A Trump Truth Social post this morning.
The period in that parenthetical makes it hard to read, so let me just tweak the punctuation:
The only thing they have is: FAKE NEWS from the USA, a willingness to kill their protesters — now over 100,000 people dead (They must be tried for war crimes against humanity!) — and a good line of BULLSHIT.
Why was "BULLSHIT" in scare quotes when "FAKE NEWS" was not? Both should be in or both out. Since the words "bullshit" and "fake news" are both used to express an opinion that what you are hearing is false, don't put quotes around them as if you are undercutting your accusation of falsity. You want to say the news really is fake and what the Iranians are saying is really bullshit. So, no scare quotes.
Now, the question I have is whether Trump means to say that the false message conveyed by U.S. news media and the the message conveyed by what's left of the Iranian government is the same message. I think he is. In his view, both are saying the United States has lost the war.
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Free the People.
Death to Male dominated Islamic Theocracy - and the Islamic Lobby.
Oh dear.
So busy editing the president, and trying to change his meaning with her "clean up" (it read just fine to readers used to reading, not being read to... 🙄 )
You forgot to read your own add ons...
That third paragraph is missing something. I would not presume to edit and change your meaning tho...
Where's meade? You turning on Trump and drove him out like the Cohen boys?
I don't see anyone saying the war is lost, I just see people pushing back against Trumps claims of complete victory and a total end to hostilities
Much like David Begley's claim that Trump will have a press conference in Tehran within the month and the pushback from righty commentators in the overnight thread.
Saying Trumps claim that the war is over is false is a long way from saying the war is completely lost.
Wasn’t it Dave Begley that said the war would be over in a week?
False is an adjective.
False WHAT?
Falsities is.a noun.
Maybe you could buy a program to read the dictionary to you as you show off your diminishing smarts, professor. Meade doesn't have it in him.
He's flighty, like nina. Jumping from project to project desperately trying to define themselves... has he tried cultivating roses? Backyard chickens? Lol
remember the Tet Offensive? back in 1968?
back when the viet cong hit us with EVERYTHING they had?
and were destroyed as a fighting force? (after Tet it was just the NVA)
and remember what Walter Cronkite did?
he pretended that the US had lost.
THAT is what the "bullshit" fakenews does.. They support america's enemies
More churn, still no butter.
Leftist cultists in tangles... hoping for any Trump failure they can cling to. Sad.
This war isn't over until the innocents are avenged...
It's been going on since 1979 or earlier, when the shah was imposed. America is growing collectively weaker. You boomers think life in America ends when you're dead.... not true.
We will be paying your war costs for years to come.
Tip a glass to the dead as you celebrate all the wi Ning only you can see now, annie old grrrl.
Short video: Senior IRGC member and candidate Naemat al-Hami suffered a fatal heart attack right in the middle of his campaign speech
Nemat Elhami (Naemat al-Hami) suffered his fatal cardiac arrest on Saturday night, August 29, 2026.He was speaking at a nighttime public gathering in Bey'at Square in Bileh Savar, Iran, when he suddenly collapsed mid-speech. Iranian media outlets confirmed he passed away on the scene from sudden heart failure.
The war is over. There hasn’t been any real losses by the US in months.
Only traitors rooting for the US to lose are cheering for Iran right now. The US is already reaping the benefits from winning this war.
G8lbar posting under an Israeli flag lecturing to Ann's biggest tippers about what Israel has done for america...
She's in the minority, boys. Unconditional unthinking support is not the norm, even amongst sexxed-up are majoring hippie chick's giving it up to Jewish guys at Michigan to show her old man who's got the power in the family now...
I hope he and Richie bonded over the living room playboy, lol. "That's m' gurrrl!" lol
But frank Sinatra could not hold a candle to,,, Bob Dylan lol.
Real losses to anybody still paying bills and taxes in the US.... SUCKAHS!
A teacher at heart, Althouse pulls out the red pen and corrects Trump's punctuation. I love that. Somehow it conveys a fundamental...I don't know...faith and optimism?
