“All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you…” - President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/aPYmL0qspa
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 31, 2026
March 31, 2026
"The hard part is done. Go get your own oil!"
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I voted for that.
Telling the leftist Jew-hating leftwing twats of leftist Islamic republic of UK to man-up? LOL.
Not going to happen.
Not a good look. I'm suffering from TFS: Trump Fatigue Syndrome
Libs: No blood for oil!
Trump: I agree!
Only complaint from me is that Iran has been "decimated." Pretty sure more than 10% has been destroyed.
Take some Aleve and hit the fainting couch, Luke.
I agree with the war aims and agree the EU has just sat it out. However, if we have plenty of oil. Why did it just cost $5 a gallon at costco to fill up? The we do not need the straight open seem a bit off to me. Oil prices are sky high and it will end up raising the cost of food and other items. Worth it to take out Iran. But it looks to me like we need the straight open too. I do not like paying 5 a gallon.
“Wot’s all dis den!?!?”
—— Herr Schtarmer
So...I'm guessing this means Donnie and his decrepit Biden-brain has no actual plan to reopen the strait and get America out of this mess.
Sounds like a quagmire. Who could have predicted this? Everyone except Liz Cheney, chicken-hawk Donald Trump, and weekend warrior frat boy Pete Hegseth.
Politics of who should do what aside, the easiest part has been done - bombing targets with no boots on the ground . The hard part would be doing a land invasion to secure the Staights of Hormuz.
koot - because you live in Newsum's CA?
I'm enjoying the taunting.
Don't stand there telling ME how make YOUR sandwich. Make it yourself, and then it will be perfect. You didn't even pitch in on the ingredients, slacker.
Trump's manifest strategy:
1. Put NATO on notice to follow its written promises
2. Force Europe to pay 2% of GDP for self defense
3. Let Ukraine twist, as it's a historical part of Russia
4. Facilitate US oil production
5. Free up Venezuela's oil
6. Create Iran trauma and a decision point
Stand back and watch Germany, Starmer, Spain and the crew figure it out. The perpetrators of WW1 and WW2 must rise from their knees to survive.
Watch who sides with US/Israel versus Iran for future Great Powers battles. "Coming soon."
Ripping the band-aid of Euro-dependency off. I very much voted for that.
If your allies are impotent, what worth do they have as allies?
Oil prices have been much higher in the recent past for no good reason. 20% higher gas prices is a lame reason to risk the inevitable death of millions in a much worse war. What do you think that would do to prices?
Hegseth claims regime change has been achieved. He'll probably announce tomorrow that hostilities have ended, then on Wednesday land the Marines on Kharg and say April Fools, Motherfuckers!!
YES "Not a good look. I'm suffering from TFS: Trump Fatigue Syndrome" And most of others up in here suffer DTS DERANGED TRUMP SYNDROME. Typical deal- screw it all up-look for someone to blame-and lie about a Victory! DTS DELUXE
Oil has a world price. Rare one place, rare everywhere. As the price goes up, additional production comes online until the price falls to match the cost of running the most recently opened producer.
High Noon
The mullah bully empathized with equity and inclusion.
The war is about the future, namely when Iran has nukes and missiles to reach the US and is just as crazy. A future to prevent, and Trump's preventing it now.
Some people hate Trump most when he tells them the truth. Personally, I find it refreshingly satisfying.
They believed they could abort their "burden", sequester her carbon pollutants, and have her, too. Maybe, baby, not. Tilting at wind turbines.
The 12th Imam will return and set the world right if it gets hopelessly screwed up, which is what Iran has in mind.
The trouble with Islam is that it has no future. It's aimed at perfecting the next world by any means. Democracy on the other hand, even when not living up to its promises, has promises, and they're promises in this world.
Awww, does the truth cause the EUweenies and other free riders butthurt? Boo freaking hoo. Time for them to pull their own weight for a change.
