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Put yourself in his head, no seriously. The man has gotten his way all of his life. The man has gotten people to fight his fights all of his life, whether it be daddy, or doctors, or lawyers or judges or Congressional Magats.
Michael Cohen stated that Krasnov has never been involved in a physical altercation his entire life, (not counting when he dragged Ivana down the stairs by her hair), Krasnov is a full blown coward, he talks tough to cover it up.
Iran is standing up to the bully. After bombing Iran with thousands of bombs and missiles, Iran didn't back down. Iran is no match for our military might but Iran has scared the shit out of Krasnov, it has threatened to kill him, has put him on a kill list. Western intelligence advised Krasnov that there was a plot to kill him in Turkey. Krasnov is so afraid that he actually listened to his advisors for once and dumped his prize Qatari 747 plane and went back to the old AF 1. The White House correspondents who flew back from Turkey were advised to pull their window shades down.
Krasnov stated that he is on a kill list, but then said, it won't last long. What was he hinting at? I believe that Krasnov is so afraid that he is going to lash out at Iran with another full blown attack which may include boots on the ground.
A cornered rat is a dangerous rat and Krasnov has never had anyone respond to him like Iran did, even when he used the might of our military to fight for him Iran did not back down.
I see a bad future coming.
I have an update, Iran is preparing for an invasion. In the past several days Iran has attacked Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, UAE, and Jordan. Iran has extended the battlefront 3,000 km, Iran wants to stretch the US defenses. I'm sure that Krasnov has promised to protect these ME countries and he is in trouble if he can't. Iran is a very large country with missiles and drones scattered all across its land which is enabling it to strike the other ME countries. What is the US going to do when Iran starts doing serious damage to other ME countries? Will these countries turn on Krasnov and the US?
Watch the price of crude oil, it's a tell, it can only be manipulated so long.
MadameButterfly
(4,377 posts)He believes Iranian leaders are terrible people so twice he has had them killed. He doesn't have the reflective capacity to wonder what that does in their minds. That they might imagine doing the same to him. Then he attacks them repeatedly wreaking damage we can't even conceive of. Any negotiated peace would not be reliable. They understand the psychosis they are dealing with. It's actually perfectly logical that they see the only solution as assassination.
i'm not supporting the idea. But what would we do in their shoes? This is a question a narcissist never asks. Then, what would one do who already has a history of militant international terrorism?
gab13by13
(33,199 posts)that thousands of Iranians are out in the streets chanting, Death to Trump. Wondering if the people around Krasnov are hiding that from him?
He went from saying he was going to liberate unwashed Iranians from an evil regime to those same Iranians chanting Death to Trump.
MadameButterfly
(4,377 posts)regime they were formerly protesting
Fozzledick
(3,926 posts)while the opposition is laying low after the last massacre.
Not so much a change of sentiment than who currently controls the stage.
rampartd
(5,915 posts)and talking about armageddon
then we dance the tehran two step while the good fellas cash their polymarket bets and the hedge funders arbitrage billions from the 401ks of the working class .
maybe the best thing would be to burn every drop of dead dinosaur and blow up the rest. they would just find another way to pollute.
an unrelated quote cause i'm looking at next month's budget...
We can guarantee cash benefits as far out and at whatever size you like, but we cannot guarantee their purchasing power.
Alan Greenspan
surfered
(15,431 posts)..then act surprised when they retaliate. What the hell did he expect to happen?
LaMouffette
(2,668 posts)did not feel the tiniest twinge of regret over that. He is a heartless, gutless monster.
hookaleft
(1,548 posts)It claimed that the reason why Iran is hitting Oman is because there are special forces gathering there for a land invasion of Karg Island. Don't know how true that is???
kentuck
(116,341 posts)He is brave so long as others do his dirty work.
Even on January 6, he promised the insurrectionists that he would be there with them. He wasn't.
MustLoveBeagles
(18,703 posts)His security detail vetoed the idea. For once he didn't get his way.
Moostache
(11,363 posts)I believe it went down more like the loud-mouth drunk at a bar who starts a fight and then hides behind his bigger or tougher friends saying "hold me back...hold me back" while actively seeking to avoid throwing hands...
If I ever had the chance, I would slap the every loving fuck out of that man's fat fucking face and enjoy watching his eyes widen then water as the jowls and flubber flap...
Mustellus
(425 posts)for the millions of young men with AK-47's, a bandolier of ammo, three hand grenades, and dreams of the 40 permanent virgins that await them in heaven.
enigmania
(517 posts)azureblue
(2,790 posts)In hopes of outrunning his inevitable fate..
spanone
(142,332 posts)swong19104
(690 posts)But hes still full of shit.
NoMoreRepugs
(12,371 posts)usonian
(27,527 posts)This might be a "forever war" initiated by his need to distract from his still-concealed participation in the Trump-Epstein illicit sex, blackmail and money-laundering empire.
That might be via evidence gathered, a money trail, badgered and possibly murdered witnesses, or videos of him "in action" that may be in the possession of Putin and/or Netanyahu that control him.
They have the goods.

