• Re: Joy Behar Can't Figure Out Why Trump Didn't Tell Iran He Was Going

    From moviePig@21:1/5 to Rhino on Wed Jun 25 12:42:41 2025
    XPost: alt.tv.the-view, alt.stupidity

    On 6/25/2025 12:16 PM, Rhino wrote:
    On 2025-06-25 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
    “The View” host Joy Behar complained about President Donald Trump’s
    decision
    to strike Iranian nuclear sites, first objecting to the fact that he
    did not
    exhaust the two week window he’d set for such an attack, and then to
    the fact
    that he had not warned Iran ahead of time that he planned to carry out
    the
    attacks.

    Behar addressed the topic on Monday’s broadcast of the midday talk show, >> along with her regular cohosts — and ABC News chief Washington
    correspondent
    Jonathan Karl pushed back when she suggested that the Trump
    administration
    had been out of line in attacking the Iranian nuclear enrichment
    facilities.

    “So on Thursday, the White House said that Trump was going to make a
    decision
    on Iran in the next two weeks, that’s what he said, remember that?” Behar
    began. “Okay, he was going to give diplomatic negotiations more time
    to play
    out. And then less than 48 hours later, this attack was underway. So what
    changed and what was he actually trying to accomplish here?”

    “Look, the two weeks measure was clearly a little bit of a head fake,” >> Karl
    replied. “I mean, not entirely. I wouldn’t say the decision was
    finally made.
    All indications are he didn’t actually make the decision to so-called
    pull
    the trigger until Saturday … and then the attack commenced.”

    Karl went on to say that he really believed Trump wanted “a Kim Jong Un
    moment” where Iran’s Supreme Leader came to the table and made an
    eleventh-
    hour deal, but that he made the decision to move forward with an
    attack when
    it was clear that would not happen.

        Behar serious questions why Trump didn’t tell the Iranians he was >>     going to bomb their nuclear weapons enrichment facility:

        Behar: So, why did he keep it a secret for the surprise version?
        pic.twitter.com/RcCwemhuc6

        — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 23, 2025

    “So, why did he keep it a secret — a surprise version?” Behar asked, >> apparently questioning why Trump did not broadcast his plans to attack
    prior
    to execution.

    Karl said it was “absolutely a diversion,” adding, “all indications
    were that
    the B-2s were flying towards Guam, everybody thought, okay, we’re
    getting in
    position to be ready. They wanted to have some element of surprise.”


    You've got to feel sorry for the legacy media in the wake of Trump's
    apparent success in taking Iran down a peg or two. You just KNOW they
    want to continue "the Resistance" but they're really struggling to find something to criticize. The best they can do is react to him saying
    "fuck" in front of their media colleagues and raising questions about
    just how effective the bunker-busters were. Joy Behar's claim that Trump wasn't being nice because he failed to telegraph the attack by the B2's
    is a particularly desperate attempt to find something - ANYTHING - that
    will resonate with their leftist compatriots.

    My perception is that Americans are VERY happy that someone has finally
    done something about a regime that has been screaming "Death to
    America!" and "Death to Israel" for over 40 years and that has supported
    its rhetoric by many fatal attacks on Americans and Israelis over those years.

    Personally, I'd like to see America and Israel do everything they can to
    help the many, many enemies of the Iranian theocracy overthrow their oppressors, including supplying small arms if necessary, to enable them
    to overcome the regime's defenders in the IRGC. The vast majority of
    Iranians want the current regime gone and Israel has tried to help by eliminating as many top IRGC people as possible but they may need still
    more help so that should be provided. I feel sure the fanatics defending
    the regime will melt away like Assad's defenders did when push comes to shove. Then Iran can do a massive reset to get back on track as a
    prosperous and Western-friendly nation.

    This American is very *un*happy that -- across the board -- we have no
    idea who, if anyone, is telling the truth about the bombing's effect.

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  • From Rhino@21:1/5 to Ubiquitous on Wed Jun 25 12:16:26 2025
    XPost: alt.tv.the-view, alt.stupidity

    On 2025-06-25 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
    “The View” host Joy Behar complained about President Donald Trump’s decision
    to strike Iranian nuclear sites, first objecting to the fact that he did not exhaust the two week window he’d set for such an attack, and then to the fact
    that he had not warned Iran ahead of time that he planned to carry out the attacks.