Why is oil so expensive per barrel now? Lloyd’s of London and the other six underwriters who decided to cancel all shipping insurance for vessels transiting the SoH. Without insurance they can’t dock or load or unload oil. Pakistani flagged ships are but not western countries’ vessels.
The 2008 oil price spike happened because the momentum investors misread one-time Chinese Olympic demand as a permanent need. Speculators pushed it -- oil prices were partly responsible for the housing bubble crash.
Given the breadth of oil production worldwide (N. America, S. America, N. Atlantic, Africa, Middle-East, Russia) plus green/electric systems built over the last 20 years, Iran stands to have a limited impact.
The democratic/dictatorial duality describes, envisions a method and madness of polyamorous, open relationships.
Amazing that people still can’t grasp that having so much oil doesn’t mean we control the market price per barrel. So add to the habit lefties have of pretending to not understand everyday things their insufferable ignorance of common knowledge, both of which make conversation quite pointless.
We have the oil, we need more refining capacity. We have the Green blight, we need less birds, bats, etc.
Saying this is good. Saying it is great, actually. But saying it in a post on Truth freakin' Social is downright cheesy.
Europe followed leftist policies, and now is amazed that America refuses to fund the BS anymore.
Both Dems and Repubs spent 4 decades showing a willingness to put on knee pads and service not only NATO, but Iran as well.
Trump is simply acting as a normal person would. That stuns the left, and the right.
Also phibro the trading arm of solomon bros
The bot armies push things that are verifiably not true
Traffic is going through the straits but slower
Cheesy sells
"A future to prevent, and Trump's preventing it now."
1) You get no credit for preventing something from happening.
2) They blame you for the cost, even when it's well worth it.
3) People will always claim it was never going to happen.
4) They will claim they had some other remedy never tested and often never revealed.
5) They will blame you for not preventing it if it does happens.
There are people who take responsibility and those who never do. Makers or takers. Builders or watchers. Leaders or followers. Indispensable or dead weight.
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...
Ripping the band-aid of Euro-dependency off.
Not exactly ripping the band-aid off. Europe has been hearing about this from Trump for ten years, and weak-tea hectoring from the US for longer than that.
Europe hasn't had to be serious for decades because we picked up the slack. Trump is being honest and forthright with them.
I don't mind $5 per gallon for gas if I know why it's happening.
rhhardin said...Oil has a world price. Rare one place, rare everywhere.
When people say the US doesn't need to Strait to open because no US oil comes through it and that as an energy exporting nation, higher energy prices are good for the US, it's only sort-of true. The US benefits from higher energy prices because domestic sales stay domestic and more money comes in from imports.
But you still pay more at the pump.
No blood for oil, right?
Not everything that drives markets makes sense. Like wheat sugar and gold petroleum is a commodity that is traded world wide. So overall world demand is driving the price up. The big demand right now is China and Europe.
The Great Reset isn't turning out like a lot of people thought it would.
We have often been forced to pay a premium on gasoline for no good reason or to nudge us into EVs with prices. At least now the price is understood to be underwriting the destruction of a terrorist state and terrorism supporter. I don’t mind. It’s a small price to bring peace to the most troubled region of the world.
The message: "The hard part is done. Go get your own oil!" would be a welcome announcement if Europe wasn't such a bunch of feckless pussies. They act like children.
Pretty astonishing statement considering who messed up the supply in the first place, but not unexpected. Basically another one out of the mob playbook; sabotage other suppliers so people have no choice but to buy from you. At this point it would be better if Trump stopped "being there for us". Seems the American public is thinking the same.
The Great Reset didn't result in "owning nothing and being happy." That was the last fantasy of 20th century globalist totalitarian utopians.
The Great Reset resulted in a return to routine Great Powers politics, and to strategies that follow Bronze Age politics of 3,000+ years ago. Plus nukes. Plus drones. Plus better bio weapons.
