Trump should've closed the border, deported the illegals, and then spent the remainder of his time watching TV in the White House. He would be hugely popular. So many unforced errors in his second term. Very frustrating for those of us who support him.
Nah man. The entire subtext of the article was a warning to libtards about the post-Trump American Right. She was essentially saying “this doesn’t end with Trump, there’s all these younger guys (like the previously canceled Greer with his upcoming book) that are going to shape the direction etc.”
The genie is out of the bottle no matter the fate of Trump.
I'm really at a loss here. An already weakened regime has been set back decades and an obsession with the straight indicates short term thinking. Iran's disruption capabilities are coming under heavy depletion with regard to their key systems. Many of their own stranded tankers are limiting their gains. They aren't so much strengthening their position as they are weakening the west's. We are soft, it's true (Europe more so) but the disruptions have led to significant decline in their sales as they are running into difficulties by trying to permit access to Russia and China while denying it to almost everyone else. Rerouting through the cape of Good Hope, along with reserves and increased output are already doing damage to Iran's economy, even if this drags into the summer refill season. Even pessimistic assessments are talking about restoration of 50 percent capacity by later in the spring.
Asymmetric disruption is already facing the law of diminishing returns for them (because their whole economy basically depends on global oil markets), Iran can't indefinitely absorb this, their economy overall is much smaller and weaker than those they are attempting to starve of oil, closure long term is untenable without major escalation and if Trump isn't happy with the results of the 2 week ceasefire (which Scott doesn't even mention, perhaps because he wrote this article first) the major attack on infrastructure which was proposed would only shorten the timeline in which the blockade would be maintained. Scott can mock Trump for courting the likes of Levin, Fox news or Catturd all he wants, but the fact is they represent a much larger swath of the american populous than the online right who are becoming less relevant by the day. Does Scott really think that people who talk about demons, Egyptian timetravelers, UFOs, pedophile cabals are the voice of reason and that the much more prominent people and influencers on Trump's side are just boomercon fossils? The game on the ground says otherwise. MAGA is going strong, support for the conflict is overwhelming among the base, the left is too busy focusing on ICE and people are sick of these panican tradboy online morality police who don't really care about freedom or making america great again but more about imposing a theocracy even if they have to start defending the importation of a replacement population to do so.
They oppose the war because they look at the scum running the show in Iran (for now anyway) and they see a kindred spirit. Scott stupendously downplays how insane, irrational, unpopular they are while grossly overestimating how much they matter. Many of their predictions in relation to this war have not come true, everything they said about Venezuela was wrong, and they were talking about impeaching Trump because he's a Satanist before the Iran conflict, so it made no difference and given the broad support (and that Iran will lose their capability to maintain the blockade well before the midterms) the impact will be minimal. And this isn't newsmax, fox news, or da jooz saying this. This is bloomberg, CNBC, the hill. Not exactly Trump cheerleaders the last time I checked.
It's ironic that Scott calls Europe an ally, because he's constantly attacking the boomers and seeing Europeans as trusted friends or brothers in arms is the most out of date boomer brained thing I've ever heard in my life. They aren't trustworthy on intelligence sharing, they countersignal our economic interests at every given turn, they boast loudly of their hatred for our country, wish for its downfall and blame americans for their own apathy, self hatred and inability to defend themselves and their own values. They are a financial burden on us, an ungrateful spoiled child who has already suffered two devastating temper tantrums (the world wars) which they of course blame on their responsible parent, their benefactor which goes to show you that doing people favors often engenders resentment, not respect.
Their sense of intellectual superiority and elitism is completely unearned, given how ridiculous, incomprehensible and unworkable so many of their ideas have been and again rather than confront this, the lazy couch potato philosophers chose to scratch their asses and (you guessed it) blame america. Blaming America is a nice cover for exhausted people with a poor worth ethic, no living space, cultural and political achievements that are all past tense. Rather than answering the call inside their house, the European would rather attack white americans than defend their daughter as she's being raped by the kamel jaquey he invited to brunch. They have little influence, they aren't reliable and they hate us. With friends like that, who needs enemies? Greer bemoans Trump for hating two irrelevant groups of people who've proven themselves erratic and unreliable, namely Europeans and the online right. Scott makes no positive case for trusting either of them just faux pas, bad mojo, vibes man. This article represents a horrendous series of takes and some of the worst ideas in the long sad history of bad ideas, right up there with cirque du soleil or cloning dinosaurs and transporting them to a small island near costa rica.