    Behar addressed the topic on Monday’s broadcast of the midday talk show, along with her regular cohosts — and ABC News chief Washington correspondent
    Jonathan Karl pushed back when she suggested that the Trump administration had been out of line in attacking the Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities.

    “So on Thursday, the White House said that Trump was going to make a decision
    on Iran in the next two weeks, that’s what he said, remember that?” Behar began. “Okay, he was going to give diplomatic negotiations more time to play
    out. And then less than 48 hours later, this attack was underway. So what changed and what was he actually trying to accomplish here?”

    “Look, the two weeks measure was clearly a little bit of a head fake,” Karl
    replied. “I mean, not entirely. I wouldn’t say the decision was finally made.
    All indications are he didn’t actually make the decision to so-called pull the trigger until Saturday … and then the attack commenced.”

    Karl went on to say that he really believed Trump wanted “a Kim Jong Un moment” where Iran’s Supreme Leader came to the table and made an eleventh-
    hour deal, but that he made the decision to move forward with an attack when it was clear that would not happen.

    Behar serious questions why Trump didn’t tell the Iranians he was
    going to bomb their nuclear weapons enrichment facility:

    Behar: So, why did he keep it a secret for the surprise version?
    pic.twitter.com/RcCwemhuc6

    — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 23, 2025

    “So, why did he keep it a secret — a surprise version?” Behar asked, apparently questioning why Trump did not broadcast his plans to attack prior to execution.

    Karl said it was “absolutely a diversion,” adding, “all indications were that
    the B-2s were flying towards Guam, everybody thought, okay, we’re getting in
    position to be ready. They wanted to have some element of surprise.”


    You've got to feel sorry for the legacy media in the wake of Trump's
    apparent success in taking Iran down a peg or two. You just KNOW they
    want to continue "the Resistance" but they're really struggling to find something to criticize. The best they can do is react to him saying
    "fuck" in front of their media colleagues and raising questions about
    just how effective the bunker-busters were. Joy Behar's claim that Trump
    wasn't being nice because he failed to telegraph the attack by the B2's
    is a particularly desperate attempt to find something - ANYTHING - that
    will resonate with their leftist compatriots.

    My perception is that Americans are VERY happy that someone has finally
    done something about a regime that has been screaming "Death to
    America!" and "Death to Israel" for over 40 years and that has supported
    its rhetoric by many fatal attacks on Americans and Israelis over those
    years.

    Personally, I'd like to see America and Israel do everything they can to
    help the many, many enemies of the Iranian theocracy overthrow their oppressors, including supplying small arms if necessary, to enable them
    to overcome the regime's defenders in the IRGC. The vast majority of
    Iranians want the current regime gone and Israel has tried to help by eliminating as many top IRGC people as possible but they may need still
    more help so that should be provided. I feel sure the fanatics defending
    the regime will melt away like Assad's defenders did when push comes to
    shove. Then Iran can do a massive reset to get back on track as a
    prosperous and Western-friendly nation.


    --
    Rhino

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  • From shawn@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jun 25 12:34:37 2025
    On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:16:26 -0400, Rhino
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 2025-06-25 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
    “The View” host Joy Behar complained about President Donald Trump’s decision
    to strike Iranian nuclear sites, first objecting to the fact that he did not >> exhaust the two week window he’d set for such an attack, and then to the fact
    that he had not warned Iran ahead of time that he planned to carry out the >> attacks.

    Behar addressed the topic on Monday’s broadcast of the midday talk show, >> along with her regular cohosts — and ABC News chief Washington correspondent
    Jonathan Karl pushed back when she suggested that the Trump administration >> had been out of line in attacking the Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities. >>
    “So on Thursday, the White House said that Trump was going to make a decision
    on Iran in the next two weeks, that’s what he said, remember that?” Behar
    began. “Okay, he was going to give diplomatic negotiations more time to play
    out. And then less than 48 hours later, this attack was underway. So what
    changed and what was he actually trying to accomplish here?”

    “Look, the two weeks measure was clearly a little bit of a head fake,” Karl
    replied. “I mean, not entirely. I wouldn’t say the decision was finally made.
    All indications are he didn’t actually make the decision to so-called pull >> the trigger until Saturday … and then the attack commenced.”

    Karl went on to say that he really believed Trump wanted “a Kim Jong Un
    moment” where Iran’s Supreme Leader came to the table and made an eleventh-
    hour deal, but that he made the decision to move forward with an attack when >> it was clear that would not happen.

