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Looking back now, were egg prices really such a problem?

He thought it was going to be quick and painless, like Venezuela. But this is not Venezuela. This is America's next "forever war".

America has punched its friends in the nose and is not listening to any of them. Doesn't want to know.

America has a big internal mess you citizens need to sort out.

"Planned maintenance" of the current administration? Sounds good....

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Wonderful shot, Bill. 😍

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Trump can say what he likes. But this isn't over any time soon. Iran can still hit Israel, and will continue to do so fir a long time.

Iran is not going to "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER", not even if it is written in All Caps.

I wonder if there are any Trump voters that are now having voter's remorse.

Were the price of eggs really the worst thing EVER?

As they say, if you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

I don't think that is how the International Criminal Court works. There are no kings in the Hague, Trump.

Very stable, orange genius at work.

Loses have been small because US/Israel had enough Patriots to shoot down many of those drones. But apparently Iran has huge stockpiles deep underground, as they have been expecting attack from Israel for some time. When Israel/US run out of Patriots, those drones will start hitting their mark.

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I'm no defender of Trump, but energy markets are international. The US might produce most of it's oil, but the US oil producer will happily sell his oil to the highest bidder, even if they are outside the US.

Not sure why China is doing this as the oil they are buying is still more expensive.

He has a nice voice. I hope the embassy appreciates his music.

Putin can make the size of yhe army as large as he wants, but without equipment and support the won't last long. As it is they don't have enough food and equipment for the army as it is.

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No doubt from me. I know Trump is not on the side of the Budapest Memorandum.

And he wants Iran to give up nuclear aspirations so that the US can do regime change. What are the chances if Iran giving up nuclear weapons? Zero after Ukraine's painful lesson.

Strange outcome considering it could easily be argued that the "artist" simply used "AI" as a "tool" to create his "artwork".

Maybe the US Supreme Court refuses to rule on this, but there are many other countries around the world with their own supreme courts, who may well want to hear such a case.

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Boots on the ground sounds to me like just disinformation at this stage.

Thank you General for you insights. I am not military, but it took a long time to build up to the Iraq conflict. If the US wanted boots on the ground, they would have to start building up numbers in the area. And of course, as hostilities have already started, so Iran would be trying to hit them.

Oh, and while they were building up those forces, you know Iran would be hitting them.

Yeah, this idea is not a runner.

No they won't. It would take too long to build up enough in the area to do it. Iran is three times the size of Iraq, and we know how long that buildup took.

The US have dug a hole they have no idea how to get out of. Very stable genius at work.

They definitely had the WMDs they never found, including those chemical weapons that also didn't appear.

I'm thinking the US lies to justify the breaking of international laws - then and now.

I remember that they promised Ukraine protection in the Budapest Memorandum which they never provided.

Interesting. Iran was dangerous because they had all this nuclear matterial and were two weeks away from making a bomb. So you whack all these people, destabilise the area, and have no idea who will come next to get their hands on all this nuclear material.

A very stable genious at work!

Yes, "Weapons of Mass Destruction, Part II".

With even less credibility than they had back then...

Let's just hope the regime that takes over is not something like ISIS or the Taleban, which is a definite possibility as the US don't look like ready to do what is necessary to set up an administration of their own. The landmass of Iraq is small compared to Iran, and you saw the buildup Iraq took.

Yes. They have also shot at a couple of oil tanker in the Straight of Hormuz, which means Maersk and other transport companies will stop transiting the Straight. Oil is about to get very expensive for everybody.

I am not sure this will end quickly.

OK, targetting something else. I'm thinking the US air bases.

Colossally nice shot. 😉
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