"Nemat Elhami (Naemat al-Hami) suffered his fatal cardiac arrest on Saturday night, August 29, 2026.He was speaking at a nighttime public gathering in Bey'at Square in Bileh Savar, Iran, when he suddenly collapsed mid-speech. Iranian media outlets confirmed he passed away on the scene from sudden heart failure."
He's just pining for the fjords.
Also, welcome back, Inga.
I’ll commit the worst possible social media sin, I admit I don’t have a clue whether the war has been won or lost. I’m a Trump supporter. It looks to me as though he’s lost the domestic battle over the upcoming midterms. Winning or losing the war is going to be an abstract issue after the midterms when Trump loses one or both houses, and becomes embroiled in another impeachment battle.
Inga said...
Wasn’t it Dave Begley that said the war would be over in a week?
Iran lost the “war” months ago.
The only people still fighting for Iran now are shitlib traitors like you.
"The US is already reaping the benefits from winning this war."
Got any examples of how we are "reaping the benefits" from "winning" this war?
Oh yeah, and you have two days to get the price of gas below $3 a gallon.
Trump needs to stop fucking around. Iran will run a big October Surprise unless he hits them hard NOW.
Hit some bridges. Hit some power plants. Hit a refinery.
I saw a clip of the 3 top leaders. Take them out.
Hit a base that is kind of isolated from Tehran. When reinforcements are sent in, we hit them on a new Highway of Death.
Organize attacks on police stations in small towns like Omaha and Madison.
And that Crown Prince better get his ass in gear and lead an attack.
There is no try, only do.
Iran and US news media are trying to influence US elections in the same direction. The Iranian regime believes a Dem victory will weaken their opponent, America and they are correct. They will take a lot of pain in the mean time, clinging to that hope.
Canada's regime is doing the same thing.
According to Gemini AI based on various industry reports, 6-8 million barrels of oil per day are currently going through Hormuz, down from 20 million barrels per day. However, most of the decline is due to a total blockage of any Iranian oil going through Hormuz. And remember, the primary reason for U.S. involvement is to prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons. (IEEE, looking at you!) The severe decline in oil revenues for Iran is causing internal issues there with growing resentment toward the IRGC. And consider the new banking blockage initiatives against Iran by Sec. Bessent. Looks like a pretty good U.S. policy to me, considering that Iran nukes are unacceptable.
See also today's NYT, page A6: "Squeeze on Gasoline in Iran Has Its Leaders Fearing Unrest."
"Trump needs to stop fucking around."
He needs to stop fucking Xeeting. Infantile.
Iran is uniquely focused on preserving its sovereignty, which it accomplishes by failing to honor every possible deal. Trump is out-Trumped because he stops at deals.
Leftists are power whores. Any amount of failure will do - as long as they can injure and HARM those not obedient, and their fraud-kings are ruling over us - with iron fisted fraud, and corruption.
The Democrats always show their true colors. When America had disagreements with Venezuela, Iran and even the trade issues with Canada, Democrats took the side of Venezuela, Iran and Canada.
Democrats don’t fly the red, white and blue. And they will ALWAYS take the side of our adversaries and against America.
IEE writ large.
I wish Trump would organize his thoughts better, and delineate between the IRGC, and the people of Iran. The people of Iran are not allowed to step outside of Islamic Supremacy and Islamic totalitarian theocratic rule. The people who want to pursue a modern prosperous life.
****Never ending jooooo hate is exhausting after a while.
Get ready Iran, Trump is about to rename your waterways on Google Maps. Going be a geographical D-day.
Where did Trump get that 100,000 figure from. I'm sure the IRGC has killed more Iranians than we have, but that number seems inflated. I've heard of fighting fire with fire. Is this a case of fighting bullshit with bullshit?
Considering the make up of the most fervent dem coalition: antisemites, socialists and Muslims, it’s no wonder they are rooting for Iran. Its a shame the media is going along with them.
Can dumb lefty Mark ever tell the truth?
**Trumps claims of complete victory and a total end to hostilities**
Please show us the quote where Trump claims “a total end to hostilities“ Mr. Fakenews.