Wait a minute, I thought Europe wanted to go carbon free? They should be thrilled that the Strait is closed and all that nasty, evil petroleum is bottled up. Right?
Personally, I can't wait to see the German economy running 100% on wind, solar and maybe tidal power. Their future is so bright!
Isn’t the main reason we went into Venezuela and Iran because we have a major edge in large‑scale AI and we are using that to “game out” every aspect of the Trump Presidency?
Plus of course a top notch team of really smart people.
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...No blood for oil, right?
As Christopher Hitchens said about the Iraq war, "of course oil is worth going to war over. How irresponsible, how unserious, to pretend otherwise!"
"No blood for oil"
"No justice no peace"
"No Kings"
"Gays for Palestine"
No blood for water.
No blood for food.
No blood for medicine.
No blood for heat.
No blood for shelter.
No blood for commerce.
No blood for peace.
Also, as much as I have mixed feelings about The Donald, I find it very easy to understand why a lot of folks love him. He says what everybody knows to be true and nobody is willing to say. He's not diplomatic in the traditional sense. But after nearly four decades of mush-mouth BS from the West about the true state of global affairs, Trump just comes out and says it plainly.
“Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem”
Venezuela set up the sucker pitch, and the Big Doofus swung at it.
Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran -- as they say, the third time will be a charm.
One risk of Trump's approach is that Russian natural gas suddenly becomes a lot more attractive. Remember that part of the NordStream pipeline is still functional...
Winnie the pooh and the blustery trump. I have zero respect for Europe or the UK. They love war, Israel, and fighting Russia, and now they're screwed. Enjoy your energy crisis, losers.
Marco Rubio went on Stephanopoulos to remind everyone of what the American objectives were — and opening the Strait of Hormuz was not among them. We don’t need Persian Gulf oil. If other countries need that oil, then they can provide destroyers, frigates, and minesweepers to run convoys through the Strait.
“Hegseth claims regime change has been achieved.“
They're trying out the gaslighting victory lap.
(There is zero regime change.)
bagoh20 @ 9:28 Excellent. Thanks!
@Fredo, if you’re lurking, this is what I meant by Trump getting normal people. Starmer and the Brits seldom miss a chance to bash the US of A, but we’re supposed to use our navy to assure their oil supply?
Rubio:
“Without the United States, there is no NATO,” said Rubio. “An alliance has to be mutually beneficial. It cannot be a one-way street. Let’s hope we can fix it.”
EU is playing with fire in refusing to allow US access to their bases during this war.
(There is zero regime change.)
No? So the Iranians are running seances to get their orders from Ali Khamenei?
The world is just giving up cheap oil for Lent. Soon will be awash in $1.99 gasoline. And Iran is going to pay for it
Koot Katmandu said...
I agree with the war aims and agree the EU has just sat it out. However, if we have plenty of oil. Why did it just cost $5 a gallon at costco to fill up?
You must be one of the younger fellas. Don't remember 73? 79? long gas lines, when you were permitted to buy gas at all. Odd-even rationing
Yeah, gas is expensive, almost as expensive as during Biden. But did you have to wait in line to buy it?
John Henry
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Why did it just cost $5 a gallon at costco to fill up?
Unfortunately, most markets are truly global.
Everything is italic now
Most wars should be about the future but too many are stubbornly about the past.
"...Remember that part of the NordStream pipeline is still functional... ..."
My prediction: The damage to the Nordstream pipelines will be repaired and the pipelines recommissioned inside of 2 years, maybe sooner. I'd bet the replacement sections are already on the ground, it's always common to keep sections handy for repair operations, and they've had time to manufacture more. There are 4x 48" pipelines in total (2 each to I and II) and 3 are damaged.
Once the hostilities in Ukraine stop, there will be no reason for Russian sanctions on energy that is desperately needed, and now scarce.
Trump said...
"The hard part is done. Go get your own oil!"
I have a suggestion for you: Number 1, buy from the U.S., we have plenty, and Number 2, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT.
