Military Strikes on Iran Imminent

[baltimorened]

But you've got to love the irony of Russia helping Iran target our troops while we make it easier for Russia to fund their war machine at the same time.

it is ironic..a bad choice either way

 

[baltimorened]

Yeah, read something about it being because the oil is already in tankers ready to be delivered more quickly than if we released anything from the SPR. I don't disagree with the move since they're gonna need to do SOMETHING to deal with a quarter of the world's O&G being in limbo with the SoH being blockaded, but you'd think we'd have stocked up the SPR/prepared to release more from it prior to engaging with Iran.

you're right. They should have planned a little better. I've been surprised we haven't bombed anyplace capable of delivering missiles into the strait back to the stone age

 

[LafayetteBear]

I gave you a like for posting this. We can always depend on you to give us foreign and anti-american twitter posts.

That billionaire al Habtoor has been among those supporting Trump's Board of Peace and Trump in general. But his country is now suddenly in the middle of these hostilities through no fault of its own. The removal of Khamenei is probably a good thing (I'd say positively a good thing, but we still don't know what kind of government will succeed him), and eliminating Iran's ability to initiate military attacks and block shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is also a good thing. But this war will also have some negative consequences. It is not anti-American to point them out, as al Habtoor just did.

 

[LafayetteBear]

Maybe, maybe not. I am not inclined to believe anything that comes from Israel's (aka Netanyahu's) propaganda machine. He has every incentive to come up with anecdotes like this one. PIC has every incentive to ballyhoo it, whether it is true or not.. ("Minutes before they were gonna be launched, I tells 'ya!!" That's akin to PIC telling us that every time he obliterated a fast boat in the Caribbean, he saved 25,000 American lives. ) They're wholesale prevaricators.

 

[JohnHughsPartner]

Maybe, maybe not. I am not inclined to believe anything that comes from Israel's (aka Netanyahu's) propaganda machine. He has every incentive to come up with anecdotes like this one. PIC has every incentive to ballyhoo it, whether it is true or not.. ("Minutes before they were gonna be launched, I tells 'ya!!" That's akin to PIC telling us that every time he obliterated a fast boat in the Caribbean, he saved 25,000 American lives. ) They're wholesale prevaricators.

Cool

 

[LafayetteBear]

I'm looking forward to PIC announcing the release of a shiat ton of petroleum from the U.S. strategic oil reserve. You know, just the very thing that he and innumerable MAGAs excoriated Biden for doing, even as Biden restocked the reserve at a price FAR lower than the price for which it was sold and distributed when it was released.

 

[baltimorened]

That billionaire al Habtoor has been among those supporting Trump's Board of Peace and Trump in general. But his country is now suddenly in the middle of these hostilities through no fault of its own. The removal of Khamenei is probably a good thing (I'd say positively a good thing, but we still don't know what kind of government will succeed him), and eliminating Iran's ability to initiate military attacks and block shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is also a good thing. But this war will also have some negative consequences. It is not anti-American to point them out, as al Habtoor just did.

can't solve a problem if you won't or can't recognize there's a problem. And for trump, any ally's criticism might be a problem...or might just be for home consumption. Time will tell

 

[baltimorened]

Maybe, maybe not. I am not inclined to believe anything that comes from Israel's (aka Netanyahu's) propaganda machine. He has every incentive to come up with anecdotes like this one. PIC has every incentive to ballyhoo it, whether it is true or not.. ("Minutes before they were gonna be launched, I tells 'ya!!" That's akin to PIC telling us that every time he obliterated a fast boat in the Caribbean, he saved 25,000 American lives. ) They're wholesale prevaricators.

to be honest, I believe those long range missile are shot from a vertical position. Didn't look vertical in the videos I saw. Of course, "within minutes" could mean 10, 30, 60 or more depending on your mindset

 

[baltimorened]

I'm looking forward to PIC announcing the release of a shiat ton of petroleum from the U.S. strategic oil reserve. You know, just the very thing that he and innumerable MAGAs excoriated Biden for doing, even as Biden restocked the reserve at a price FAR lower than the price for which it was sold and distributed when it was released.

Damn, that Biden was quite the businessman wasn't he?

 

[dpic73]

 

[JohnHughsPartner]

 

[kidmike41]

I'm looking forward to PIC announcing the release of a shiat ton of petroleum from the U.S. strategic oil reserve. You know, just the very thing that he and innumerable MAGAs excoriated Biden for doing, even as Biden restocked the reserve at a price FAR lower than the price for which it was sold and distributed when it was released.

The reserve was never replenished, so they can’t release it