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This is the basis for the GOP campaign slogan. It's what they run on. Poor ole Joe Biden is the root cause of all the world's ills. FoxNews says so each and every day.
Don't forget the Clintons and George Soros, too.....the absolute proof is all contained in the 30K missing emails from her email server!
Why you be dissin' Mr. Obama? He be up for a lotta that blame too! Him an that ol' Health Care fraud he worked. He be leavin' us hardly no money for poor ol' Pete Hesgeth to be spendin'.
Why you be dissin' Mr. Obama? He be up for a lotta that blame too! Him an that ol' Health Care fraud he worked. He be leavin' us hardly no money for poor ol' Pete Hesgeth to be spendin'.
Pete Kegbreath spent something like $9M on steaks and cracked crab before the attack, according to reports....
The US is burning through MAJOR cash and munitions resources in its Iran 'escapade'.... it's not sustainable. (China and NK must be *thrilled* by this.) Shooting off high-cost high-tech weapons like drunken sailors not realizing it takes YEARS to replenish the supply. Idiots!
BBG: Iran’s Cheap, Plentiful Weaponry Puts US Military Under Unprecedented Strain https://archive.ph/hSdRI
Excerpt from professor Heather Cox Richardson this morning, 3/11/26:
Today, administration officials gave a classified briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee about the war in Iran. Democrats who spoke to the press afterward appeared to be furious.
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) told reporters he was coming out of the briefing “as dissatisfied and angry, frankly, as I have from any past briefing in my 15 years in the Senate. I am left with more questions than answers, especially about the cost of the war. My questions have been unanswered. And I will demand answers because the American people deserve to know.”
“I am most concerned about the threat to American lives, of potentially deploying our sons and daughters on the ground in Iran. We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran…and there is also, as disturbingly as anything else, the specter of active Russian aid to Iran, putting in danger American lives. Literally, Russia seems to be aiding our enemy, actively and intensively, with intelligence and perhaps with other means, and China, also, may be assisting Iran.”
“So, the American people deserve to know much more than this administration has told them about the cost of the war, the danger to our sons and daughters in uniform, and the potential for further escalation and widening of this war, a war of choice made by this president, not chosen by the American people, with potentially huge consequences to American lives.”
In addition, this administration has little understanding of asymetric warfare where inexpensive and plentiful weapons are extremely difficult to defeat. The Ukraine war is a good example today.
The possibility of a proxy war has always been a reason not to engage in this sort of regime change in Iran. Made even more ironic/complicated by Israel's relationship with Russia.
Donnie boy is getting GOP pressure to end this ASAP. I don't know if he will get to release troops on the ground. My guess is that he will be forced to pull one of his famous TACO moves.
The real question is whether he really gets to "end" this conflict just by pulling back.
I mean, does he just get to say "Ok, done. Cuba is next up." There are 93 million people in Iran, and a few of them may want some payback.
Elevated oil prices do not help when he does his stock market barometer checks. After all, Dow 50,000 is what we ALL should be talking about.
"My guess is that he will be forced to pull one of his famous TACO moves. The real question is whether he really gets to "end" this conflict just by pulling back."
Donald J. Trump appears to be setting the table for a TACO lunch. But Iran may not stop their missile/drone strikes—they may seek additional retribution. Will Colin Powell's Pottery Barn Rule apply?
They're also getting blowback for concealing / downplaying the number of casualties in retaliatory attacks by Iran -- CBS confirmed that Donnie's regime concealed the true extent of Iran's strikes on a base in Kuwait. Dozens of service members suffered severe injuries and 30 remain in the hospital.
Of course, the GQP in Congress will shrug and roll over to get their tummies rubbed, because as House Speaker MAGA Mike said the other day, it's not his job to interfere with Donnie's governing.
With so much uncertainties, we are reducing equity exposure across the board.
The market is being fooled to believe this is short term event. The oil issue is just a tip of an iceberg. Releasing strategic oil reserve reduces oil price spiking to over $130, but there is finite amount available in the reserve. In the meantime, the conflict region in middle east is growing, not slowing at all. If and when the conflict escalate to involve water and electrical infrastructures, it may be too late to de-escalate the war.
As i stated in earlier post, this administration is full of strategic incompetence.
"As i stated in earlier post, this administration is full of strategic incompetence."
This is what we get when "leaders" are chosen solely based on their loyalty to the president and not on their intelligence or subject matter expertise.
Terrorism has no boundary. Without a declaration of war (and authorization by Congress), US has just awaken the tiger similar to that of Pearl Harbor attack. There will be consequences and instability outside of the middle east region.
This chaos only benefit our adversaries including Russia, China, and North Korea.
Iran doesn't need a strategy. They can just stand on the sidelines and watch as the US keeps shooting themselves in the foot. I can't think of a single thing that will ever sort out all the wars and factions in the Middle East.
"President Trump’s suggestions that the war with Iran might soon be over are bringing a new problem to the fore: Israel and the U.S. have different ideas on when to end the conflict and under what conditions."
"The U.S. also told Israel Monday that the administration was 'not happy' with the attacks on Iranian energy facilities and told Israel not to do it again unless approved by Washington, according to U.S. sources."
"And hours after Trump told a reporter the military campaign was 'very complete, pretty much,' Netanyahu reiterated his maximalist goals for the war."
