“We expect casualties with something like this,” the president said. “We have three, but we expect casualties - but in the end it’s going to be a great deal for the world.”
Not the phrasing I would have chosen, but it sounds like he means “a great deal of good” as in “We’ve done a great deal to help.”
With that said, any President has to weigh the costs and benefits in lives of military action - it would be crude to explicitly say that some number of soldiers’ lives is a favorable exchange for a military objective, but it’s essential to do that math in private.
Not sure why you’re bending over backwards to extend such grace to trump. He called them suckers and losers in his first term, and it should be obvious he means a deal as in extracting wealth by way of invasion. Mostly for oil companies but surely for trump personally as well. Have you been paying any attention for the past 10 years?
I’m with you on this. Trump is human garbage, and his war with Iran is a terrible decision, but the idea that we sometimes have to trade lives for the greater good (whether or not we agree that the trade is worth it in this particular instance) is not new. Outrage is better spent on the war itself, not his stupid choice of words.
That’s not quite that what the said.
Not the phrasing I would have chosen, but it sounds like he means “a great deal of good” as in “We’ve done a great deal to help.”
With that said, any President has to weigh the costs and benefits in lives of military action - it would be crude to explicitly say that some number of soldiers’ lives is a favorable exchange for a military objective, but it’s essential to do that math in private.
Boot polish is toxic, but you do you.
Not sure why you’re bending over backwards to extend such grace to trump. He called them suckers and losers in his first term, and it should be obvious he means a deal as in extracting wealth by way of invasion. Mostly for oil companies but surely for trump personally as well. Have you been paying any attention for the past 10 years?
You must be buff as hell with all those mental gymnastics.
If he didn’t refer to every single foreign policy interaction ever as a “deal” you might be on to something. But you’re not.
This war is going to get the best “ratings”
He fancies himself a great businessman; a deal maker. There is no chance he meant a great deal of good for the world.
I’m with you on this. Trump is human garbage, and his war with Iran is a terrible decision, but the idea that we sometimes have to trade lives for the greater good (whether or not we agree that the trade is worth it in this particular instance) is not new. Outrage is better spent on the war itself, not his stupid choice of words.