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I'm getting really nervous (Original Post) cilla4progress Feb 2017 OP
Hah ... cilla4progress Feb 2017 #1
I'm going to encourage my 24 year old daughter cilla4progress Feb 2017 #2
Agreed. 4 years should be a good amount of time. sarcasmo Feb 2017 #29
Sorry. Freaking out. cilla4progress Feb 2017 #3
I hear you, Cilla IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #4
I am very glad I don't have children. roamer65 Feb 2017 #8
Me too. What Is Going On Feb 2017 #5
If they don't have them, I'd recommend they both get passports BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #7
They have passports. What Is Going On Feb 2017 #10
Yes, that would be the tricky part BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #12
The country will not swallow a war with Iran. roamer65 Feb 2017 #6
You should be nervous bathroommonkey76 Feb 2017 #9
I doubt we'd do the attacking on Iran. It would probably be Israel underpants Feb 2017 #11
I agree cilla4progress Feb 2017 #15
We are the Israelis biggest ally. bathroommonkey76 Feb 2017 #17
Good point underpants Feb 2017 #22
Congress would never go for it. Charles Bukowski Feb 2017 #13
I think cilla4progress Feb 2017 #16
Trump could start a war with Iran without Congress. no_hypocrisy Feb 2017 #25
Which is why I fully expect a Reichstag Fire within the first year of tRump's reign. I Grown2Hate Feb 2017 #27
Why - are they warming up all their aircraft carriers? Their ballistic missle subs? jmg257 Feb 2017 #14
For the war on China (200 million man plus military and nuclear missiles that can reach the USA) workinclasszero Feb 2017 #18
Yep - no doubt. China I'd be nervous. jmg257 Feb 2017 #19
wait till he gets to north korea....can't wait for those egos to 'meet' spanone Feb 2017 #20
It's his plan to "unite" the country. briv1016 Feb 2017 #21
And suspend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights workinclasszero Feb 2017 #23
Straits of Hormuz then South China Sea. gordianot Feb 2017 #24
Haven't researched their armed forces in a few years Nwgirl503 Feb 2017 #26
I feel ya! My son is only 9 but my first thoughts when tRump OhioBlue Feb 2017 #28
I feel you too Nwgirl503 Feb 2017 #30

IamFortunesFool

(348 posts)
4. I hear you, Cilla
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 08:14 PM
Feb 2017

I am terrified of the world my daughters will inherit. They are 12 and 6, and the whole world is falling apart before they even have a chance to explore it.

What Is Going On

(30 posts)
10. They have passports.
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 08:36 PM
Feb 2017

A family member has a house in another country. My concern is knowing when it is time to leave.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
6. The country will not swallow a war with Iran.
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 08:26 PM
Feb 2017

A false flag won't work either. People will blame Dump due to his laxed attitude toward intelligence.

 

bathroommonkey76

(3,827 posts)
9. You should be nervous
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 08:35 PM
Feb 2017

Iran has been trying to provoke the US for the past few months. Our Navy even fired warning shots at Iranian vessels in early January.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/09/politics/us-iran-warning-shots/

Don't be shocked if some type of event with them happens in the coming weeks.

underpants

(182,830 posts)
11. I doubt we'd do the attacking on Iran. It would probably be Israel
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 08:36 PM
Feb 2017

Which would be a whole shitstorm.

What worries me is that we are incredibly vulnerable right now. There is still good control over the military and the security apparatus is in good standing but our command is in bad shape. I mean that from an organizational sense. They are in complete disarray and really have no idea what they are doing.

cilla4progress

(24,736 posts)
15. I agree
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 08:49 PM
Feb 2017

we are extremely weak and vulnerable right now, and there are those who wish to take advantage of it, and are smart and powerful enought to do it. Including Iran.

 

bathroommonkey76

(3,827 posts)
17. We are the Israelis biggest ally.
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 08:50 PM
Feb 2017

Do you think we'd sit on the sidelines watching them bomb Tehran?

Let's just hope this doesn't happen to one of our Navy ships-- What do you think Trump's response would be?

On Monday, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels off the coast of Yemen launched an attack on a Saudi Arabian naval vessel using suicide boats, or fast-attack craft laden with explosives.

According to Lawrence Brennan, a Fordham University maritime law professor and former US Navy commander, "This attack is likely to impact US naval operations and rules of engagement in nearby waters."

2016 saw a significant spike in the number of incidents at sea between the US Navy and fast-attack craft of the Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, at least one of which required the US Navy to open fire with warning shots.

Meanwhile, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen had a blockbuster 2016, using an anti-ship missile to hit an Emirati naval vessel and then firing a salvo of missiles at US Navy ships in October.


http://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-iran-houthi-suicide-boat-attack-yemen-2017-2
 

Charles Bukowski

(1,132 posts)
13. Congress would never go for it.
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 08:42 PM
Feb 2017

The Iraq War fiasco is still fresh in the minds of Americans and Republicans were largely blamed for it. A war with Iran would be several magnitudes worse, and neither they nor Gump have the popularity GWB enjoyed in 2002.

no_hypocrisy

(46,130 posts)
25. Trump could start a war with Iran without Congress.
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 10:41 PM
Feb 2017

And by the time they could try to stop it, it can't be stopped.

Grown2Hate

(2,013 posts)
27. Which is why I fully expect a Reichstag Fire within the first year of tRump's reign. I
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 01:37 AM
Feb 2017

VERY much hope I'm wrong, but I've suspected something HORRIBLE will happen on US soil to give them their war (like a tactical nuke somewhere in SoCal). That's our WORST case scenario, as it would likely give them the excuse that they so desperately want.

I'm truly hoping, however, that their sheer ineptitude makes something like this impossible and that we can start climbing back out of this hole within the next 2-4 years. #RESIST

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
14. Why - are they warming up all their aircraft carriers? Their ballistic missle subs?
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 08:48 PM
Feb 2017

Their Strike Groups putting to sea now?

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
18. For the war on China (200 million man plus military and nuclear missiles that can reach the USA)
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 08:53 PM
Feb 2017

Will make a war with Iran look like a schoolyard dust up.

gordianot

(15,240 posts)
24. Straits of Hormuz then South China Sea.
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 10:03 PM
Feb 2017

Both are nightmares then stir up the nut in North Korea. Putin gets Central Europe. Industrial civilization is fragile. Why wait Trump is obviously mentally emotionally challenged.

Nwgirl503

(406 posts)
26. Haven't researched their armed forces in a few years
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 10:58 PM
Feb 2017

But last time I did, I got the distinct feeling that they were one of the countries we didn't wanna fuck with.

Having a 23 year old son, I wake up with panic attacks since the cheeto got elected. I don't want to seem unpatriotic, but I'll be God damned if I send my kid off to fight a war that this orange ass started over Twitter.

OhioBlue

(5,126 posts)
28. I feel ya! My son is only 9 but my first thoughts when tRump
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 01:42 AM
Feb 2017

was elected was 9 plus 8 years equals 17.... We could still be in his FUBAR wars when my kid reaches draft age.

Nwgirl503

(406 posts)
30. I feel you too
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 01:50 AM
Feb 2017

I'm researching my genealogy to maybe move and get citizenship in Germany. I can move and work wherever I want and make it work by moving around countries every 6 months (at least now) but if the draft is reinstated, there won't be much I can do to protect my son.

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