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re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted by TroutGuy on 5/10/26 at 2:59 pm to hawgfaninc
Lebanon had better not be the only sticking point in that streaming pile of cow dung of an offer from Iran.
re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted by TroutGuy on 5/10/26 at 12:59 pm to hawgfaninc
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Iran has been playing games with the United States, and the rest of the World, for 47 years (DELAY, DELAY, DELAY!), and then finally hit "pay dirt" when Barack Hussein Obama became President. He was not only good to them, he was great, actually going to their side, jettisoning Israel, and all other Allies, and giving Iran a major and very powerful new lease on life. Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and 1.7 Billion Dollars in green cash, flown into Tehran, was handed to them on a silver platter. Every Bank in D.C., Virginia, and Maryland was emptied out — It was so much money that when it arrived, the Iranian Thugs had no idea what to do with it. They had never seen money like this, and never will again. It was taken off the plane in suitcases and satchels, and the Iranians couldn't believe their luck. They finally found the greatest SUCKER of them all, in the form of a weak and stupid American President. He was a disaster as our "Leader," but not as bad as Sleepy Joe Biden! For 47 years the Iranians have been "tapping" us along, keeping us waiting, killing our people with their roadside bombs, destroying protests, and recently wiping out 42,000 innocent, unarmed protestors, and laughing at our now GREAT AGAIN Country. They will be laughing no longer! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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If tweet fails to load, click here. I like the sound of this.re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted by TroutGuy on 5/10/26 at 10:06 am to lsuconnman
While I would prefer a much more aggressive approach, as long as we keep the blockade up we are moving the ball down the field since Iran's economy is getting weaker by the day. But if we ever give in to Iran's efforts to make us lift the blockade without major nuclear concessions then it's all over. In that scenario, I could only hope that Israel would step in and take care of business alone.
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“The Islamic Republic of Iran sent today through Pakistani mediators its response to the latest text proposed by the United States to end the war,” the official IRNA news agency said, without offering details.
According to Iran’s proposal, the current phase of negotiations will focus exclusively on the cessation of hostilities in the region, a source familiar with the matter told IRNA.
Sources in both camps have told Reuters the latest peace efforts are aimed at a temporary memorandum of understanding to halt the war and allow traffic through the Strait of Hormuz while they discuss a fuller deal, which would have to address intractable disputes such as Iran’s nuclear program.
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Seems like it should be a non-starter- if Iran isn't going to give in on their nuke program while we have the leverage of the blockade, they certainly aren't going to do it assuming we lift the blockade as part of a preliminary "deal."
re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted by TroutGuy on 5/10/26 at 8:37 am to TulsaSooner78
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If tweet fails to load, click here. Not sure how much this guy knows, but he seems connected in UAE.
re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted by TroutGuy on 5/9/26 at 7:04 pm to ItTakesAThief
And kill the Mossad's best agent?
re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted by TroutGuy on 5/9/26 at 6:34 pm to BayouBengal51
I really like this strategy of confiscating and/or blowing up the engine rooms of Iranian ships. Think how much Iran must have spent on a ship full of missile fuel, and we just take it under the ancient doctrine of "it's ours now." We seized a couple of their tankers full of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of oil and are sending them to the US where they will presumably be powering our cars.
And there's really not a whole lot Iran can do about it except get mad.
And there's really not a whole lot Iran can do about it except get mad.
Ukraine has power right now. All over the country. If anyone contends otherwise, please provide a link. I'm as surprised by that fact as anyone, but it is a fact, at least according to Grok quoted above.
re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted by TroutGuy on 5/9/26 at 12:53 pm to TulsaSooner78
Russia has been bombing Ukraine's power grid for the last few years. They still have electricity throughout the country. Just asked AI about outages and got this response:
As of early May 2026 (around May 7-9), Ukraine has no nationwide planned or scheduled power outages for most regions, according to repeated updates from Ukrenergo (the national grid operator). Ukrenergo has stated no consumption restriction measures or hourly blackout schedules for multiple recent days (e.g., May 7, May 6, May 5, May 4, May 3, May 1).
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Power grids are a lot more resilient than people give them credit for.
As of early May 2026 (around May 7-9), Ukraine has no nationwide planned or scheduled power outages for most regions, according to repeated updates from Ukrenergo (the national grid operator). Ukrenergo has stated no consumption restriction measures or hourly blackout schedules for multiple recent days (e.g., May 7, May 6, May 5, May 4, May 3, May 1).
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Power grids are a lot more resilient than people give them credit for.
Israel tried that earlier in the war by dropping graphite bombs on power lines and they had the lights back on within half a day. Not worth the cost and risk to the pilots to do that.
re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted by TroutGuy on 5/9/26 at 8:13 am to Lucky_Stryke
We need to realize we're in a war and to treat this like any other war we've been in our nation's history. Which is to say, to accept that wars take time to win and require endurance. And not constantly asking your enemy "hey, here's yet another cease fire extension, are you ready to negotiate NOW?" "No? No worries- I know your leadership is divided, here's another cease fire while you figure things out." Doing that just gives the hardliners encouragement and makes them think that we are weak and unable to accept a little economic strain. And that if they just hold out a while longer we will quit.
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If tweet fails to load, click here. What could there possibly be to keep talking about with these people?
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