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reality speaks's avatar

Your spot on. This is why we should have never allowed BiBi to lie Trump into this disastrous decision. The Neo Cons all lined up and cheered him on because none of them have any actual morals The Military said sure we can blow things up. But that’s all they can do. Tucker and Charlie Kirk both told Trump not too and he ignored their wise advice. Trumps fatal weakness is not have the ability to ever admit he fucked up. Let’s pray he avoids the temptation to use Nuclear weapons

Cruising Economist's avatar

While serving in the US Army, first as an enlisted man and later a junior officer, a variety of realities became clear. First, DC is infested with cloistered, power lusting fools. Second, most of the higher ups in the military are hopelessly institutionalized and concerned with little more than their career. In other words, they don't really think they just conform to institutional forces and they are dreadfully selfish.

Once one understands these realities the idiotic military conflicts DC engages in come as no surprise, nor does their failure. I feel very sorry for the naive youngsters who get sucked into DC's lethal military vortex (I was one of them). Stay away...far away. Go challenge yourself by climbing a mountain or sailing across an ocean instead.

Overtheblues's avatar

Totally agree with all of that John, and I just wish the west was still capable of producing (and respecting) true statesmen such as these men. But nations whose governments have devolved into 'grift=factories' are necessarily ruled by the most criminally minded of politicians - only there to feed at the trough.

Cassandra's avatar

Ridiculous claptrap. So much planning ahead and coordination. Taking down terror arms in surrounding countries with the help of their governments. Getting gulf states on board.( Leaving OPEC. ) Repairing & using oil pipelines. Back to 80% of pre conflict exports. Except for Iran, theirs is zero. Taking down Maduro. Strategic partnership/ business deal with Venezuela oil, helping them and us, cutting out Iran, Russia & China. Freezing assets. Coordination of Iranian citizens to take their country back.

"Lack of planning" 🤣

John Leake's avatar

What political objective has the US achieved with this war? Your list is an articulation of punishments of Iran, not achievements for the American people.

Cassandra's avatar

And so much more. Decades of administrations bemoaning the worldwide terrorist activities of the IRGC and her proxies but none had the guts to actually do anything about it. You guys are either massively ignorant or outright liars.

:Stuart-james.'s avatar

Well done, keep up the good work. John.

With Every nation America invades, the evidence of destruction and corruption is apparent. All because the fiat currency scam merchant bankers want it.

They do not care about talk, because they are uncultured philistines.

These bankers fear the BRICS banking of Russian, Iran, China, and several more and want the world under their control via fictitious fraudulent debts.

Anonymiss's avatar

The "incompetence" is so egregious the only thing that makes sense is that this is a deliberate takedown of America, another great reset in a long series throughout history

Timothy Winey's avatar

The 'adversary' wants to conduct group hangings by crane.

Nasty1's avatar

Interesting noise from the sidelines John. I do often wonder when you are spouting off from that vantage point, with zero military experience and even less actual intel, what you could, or would do (if you had either) instead of casting judgement from afar, although trotting around Europe like an aristocrat (albeit of Texan roots) gets you closer to the “action” in terms of mileage.

When you get going on your soap box I often imagine you being dropped into that “sand hell” among the theocrats and radical military lords and watching you trying to assuage them with your brand of answers to the issues. Me thinks you will shortly be found hanging by the neck, disemboweled and minus your testicles.

I do see wisdom in Von C’s words but one wonders of his experience with Islamic religious zealots…not all clean rules of war apply psychopathic individuals, who by definition, have lost the ability to reason.

lupinescent's avatar

Your chuntering about John's not having been on the ground is irrelevant to his case. Trump's awkward mancrush on Putin in tv coverage of their meetings supports John correctly noting the frothing greed that motivates many US politicians. Perhaps a by-product of a system that over-represents lawyers in its ranks, a particularly rank crew that never seem to find a fee too big, a client or corporation whose venality is beyond equivocation.

lupinescent's avatar

My enthusiasm for ripping nasty a secondary asshole led me to overstate John's case. Mea culpa. I stand by those words. Besides, nasty's use of the term 'me thinks' is not only tiresome, but unevidenced.

AwakeNotWoke's avatar

"Army Heroes’ Humiliating Nickname for Pete Hegseth Is Leaked"

" ... a preening fake tough guy who was sidelined in the National Guard. Hegseth’s nickname in the Pentagon is “No Tab Pete”—because while in uniform he had none of the patches such as “Ranger” and “Sapper’ that signify special combat skills ... a defense secretary who had a book deal but scant actual combat experience to write about ... In war games held in Germany from April 9 to May 10, 2026, some 3,500 U.S. troops from the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, faced between 1,500 and 3,000 Ukrainians of the 412th Nemesis Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces. The “Combined Resolve” exercise in Hohenfels, Germany, was a disaster for U.S. troops who were "killed" in the wargames by Ukraine's drone operators so rapidly that the game was almost over before it began. Donahue was in charge of meeting that challenge, until Hegseth struck. So much of the American force was “killed,” so quickly, that it had to be “respawned,” or the game would have been over before it had even really begun. Some of the Ukrainians were shifted to train the Americans."

The US: a nation so incompetent that even Ukrainians can defeat it.

The Creator's avatar

1 word: CYM Corp. HQ Trump Tower!

What is CYM Corp.? The US Army adrenochrome operations at 25 bases including Gitmo and distribution of the adrenochrome! Ages 6-12

Benjamin Fulford leaked the organization documents 📃.