cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/politicalmemes@lemmy.world/t/4027949

LOL. This meme assumes the us hasn't lost a war before.

USA hasn't won a war longer than 2 months since ww2. They've gotten used to it.

...when you lose a war you started.

I mean, I knew something stupid like this was going to happen. Spaghetti for brains started a stupid war for stupid reasons, had literally no plan, no end goal, and then Iran did the smart thing cutting off the oil supply for months until the dipshit decided he had enough and was willing to crawl on his hands and knees for a deal. Of course the deal was going to be shit for america, dons a dumbass, a terrible negotiator, and had no leverage.

We rediscover this every time, we are an easily distracted people

We don't actually have to pay $300b. That seems to be Trump's original idea.

Is he getting a kickback?

I'm pretty sure right now we could just pack up and leave. We're just too stupid to do that.

It seems like the USA really wants to GTFO. Trump even admits we'll run out of oil in 4 weeks. It's the bloodthirsty Israelis that won't leave. The Israeli government and its people (NOT just the government) genuinely want the world to end.

All we'd have to do is pack up and go. Take ALL of our weapons out. Without the USA backing, the Israeli government looses quite a bit of bite. Neither of those things will happen.

There is a large spectrum of wants observable from the citizens of Israel.

Several large groups of citizens from the USA also want to see the world end and fund settlements they think will help point the heavens in that direction. Silly humans

They still don't know that you lose a war when you lose a war it seems.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-us-war-live-trump-deal-strait-of-hormuz-supreme-leader-b2998873.html

Happened the last time that Nazis started a war.

Defense contractors don't want to stop selling to Israel. US military doesn't want to lose their big military base there. But yeah Israel doesn't want a peace deal so it violates them immediately everytime

The "we're god's chosen people" aspect of fascism paired with underestimating every opponent is what always leads to fascists getting mired in stupid, pointless wars.

We have to find the WMDs in Iran tho.

In a sort of way, it's like 1914, except Israel is the incompetent Austro-Hungarian Empire trying to get into a war with Serbia and the US is Imperial Germany just getting strung along as the muscle

Trump really doesn't want to GTFO when he's called a loser. He needs people to believe he won somehow.

Hang on, we can talk about this later. More importantly - if you're NOT Rick, then who is?

The Israeli government and its people (NOT just the government) genuinely want the world to end.

Not really, they "just" want to remove the Iranian regime or at least cripple it to the point where it's no longer a threat. They don't care what happens to the world's oil supply. Either way, I really hope the US pushes through with the peace deal. It'll be better for the world as a whole and might even teach those warmongers a lesson.

Edit: What exactly are the downvotes for? If you think I'm defending Israel here I suggest you improve your reading comprehension.

If they get regime change in iran, then they'll just want Lebanon, then Syria, then Egypt, ...

$300b is roughly the inflation adjusted reparations Germany paid, signed in Versailles, 14 Points, with the last one about the UN, similar to the American peace proposal for WW1.
Whoever wrote this up knows to much history to be from the Trump admin.

What I don't get is why we aren't seeing this in his approval ratings. Are they just lagging? Is his hard base like 40% of the population?

Absolutely, their strategy is to be the preeminent and unchallenged power in the region. They'll keep hitting their neighbors whenever they can to keep them down.