This is the same gish gallop slop poster who said "GONZO PORN WAS AWESOME!" as a defense of 00's degenerate culture, FYI. Just ignore whatever Ryan Thompson says.
I take note that most of the same people who want porn banned (be it the feminist or the trad boy variety) often have screwed up personal lives and think a pro white identity is at best a distraction or (more likely) hate, which should be censored. I can't think of one (even one) pro white regime that censors porn. It's quite popular in Hungary (no AV laws) and they seem to be doing quite well. Enjoy China and Iran, and seeing as you want them to win, why am I not surprised? I would correct myself (or at least your paraphrase of my statement) and say gonzo porn is, was, and forever will be awesome. I can't even see the argument in your ad hominem with an SEM. Looks like you'll be held back a grade yet again. Being of a generous spirit, I am nonetheless in admiration of your handicapability.
PS Einstein, my views on Gonzo porn really have nothing to do with the Iran operation. The proctologist called, they found your head.
Iran is run by an oligarchy of Demons. They will destroy their own citizens before they give up nuclear weapons and their deliberate choice to vaporize Israel as soon as the opportunity arises. If ever military might could be considered to be created for good Iran is an example like nothing else imaginable. We see what the theocracy is doing to its own citizens. There should be no confusion as to what the future would hold for everyone else.
I wish I could speak another language besides English. Unfortunately I grew up in a time when my bilingual parents did everything they could to prevent be from becoming fluent in what their parents and they spoke.
I believe the first time we went into Iran was a mistake. This is a total debacle. One that saddens me to no end to see what this Presidency has become. I dont even know if he packs up and leaves now if he can get his base back together.
There has been positives to this operation. One was exposing NATO as unreliable after we funded and supported their war against Russia in Ukraine. It was shown to be militarily ineffective with the UK unable to muster an operational ship when its base was attacked. It has shown that they have been using and abusing us as a subsidy for their domestic programs while we were their de facto defense budget.
They used to call Trump unhinged but what he's doing now is *really* unhinged. Can he really be that stupid, that reckless. How did he allow himself to be dragged into this disaster. The Biden foreign policy blunders like Afghanistan may well be eclipsed by this. There's some stupidity or senility evident here.
NATO is a defensive organization. They are not obligated to follow one deranged member into a war of choice. You say you got the call wrong on this war and yet castigate NATO for having made the same decision before you. Seems inconsistent. NATO probably made the same assessment our Navy did, that the strait could nor be opened by force without tremendous cost. That is why we were reduced to begging. Also we have neglected our littoral fleet for 20 years. Sheer incompetence and a waste of money.
The worst thing about all this is whenever I see or hear Trump speak, I recoil like a libtarded aunt. I can't stand that fat blowhard anymore. I do not want to react like a libtarded aunt. I want nothing in common with those mask-wearing pussyhatters, but we now have something in common.
I still like Vance though. I hope he comes out of this a stronger politician.
You think the Trump administration is impressive? Dirtbag Donnie is the worst president ever. What has that fucking asshole done that could even remotely be considered as impressive?
The US needs to develop technology that makes it cheaper and more efficient to shoot down drones and missiles. That kind of advantage might not have made a huge difference in this war but it would certainly help. Ultimately the Iranian regime seems to be happy to engage in total war. That isn't an opponent worth taking on.
The way it's looking to me, interested outside observer, is U.S. weapons development wants to go straight to anti-drone/missile lasers. Rather than the field tested anti-drone and anti-missile drones. But good lasers will take more time and money.
I'm going to wait to 8 pm tonight to withhold judgment.
Trump should've closed the border, deported the illegals, and then spent the remainder of his time watching TV in the White House. He would be hugely popular. So many unforced errors in his second term. Very frustrating for those of us who support him.
As Pascal said: “All of man's problems stem from his inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
But this is his character. Always was.
It’s ok to bail on defending him, Scott. Our fortunes are not tied to this administration. That New Yorker piece should’ve reassured you of that.
You don’t have to disavow either. I’ll never do it and I don’t regret anything either. Fuck the libtards, they can choke on orange shit.
You’re right that the demise of the Empire isn’t going to happen anytime soon. It’s unfortunately more resilient than given credit for.