The war has definitely not turned out as Trump hoped, but that's not to say that the various dead Ayatollahs and IRGC commanders have achieved their career goals. Perhaps the IRGC is drawing inspiration from the Taliban but maybe they might draw a more useful lesson from Saddam or Qaddaffi or Assad.......The roulette wheel is still spinning. The percentage bet is with the USA, but 00 is always a possibility.
William said...
"..Where did Trump get that 100,000 figure from.."
it looks like that number is from more than Just this year.
for THIS YEAR ALONE..
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202601255198
More than 36,500 Iranians were killed by security forces during the January 8-9 crackdown on nationwide protests, making it the deadliest two-day protest massacre in history, according to documents reviewed by Iran International's Editorial Board.
don't believe the iranians? how about TIME?
https://web.archive.org/web/20260125144242/https://time.com/7357635/more-than-30000-killed-in-iran-say-senior-officials/
As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—
so, that's 30,000+ in JANUARY.. how many more this year?
hard to say?
how many last year? you tell me?
Afghanistan was a failed nation too. So fucking what? Who fucking cares? That and $20 bucks gets you a decaf coffee in Trump's economy.
The lesson that Trump didn't learn in Vietnam (because he is a coward and draft dodger with a fake "bone spur" diagnosis) is that you can win all the battles an still be stuck in an unwinnable war.
No more 80-year old presidents and no more draft dodgers.
Trump did publicly describe the outcome as a “total and complete victory,” saying “100%. No question about it,” after the ceasefire agreement. https://en.politis.com.cy/globe/997148/trump-declares-complete-and-total-victory-after-iran-ceasefire-deal
• Reuters reported that Trump characterized the ceasefire as a “total and complete victory”, while noting that the ceasefire had not eliminated Iran’s enriched-uranium stockpile or its ability to strike with missiles and drones. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-claims-victory-iran-emerges-bruised-powerful-with-leverage-over-hormuz-2026-04-08/
• PBS timeline: PBS provides a particularly useful chronology of Trump’s changing descriptions of the conflict, including his “Total and complete victory. 100%. No question about it” statement and subsequent developments. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/a-timeline-of-trumps-shifting-statements-about-how-long-the-iran-war-will-last
Iranian leadership will hurt the Iranian people for as long as they want to. This is something that Trump, his advisors, and his supporters don’t seem to understand. They're also clever; they know all the buttons to push to agitate Trump. They know that agitating Trump means he's likely to make even more unchallenged mistakes.
The GOP should be decimated in November.
“Althouse pulls out the red pen and corrects Trump's punctuation. I love that. Somehow it conveys a fundamental...I don't know...faith and optimism?”
…I would agree though I find the notion of correcting grammar and punctuation in a deliberately informal platform like X to be a bit silly. It’s one thing to be written so poorly the reader will lose the message but Ann believes she understood Trump enough to correct him. Trump’s casual errors serve to suggest the authenticity of the message as well as puts Trump’s writing closer to the rather poorly edited writing if the New York Times…
When was the last time a war turned out as an American President hoped? As you say, the wheel is still spinning.
Trump was clear about our objectives in Iran:
• Destroy their weapons factories
• Destroy their navy
• Destroy their air force
• Destroy their chances of ever having a nuclear weapon
"Perhaps the IRGC is drawing inspiration from the Taliban but maybe they might draw a more useful lesson from Saddam or Qaddaffi or Assad."
Unfortunately, I think the lesson they drew from the fate of those men was, "we need nukes."
MIPA
IEE - the Islamic Theocracy already stomps on their own people - war or no war.
Wanker IED(D) says
"The GOP should be decimated in November."
wow - you read like a Supreme Mullah.
𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦: 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘜𝘚 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 '𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥' ~ FOX News
The tactic has worked so well before...
Far better to let Iran and Oman come to an agreement on safe passage through the Strait and then pretend it is yours and declare victory for the Trumpteenth time.
The IRGC and the Democratic party have a lot in common.
HARM.
I think another lesson they learned was to prepare for a decapitation strike by creating independent, dispersed units that already had orders and authority and means to keep up the fight without communication with a central command or even with one another. That is one of the reasons they have been able to keep going.