    Behar serious questions why Trump didn’t tell the Iranians he was
    going to bomb their nuclear weapons enrichment facility:

    Behar: So, why did he keep it a secret for the surprise version?
    pic.twitter.com/RcCwemhuc6

    — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 23, 2025

    “So, why did he keep it a secret — a surprise version?” Behar asked, >> apparently questioning why Trump did not broadcast his plans to attack prior >> to execution.

    Karl said it was “absolutely a diversion,” adding, “all indications were that
    the B-2s were flying towards Guam, everybody thought, okay, we’re getting in
    position to be ready. They wanted to have some element of surprise.”


    You've got to feel sorry for the legacy media in the wake of Trump's
    apparent success in taking Iran down a peg or two. You just KNOW they
    want to continue "the Resistance" but they're really struggling to find >something to criticize. The best they can do is react to him saying
    "fuck" in front of their media colleagues and raising questions about
    just how effective the bunker-busters were. Joy Behar's claim that Trump >wasn't being nice because he failed to telegraph the attack by the B2's
    is a particularly desperate attempt to find something - ANYTHING - that
    will resonate with their leftist compatriots.

    I wouldn't say he took Iran down at all. They and everyone else knew
    their military couldn't stand up to the American, let alone the
    Israeli. So everyone knew that if America decided to attack there
    wasn't much to be done to try to stop them.

    However, it's also been reported that for the past few weeks there
    were cargo trucks visiting each of the enrichment sites. The sort that
    would be used to move the enriched uranium. These trucks then went off
    to other sites where the contents were unloaded. So in all likelihood,
    at best, we destroyed the equipment used to enrich the uranium.

    The experts are also saying this likely delayed the Iranians by about
    3 to 4 months. Lastly from what I'm hearing reported it's not clear
    what damage, if any, was actually done to the equipment in the major
    site. We definitely did damage to the outside but the reports where of
    no major rescue efforts. The sort one might expect if we did the sort
    of damage the military was going for.

    My perception is that Americans are VERY happy that someone has finally
    done something about a regime that has been screaming "Death to
    America!" and "Death to Israel" for over 40 years and that has supported
    its rhetoric by many fatal attacks on Americans and Israelis over those >years.

    Sure, it's a feel good moment. Much like the attack on Iraq. The
    problem and question is, what happens next. My thought is that this
    will convince Iraq to push forward with building an actual nuclear
    weapon. That would lead other nations, including the USA, to be more
    cautious when dealing with Iraq.

    Personally, I'd like to see America and Israel do everything they can to
    help the many, many enemies of the Iranian theocracy overthrow their >oppressors, including supplying small arms if necessary, to enable them
    to overcome the regime's defenders in the IRGC. The vast majority of
    Iranians want the current regime gone and Israel has tried to help by >eliminating as many top IRGC people as possible but they may need still
    more help so that should be provided. I feel sure the fanatics defending
    the regime will melt away like Assad's defenders did when push comes to >shove. Then Iran can do a massive reset to get back on track as a
    prosperous and Western-friendly nation.

    Sounds nice but how often has that worked out for the best? It seems
    like everything we try to do militarily in the Middle East fails to
    achieve any long term success. At best we achieve short term goals
    like bombing a location or killing a leader, but nothing lasting.
    Bombed sites get rebuilt and new leaders rise to power, but nothing
    really seems to change. I don't know what the right move is. Maybe the
    best we can hope for is to keep the pot from boiling over?

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  • From Ubiquitous@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Jun 26 04:30:47 2025
    XPost: alt.tv.the-view, alt.stupidity

    In article <103h7cr$2s8jt$[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
    On 2025-06-25 4:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

    “The View” host Joy Behar complained about President Donald Trump's decision
    to strike Iranian nuclear sites, first objecting to the fact that he did not >> exhaust the two week window he'd set for such an attack, and then to the fact
    that he had not warned Iran ahead of time that he planned to carry out the >> attacks.

    Behar addressed the topic on Monday's broadcast of the midday talk show,
    along with her regular cohosts — and ABC News chief Washington correspondent
    Jonathan Karl pushed back when she suggested that the Trump administration >> had been out of line in attacking the Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities. >>
    “So on Thursday, the White House said that Trump was going to make a decision
    on Iran in the next two weeks, that's what he said, remember that?” Behar >> began. “Okay, he was going to give diplomatic negotiations more time to play
    out. And then less than 48 hours later, this attack was underway. So what
    changed and what was he actually trying to accomplish here?”

