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Or at least prevent Trump from starting a war.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/ap/users/115702352497105111/statuses/116325184563824633</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/ap/users/115702352497105111/statuses/116325184563824633</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[theorangetheme@en.osm.town]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:24:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to If this is true, Donald Trump has managed the unusual feat of going to war with another country and having them come out of it stronger than they went in on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:58:29 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/jalefkowit%40vmst.io">@<span>jalefkowit</span></a></span> This Iran War thing is very much a "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" thing. The absolute best result absolutely sucks and you'd have to be breathtakingly incompetent to think otherwise.</p><p>So, y'know, *exactly* the kind of rake this administration will repeatedly step on.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/wordshaper/statuses/116325083378680870</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/wordshaper/statuses/116325083378680870</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[wordshaper@weatherishappening.network]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:58:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to If this is true, Donald Trump has managed the unusual feat of going to war with another country and having them come out of it stronger than they went in on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:53:46 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/sl007%40digitalcourage.social">@<span>sl007</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/jalefkowit%40vmst.io">@<span>jalefkowit</span></a></span> Please kick us out. Thank you.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/LabSpokane/statuses/116325064769769853</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/LabSpokane/statuses/116325064769769853</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[labspokane@mas.to]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:53:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to If this is true, Donald Trump has managed the unusual feat of going to war with another country and having them come out of it stronger than they went in on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:52:13 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/jalefkowit%40vmst.io">@<span>jalefkowit</span></a></span> </p><p>Well, there are more and more European Countries closing its airspace for US Military flights. Last was Spain. <br />I am from Germany and I think if we close down the airspace over Ramstein, this  would be a way out of the Iran War …</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/sl007/statuses/116325058723659849</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/sl007/statuses/116325058723659849</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sl007@digitalcourage.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:52:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to If this is true, Donald Trump has managed the unusual feat of going to war with another country and having them come out of it stronger than they went in on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:49:35 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>I should state here that I'm not saying there is some better way out of the Iran War for the United States. I don't see one. For whatever reason, our military, the most lavishly funded in the world, is unable to prevent Iran from sinking ships in the Persian Gulf. The only military alternative is escalation, landing ground troops to try and push Iranian fires back out of range. That seems like an even bigger disaster in the making.</p><p>Trump cutting our losses is probably the best outcome that can be hoped for. But there will still be a price, and while the U.S. was alone in starting this war, it will not be alone in paying it.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/jalefkowit/statuses/116325048325297644</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/jalefkowit/statuses/116325048325297644</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[jalefkowit@vmst.io]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:49:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to If this is true, Donald Trump has managed the unusual feat of going to war with another country and having them come out of it stronger than they went in on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:48:02 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/jalefkowit%40vmst.io">@<span>jalefkowit</span></a></span> Calling the US President Herr TACO will continue until willingness to oust him improves.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.eu/ap/users/115601049471092408/statuses/116325042253367281</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.eu/ap/users/115601049471092408/statuses/116325042253367281</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[disorderlyf@todon.eu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:48:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to If this is true, Donald Trump has managed the unusual feat of going to war with another country and having them come out of it stronger than they went in on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:44:36 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/jalefkowit%40vmst.io">@<span>jalefkowit</span></a></span> This line is tragic in the original Greek sense:</p><p>"I'm not measuring the war in terms of human lives only because that is not a compelling metric to the United States, while economic pain is."</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.bau-ha.us/users/raganwald/statuses/116325028743371548</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.bau-ha.us/users/raganwald/statuses/116325028743371548</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[raganwald@social.bau-ha.us]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:44:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to If this is true, Donald Trump has managed the unusual feat of going to war with another country and having them come out of it stronger than they went in on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:38:45 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>“Iran, despite the decapitation of its leadership, has dealt the United States a strategic defeat in the classical sense. It will end the war in a stronger position than when it came under attack. The United States will end the war in a weaker position than before it launched its war. The rest is details.”</p><p><div class="card col-md-9 col-lg-6 position-relative link-preview p-0">



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