Iran. Oh, the irony...

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5:09p, 3/11/26
Trump in Kentucky tonight:

"WE WON!!!"

"THE STRAIT IS IN GREAT SHAPE"

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-claims-victory-iran-war-we-won-kentucky-speech-11663426

Mission Accomplished.


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In reply to sycasey • 7:28p, 3/11/26
sycasey said:


Who could have foreseen this- apparently not the administration, military, foreign policy or intelligence communities, but basically anyone with half a brain
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In reply to DiabloWags • 9:20p, 3/11/26
DiabloWags said:
bearister said:



That must be from the late shift?
Attention, Attention, school is now in session!
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In reply to Anarchistbear • 10:17p, 3/11/26
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sycasey said:


Who could have foreseen this- apparently not the administration, military, foreign policy or intelligence communities, but basically anyone with half a brain

In fairness, I think a lot of those other groups were telling the administration not to do it but they did anyway.
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6:07a, 3/12/26
TRUMP and ISRAEL are IDIOTS


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In reply to DiabloWags • 6:09a, 3/12/26
The strait? In great shape?
See my video immediately above
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In reply to bearister • 6:14a, 3/12/26
bearister said:
"In the least charitable and probably accurate view, President Trump went to war with Iran out of a delusional faith in himself. He believed that the worst-case scenarios that have deterred past presidents from attacking Iran wouldn't come true for him, because he is Donald Trump.

In the most charitable and probably accurate view, the president had reasons to believe that all of the catastrophic warnings about the most hair-raising consequences of an attack wouldn't come to pass this time. The 12-day war, which Israel and the United States fought last June, demonstrated that they could strike Iran without provoking catastrophic retaliation. Having endured that assault on the country's military infrastructure, and then wave after wave of protest by its own citizens, the Islamic Republic was isolated and weak. So why shouldn't Trump exploit that fragility to land a death blow against a murderous adversary?

I could nearly convince myself of these arguments, except that almost no other foreign-policy question has been studied harder over the past 20 years or so than the likely effect of U.S. military strikes on Iran. The many years spent pondering and preparing for a potential attack on Iran are the reason that the first days of the war were, for the most part, a bravura display of American power. Yet all of that study also pointed out the risks: spiking oil prices, the spread of violence throughout the Middle East, civilian casualties of the sort now evidenced by an apparent U.S. missile strike near an Iranian elementary school.
When past presidents balked at the possibility of war with Iran, they weren't just dodging a hard choice; they were deterred by all of the obvious reasons a conflict could perilously spiral. Nobody should be shocked that the expected is now coming to pass."

The Obvious Is Taking Its Revenge on Trump - The Atlantic https://archive.ph/2026.03.11-133202/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/03/iran-war-trump/686314/


Hubris.

For a very long time now there has been major concern about Iran getting a nuke bomb.

It's like trying to keep Johnny away from that hot girl down the street. Eventually he's going to find a way to get laid.

The only thing now is that he's going to want to use it on us.
Idiots!!
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6:18a, 3/12/26
How much of trump's willingness to do this is to become a historically consequential president?

He's bold enough to try for something, even if he doesn't know what he's toying with. He's a risk taker. "Let's try this, see what happens."
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In reply to concordtom • 7:03a, 3/12/26
concordtom said:
The strait? In great shape?
See my video immediately above


6 ships have been hit in two days.

They're just making **** up as they go.
There was never a plan to secure the Strait.

Wright was the clown who had posted a tweet last week saying that a tanker was being escorted thru the
Strait, only to delete it. He also said there was plenty of oil in the market and no need to release oil from the SPR.
But now we're gonna be releasing oil from it.

Wrongway Wright has no credibility.
He's a CLOWN.



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8:08a, 3/12/26
They're probably going to put boots on the ground in Iran to secure the strait, exactly the thing no one wanted.
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8:22a, 3/12/26
My cousins son just deployed from San Diego.
She is from Dallas. He went to Tx A & M
He is in an explosives unit, secret stuff, but (as she put it) not the super bad ass guys that took out Osama. I think she might have said underwater explosives.

Perfect place for his action. Marines.

I'll let you know if anything interesting happens, but I'll likely never hear about it.