    “Look, the two weeks measure was clearly a little bit of a head fake,” Karl
    replied. “I mean, not entirely. I wouldn't say the decision was finally made.
    All indications are he didn't actually make the decision to so-called pull >> the trigger until Saturday … and then the attack commenced.”

    Karl went on to say that he really believed Trump wanted “a Kim Jong Un
    moment” where Iran's Supreme Leader came to the table and made an eleventh-
    hour deal, but that he made the decision to move forward with an attack when >> it was clear that would not happen.

    Behar serious questions why Trump didn't tell the Iranians he was
    going to bomb their nuclear weapons enrichment facility:

    Behar: So, why did he keep it a secret for the surprise version?
    pic.twitter.com/RcCwemhuc6

    — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 23, 2025

    “So, why did he keep it a secret — a surprise version?” Behar asked, >> apparently questioning why Trump did not broadcast his plans to attack prior >> to execution.

    Karl said it was “absolutely a diversion,” adding, “all indications were
    that
    the B-2s were flying towards Guam, everybody thought, okay, we're getting in >> position to be ready. They wanted to have some element of surprise.”


    You've got to feel sorry for the legacy media in the wake of Trump's
    apparent success in taking Iran down a peg or two. You just KNOW they
    want to continue "the Resistance" but they're really struggling to find >something to criticize. The best they can do is react to him saying
    "fuck" in front of their media colleagues and raising questions about
    just how effective the bunker-busters were. Joy Behar's claim that Trump >wasn't being nice because he failed to telegraph the attack by the B2's
    is a particularly desperate attempt to find something - ANYTHING - that
    will resonate with their leftist compatriots.

    My perception is that Americans are VERY happy that someone has finally
    done something about a regime that has been screaming "Death to
    America!" and "Death to Israel" for over 40 years and that has supported
    its rhetoric by many fatal attacks on Americans and Israelis over those >years.

    Personally, I'd like to see America and Israel do everything they can to
    help the many, many enemies of the Iranian theocracy overthrow their >oppressors, including supplying small arms if necessary, to enable them
    to overcome the regime's defenders in the IRGC. The vast majority of
    Iranians want the current regime gone and Israel has tried to help by >eliminating as many top IRGC people as possible but they may need still
    more help so that should be provided. I feel sure the fanatics defending
    the regime will melt away like Assad's defenders did when push comes to >shove. Then Iran can do a massive reset to get back on track as a
    prosperous and Western-friendly nation.

    Democrats hate President Trump more than they love America.

    --
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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Jun 26 11:36:48 2025
    On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:34:37 -0400, shawn
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    The experts are also saying this likely delayed the Iranians by about
    3 to 4 months. Lastly from what I'm hearing reported it's not clear
    what damage, if any, was actually done to the equipment in the major
    site. We definitely did damage to the outside but the reports where of
    no major rescue efforts. The sort one might expect if we did the sort
    of damage the military was going for.

    If what was said on the news I watched was true ("if") then Iran has
    enough enriched uranium for roughly 10 bombs. Were 10 nukes to get
    through Israeli defences, that would be enough to end Israel as we
    know it.

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Jun 26 11:34:01 2025
    On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:16:26 -0400, Rhino
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    You've got to feel sorry for the legacy media in the wake of Trump's
    apparent success in taking Iran down a peg or two. You just KNOW they
    want to continue "the Resistance" but they're really struggling to find >something to criticize. The best they can do is react to him saying
    "fuck" in front of their media colleagues and raising questions about
    just how effective the bunker-busters were. Joy Behar's claim that Trump >wasn't being nice because he failed to telegraph the attack by the B2's
    is a particularly desperate attempt to find something - ANYTHING - that
    will resonate with their leftist compatriots.

    To me that moment was the only really surprising moment of the clip -
    I'd be surprised if ANYBODY on Capitol Hill doesn't KNOW the word,
    just that it's been a long time (probably the Watergate tapes) when it
    was actually spoken into a live mike.

    As for Joy, deliberately blowing surprise is the sort of thing that
    gets your own troops killed - why would Trump be favorable to THAT?!?

    My perception is that Americans are VERY happy that someone has finally
    done something about a regime that has been screaming "Death to
    America!" and "Death to Israel" for over 40 years and that has supported
    its rhetoric by many fatal attacks on Americans and Israelis over those >years.

