the state, which is not at all what happened. In Iraq, killing Saddam could change the system, but in Iran killing Khamenei changes nothing. Iran still has a civilian government, although this war may have weakened that aspect of it. The fear now is that Iran might be getting closer to a military coup of some kind.
Show threadRandahl Fink3d ago
@ben I agree there is nuances to this, but for me, the key point is that the Iranian people is not free to democratically elect their own government. And I believe, Trump has proven to not care about the Iranian people at all, in spite of his remarks at the start of the war.
Show threadBenjamin Kwiecień 🇵🇸3d ago
@randahl Yeah, I think that's fair. Iranian politics is of such complexity and nuance that I would rather not even attempt to explain it, lol. I would like to take the position that government in Iran is a problem for the Iranians to solve themselves, and I don't think anyone can do it for them. Whether or not the events of 2026 have harmed or helped Iranians, in the long run, I guess is an open question, but "Trump doesn't care" is always going to be true!
Show threadxs4me23d ago

@randahl

Operation Epic Failure…

Show threadManannán mac Lir 🇺🇦 🇵🇸3d ago

@randahl

Typical Trump "winning". Of course, the US hasn't really won a war in 80 years.

Show threadMiha Markič3d ago
@randahl That was an imperialistic war for oil built on lies, I wouldn't cheer on it.
Show threadGrumble 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇬🇱3d ago

@randahl

But in exchange for the US surrender, most of the leaders of the west and middle east will likely stop calling Trump night and day and busting his balls over Hormuz being closed or several hundred drones blowing up their shit.

Trump makes this trade-off very willingly. It's not his money, or him nagging the UNSC - it's taxpayer money and some flunky like Rubio.

Show thread@[email protected]3d ago

@randahl

America went to war on Saddam Hussein on a pack of lies or misconceptions. Saddam never had nuclear weapons; he just had tubes that made it look like he did, which he used to keep Iran from attacking Iraq. It worked, apparently. Until the war hawks in the Bush administration convinced us otherwise. Colin Powell got screwed over in the deal.

Show threadAnton Zadorožnyj3d ago
@randahl turns out Obama was more anti-Iran than Trump, who knew..
Show threadMagnus Ahltorp3d ago

@randahl The second Gulf war also laid the foundation for ISIS expansion, since the US turned their back on Iraq. Which meant that the region (and the world) had to depend on YPG/YPJ to fight them, after which the world promptly turned their back on them.

And the killing of Saddam Hussein was not part of the "peace deal".

Show threadJohnnieMac3d ago
@randahl can’t wait to see the ‘return on investment’ for this little misadventure…
Show threadIvan Djansazov3d ago

@randahl

Trump is the only winner in history that has to pay reparation to the loosing side.

Show threadswggrkllr3rd1d ago
@idjansazov @randahl
Show threadIvan Djansazov1d ago

@swggrkllr3rd @randahl

Don't be so mean on Trump ... it takes a skill to bankrupt 8 casinos ... 😎

Show threadswggrkllr3rd1d ago
@idjansazov @randahl
Show threadIvan Djansazov1d ago

@swggrkllr3rd @randahl

Is that the Trump rating ?
🍺

Show threadSir David Nielsen3d ago
@randahl and Chicago style shock capitalism, which was provably the worst idea ever.
Show threadThe Bulwark2d ago
@randahl Oh and the Trump administration is not an evil regime? How blind can one be.
Show threadAlexander Goeres 𒀯2d ago
@Randahl Fink this is hard to understand. even for trump this is so low ... luckily the us-american voters don't care ...
Show threadswggrkllr3rd1d ago
@randahl Russia and China do not align with Iran out of friendship or shared values. This is a survival alliance. Moscow needs Tehran as a southern shield, Beijing needs Iran as an energy pressure valve to escape the Malacca Dilemma, and both need the Middle East to stay volatile to keep the United States strategically distracted. - Sarah C. M. Paine