Every action since Jan 2025 has been to distract from Epstein, or to destruct for Putin's benefit, the teardown of the U.S. though lately, Bibi seems to have control.
They have the goods.
Evil often spirals out of control.
As always, every accusation is a confession. By dragging the country into his own Vietnam/Afghanistan, far beyond a wet dream picnic in Venezuela, Greenland or Cuba, the Epstein coverup --- Weapons of Mass Distraction -- will earn him a "forever Day of Wrath".
As the joke goes, Satan tells new "guests", "It only FEELS like eternity. "
Reminders of his lies.







WAIT! VANCE WANTS TO CHIME IN!!

Oh, and this.

Joinfortmill
(22,074 posts)ananda
(35,958 posts)Lesson: Never back down to a bully.
Period
Martin Eden
(16,162 posts)That may be sliding into dementia has a circuitry which does not follow trains of thought that make sense to you and me.
Subconciously he may feel fear, but that gets translated into anger and the fabrications he constantly spins, creating an alternate world in which he is a genius universally admired except by stupid bad people.
He has never paid any real consequences. He didn't go to prison for his 34 felony convictions. Instead, he turned his mug shot into a proud banner of defiance which rallied his voters. He doesn't get embarrassed or humiliated. He feels no shame or guilt. Empathy is entirely foreign to his nature. Winning is everything. He can never admit defeat, that he is wrong, or doesn't know more than the so-called experts.
He seems disconnected from reality. And yet, in the real world he has attained the most powerful elected office on the planet. Of course, he did not get there by himself -- but he came from outside the Republican establishment. Lindsey Graham called him a kook, and declared he would destroy the Republican Party if nominated.
Donald Trump has severe mental pathologies, but he is the most accomplished con man in American history with the instict and skill to know and manipulate his marks by tapping into and exciting their worst instincts and fears. He fills the void of their ignorance with what they want to hear, liberating the bigotry and hatred which had been inhibited from public expression -- and they love him for it.
His pathological lying has been taken to such an extreme that it is impossible to know what he actually believes. I don't think "belief" or truth or facts really enter into his thinking, such as it is. Despite his claims of great popularity, I think he knows the midterms are a threat to his power. Does he "believe" the "dumocrats" can only win by cheating, and that they stole the 2020 presidential election?
If he has any actual belief, it is in his own superiority.
Sooner or later, reality will catch up to him. I want him to suffer real world accountability and consequences. If death comes first, let it be soon.
mwmisses4289
(5,365 posts)He has been jonesing to do that since his first term when he made a comment along the lines of "what do we have nukes for if we don't use them?" Between Iran not following whatever script his addled brain came with for his "distraction from epstein stuff" reality t.v. show he thinks he's directing to the potential loss of repuke control of the house and senate come November to some msm beginning to question his presidency, he is beginning to realize he fucked up. His ego can't handle that, and his smaller distractions aren't working. He needs to create a bigger distraction. Will he launch nukes? Gods, I hope not, but am very afraid that he will.
Ilsa
(64,838 posts)Babies born they've never seen in person. I've heard that morale is low.