…it’s just so easy for detractors to be critical when war is so messy. The old government sure looked like a formal leadership with clearly designated titles and chain of command, the kind of formality that calls for sitting around a big table. We know that to be the case because the US dropped a bunch of bombs on them while they were sitting around that big table. No matter to the detractors, they always had a n Al-Qaeda decentralized government you see, and we were promised $2/gallon so it’s a failure. Economic ruin always happens slowly then all at once. The slowly part happening during election season so failure it is say the critics, who will be wrong again…
“The GOP should be decimated in November.”
“The Statue of Liberty is kaput!”
100,000 dead! According to JAQ that qualifies as genocide!
Keep working on editing...
"I think he is" just doesn't work there. Read it gain. Did you mean "it"
Listeners get lazy. You need to keep reading if you plan to keep writing in your old age... plus, you will learn things! Even for you all expert on all things know it all types... lol.
Planned Persianhood (PP)
We committed genocide in Germany. Japan. Clinics. Abortion! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.
I don't remember all of the war aims that have been "articulated", but I think I remember most:
- topple the government and free the people -failed so far
- interdict international reach/interventions - mostly successful so far
- reopen Hormuz - mostly failed
- destroy offensive capabilities - definitely degraded I'm not convinced destroyed
- destroy defensive capabilities - success, they are indeed at our mercy, FWIW
- destroy nuclear development capabilities - totally interupted, but barring an actual change of power structure they will have every reason to revive and get a bomb ASAP
Just a fucking fiasco.
Trump has been broadcasting lies and propaganda about Iran ever since he started his fake negotiations to cover his sneak attack. Its all a negotiating tactic I assume.
Hopefully, he's negotiating with Iran behind the scenes.
If there are 100,000 dead Iranians its because they've been killed in the Israeli-USA bombing.
“I think he is. In his view, both are saying the United States has lost the war.” True of the Iranians. Only nearly true of the Western leftmediaswine. “Lost the war” is too absurd even for most of the latter. Their coverage is, however, bullshit.
"The GOP should be decimated in November."
Allah willing… amirite, I3XClown™ ?
Iran has been an amazing source of countless victories for Trump.
He has won Trumpteen wars just in the last 6 months. No leader has ever accomplished that. Best President Ever!
You will know them by their treasonous words and behavior. #scum
RCOII at 9:57: “Israeli-USA bombing?” Even the Iranians don’t claim that. But then they don’t hate Jews as much as RC.
Obama's Iran-Hamas Affair pays indefinite dividends. Maybe, baby, not. #PP #MIPA
"If there are 100,000 dead Iranians its because they've been killed in the Israeli-USA bombing."
You are a sucker for enemy propaganda. You and Tim. It's really something to behold.
The proposition that you *are* the enemy can not be discounted.
"No matter to the detractors, they always had a n Al-Qaeda decentralized government you see"
I didn't say that at all. I am saying they prepared their military for a possible eventuality that the central command authority might be disrupted or destroyed so that it could keep fighting until a new one could be established. This is just a fact.
I am not a detractor. I have consistently supported what Trump is doing vs Iran in my comments from the beginning.
"You want to say the news really is fake and what the Iranians are saying is really bullshit. So, no scare quotes."
The quotes might be a nod to the idea that he/Trump is listening to the media's fake news and Iran's bullshit. Which Trump may believe, or appears to say/are two sides of the same... slice of bread?
I put a question mark because Trump's mind, despite it's capacious availability, remains quite hard for me to read sometimes. Most of my take on Trump relies on trust of the man and Althouse blog.
The Islam lobby is strong with the RC Cola.
Even the Iranians don’t claim that.
Go learn how to read. Notice the "if"? Guess not.
The IDF brigade comes out whenever the word "israel" is mentioned. Hope they're getting paid. It'd sorta pathetic if they're not.
More like RC Collins (see Phil Hendrie)…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=860EWuSLjDY
"The IDF brigade comes out whenever the word "israel" is mentioned. Hope they're getting paid. It'd sorta pathetic if they're not."