Just to clarify, I think Trump is saying "TAKE" the Strait, an international waterway, and re-open it.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
To turn off the italics, you have to stick a < / i > in your comment. (remove the spaces)
The strait of Hormuz is closed primarily because British (and other Euro) insurance companies refuse to sell insurance. Some of this is due to legitimate and unknown risk. But I suspect that some is due to politics.
US is going to start writing insurance any day now. I think when that happens the strait will open up again.
But I don't think Trump is in any hurry. I think he is demonstrating how impotent Europe is.
They claim they don't want to get involved. The truth is really more that they don't have anythng to get involved with.
Britain has 17 frigates and destroyers. 1, count em, one, is operational.
The rest of Europe is not much better.
John Henry
Years (maybe decades) ago, Canada wanted Canadians to pay less than the world price for oil so they imposed an "export tax." At, say, $50/bbl tax, a supplier could sell into the export market at say $100, paying $50 export tax yielding him $50 OR just sell domestically at $50 for the same return.
Think it worked pretty much as intended, favoring consumers over suppliers. What was unintended was the reduction in supplier investments in domestic production and the tax was repealed along with other aspects of their energy policy.
Re Kharg Island,
I don't see why we need to invade it. It's an island. If tankers can't dock, it is useless to anyone. Seems like it would be pretty easy to warn the world don't dock at Kharg. Then, if necessary, stand back and destroy the docks.
It occurred to me last night that they reason for the troop buildup is not to actually invade Kharg but to threaten to invade. Let Iran send troops and equipment to defend, then cut off resupply. No need to invade.
Also, I wonder how badly the Ford is damaged. They had a laundry room fire. And fire is serious on a ship but Ford still seems operational. I wonder if Trump is just playng ropa-dope with it?
John Henry
"Pretty astonishing statement considering who messed up the supply in the first place, but not unexpected."
So is it your position that the Pottery Barn doctrine applies and the U.S. owes it to Europe to go it alone at this point, whatever it takes to reopen the Strait?
We will really miss this guy when the Democrats take over and finish wrecking the country while Republicans pretend to oppose them and the commies and Muzzies lick their chops.
"“Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem”"
What do you have after you understand the problem, and what do you do with it?
US is going to start writing insurance any day now. I think when that happens the strait will open up again.
The government providing insurance to private companies. Aren't you the little socialist!
Lawcruiter is incorrect.
The Nord Stream pipelines are not pumping gas from Russia to Europe. Both pipelines (NS1 and NS2) have been inoperable since September 2022 following sabotage-related explosions in the Baltic Sea. Before the sabotage, Russia had already halted deliveries through Nord Stream 1.
Which leaves the who the worlds #1 exported of LNG (drumroll please)? The USA. We are the first country to surpass 100M MT and we did it last year thanks to the OBBB. Another advantage is our West coast ports are so much closer to Japan, Korea, China etc. than the Strait of Hormuz. Once those supply lines change they tend to stay with the new plan until it is disrupted.
FF surely you know we have maritime underwriters here.
Europe has shown itself to be nothing more than a paper kitten. They destroyed themselves with two world wars, we rebuilt and protected them afterward and they wasted the opportunity on socialism and pacifism. They faded into a tourist destination that immigration is now destroying. There will soon be nothing left of it, unless the people rise up and grab their balls back. It may be too late.
FF surely you know we have maritime underwriters here.
And just like the feckless Europeans, they are refusing to write policies too (or making them so expensive as to be prohibitive, which amounts to the same thing). Trump has floated the idea that the U.S. government will provide insurance.
"...Lawcruiter is incorrect..."
Actually, you both are correct. One of the 4 Nordstream pipelines is intact and undamaged, but is also not in use.
Just finishing up the briefing from this morning by keg's breath and raising Cane. The one thing that struck me with all the negative press that is occurring we're not hearing a lot about civilian casualties.