Our fortunes are still tied to Trump, whether people like it or not. The New Yorker article did not make an opposing argument.
Nah man. The entire subtext of the article was a warning to libtards about the post-Trump American Right. She was essentially saying “this doesn’t end with Trump, there’s all these younger guys (like the previously canceled Greer with his upcoming book) that are going to shape the direction etc.”
The genie is out of the bottle no matter the fate of Trump.
LOL
I'm really at a loss here. An already weakened regime has been set back decades and an obsession with the straight indicates short term thinking. Iran's disruption capabilities are coming under heavy depletion with regard to their key systems. Many of their own stranded tankers are limiting their gains. They aren't so much strengthening their position as they are weakening the west's. We are soft, it's true (Europe more so) but the disruptions have led to significant decline in their sales as they are running into difficulties by trying to permit access to Russia and China while denying it to almost everyone else. Rerouting through the cape of Good Hope, along with reserves and increased output are already doing damage to Iran's economy, even if this drags into the summer refill season. Even pessimistic assessments are talking about restoration of 50 percent capacity by later in the spring.
Asymmetric disruption is already facing the law of diminishing returns for them (because their whole economy basically depends on global oil markets), Iran can't indefinitely absorb this, their economy overall is much smaller and weaker than those they are attempting to starve of oil, closure long term is untenable without major escalation and if Trump isn't happy with the results of the 2 week ceasefire (which Scott doesn't even mention, perhaps because he wrote this article first) the major attack on infrastructure which was proposed would only shorten the timeline in which the blockade would be maintained. Scott can mock Trump for courting the likes of Levin, Fox news or Catturd all he wants, but the fact is they represent a much larger swath of the american populous than the online right who are becoming less relevant by the day. Does Scott really think that people who talk about demons, Egyptian timetravelers, UFOs, pedophile cabals are the voice of reason and that the much more prominent people and influencers on Trump's side are just boomercon fossils? The game on the ground says otherwise. MAGA is going strong, support for the conflict is overwhelming among the base, the left is too busy focusing on ICE and people are sick of these panican tradboy online morality police who don't really care about freedom or making america great again but more about imposing a theocracy even if they have to start defending the importation of a replacement population to do so.
They oppose the war because they look at the scum running the show in Iran (for now anyway) and they see a kindred spirit. Scott stupendously downplays how insane, irrational, unpopular they are while grossly overestimating how much they matter. Many of their predictions in relation to this war have not come true, everything they said about Venezuela was wrong, and they were talking about impeaching Trump because he's a Satanist before the Iran conflict, so it made no difference and given the broad support (and that Iran will lose their capability to maintain the blockade well before the midterms) the impact will be minimal. And this isn't newsmax, fox news, or da jooz saying this. This is bloomberg, CNBC, the hill. Not exactly Trump cheerleaders the last time I checked.
It's ironic that Scott calls Europe an ally, because he's constantly attacking the boomers and seeing Europeans as trusted friends or brothers in arms is the most out of date boomer brained thing I've ever heard in my life. They aren't trustworthy on intelligence sharing, they countersignal our economic interests at every given turn, they boast loudly of their hatred for our country, wish for its downfall and blame americans for their own apathy, self hatred and inability to defend themselves and their own values. They are a financial burden on us, an ungrateful spoiled child who has already suffered two devastating temper tantrums (the world wars) which they of course blame on their responsible parent, their benefactor which goes to show you that doing people favors often engenders resentment, not respect.
Their sense of intellectual superiority and elitism is completely unearned, given how ridiculous, incomprehensible and unworkable so many of their ideas have been and again rather than confront this, the lazy couch potato philosophers chose to scratch their asses and (you guessed it) blame america. Blaming America is a nice cover for exhausted people with a poor worth ethic, no living space, cultural and political achievements that are all past tense. Rather than answering the call inside their house, the European would rather attack white americans than defend their daughter as she's being raped by the kamel jaquey he invited to brunch. They have little influence, they aren't reliable and they hate us. With friends like that, who needs enemies? Greer bemoans Trump for hating two irrelevant groups of people who've proven themselves erratic and unreliable, namely Europeans and the online right. Scott makes no positive case for trusting either of them just faux pas, bad mojo, vibes man. This article represents a horrendous series of takes and some of the worst ideas in the long sad history of bad ideas, right up there with cirque du soleil or cloning dinosaurs and transporting them to a small island near costa rica.