The only reason I know what the IDF is is because to understand your posts I had to look it up.
Well, it seems obvious that he emphasized Fake News by using caps to emphasize words he wanted to take ownership of, whereas with the B.S. he was indicating (rightly or not) that he was using what others would call B.S. Thus the quotes on B.S. and not on Fake News.
The charge of "antisemitism" once carried a lot of weight. But its abuse and overuse since October 7 has made it an almost meaningless term of abuse, like labelling anyone a "fascist" who disagrees with you.
rhardin - pretty much every war in history stopped because the two sides came to a deal. Some were more lopsided than others but every one was mutual agreement to cease active hostilities
Jim at 9:55: Leftmedia Kool-Aid. Freeing the people was always eyewash. Muslims don’t want to be freed. Hormuz is virtually opened. Offensive capabilities no longer effective enough to accomplish any purpose. Destroy nuclear capabilities. The real point of the exercise. Accomplished, by any reasonable standard. Ability to continue funding worldwide terrorism. Severely impaired. The Iranian Regime is evil. Disabling them was important. Only Trump had the balls. Time, not the mediaswine, will tell the level of success.
AI tells me: "Hitler claimed that his antisemitism was a defensive measure against a supposed Jewish conspiracy to destroy Germany."
"Furthermore, Hitler often denounced the charges as hypocritical or false, ...while claiming Germany was acting in self-defense."
Are you assuming Trump actually writes these himself. I don't know. It sounds like him, but he's got a lot on his plate, and he's a pretty consistent delegator.
“Althouse pulls out the red pen and corrects Trump's punctuation. I love that. Somehow it conveys a fundamental...I don't know...faith and optimism?”
I actually prefer Trump’s version. Althouse’s nested parenthetical makes it sound like the 100,000 dead should be tried for war crimes.
The decapitation was successful early on, and that's part of the problem. Nobody in Iran can say yes to peace. You got a bunch of wannabe leaders trying to out chest thump each other, because hate of America and Israel has been the core value of the IRGC since it's inception on May 5, 1979. Accepting peace knocks you out of the running.
The US Fake News would like us to believe, 1) Iran is winning the "war", and 2) Canada is kicking Trumps ass in the trade war, and it will be detrimental to the US economy. Both are false, and driven by their wishful dreams of a Trump failure.
Liberals and the Fake News refuse to acknowledge Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon, and should never be allowed to influence Hormuz again. Also, the current trade war with Canada was started because they imposed ridiculous high tariffs on US business which they refuse to remove or concede.
Trump is right. Iran has no military left, and their economy sucks. Canada's average GDP growth rate of the last twenty years is 1.7%, because their liberal gov't bet on bullshit climate change. It's not looking any better going forward.
Trump has the upper hand and leverage in both situations. Democrats and the media are trying to tell you he doesn't.
"There's nothing to figure out, General Althouse. This man is obviously a psychotic,"
Freder Frederson said...
"The US is already reaping the benefits from winning this war."
Got any examples of how we are "reaping the benefits" from "winning" this war?
Oh yeah, and you have two days to get the price of gas below $3 a gallon.
Oh, boy. Let's see. I haven't heard, " Death To America!" from the emams in months. Mainly because they're all dead. China is no longer a military threat in the Middle east,(and South America.), (collateral benefit. Their AA missiles batteries and their stealth technology doesn't work.) China is paying for its oil in dollars. Iran as a threat to Middle east peace has been severely curtailed. Their ability to manufacture a nuclear weapon has been severely curtailed. I know what you're saying. " But they were never going to make a nuclear weapon!" Well, Freder, the more rational among us put, "Death to America!" and refined uranium together and decided it would be prudent to disabuse them of the idea of making a nuclear weapon. So far it's mostly worked. But the thing with religious fanatics, ( much like the death cult of the left.), is that they refuse to give up until they are shown graphically the error of their ways. We're still dealing with the graphically part.