With the Nordstrom's pipeline down, the cost of Oxford cloth shirts has skyrocketed
No Russian gas is flowing through any Nordstream pipe to Europe.
ronetc said...
Only complaint from me is that Iran has been "decimated." Pretty sure more than 10% has been destroyed.
3/31/26, 8:57 AM
In 1014 after the Battle of Kleidion, victorious Byzantine emperor Basil had between 8 and 15 thousand Bulgarian prisoners assembled into groups of one hundred, and then had 99 of them blinded, leaving one with eyes to lead the 99 back to their homes in Bulgaria. According to legend, upon sight of his blinded army being led back to him, Hungarian king Samuel had a heart attack and died on the spot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kleidion#Prisoners
"What do you have after you understand the problem, and what do you do with it?"
Presidential power lies in persuasion, not command, and begins with asking the right questions. A serious president would question the war’s trajectory, the advisory process, and the potential for a second-order war with China. They would also consider the domestic sustainability of the war and the concessions needed for a negotiated end.
He would define a clear exit condition for any ground deployment: the specific, verifiable event that must occur before the last American soldier leaves. Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan all shared the same flaw—entry was planned, but exit was improvised. Most critically, he would demand the intelligence community’s best assessment of Iran’s actual breaking point: not Tehran’s public rhetoric, but the minimum the regime needs to survive politically and avoid the appearance of surrender. Without that knowledge, every negotiation is theater and every deadline is a bluff.
Bulgarian king Samuel...duh.
So thats where that comes from
Time to exit NATO, let the EU and GB sort out their economic woes and their military shortcomings on their own Eurodollar.
Dear friends living in Chicago North Shore suburbia are convinced their devout Moslem neighbors are covert sleeper cell. The men don't work; the women wear hajibs and rarely leave the house, the front door sign notes affiliation with the mullah, the Xmas tinkle-lights signal martyr code.
“Quagmire” is it DeeDee?
Giggity!
These Spanish corksoakers!!! There is NO excuse.
“ Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles confirmed the move, saying Spain has denied both airspace access and the use of joint U.S.-Spanish bases for any operations tied to the Iran conflict.
"This was made perfectly clear to the American military and forces from the very beginning," Robles said. "Neither the bases are authorized, nor, of course, is the use of Spanish airspace authorized for any actions related to the war in Iran."
Spain already had refused to allow U.S. forces to use the strategically critical Rota and Morón bases in southern Spain, installations long viewed as key hubs for American military operations into Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The expansion of that restriction to Spanish airspace effectively cuts off another logistical pathway for U.S. operations and signals that Madrid is willing to directly limit U.S. military movement despite its NATO membership.”
Little E, It's just silly that you think that has not all been done for the last 40 years by military planners over and over again every time some variable changes and every time someone new is in charge.
I guess you really imagine that Trump came in and pushed little boats around on a giant map with a stick and then knocked all the enemy boats off the table and yelled: "I sunk your battleship. We win!"
Like every President before him, Trump was shown scenarios and presented possibilities and risks with the current variables. They spent a lot of time on the data and where it came from. He just made a different choice than all the ones that got us here.
Tiny E®: come for the kak, stay for the unintended hilarity…
A serious president would force political and military advisors into the same room and demand straight answers: "If I declare victory next week and Iran’s behavior hasn’t materially changed, what happens over the following six months? What concessions to Iran would I have to make that I haven’t yet publicly ruled out? Is there a version of a deal that can be credibly presented as victory rather than retreat?"
Every war’s negotiated end involves unadvertised concessions. A president who hasn’t privately mapped them will be forced to discover them publicly, at the worst possible moment and with the least leverage. The Iranians, who have outlasted seven American presidents since 1979, understand this dynamic perfectly.
Finally, a serious president would ask the question that separates consequential leaders from cautionary tales. It is not about Iran, China, munitions, or polls. Lincoln asked it. Roosevelt asked it. Eisenhower asked it instinctively.
