Obviously not, but his pissy one-sided hyperbole irritates me.
I would have left that alone.
Youâre probably right.
Just because you donât like it doesnât mean its bad.
If european elitists donât like the USâs will to self determine thats their problem. Kier Starmer, Antonio Guterres and Klaus Schwabb can all go suck each others dicks.
Oh, look its the weird little gooner come to visit for his daily- what ever the hell it is? Goon fuel?
Thereâs nothing hyperbolic about the comparison, especially when you consider how small of a geographic area the really dangerous parts of Chicago occupy. Iâm guessing you donât live in a war zone part of the city, but lots of people do and nobodyâs organizing nationwide protests for their conditions.
I donât follow Chicago news all that closely these days, but Iâm guessing that Illinois Democrats are very similar to Maine Democrats. Blame Trump nonstop, call him a fascist, a racist, a threat to âOur Democracyâ, and call everyone who doesnât share their hysterical beliefs the same. All while dominating state and local government and watching problems grow worse in their jurisdictions.
What I like or donât like is not important in this context.
I might be missing something, but Greenland or Iran werenât actually successes so far. I have a strong impression that Trump is a volatile leader who acts with very little planning.
Large scale massacres?
Majority of regular persons in Iran donât support the regime, so no, this was not a victory for them.
Iranâs military capabilities have taken a beating, true, but thatâs probably only thing US has achieved so far. Iranâs regime still stands, and thatâs a huge victory for them. Few martyrs in leadership wonât hurt it as much as we would like to think.
They will make this as a story of how they stood tall against evil US imperialists and survived. They did not really lost anything that they can not build up again. Also, if possible, they will be even more hostile towards US in the future.
US should not surrender the game so easily (or rather not start the war at all). But once it was on, US should have finished what it started. It would have cost lot more US lives and money, but now US kinda looks weak for certain parts of the world for giving up so easily. And Iran will take it as a victory.
Mar 3: âWe won the war.â
Mar 7: âWe defeated Iran.â
Mar 9: âWe must attack Iran.â âThe war is ending almost completely, and very beautifully.â
Mar 12: âWe did win, but we havenât won completely yet.â
Mar 13: âWe won the war.â
Mar 14: âPlease help us.â
Mar 15: âIf you donât help us, I will certainly remember it.â
Mar 16: âActually, we donât need any help at all.â âI was just testing to see whoâs listening to me.â âIf NATO doesnât help, they will suffer something very bad.â
Mar 17: âWe neither need nor want NATOâs help.â âI donât need Congressional approval to withdraw from NATO.â
Mar 18: âOur allies must cooperate in reopening the Strait of Hormuz.â
Mar 19: âUS allies need to get a grip -step up and help open the Strait of Hormuzâ
Mar 20: âNATO are cowards.â
Mar 21: âWe donât use it, we donât need to open it.â
Mar 22: âThis is the last time. I will give Iran 48 hours.â âIran is Deadâ
Mar 23: âWe are giving them more time.â
Mar 24: âThe war is nearing its end.â
Mar 25: âWe are still negotiating.â
Mar 26: âIran is begging for peace. They gave us a gift. We will give them more time.â
Mar 27: âTalks with iran are going very wellâ
Mar 28: âWar will be over soonâ
Mar 29: âMaybe we take Kharg island, maybe we dontâ
Mar 30: âOpen the Strait or we will obliterate all energy infrastructure and oil wellsâ
Mar 31: âWe dont need the strait, we got plenty of oil. Get it yourself UK.â
April 1: âIran wants a ceasefireâ / âStrongly considering pulling out of NATOâ / âThereâs no deal with Iranâ
April 3:âWe can take their oil and make a fortuneâ
April 5:âOpen the fuckin strait you crazy bastards or youll be living in hellâ
April 6:âUS could charge for strait of hormuz passageâ
April 7:âA whole civilization will die tonightâ
Now when you think of it. Properly planned operation would have involved taking and securing Hormuz immediately, so Iran could not use the blockade as a weapon.
Also,I think US had the perfect opportunity when there were âScarf rebellionsâ in 2022. But Biden did not act.
Aggressive support for rebellion and some bombing could have solved the situation and there would be western friendly government in Iran already.
Went to see them with my dad in '92 when they came to my city. Mark and the gang were firing on all cylinders. I was still in the 7th grade and it was my first ââbigââ concert. No photos but will never forget it.
Canât believe Iâm now 10 years older than my father was on that night. FuckâŠ
A ceasefire isnât a surrender or capitulation. Weâll know more about how it actually plays out in about two weeks or so. Iâd be surprised if Iran will still retains any ability to enrich uranium, and Iâd be surprised if they donât re-open the strait.
I realize that Trump can seem rather different to European observers compared to past Presidents, but thatâs what got him elected. To say he didnât have a plan seems to be at odds with what would appear to be one of the most lopsided and decisive military actions in history. Weâve got whole apparatuses whose job it is to make plans for every contingency you can imagine.
Iâm not sure there was any military way to decisively prevent something like mining the straights, but keeping that body of water closed also comes at tremendous cost to the Iranian regime. Itâs definitely high-stakes poker and we, the public, donât get to know all of the cards in play.
Biden had to be corralled by the Easter Bunny to prevent him from speaking. The Democratic Party is also very pro-Islamist, pro-socialist revolutionary, and pro anything that strategically weakens the USA and entrenches their own criminal schemes. Republicans have a problem with corruption, too, but Democrats are now an explicitly Marxist revolutionary organization, or at least all of their most prominent figures are. All of their actions make sense through that lens.
It is no coincidence that an open socialist revolutionary named Graham Platner is clobbering the old guard Janet Mills in the Democratic Senate Primary. He speaks the language of revolution, class warfare, and identity politics, and thatâs what the Democrats of today want to hear.
Hah! Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz again, since Israel kept on attacking Lebanon.
I guess we are still going. Maybe US can still overthrow the regime. If youâre ready for that, I mean. New prolonged war could be poison for Trumpâs approval rating.
I will repeat myself, but if Trump will end the islamic regime in Iran and support successfully the process for reasonable peace in Ukraine, Iâll take my hat off. But he still needs to prove that he can pull these off. Donât start stuff you canât finish. I thought Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq already taught that.
"The strikes killed 112 people and wounded 837 across the country, Lebanonâs health ministry said.
In Beirut, Reuters reporters saw people on motorcycles picking up wounded and transporting them to hospitals because there were not enough ambulances to get them in time. A group of firefighters worked to put out flames in a car park after one strike left more than a dozen cars scorched and mangled."
Israel doing war crimes should be no news to anyone.
I donât think there is a single nation in the middle east that would even wipe their ass with the Geneva Convention. But if they could turn it into a bomb⊠well, that would be something.
The only reason they even use the words âwar crimesâ is to appeal to westerners and continue doing what theyâre doing.
Me neither, and probably so. Iâm not an military expert, even though Iâve studied the subject a bit.
But to a layman the blockage of the strait seemed something US did not believe that would happen.
I dunno. US is generally quite strong and capable in the field. I can give several examples where US absolutely crushed the enemy with firepower/tech superiority. So in that sense Trumpâs military actions arenât unique.