Another benefit is that the U.S., Israel and a basket full of former enemies in the Middle East are all working together militarily and commercially for the first time in history. Peace is ascendant there, even in the middle of a "war". Just a tiny little thing of no consequence if you have TDS.
The US is already reaping the benefits from winning this war.
Oh for fuck's sake. Never go full retard.
If it was Obama doing this exactly the same with the same results, I would have the same opinion of it as with Trump doing it.
On the other side of the aisle, every single opinion would be the opposite of what it is now. I've seen this dynamic for too long, which is why I don't take anything they say seriously. It's just partisanship, some of it likely paid for.
"But the thing with religious fanatics, ( much like the death cult of the left.), is that they refuse to give up until they are shown graphically the error of their ways."
And not even then. How many millions have socialism/communism killed, and how close is the left to giving up on that failed ideology?
The cognitive dissonance is pretty strong when every development is presented as evidence of victory, while the costs, uncertainties, and unresolved consequences are simply waved away.
The charge of "antisemitism" once carried a lot of weight. But its abuse and overuse since October 7 has made it an almost meaningless term of abuse, like labelling anyone a "fascist" who disagrees with you.
Or saying someone "hates women" if they oppose abortion. Or saying someone is a "racists" if they don't support BLM.
MAGA is so gay. They are just following the playbook of the proggies. You know the scene at the at the end of Animal Farm when the livestock can no longer tell the difference between the farmers and the pigs? That's MAGA and the proggies. They are now the same.
If you disagree with the proggies or MAGA its because you must be a bigot! Derp. Gay.
"If it was Obama doing this exactly the same with the same results, I would have the same opinion of it as with Trump doing it."
People on the right weren't complaining when Clinton and Obama were speaking out against illegal immigration.
How many millions have socialism/communism killed, and how close is the left to giving up on that failed ideology?
So if socialism is dangerous (and I agree) then why do you support the Trump administration hoovering up private corporations?! You have been conned. Trump is one of the most socialist presidents we have ever had. Look at the shit he pulled during COVID including nationalizing the private residential rental market. Pretty fucking socialist there pal.
I had not previously realized Triple-D was homophobic. You learn something new every day.
"uncertainties and unresolved consequences"
Is that it? Did you have the childlike expectations that such things would be fixed overnight? Is that your standard for success in global power struggles?
Of course it isn't. It's just that Trump makes you act like this. You don't have to. Just pretend you really care about having a better safer world instead who making it for you.
"You don't have to."
Maybe he does.
"If it was Obama doing this exactly the same with the same results, I would have the same opinion of it as with Trump doing it."
You expect anyone to believe that bullshit?
I had not previously realized Triple-D was homophobic. You learn something new every day.
Big Mike is so gay. This is what MAGA has become. 🤣
Pathetic.
When I said, “Althouse pulls out the red pen and corrects Trump's punctuation. I love that. Somehow it conveys a fundamental...I don't know...faith and optimism?” I was commenting solely on something I found endearing about Professor Althouse. I wasn't opining at all about Trump or his post.
I believe it. There have been plenty of posts from Trump supporters here, critical of his words and actions. On the other hand, the leftists here support leftist politicians uncritically.
The difference as I see it is that people on the right tend to act as individuals, with the ability to disagree with each other while people on the left tend to act as a group and attempt to silence any disagreement with ideas they consider 'settled'.
Remember when the right used to be opposed to "cancel culture"? Now its your favorite weapon. All your opponents must be antisemitic homophobes! MAGA is gayer than the progressive soyboys.
There have been plenty of posts from Trump supporters here, critical of his words and actions.
Meh. Not really. You are all making up excuses and trying to rewrite history about the "six week war." If Obama would have started the war in Iran I'm pretty fucking sure every last one of us would demand that he get Congressional authorization. MAGA is gay. MAGA is not better than the progressive left. You are the same.
"You expect anyone to believe that bullshit?"
Yes, because for better or worse, I have supported nearly all American military operations regardless of who was President. I do because even when they are mistakes, I don't want the U.S. to be weak, or seen as weak. It's too dangerous to the world. Besides that I will never disparage my country or its military people in the middle of a conflict. I don't even understand the goal of that crap. Maybe after, but during it is simply foolish and dangerous. The time to prevent an action was before it starts at the voting box. Generally American operations help improve things, because we don't do it for territory. We do it for stability, which can be like herding cats, but the cats need herded, because we got live with them.