He's a prime physical specimen, I can tell you that.
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In reply to sycasey • 8:55a, 3/12/26
sycasey said:
They're probably going to put boots on the ground in Iran to secure the strait, exactly the thing no one wanted.


Clearly, the Trump Administration UNDERESTIMATED the consequences of this attack on Iran.
Probably has to do with a lack of planning.

Boots on the ground wouldn't surprise me.

Clearly, there has been no "unconditional surrender" or regime change.
We haven't even seen any damage assessment about the degradation of their nuclear facilities.

Seems like Trump and his administration are just making up stuff as they go along.
Not surprising.

Amateur Hour.

It's also interesting to note that Trump supporters haven't posted a single criticism of this attack.
Instead of posting their thoughts and opinions organically , they do nothing but REPLY to posts.


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10:26a, 3/12/26

I think Trump's new obsession with foreign affairs has to do with him maximizing his press coverage around the globe. So many possibilities to be seen with world leaders and to have his face front and center!

Compare that with working on "affordability"... boring!

So now we have a burgeoning war that our leaders have started without putting ANY thought into... not even glancing at the past 80 years of history to see that we have tried this sort of thing numerous times and it has almost always failed.
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10:32a, 3/12/26
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In reply to Cal88 • 10:37a, 3/12/26
I think that the Administration (and the oil market) are seriously underestimating just how obscenely high crude oil can go here if they are unable to secure oil tanker passage thru the Strait.

This can go from an inflationary event to an economic demand-destruction event (recession) in a heartbeat.



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1:17p, 3/12/26
Hmmmm...


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3:57p, 3/12/26
With regard to the convicted terrorist shooter at Old Dominion that got "subdued" into the After Life by ROTC students…..



*His heirs won't be makin' bank.
Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection
Send my credentials to the House of Detention
I got some friends inside

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9:47p, 3/12/26
Seriously, how does anyone not see this coming?

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In reply to sycasey • 9:48p, 3/12/26
Shocker.
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In reply to sycasey • 9:54p, 3/12/26
Anonymous military officials. A CNN article. Super trustworthy and believable
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In reply to Aunburdened • 9:58p, 3/12/26
Aunburdened said:

There you go!
My daughter's best friend's father was one of those ex-combat suicides.

War. What is it good for?




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In reply to BearlySane88 • 10:13p, 3/12/26
BearlySane88 said:
Anonymous military officials. A CNN article. Super trustworthy and believable

What's obvious from the government's actions is that they are scrambling.

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11:23p, 3/12/26
This is because we have the DUMBEST COMMANDER IN CHIEF in my LIFETIME.

The sheer stupidity is not even close!

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In reply to DiabloWags • 11:40p, 3/12/26

Yeah, absolutely zero thought was put into this "war". Heck, an aging BA in PEIS could've enlightened them as to what has rarely worked the past century (and why).

Bright side is that this may be the straw that broke the camel's back for President Donald "Dromedary" Trump.
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5:48a, 3/13/26
Trump's choice to begin another forever war in the middle east is going to last a while. Trump's pride makes a scaleback difficult and Iran's strong position makes a harm free end difficult.

In the meantime, there have been a lot of new developments in the Epstein files that have exposed more of the truth about Trump's rapacious past. The only lasting success Trump has had with this forever war is in regards to his pedophile cover-up.
Censorship has always been a tool of the fascist
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6:33a, 3/13/26
USAF KC-135 tanker crash over Iraq, crew of 6. Cause of crash yet TBD, possibly collision with another US jet.
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In reply to Cal88 • 6:45a, 3/13/26
Cal88 said:
USAF KC-135 tanker crash over Iraq, crew of 6. Cause of crash yet TBD, possibly collision with another US jet.


4 airmen confirmed dead, their bodies recovered.
Active search and rescue for the remaining 2 members.

Was not due to enemy or friendly fire according to military officials.
Occurred in Western Iraq. Sparsely populated and desert area.

Pete Hegseth confirmed the 4 deaths in his press briefing this morning.

1 KC 135 was able to land safely in Israel.

EDIT: All 6 airmen confirmed dead.





US Air Force refueling plane crashes in Iraq, killing at least four of six on board | CNN
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7:25a, 3/13/26
Oh is that all?

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In reply to sycasey • 7:27a, 3/13/26
Brilliant.
This is what you get when you appoint a FAUX NEWS host as your Defense Secretary.

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