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2025-02-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Trump orders Iran to be ‘obliterated’ if it kills him, but open to meeting its leader

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Posted by trailing wife 2025-02-05 2025-02-05 03:43|| || Front Page|| [10327 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Trump is using very imprecise language in a matter of utmost importance.

A President can not issue binding orders to his successor.

Should Iran stage a deadly attack the highest ranking survivor in the line of succession would be the successor President with all powers, immediately.

A logical move to bolster deterrence would be to issue a joint declaration of all persons in the line of succession that they will order an overwhelming and devastating retaliatory strike if Iran attacks not only the US government but the US in general.

This should normally go without saying but after 9/11 this isn't true anymore.

As for the meeting, I'd hope it would be in the spirit of this:

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-02-05 22:02|| 2025-02-05 22:02|| Front Page Top

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