I was considering a gay lifestyle, maybe as a lady of some note in Europe, but then I decided MAGA was more my style, not that anything is wrong with that.
Well said, bagoh20 @12:49pm.
They call him baby driver
and once the training wheels were off
he shit the bed, his mind’s gone
Got his number
The only critique I have of this "war" is that we are not aggressive enough. I want the IRGC wiped out, but I trust the people we have in charge. They seem dedicated to strength, merit and success, and they know the facts and the possibilities while I have difficulty keeping my pool clean.
Although I would still have supported an action under Biden
once it started, I would not have much faith in those people, including a General who said he would warn the enemy if we were going to strike. I know Trump picked him, and that was a huge mistake, just like Fauci, Pence, and a few others. See, it's easy.
"I know Trump picked him, and that was a huge mistake, just like Fauci, Pence, and a few others. See, it's easy."
Maybe not so easy. You have to take into consideration that the left believes it's okay to kill people who don't agree with them.
𝘉𝘰𝘣 𝘉𝘰𝘺𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥...
"𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘯 𝘈𝘭-𝘘𝘢𝘦𝘥𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦"
𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵.
In other words, standard military doctrine. For competent militaries. WE, the USA, actually take it to an extreme. Our individual soldiers are expected to show initiative when chaos erupts. I believe it is summed up as "If all command is lost, find the enemy, engage and kill them."
Remember when Biden ended the war in Afghanistan...by running away and abandoning pretty much everything and everybody involved on the U.S. side of things?
At least he made his deadline.
@ Gospace
Right. Authoritarian regimes tend not to encourage or reward initiative in their militaries or anywhere. It's a major weakness they have. Iran tried to mitigate this weakness by planning for an extreme situation with limited success. There were many reports in the weeks after the regime was decapitated of various elements operating independently making it difficult to have a cease fire or maintain the MOU.
Barack Obama ordered U.S. airstrikes and drone strikes in seven countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen, including targeting and killing American citizens. He bombed Libya for 7 months, including ports, cities, and civilian infrastructure, all without Congressional approval. I never bitched about any of that as it was happening. Did you people who are bitching about this now bitch about that?
Gospace - I think it's a bit more complicated than that. Your solution is ok at a tactical level but starts to fall apart at operational and strategic levels where cooperative action is more necessary though even at low levels it can be disastrous. Think about a tank continuing to fight unsupported by infantry in an urban area. In addition to the inability to coordinate a response to US strategic initiatives, piecemeal attacks expose individual IRCG units to detection and destruction by US forces without benefits of mutual support.
Barack Obama ordered U.S. airstrikes and drone strikes in seven countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen, including targeting and killing American citizens. He bombed Libya for 7 months, including ports, cities, and civilian infrastructure, all without Congressional approval. I never bitched about any of that as it was happening.
I fucking did. Remember when Obama's the office of counsel issued a memo that bombing Libya didn't count as "hostilities"? Most real conservatives were rightfully upset.
I guess the retards were cool with it. It does explain a lot though. Retards be retardin.
I was considering a gay lifestyle, maybe as a lady of some note in Europe, but then I decided MAGA was more my style, not that anything is wrong with that.</i?
You don't have to choose between MAGA and your gay lifestyle! 🤣
What is the Law?
Not to go on all-fours
Not to suck up drink from a stream with your mouth
Not to eat flesh or fish
Not to claw the bark of trees
Not to chase other men
And especially,
Not to use italics
DJT needs to work on his signal to noise ratio.
"No, Donald Trump did not nationalize the private residential renting market during the COVID-19 pandemic.In March 2020, President Trump signed the CARES Act, which placed a temporary moratorium on evictions specifically for rental properties backed by federal loans or assistance"
I do wonder why the rules that specifically mention not using italics are printed in italics ... and why they seem to keep growing week by week ...
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