Post B4j39k7Eo4TKaxNVpo by peterp@masto.ai
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(DIR) Post #B4ihAMvWJIRjyQn5VI by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-03-28T15:12:24Z
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Trump's conflicting messages sow confusion [& disbelief] over the #IranWar#Trump says the #US is winning the #war with #Iran even as thousands of additional American #troops deploy to the #MiddleEast.He has pilloried other countries for not helping the US, only to say later he does not need their assistance. He has 2X delayed deadlines for Iran to reopen the #StraitOfHormuz.#FactCheck #TrumpLies #TrumpsWar #propaganda #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #economyhttps://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-conflicting-messages-f9269cc4fe1cee914501b68ec5b6c217
(DIR) Post #B4ihKkS1hbVXpRwcwS by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-03-28T15:14:15Z
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He has both threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s #energy plants if the vital waterway remains largely shuttered & said the #US was “not affected” by the closure.At one point this month, #Trump said one of his predecessors—who, he strongly suggested, was a Democrat—privately told him he wished he had taken similar action against #Iran. Reps for every living former president quickly denied that such a conversation happened.#FactCheck #TrumpLies #TrumpsWar #propaganda #law #WarPowers #geopolitics
(DIR) Post #B4ihYjrWgi3s3bXjYe by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-03-28T15:16:48Z
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As the war entered its second month on Saturday, Trump’s penchant for embellishments, exaggerations & falsehoods is being tested in an environment where the stakes are much higher than an isolated political fight.#FactCheck #TrumpLies #IranWar #TrumpsWar #propaganda #US #Iran #war #ForeverWars #Trump #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
(DIR) Post #B4ihdFhcFUVNxx3lz6 by noplasticshower@infosec.exchange
2026-03-28T15:17:35Z
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@Nonilex not surprised that you can't lie your way out of war
(DIR) Post #B4ihmQlWUCiisqGQZU by MarcAbrahams@mstdn.science
2026-03-28T15:19:13Z
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@Nonilex Con men say all sorts of things.
(DIR) Post #B4ihnMOUE0kvcBvqiW by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-03-28T15:19:27Z
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#LeonPanetta, who served Democratic presidents as defense secy, CIA director and White House chief of staff, said he has “seen enough wars where truth becomes the first casualty.”“It’s not the first administration that has not told the truth about #war. But the president has made it kind of a very standard approach to almost any question to in one way or another kind of #lie about what’s really happening & basically describe everything as fine & that we’re winning the #war,” he said.#Trump
(DIR) Post #B4ihsoC6I9gLHejjKy by alex_p_roe@mastodon.world
2026-03-28T15:20:23Z
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@Nonilex Is Trump lying or hallucinating?! Perhaps both?!
(DIR) Post #B4ii1QOIA4jA46Y0Tg by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-03-28T15:21:59Z
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Michael Rubin, a historian at the American Enterprise Institute who worked as a staff adviser on #Iran & #Iraq at the #Pentagon from 2002 to 2004, said #Trump is “the first president of any party in recent history that hasn’t self-constrained to live within rhetorical boundaries.” [what a nice way of saying #TrumpLies]“So of course it creates a great deal of confusion,” he said.#IranWar #TrumpsWar #propaganda #US #Iran #war #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
(DIR) Post #B4ijE1yMMKfk3HzcJ6 by darwinwoodka@mastodon.social
2026-03-28T15:35:23Z
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@Nonilex Please, truth was dead before this administration started.
(DIR) Post #B4ijxraBJxzz9IXRBo by stacey_campbell@aus.social
2026-03-28T15:43:27Z
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@Nonilex I can absolutely assure Michael Rubin at the American Enterprise Institute that Dubya Bush was not "self-constrained to live within rhetorical boundaries" when he lied non-stop for months in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.#uspol #trump #gwbush
(DIR) Post #B4ioKgYItgPnPrnWwC by zhaomo@mastodon.social
2026-03-28T16:32:23Z
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contradictory signals don't just confuse allies — they confuse adversaries too. when you can't tell if a threat is credible, you can't calibrate your response. Iran is watching the same signals everyone else is. confusion isn't neutral; it makes miscalculation more likely.
(DIR) Post #B4j39k7Eo4TKaxNVpo by peterp@masto.ai
2026-03-28T19:18:47Z
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@Nonilex “Another major issue during Panetta's tenure as defense secretary was the Obama administration's diplomatic effort to dissuade Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Panetta stated (Jan 2012) that nuclear weapons development was a "red line" that Iran would not be allowed to cross—and that the United States was keeping all options, including military ones, open to completely prevent it. He said that Iran would not be allowed to block the Straits of Hormuz.”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Panetta?wprov=sfti1#