Everyone killed in this war is dying because of Epstein. This needs to be repeated often.

[NNadir]

[RockRaven]

1. Yup. Can't say it often enough: "Operation Epstein Fury"

[NNadir]

2. I like this locution, and with or without your permission, will steal it often.

[RockRaven]

6. By all means repeat it, as I am; I cannot claim credit for coining it.

[thucythucy]

3. Or Operation Epstein Distraction. nt

[WestMichRad]

4. Not sure I can agree with that conclusion

There are other fully plausible reasons, such as:
TSF is an ignoramus who ignores advice from experts, and has a bug up his ass about Iran supposedly becoming nuclear weapon capable;
it gives him the “national emergency” he seeks to give cover for trying to commandeer election protocols;
Distraction from our economy steadily sliding into the toilet.

But I’ll readily agree that this war crap has taken the media’s eyes almost entirely off the corruption and criming documented in the Epstein files. I made a quick spot survey of a few sources (The Guardian, The Independent, MSNBC and a couple others) and found nearly nothing related to Epstein, other than a couple old items about Bill Clinton’s testimony in front of a house committee.

[NNadir]

11. The reasons you mention are relatively minor by comparison in my opinion. He has always been an ignoramus...

...for instance, but never attacked Iran.

The "National Emergency" isn't going to wash, and if it were, it would only be close to election day, not months earlier.

[WestMichRad]

12. Attempting to steal the election to keep unrestrained power is minor?

Uh, okay. We’ll have to disagree on that point.


As for timing, many things they’re trying to do are an attempt to build a system to steal the election. And it seems like they’re going about it haphazardly, otherwise many of these things would be pulled out of their magic bag of tricks at the last moment. My guess is that their “planning” is more like throwing stuff on the wall to see what sticks, more than following a strategy.

[NNadir]

13. I did not say that attempting to steal an election is a minor point. What I said is that the attack on Iran was not...

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...motivated by this reason at this time.

To me, it is a rare case where his efforts at criminal behavior have had the desired effect; Epstein is off the front pages.

[SheltieLover]

5. Trumpstein.

[bluestarone]

7. Military will not save us.

We need to believe this.

[malaise]

8. and

Big oil

[themaguffin]

9. absolutely

[stopdiggin]

10. just can't agree. the world (not even Trump's world) does not revolve

around Epstein. It's just way to simplistic - and myopic - to entertain in any meaningful way.
(with a rabbit hole near at hand)

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[NNadir]

16. Well, my opinion is that the orange pedophile is a simpleton. Expecting anything representing sophistication...

...from that uneducated dementia victim is giving it too much credit.

I stand by my claim.

[stopdiggin]

17. will will agree substantially on the limited capacity (as well as quality) you point to.

But that still leaves a long way toward establishing the rather overreaching claim - that this is the 'single' issue driving all else before it.

[irisblue]

14. Don't get distracted