# Iran -- you better watch yourself! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 1, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776 "2017-02-01T21:45:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/41 "2017-02-02T02:55:09Z")
> [@Blinkyandpinky](#): > > I am glad that the current admin is putting Iran in their place unlike the previous incompetents who were Iran’s enablers. Maybe next time the Iranians do something bad, Steve Bannon can go make a public statement calling the Ayatollah a “big poo-poo head who has butt cooties” and you’ll cheer that Trump is really sticking it to our enemies. Or maybe the response could just be a Tweet: “Iran is weak and sad. Sad!” That’ll send you into an orgasmic tizzy of hero worship. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/42 "2017-02-02T02:55:43Z")
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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/43 "2017-02-02T03:00:39Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > But if you’re actually looking for a serious response, I’d guess not putting up with any of those provocative bullshit Iran pulled, and got away with, while Obama was in office. I’m not going to say we’d never go to war with Iran (I doubt we will, but who knows?); I do expect Trump to be less willing to look the other way if Iran gets uppity. Thanks for the serious response, but what does any of it mean? “Not put up with it anymore?” “Won’t look the other way?” Are these vague statements now believed to be actions? I’m not kidding. I don’t get it. Is Trump going to start a real war because Iran, which probably has thousands of missiles, tests a new missile? Is Trump going to just talk tough, like Iran is Rosie O’Donnell? Is he going to start ignoring Iran like they are CNN or something? Tell me what “Trump has had enough of Iran” means in real terms. Nearest I can tell, he’s probably going to cut a deal with the Russians to keep Assad, the huge friend of Iran, in power. I seriously question whether he knows that Assad is very close with the Iranians. ---
**Author:** ![Blinkyandpinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Blinkyandpinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blinkyandpinky)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/44 "2017-02-02T03:03:02Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Or maybe the response could just be a Tweet: “Iran is weak and sad. Sad!” That’ll send you into an orgasmic tizzy of hero worship. You and others on this forum didn’t understand Trump at all during the campaign and it is quite apparent that you still don’t understand anything about him. They’ve now been put on notice. The next time will not be a notice anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/45 "2017-02-02T03:09:06Z")
My mental image of Blinkyandpinky. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wcW_Ygs6hm0/hqdefault.jpg "Major Kong Rides the Bomb") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcW_Ygs6hm0) ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/46 "2017-02-02T03:10:02Z")
> [@Blinkyandpinky](#): > > You and others on this forum didn’t understand Trump at all during the campaign and it is quite apparent that you still don’t understand anything about him. > > They’ve now been put on notice. The next time will not be a notice anymore. You apparently don’t understand him either, because you can’t explain it. Next time is going to be what, TRIPLE secret probation? ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/47 "2017-02-02T03:10:53Z")
[quote=“Buck\_Godot, post:45, topic:778776”] My mental image of Blinkyandpinky. [/QUOTE] No, he won’t be in any personal danger at all. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/48 "2017-02-02T03:12:21Z")
With Trump in office we’re all in danger, he just doesn’t realize it yet. ---
**Author:** ![Blinkyandpinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Blinkyandpinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blinkyandpinky)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/49 "2017-02-02T03:14:13Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > You apparently don’t understand him either, because you can’t explain it. Next time is going to be what, TRIPLE secret probation? There is nothing to explain. Nobody knows what specific events will occur in the future yet, but I do know that the response will not be Obamian, which is to say weak and do nothing, while rewarding the enemy. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/50 "2017-02-02T03:24:53Z")
Well, you’ve already established that you think “you’re on notice!” is a strong action, so I submit that you think everything that Trump does is strong. ---
**Author:** ![Blinkyandpinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Blinkyandpinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blinkyandpinky)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/51 "2017-02-02T03:31:00Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Well, you’ve already established that you think “you’re on notice!” is a strong action, so I submit that you think everything that Trump does is strong. Yes, I definitely do think that “you’re on notice!” which was said today is a strong and good action. It’s only the beginning, but the necessary warning was given, so now that’s out of the way. The near future will probably prove which one of us is correct. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/52 "2017-02-02T03:31:04Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > [http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/politics/michael-flynn-condemns-iran-actions/](http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/politics/michael-flynn-condemns-iran-actions/) Is that like the little old ladies and the “I unfriend you” thing? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/53 "2017-02-02T03:32:11Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Is this one of those things that they claim they’re doing because Obama was also planning to do it, or one of those things that they claim they’re doing because Obama didn’t do it years ago? Either way it’s Obama’s fault. ---
**Author:** ![Blinkyandpinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Blinkyandpinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blinkyandpinky)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/54 "2017-02-02T03:35:37Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Either way it’s Obama’s fault. Pretty much. Obama releasing all of that money to Iran and that foolish nuke deal is like the equivalent of sending cash and giving arms to Germany in 1938. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/55 "2017-02-02T03:39:18Z")
Yes, just like giving arms to Godwin – I mean Nazis – except for the small detail that nobody thinks that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon after the deal. ---
**Author:** ![Blinkyandpinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Blinkyandpinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blinkyandpinky)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/56 "2017-02-02T03:43:55Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > except for the small detail that nobody thinks that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon after the deal. I do. We’ll see who’s correct eventually. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/57 "2017-02-02T03:49:51Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Yes, just like giving arms to Godwin – I mean Nazis – except for the small detail that nobody thinks that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon after the deal. > [@Blinkyandpinky](#): > > **I do.** We’ll see who’s correct eventually. That’s because you a weak, scared little coward. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/58 "2017-02-02T04:05:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That’s because you a weak, scared little coward. Sad. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/59 "2017-02-02T04:13:23Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Trump scares me, but you scare me more. Did you have to? The idea that he actually managed to scare someone just gave Blinky the most powerful orgasm he’s had since last month, when he showed a Doberman whose boss by giving it the finger, from behind a fence. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776/60 "2017-02-02T04:14:29Z")
Bannon needs a war. It’s in the despot’s procedures manual. I think we just found out who it’s going to be against. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-you-better-watch-yourself/778776.md?page=4)