The question is simple: What decision am I about to make that my predecessors all got wrong—and why will I get it right?Johnson thought he had the answer. Nixon thought he had it. George W. Bush thought he had it. They were all wrong. The humility to sit with that history, to feel its weight instead of brushing it aside, is not weakness in a commander-in-chief. It is the precondition for wisdom.
The presidency is not a performance. It is a process. And in this moment, the process that matters most is the deliberate, uncomfortable discipline of asking questions honest enough to change your mind.
Little E, Since your vast experience and knowledge of international affairs, military operations and political power is so flawless, you should run for President on the promise of endless criticism of the your predecessor followed by a promise to take absolutely no action, so you don't risk making a mistake.
Blah, Blah, Blah. In the end you have to stop yapping and decide to do something or nothing. Pick one, and explain how it works better.
You left out Neville Chamberlain, and all those leaders through history who decided to do nothing when something at the right time could have prevented a disaster.
Freder Frederson said...
" The government providing insurance to private companies. Aren't you the little socialist!"
Nope. Don't want the govt providing insurance to private, esp non-US private, companies.
My understanding is that regulations are being adjusted so private US companies can provide insurance.
And, just by coincidence, move the insurance market out of London.
John Henry
If US military aircraft overfly Spain, will Spain scramble fighter jets to intercept them?
These questions are rarely asked in wartime because honest answers threaten the false consensus that wartime cabinets rely on. Yet it is false consensus—not enemy action—that has undone most American military commitments since 1950.
During WW part 1 the French suffered so many casualties that the troops mutinied and went on strike, refusing to take part in any offensive operations.
To encourage the rest of the troops, the French randomly executed executed 10% of each company. "Decimation"
But I think the practice goes back to the Romans, maybe before.
John Henry
"Yet it is false consensus—not enemy action—that has undone most American military commitments since 1950."
Yes, Mr. President. We understand, and we covered all that last week. Now what is your decision? What are our orders?
I think with time, history will suggest that the initial move to secure Venezuelan petroleum resources and construct the political mechanism for regime change and the reliable administration of oil revenues back into Venezuelan society, is what made the Iranian conflict sensible. The two are inextricably linked, and both are aimed at China and Russia.
Once foreign investment is cleared, Venezuelan natural gas production is going to take off, routed through already-existing and under-supplied Trinidadian LNG infrastructure. It's all fairly shallow, dry gas, discoveries from the 1970s. Easy drilling with today's technology.
"To encourage the rest of the troops, the French randomly executed executed 10% of each company."
No, they didn't.
Jeff Childers of Coffee & Covid argued several weeks ago that Trump asked the Euros and Japan to help out with Iran, expecting that they would decline, for this very reason. He--the U.S.A.--now controls the world's oil supply (Venezuela was step one). Now they need to come to us. And we have all the leverage. Childers opinion is that getting Ukraine and the Euros to recognize reality and make peace with Russia is one of the goals here.
Wasn’t Trump threatening to invade Greenland just a few weeks ago?
If the Europeans want to teach Trump and his major donors a lesson, follow Spain's lead. Italy and France are starting to move in the right direction. However, any move that falls short of also putting pressure in Israel is going to fail, given the close connection between Netanyahu's donor network and Trump's donor network. If you want to actually change the policy, you
have to change the incentive structure for the people who are actually driving the policy.
The UK has probably much more limited room for maneuver given its history with Iran and the Middle East. However, other European countries should be able to operate more freely through the Strait of Hormuz through purely diplomatic maneuvering.
Europe decided they didn't mind re-routing ships to go around Africa rather than use the Suez canal vs. punishing the Houthis. they are willing to spend more time and money to avoid fighting a war.
Well, they can do the same with Iran - pay the toll or buy from the Omani ports that get around the Hormuz problem.
Who cares?
"Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles confirmed the move, saying Spain has denied both airspace access and the use of joint U.S.-Spanish bases for any operations tied to the Iran conflict."
Good for Spain. They know an immoral war for Greater Israel when they see it. Too bad the Gutless, Brainless Germans don't join them.
Billy always misses the point
The Donald Trump playbook:
1. Insult allies.
2. Impose tariffs on allies.
3. Threaten to invade allies.
4. Don't consult with allies on a war of choice well outside of the region covered by the NATO treaty, or even warn them it's coming.
5. Wonder why allies aren't participating in your war of choice well outside of the region covered by the NATO treaty.
In 1986 there was a bombing in torrejon afb by an islamic johad combo with the future mastermind of the madrid bombing
Sanchez thinks the croc wont eat him first they will
"...Wonder why allies aren't participating in your war of choice well outside of the region covered by the NATO treaty. ..."
Now do 'Ukraine'
Reminder during Red Sea operations, Italy sent...one destroyer...that only would shoot down drones.
They have a carrier with F-35s.
They sailed the carrier off to Tahiti.
This suggests Italy views Tahiti shore visits as more important than the Red Sea being open for traffic.
If that is true, why can't America be just as lame and say Hormuz is not our problem? ITALY already did that.
Those tahitean rebels are formidable
Yes it was an indo pacific maneuver but still
Let's not overlook the fact that keeping Kharg Island open is vitally important to the people of Iran. Some 90% (IIRC) of Iran's GDP flows out of there. To destroy it would be to doom post-incursion Iran to famine and suffering. Trump, whether intentionally or not, is leaving the Iranians a chance for their future.
Little-E, RCO, et al: How is it you can make so many comments and not once mention Shariah supremacist eschatology? While continue to use concepts like "imminent" and "choice" without once defending them.
This is not a war of choice, unless your choice is to allow Iran's strangle hold on the Strait while they continue enhancing their ballistic missile arsenal unmolested.
Since that is your choice, then the least you could do is defend it.
"A serious president would force political and military advisors into the same room and demand straight answers" (LE, 11:58). Of course, Trump has undoubtedly done exactly that on a regular basis. The fact that he doesn't share those answers with the general public is a good thing! That means the surviving IRGC colonels (now that the generals are mostly dead) don't know, either.
Anyone who bothered to follow the numerous excellent military Tweeters I've recommended here many times would know this, too: We don't know whether the US troops in the area are going to seize Kharg Island, or Bandar Abbas, or other coastal areas, or grab the enriched uranium, or even land in downtown Teheran with crates of guns to arm the people and the Crown Prince on hand to lead them. They could do some, or all, or none of these things. The point is that the IRGC doesn't know either! As my favorite Tweeters point out, the positions IRGC needs to defend to guard against US and Israeli and Gulf state soldiers and commandos are not the same as the positions they need to hold to suppress the Iranian people. Not knowing whether we're going to attack, or (if so) where, makes it far more difficult for them to suppress the already-seething rebellion that will have them all hanging from lampposts when it succeeds.
G-Captain makes a persuasive case that Trump is in no hurry to open the Strait.
D.D. Driver said...
So...I'm guessing this means Donnie and his decrepit Biden-brain has no actual plan to reopen the strait and get America out of this mess.
Sounds like a quagmire. Who could have predicted this? Everyone except Liz Cheney, chicken-hawk Donald Trump, and weekend warrior frat boy Pete Hegseth.
Trump has been talking about the threat Iran poses for a long time, focusing on, among other things, the Strait of Hormuz.
one goes back to the tanker wars which were part of the iran iraq war, it took the tragedy of Iranian Airlines to bring that contest to a close
since 1988, around the time of the referred events,
this was around the term the first round of assasinations of dissidents happened in Western Europe, that Mousavian who was the minister in Germany, was a party to,
details here
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304022004577514852558385294
The most precise geopolitical chess move in decades..
https://x.com/jackprandelli/status/2038755484761543066?s=20
Tiny E® hardest hit…
et tu, Fabio?