    Personally, I'd like to see America and Israel do everything they can to
    help the many, many enemies of the Iranian theocracy overthrow their >oppressors, including supplying small arms if necessary, to enable them
    to overcome the regime's defenders in the IRGC. The vast majority of
    Iranians want the current regime gone and Israel has tried to help by >eliminating as many top IRGC people as possible but they may need still
    more help so that should be provided. I feel sure the fanatics defending
    the regime will melt away like Assad's defenders did when push comes to >shove. Then Iran can do a massive reset to get back on track as a
    prosperous and Western-friendly nation.

    Amen to that.

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  • From shawn@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 26 17:56:47 2025
    On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:36:48 -0700, The Horny Goat <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:34:37 -0400, shawn
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    The experts are also saying this likely delayed the Iranians by about
    3 to 4 months. Lastly from what I'm hearing reported it's not clear
    what damage, if any, was actually done to the equipment in the major
    site. We definitely did damage to the outside but the reports where of
    no major rescue efforts. The sort one might expect if we did the sort
    of damage the military was going for.

    If what was said on the news I watched was true ("if") then Iran has
    enough enriched uranium for roughly 10 bombs. Were 10 nukes to get
    through Israeli defences, that would be enough to end Israel as we
    know it.

    But Israel would respond in kind. Also ten anything isn't getting
    through Israel's current shield. The issue is that if Iran had nukes
    would Israel ever dare to attack Iran for fear of their use of nukes?

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to shawn on Fri Jun 27 00:25:35 2025
    shawn <[email protected]> wrote:
    Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:36:48 -0700, The Horny Goat <[email protected]>:
    Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:34:37 -0400, shawn <[email protected]>:

    The experts are also saying this likely delayed the Iranians by about
    3 to 4 months. Lastly from what I'm hearing reported it's not clear
    what damage, if any, was actually done to the equipment in the major >>>site. We definitely did damage to the outside but the reports where of
    no major rescue efforts. The sort one might expect if we did the sort
    of damage the military was going for.

    If what was said on the news I watched was true ("if") then Iran has
    enough enriched uranium for roughly 10 bombs. Were 10 nukes to get
    through Israeli defences, that would be enough to end Israel as we
    know it.

    But Israel would respond in kind. Also ten anything isn't getting
    through Israel's current shield. The issue is that if Iran had nukes
    would Israel ever dare to attack Iran for fear of their use of nukes?

    Iran's proxies routinely attack Israel. Being a nuclear power fails to
    deter attacks. That's not what nuclear weapons are for.

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  • From Ubiquitous@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Jun 27 04:30:44 2025
    XPost: alt.tv.the-view, alt.stupidity

    In article <103h8u2$2smrh$[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
    On 6/25/2025 12:16 PM, Rhino wrote:

    You've got to feel sorry for the legacy media in the wake of Trump's
    apparent success in taking Iran down a peg or two. You just KNOW they
    want to continue "the Resistance" but they're really struggling to find
    something to criticize. The best they can do is react to him saying
    "fuck" in front of their media colleagues and raising questions about
    just how effective the bunker-busters were. Joy Behar's claim that Trump
    wasn't being nice because he failed to telegraph the attack by the B2's
    is a particularly desperate attempt to find something - ANYTHING - that
    will resonate with their leftist compatriots.

    My perception is that Americans are VERY happy that someone has finally
    done something about a regime that has been screaming "Death to
    America!" and "Death to Israel" for over 40 years and that has supported
    its rhetoric by many fatal attacks on Americans and Israelis over those
    years.

    Personally, I'd like to see America and Israel do everything they can to
    help the many, many enemies of the Iranian theocracy overthrow their
    oppressors, including supplying small arms if necessary, to enable them
    to overcome the regime's defenders in the IRGC. The vast majority of
    Iranians want the current regime gone and Israel has tried to help by
    eliminating as many top IRGC people as possible but they may need still
    more help so that should be provided. I feel sure the fanatics defending
    the regime will melt away like Assad's defenders did when push comes to
    shove. Then Iran can do a massive reset to get back on track as a
    prosperous and Western-friendly nation.

    This American is very *un*happy that -- across the board -- we have no
    idea who, if anyone, is telling the truth about the bombing's effect.

    Perhaps you need to expand your sources of information, because I know.

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