This is the same gish gallop slop poster who said "GONZO PORN WAS AWESOME!" as a defense of 00's degenerate culture, FYI. Just ignore whatever Ryan Thompson says.
I take note that most of the same people who want porn banned (be it the feminist or the trad boy variety) often have screwed up personal lives and think a pro white identity is at best a distraction or (more likely) hate, which should be censored. I can't think of one (even one) pro white regime that censors porn. It's quite popular in Hungary (no AV laws) and they seem to be doing quite well. Enjoy China and Iran, and seeing as you want them to win, why am I not surprised? I would correct myself (or at least your paraphrase of my statement) and say gonzo porn is, was, and forever will be awesome. I can't even see the argument in your ad hominem with an SEM. Looks like you'll be held back a grade yet again. Being of a generous spirit, I am nonetheless in admiration of your handicapability.
PS Einstein, my views on Gonzo porn really have nothing to do with the Iran operation. The proctologist called, they found your head.
Iran is run by an oligarchy of Demons. They will destroy their own citizens before they give up nuclear weapons and their deliberate choice to vaporize Israel as soon as the opportunity arises. If ever military might could be considered to be created for good Iran is an example like nothing else imaginable. We see what the theocracy is doing to its own citizens. There should be no confusion as to what the future would hold for everyone else.
"Oligarch of Demons"
What's your first language?
Hebrew, most likely. They're the only people thrilled about the war and the $5.00 gas.
I wish I could speak another language besides English. Unfortunately I grew up in a time when my bilingual parents did everything they could to prevent be from becoming fluent in what their parents and they spoke.
You should kill yourself.
I think it really outlines the weakness of long supply chains and the need for pulling energy production out of the ME.
I believe the first time we went into Iran was a mistake. This is a total debacle. One that saddens me to no end to see what this Presidency has become. I dont even know if he packs up and leaves now if he can get his base back together.
I think you mean Iraq?
No when we went last year for the 12 days. These little forays into this was never something that should have been done.
Sorry, I understand now.
There has been positives to this operation. One was exposing NATO as unreliable after we funded and supported their war against Russia in Ukraine. It was shown to be militarily ineffective with the UK unable to muster an operational ship when its base was attacked. It has shown that they have been using and abusing us as a subsidy for their domestic programs while we were their de facto defense budget.
They used to call Trump unhinged but what he's doing now is *really* unhinged. Can he really be that stupid, that reckless. How did he allow himself to be dragged into this disaster. The Biden foreign policy blunders like Afghanistan may well be eclipsed by this. There's some stupidity or senility evident here.
You experts on senility considering you pretended Biden didn't have dementia for four years.
Both can be true.
He's looking like a bloodthirsty maniac with the threats he's been making. Complete opposite of what he campaigned on.
Scott Greer unfortunately has little faith in The God of Israel! Iran will be swept away and you'll be looking very stupid!
NATO is a defensive organization. They are not obligated to follow one deranged member into a war of choice. You say you got the call wrong on this war and yet castigate NATO for having made the same decision before you. Seems inconsistent. NATO probably made the same assessment our Navy did, that the strait could nor be opened by force without tremendous cost. That is why we were reduced to begging. Also we have neglected our littoral fleet for 20 years. Sheer incompetence and a waste of money.
The worst thing about all this is whenever I see or hear Trump speak, I recoil like a libtarded aunt. I can't stand that fat blowhard anymore. I do not want to react like a libtarded aunt. I want nothing in common with those mask-wearing pussyhatters, but we now have something in common.
I still like Vance though. I hope he comes out of this a stronger politician.
Strait of hormuz closure proves Peter Zeihan's point that the US no longer has enough ships in order to patrol the globe anymore
You think the Trump administration is impressive? Dirtbag Donnie is the worst president ever. What has that fucking asshole done that could even remotely be considered as impressive?
Made it so you can't castrate children?
The US needs to develop technology that makes it cheaper and more efficient to shoot down drones and missiles. That kind of advantage might not have made a huge difference in this war but it would certainly help. Ultimately the Iranian regime seems to be happy to engage in total war. That isn't an opponent worth taking on.
The way it's looking to me, interested outside observer, is U.S. weapons development wants to go straight to anti-drone/missile lasers. Rather than the field tested anti-drone and anti-missile drones. But good lasers will take more time and money.