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In Iran, Trump’s victory claims only deepened a self-made catastrophe | Sidney Blumenthal
What the US president succeeded in obliterating was any rationale he offered for going to war Before Donald Trump finally surrendered in his Iran war, he declared victory several dozen times, including on day eight– “ We’ve already won !” – day 10 – “ The war is very complete ”– day 12, proclaiming he had won five times in 13 seconds – “We’ve won, let me say we’ve won. You know, you never like to say too early you won, we won, we won the bet in the first hour it was over”– and day 39 –“Total and complete victory, 100%. No question about it”– and claimed a deal to end the war was just around the corner 38 times. The first time he raised the prospect of peace, on day 24, he said the two sides had reached “almost all points of agreement”. Trump boldly affixed his signature with a sharpie to the Memorandum Of Understanding on day 110, 17 June, at the Palace of Versailles, where the ruinous t
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According to The Guardian’s source item, In Iran, Trump’s victory claims only deepened a self-made catastrophe | Sidney Blumenthal, What the US president succeeded in obliterating was any rationale he offered for going to war Before Donald Trump finally surrendered in his Iran war, he declared victory several dozen times, including on day eight– “ We’ve already won !” – day 10 – “ The war is very complete ”– day 12, proclaiming he had won five times in 13 seconds – “We’ve won, let me say we’ve won. You know, you never like to say too early you won, we won, we won the bet in the first hour it was over”– and day 39 –“Total and complete victory, 100%. No question about it”– and claimed a deal to end the war was just around the corner 38 times. The first time he raised the prospect of peace, on day 24, he said the two sides had reached “almost all points of agreement”. Trump boldly affixed his signature with a sharpie to the Memorandum Of Understanding on day 110, 17 June, at the Palace of Versailles, where the ruinous t
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