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No. of Recommendations: 8
A few things on the "news" the last few days.
The GOP controlled House choose not to vote on a war powers resolution this week.
Chatter says Trump the Conqueror is getting wound up for another offensive.
But Rubio says the Strait is up to the Europeans to handle.
Rubio: We need a 'Plan B' if Iran keeps the Strait of Hormuz closed, 'someone's going to have to do something about it'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. must prepare a "Plan B" if Iran refuses to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, warning that "someone's going to have to do something about it." At a press conference at a NATO meeting in Sweden, Rubio said the international community can not allow the Strait of Hormuz to be closed indefinitely, suggesting allied nations may eventually need to take action to reopen the shipping lane.https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/rubio-we-need...So who/what would Trump the Conqueror attack, if the intent is to fob the Iran mess off on Europe?
What would "Bibi" do, if the Europeans said "ok, we will deal with Iran....Iran, lets go back to the JCPOA, and the US can get stuffed".
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 3
Ben Meiselas pulling threads together that indicate resumption of attack on Iran, probably this weekend.
Trump CANCELS TRIP and PREPARES WAR TONIGHT?!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLkvms-np84So, I'm going to throw this out there. Trump the Conqueror thinks he is the most brilliant person the world has ever seen. Could he be planning a fake-out: get everyone keyed up about Iran, then attack Cuba?
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 0
What would "Bibi" do, if the Europeans said "ok, we will deal with Iran....Iran, lets go back to the JCPOA, and the US can get stuffed".
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Retire.
And then Israel would be re-branded because it's not 'BIBI' at the helm and for Progressives it's all about an individual "Bibi"...."Putin", etc. And then the anti-AIPAC stuff might be kicked down a few notches and Israel's rule over America continues unmolested for perhaps a decade more.
I wonder what Iran wants most out of this ---- because they are in the driver's seat.
MeThinks the "toll" is the bargaining chip they'd give up in return for a symbolic "we keep the uranium but you can leave Webcams up to watch" us type of deal.
They SHOULD troll Trump - literally name it the Trump Toll, and keep it FREE for nations who do not genuflect for Israel---God would that be a pound of flesh but in the end, I think they want to stay nuclear--- because once you actually have nukes, America -- Europe ----Israel can't screw with you but rather, they'll pay you off and coddle you. China and Russia be it overtly or covertly should backstop this for Iran be it money, loans, humanitarian stuff. infrastructure repair, etc. This could become a full on proxy war that they could win and in the process increase foothold in Middle East ---a tremendous asset for when China decides to re-think the World Order as we've known it for the past 60 years or so.
No. of Recommendations: 4
And then Israel would be re-branded because it's not 'BIBI' at the helm Israel has a deep bench. If not Bennett, then Ben-Gvir could take over. Have you seen the video of what the Israelis, under Ben-Gvir's direction, did to a group that was trying to get food and medical supplies in to Gaza? Most of the people the Israelis arrested have been returned to their home countries. The people are showing bruises and claiming the Israelis beat them.
Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir faces international backlash after mocking detained flotilla activistshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrGzlFutTKUSteve
No. of Recommendations: 2
This evening the "news" has been atwitter that another Trump post is claiming peace is at hand. as if this time is different from the last dozen or more times he has made that claim over the last couple months.
Who is doing the negotiating, considering that the US' head diplomat, the Sec State, is in India? Those two real estate speculators, again?
Of course, I would not be surprised by another Trump double cross. That is who he is.
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 0
Steve.....
The bench isn't the point.
Point is---- it's about hating a persona on the Progressive Left. When President Obama literally publicly whispered to Medvedev "I'll have flexibility on missile defense after the election" - the Progressive Sheeples didn't care. Why? It wasn't 'PUTIN!" or "Viktor Orban!"
So when Bibi is gone, it'll allow some of the Progressive Sheeple to accept that "Bibi" is gone and take their temperature down a bit.
No. of Recommendations: 2
So when Bibi is gone, it'll allow some of the Progressive Sheeple to accept that "Bibi" is gone and take their temperature down a bit.Listen to the things Bennett, or Ben-Gvir, or Smotrich, or Katz, is saying, now, and in recent months. They will not lower the temperature one bit. If anything, they are more inflammatory than "Bibi".
Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, widely known for incendiary rhetoric and controversial positions on Palestinians, warned Thursday that a southern suburb of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, could face devastation similar to the Gaza Strip after the Israeli military urged residents to evacuate the area.https://www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-east/radical-...Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday that, under orders from him and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the IDF will accelerate the demolition of Lebanese homes in frontline villages along the border, "in line with the model we applied in Gaza's Rafah and Beit Hanoun," which have been largely flattened.https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-securit...*That* is a deep bench. Retiring the top guy will not change policy.
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 0
*That* is a deep bench. Retiring the top guy will not change policy.
Steve
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Steve---I'm not saying it changes policy.
I am saying, there will be a rebranding effort.
And ---it will be ---not totally successful ----but it'll buy them time.
