Trump's lost the war. Iran is calling the shots on oil and is flexing their muscle now to that end. The Middle East has never been anything but oil to the US. |
He topped out as a major |
At this rate the Trump administration will release the full unredacted Epstein files to distract from Iran. |
I don’t know. Without Kharg island can Iran generate enough revenue to support their military? This is hurting both Iran and the US. It’s a question of who crumbles first. |
It’s existential to Iran. That government is willing to undergo a lot more pain than the US is. And China and Iran will backstop them anyway. |
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| But they won't have nuclear weapons! |
Iran cannot survive without Kharg, but the thing is, they are willing to let their population starve, and they are willing to bring down the entire region's oil industry, until a diplomatic solution can be brokered by more powerful nations. The USA, with its soft citizenry unaccustomed to hardship, will raise political hell if prices rise a little. Midterms are looming and the White House has no margin to work with. So the US will cave first, and Iran will come out of this battered, with its regime still intact, some critical infrastructure destroyed, its people worse off than before, and a generation of budding terrorists who hate the US. The only silver lining is not for Iran, but for the Democrats, who will win the midterms. |
Me again. Of course, no matter the reality on the ground, Trump will declare victory, Fox News will declare victory and the MAGA base will believe it's a victory. But the White House is losing the critical section of Independent/moderates/soft GOP voters who don't rely only on Fox for their news. |
Are we going to be able to have the midterms with these lawless psychopaths in power? We’ve seen how far they’ve been willing to go just for a distraction. |
Elections are administered by states, counties and cities, not the federal government. will ICE be dispatched to cause distruptions? Yes. But the elections will happen. Certifications and seating newly elected officials, will be another hurdle. |
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Trump's unhinged truth social is showing total desperation.
The big winner here is Russia and to a lesser extent, Ukraine. |
So, no change? Billions of dollars, loss of innocent lives, and an unquantifiable loss of international respect, all to end up where we started? Lmao. What a embarrassing exercise this all is. |
Really you think it is the Iranian choice? Israel and the US have done this. Iran was the rational actor. The Iranians have avoid war for 45 years. There was absolutely nothing Iran could have done to avoid this. Israel psychotic obsession on turning every country in the Middle East in to a pile of rubble is what caused this. If Iranian port facilities are destroyed they will take out all of the other port facilities in the gulf. This will drive oil above $200 and keep it there for years. How is Israel going to function with $200 a barrel oil? F Israel! |
Putin first, always. |