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Caleb James DeLisle · 3d
The South African government probably called in a favor for that.
Caleb James DeLisle · 3d
Israel was really dead-set on creating this doomsday scenario from the beginning. That's why they immediately moved to assassinate Iran's Pope and bomb the girl's school. Burning the ships / fighting with a river at your back... They wanted to transition Iran into a war posture so that there would...
Caleb James DeLisle · 3d
Sounds like the whole thing is kinda copium for the imperial administrista. If you say "US loses this one, then loses the gulf, and the petrodollar, and the empire, and then you lose your job", it mi...
Caek Islove ๐Ÿฐ ๐Ÿ’–  profile picture
Trump's best play is the same today as it was in March: declare victory and unilaterally pull back. If he's afraid of Mossad releasing the tapes, he can turn himself into the police and maybe get witness protection or something.
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Caleb James DeLisle · 3d
That might be AN issue, but I think the bigger issue is that Iran is on war footing now, so if the US turns tail and runs, there's no reason why they shouldn't be willing to keep fighting - i.e. invade Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE, and even KSA. If the US runs, and then Iran invades Iraq, what does t...
Caleb James DeLisle · 3d
His take is actually not that bad. We Need doesn't mean it's gonna happen, it's just wishing. And I think he's right that if the US had that kit, they'd have a chance. Now the fact that that kit does...
Caek Islove ๐Ÿฐ ๐Ÿ’–  profile picture
It fits the pattern of the article it was replying to where the author said that if we stopped bombing stupid targets and started bombing smart targets, we can win even with the few missiles we have left and then proceeded to not name a single specific "smart target", other than Kharg Island which would basically be airstriking US energy markets.
Caleb James DeLisle · 3d
Sounds like the whole thing is kinda copium for the imperial administrista. If you say "US loses this one, then loses the gulf, and the petrodollar, and the empire, and then you lose your job", it might be true, but it's kind of a downer. If you say "just gotta move a number over on a spreadsheet,...
Caleb James DeLisle · 3d
Yeap. There's something, the millimeter protester-be-gone ray. Then you've got laser welders, which if you're close to the target they can do something. But distance is a bitch.
Caleb James DeLisle · 3d
Well, I guess we can assume they're not zapping houses with the space laser thingy, because if they were then they could use them on Iran
Caek Islove ๐Ÿฐ ๐Ÿ’–  profile picture
We can't even build a fucking cell phone in the USA and this guy thinks the fast track to winning in Iran is to invent phasers

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Caleb James DeLisle · 3d
His take is actually not that bad. We Need doesn't mean it's gonna happen, it's just wishing. And I think he's right that if the US had that kit, they'd have a chance. Now the fact that that kit doesn't exist, and SEEMS like it probably violates physics so NGMI. But I think his stratigic analysis ...
Caleb James DeLisle · 3d
Professor Chinaman discussed this quite a bit. Shock and Awe was really NOT supposed to work (in 2003), all of the military planners said it will not work, but the president's top guys pushed for it, and they tried it on Saddam and it WORKED, incredibly fantastically well... So they kind of got dru...
jb · 4d
Monday morning #headlines recap Trump claims a Hormuz "deal"; Iran calls it a complete lie and a desperate attempt to manipulate the markets; oil craters. Trump said allies (Saudi, UAE, Qatar, Iran)...
Caek Islove ๐Ÿฐ ๐Ÿ’–  profile picture
>US-Japan joint FX intervention officially confirmed. Japan's Ministry of Finance stated it bought yen in coordination with the US Treasury on Friday and "will not hesitate" to repeat; Bessent echoed it and Trump called the intervention "a signal of friendship". Yen at 157, with 160 seen as the line.

During the bubble economy it was like 250, which made Japanese exports dirt cheap. If I was running the BOJ, I'd let 'er rip. Make Toyotas Cheap Again!!