"'Trump may be learning the oldest lesson of human conflicts: It is much easier to start a war than to end one,' said Ali Vaez, the Iran project director at International Crisis Group. 'By hinting at stopping the bombing without a credible diplomatic off-ramp, he risks creating the worst of both worlds—Iran has every incentive to keep using its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz, while Israel may see no reason to stop its own campaign.'"
Comments: Maybe we'll soon see what Donald J. Trump, a "master strategist," has in mind? Who is actually in charge of this multifaceted operation—Mr. Trump or Mr. Netanyahu? Obviously, Israel's national interests may not perfectly align with the interests of the U.S. If Israel insists on toppling Iran's clerical regime, perhaps they could continue prosecuting this war by themselves in order to achieve their long-sought desire?
Trump is easily manipulated by Netanyahu to go along with this war. Rubio gave conflicting story from that of WH on why we entered the war. There is nothing to gain strategically for US. This 10 days war already caused 6 dead and 108 wounded, and this only the beginning. Air defense on US bases is porous and could worsen over prolong war.
He failed to learn from history just as Hitler and Neapolitan invaded Russia. The rest is history and the brutal Russian winter defeated these massive armies. US may have to learn “how to lose” a war. That is called strategic incompetent.
trump is easily manipulated by anyone willing to stroke his ego and frame an initiative to trump's way of thinking. Netanyahu, Putin and many corporate execs have exploited this. IIRC "Tim Apple" was one of the first to exploit this. Recall that trump was ranting about Apple bringing back manufacturing. Then, it faded into the background.
"'Trump may be learning the oldest lesson of human conflicts: It is much easier to start a war than to end one,' said Ali Vaez, the Iran project director at International Crisis Group. '
He never actually learns a darn thing - he just blames others for his many mistakes. Teflon Don.
But that conflict quote summarizes things perfectly.
It's the most expensive on-the-job training deal in human history. But of course he hasn't learned anything at all, being incapable of everything except extortion and corruption.
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https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/news/hegseth-pentagon-spending-lobsters-steak-b2936010.html
BBG: Iran’s Cheap, Plentiful Weaponry Puts US Military Under Unprecedented Strain
https://archive.ph/hSdRI
The real question is whether he really gets to "end" this conflict just by pulling back.
I mean, does he just get to say "Ok, done. Cuba is next up." There are 93 million people in Iran, and a few of them may want some payback.
Elevated oil prices do not help when he does his stock market barometer checks. After all, Dow 50,000 is what we ALL should be talking about.
The real question is whether he really gets to "end" this conflict just by pulling back."
Donald J. Trump appears to be setting the table for a TACO lunch.
But Iran may not stop their missile/drone strikes—they may seek additional retribution.
Will Colin Powell's Pottery Barn Rule apply?
Of course, the GQP in Congress will shrug and roll over to get their tummies rubbed, because as House Speaker MAGA Mike said the other day, it's not his job to interfere with Donnie's governing.
The market is being fooled to believe this is short term event. The oil issue is just a tip of an iceberg. Releasing strategic oil reserve reduces oil price spiking to over $130, but there is finite amount available in the reserve. In the meantime, the conflict region in middle east is growing, not slowing at all. If and when the conflict escalate to involve water and electrical infrastructures, it may be too late to de-escalate the war.
As i stated in earlier post, this administration is full of strategic incompetence.
Donnie's next TACO lunch may not stay down. Or it might end up in his diaper and we would all have to smell the stink.
Don't think Iran can reach our shores from a military standpoint, but I may just be naive about their sleeper cell capabilities. We shall see.
This is what we get when "leaders" are chosen solely based on their loyalty
to the president and not on their intelligence or subject matter expertise.
This chaos only benefit our adversaries including Russia, China, and North Korea.
the fore: Israel and the U.S. have different ideas on when to end the conflict and under what conditions."
"The U.S. also told Israel Monday that the administration was 'not happy' with the attacks on Iranian energy
facilities and told Israel not to do it again unless approved by Washington, according to U.S. sources."
"And hours after Trump told a reporter the military campaign was 'very complete, pretty much,' Netanyahu
reiterated his maximalist goals for the war."
"'Trump may be learning the oldest lesson of human conflicts: It is much easier to start a war than to end
one,' said Ali Vaez, the Iran project director at International Crisis Group. 'By hinting at stopping the bombing
without a credible diplomatic off-ramp, he risks creating the worst of both worlds—Iran has every incentive
to keep using its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz, while Israel may see no reason to stop its own campaign.'"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-says-the-iran-war-is-nearly-won-but-israel-has-other-ideas/ar-AA1XWSKs
Comments: Maybe we'll soon see what Donald J. Trump, a "master strategist," has in mind?
Who is actually in charge of this multifaceted operation—Mr. Trump or Mr. Netanyahu?
Obviously, Israel's national interests may not perfectly align with the interests of the U.S.
If Israel insists on toppling Iran's clerical regime, perhaps they could continue prosecuting
this war by themselves in order to achieve their long-sought desire?
He failed to learn from history just as Hitler and Neapolitan invaded Russia. The rest is history and the brutal Russian winter defeated these massive armies. US may have to learn “how to lose” a war. That is called strategic incompetent.
But that conflict quote summarizes things perfectly.