Economic Impacts of Iran War
04-15-2026 | 08:59 AM
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If this is really the case, then why did he try to explain it away by claiming he was a "red cross doctor" when the press asked him why he was portraying himself as Jesus? Why did he subsequently take the post down? Another 5-d chess move on the shiite theocracy?
Undermines your argument entirely, but nevertheless I do admire the flexibility of your mental contortions.
04-15-2026 | 09:25 AM
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The mental gymnastics needed to portray a dementia driven all-night twitter rant as some sort of 5-d chess psyop on the enemy is quite impressive.
If this is really the case, then why did he try to explain it away by claiming he was a "red cross doctor" when the press asked him why he was portraying himself as Jesus? Why did he subsequently take the post down? Another 5-d chess move on the shiite theocracy?
Undermines your argument entirely, but nevertheless I do admire the flexibility of your mental contortions.
If this is really the case, then why did he try to explain it away by claiming he was a "red cross doctor" when the press asked him why he was portraying himself as Jesus? Why did he subsequently take the post down? Another 5-d chess move on the shiite theocracy?
Undermines your argument entirely, but nevertheless I do admire the flexibility of your mental contortions.
Strategic ambiguity is often quite useful, whether calculated and staged, or just a consequence of one's inherent nature.
04-15-2026 | 11:08 AM
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Yep. Few even remotely rational people would choose to “play chicken” with a kamikaze.
04-15-2026 | 11:30 AM
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Strategic Ambiguity was actually a feature, not a bug, of cold war era US policy.
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04-15-2026 | 02:06 PM
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Also want to thank you for letting us diplomatically have it out in this thread, relatively speaking. Genuinely. This is a big deal and affects all of us in so many ways.
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