The thing people forget about the Pottery Barn rule is that after you break it and buy it, you own it.
https://www.dossier.today/p/trump-term-two-more-partners-fewer
I always found that metaphor flawed, as if that tikriti kleptocracy was the normal state
Where is David Begley?
He said this was won weeks ago. Now its crickets.
Not a good look. I'm suffering from TFS: Trump Fatigue Syndrome
Normally, I'd agree. But I am sick and tired of being the world's bitch, covering their asses and holding their hands while they look down and sneer at us.
It's long overdue. Start being real allies instead of a bunch of effin' parasites.
Everyone seems to have their knickers all in a twist, blasting the price of gasoline at the pump. But, let's take a look at some pricing, 'mkay? Always keeping in mind, of course, that these are average prices that reflect all of a state's markets: urban, rural, mixed, specifically also with local fuel and other tax variances.
Check out which states have the highest prices. Consider why that may be....
https://gasprices.aaa.com/
its the Delian dilemma, as we saw in Athens golden age,
Jim and I seem to have had similar thoughts on the issue, roughly 6 minutes apart. Heh.
Yay us! :- )
The Kurt Schuler Playbook:
Continue to take it up the ass by the 'allies' who've been demanding handouts - while stabbing you in the back - for the last 80 years.
Far too many comments for me to read, and probably nobody will read this one, but in response to those people screaming that "Gas prices are too high!" may I suggest that gasoline in 1950 was about $.27 per gallon, which translates to approximately $3.50 in today's economy, given lots of inflation since then. So, yes, gas prices are 'higher" today, but consider that the average annual household income in 1950 was about $3,700.00, gas was a whooooooole lot more "expensive" in 1950 that it is today. People simply have no sense of history. They are like a herd of cows, mooing while being herded along by their "thought leaders."
IamDevo: I RATWD — good comment.
Yeah the Don and the US military have done the hard part--although you have to throw a lot of bones to the IDF as well.
Mark Levin is unpopular and only listened to by people over 65 and hard-core zionists. Sadly, our POTUS fits that bill. Trump threw away his legacy and popularity because he wanted the love of the Neo-cons and Bibi. Lets see how that works out for him.
BTW, Israel has killed more civilians in Lebanon which they invaded like the immoral country they are. And killed more journalists, and bombed more hospitals. They will however, not help us in any ground war in Iran. The IDF is good at murdering women and kids, not so good at fighting other soldiers. That's the Israeli way. And 'muricans love them for it.
RC Collins weighs in… what a shitbird.
https://x.com/EYakoby/status/2039147713757917354
RCO: I don't recall you ever so much as hinting in the direction of Iran's embodiment of Shariah supremacy, and all that entails.
Why?
"I'm suffering from TFS: Trump Fatigue Syndrome"
Imagine how our enemies feel.
It's like the road crew working outside your house. It's loud and sometimes irritating, because a lot of work is getting done. You want better streets, you have to put up with the noise for a while. Eventually the Democrats will win, and it will be very quiet.
Jim, you have a poor understanding of international politics. Some degree of subsidizing Western Europe and Japan is the price the United States has paid for leadership of the Free World and for denying hostile powers the considerable wealth and talents of those countries. The less they rely on the United States, the more likely they are to go their own way even if it displeases the United States greatly.
bagph20, imagine how our ex-allies feel!
Donald Trump is set to address the nation on Thursday night, offering what the White House describes as an important update on the ongoing conflict with Iran.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the address in a post on X, stating: “TUNE IN: Tomorrow night at 9PM ET, President Trump will give an Address to the Nation to provide an important update on Iran.”
The four-week war is over and Trump lost.
I will gladly pay $5/gall to force Europe to pull their own weight.
Here in NZ, we've been paying $8/gall (roughly, I really haven't spent the time to figure it out).
Suck it up, buttercup.
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