I'm convinced part of what's holding him back is his obsession with that stupid Nobel Peace Prize.
He will never get the Euros on board because of Ukraine, which is a quagmire not worth engaging. If he tries Ukraine again after Iran, he will loose sight of the domestic economic issues and loose the midterms.
Hezbollah published their POV of both strikes on the initial 77th Battalion force and the rescue.
More importantly, the navy is running low on hummus.
Because it would be cool.
And the rest of the world just magically doesn't? China is the world's number one producer because like everything else environmentally destructive we've outsourced it to them and then pretended like there weren't any hidden costs to doing so.
Pretty much, yeah. I mean, nothing stopping Europe from getting cool military stuff of their own to protect and secure their own interests. The USA's been telling them to do that ever since the Obama years after all, and they haven't, so that's on them.
That's just Trump having his usual way with words, really. Metaphorically its going to explode anyways as a result of how far down the extraction process the damage could spread from all that overpressure. There's also a non-zero chance some of their storage tanks errr... "structurally fail" due to the Iranians applying increasingly desperate levels of patch jobs to leaks.
I've seen better math from Scott Steiner.
Hey, those fancy anti-stealth radars they sent Iran worked perfectly at letting everyone know American planes were in the area. What do you mean they weren't supposed to do so by exploding?
Drachinifel did a video recently on the top naval blunders of all time. The last one he discussed was the USA deciding it simply didn't need a navy right after it declared its independence and thus left itself at the mercy of the entire world given its dependence on international trade. While he thankfully didn't start sperging about anything modern he did make a small, quick comment at the end about how maybe people these days shouldn't be repeating that mistake.
I didn't want to post a bunch of the same looking screenshots but since you asked:
He has warned that depleted munitions could undermine U.S. readiness for potential conflicts involving Taiwan, South Korea, or Europe. A former official says Secretary of War Pete Hegseth tends to align his messaging with what President Trump wants to hear, as his position appears increasingly tied to Trump’s support. While Hegseth and military leaders maintain that supplies are “robust” and the campaign successful, internal evaluations suggest Iran retains much of its military capability and that U.S. forces have used a significant share of key weapons. Vance has stopped short of accusing Pentagon officials of misleading the president but continues to push for more accurate and transparent assessments.
"holding global economy hostage"
That ain't gonna happen. It happened really quickly and cheaply in Venezuela because Socialists have no conviction. Say what you will about the tenets of childfucker moonworship, at least it's an ethos.
Mark Milley is just pissy he wasn't around to warn the enemy.
My journalist fatigue is getting terminal.
I think there's some truth to this one in the sense that we're apparently getting car manufacturers to make more munitions. Not that we're running out, but that we could be between a rock and a hard place in the future. But it's hard to tell the truth here; the government is willing to lie on every level, but acting like a news outlet is a bastion of truth is just naive.In closed-door meetings, Vice President JD Vance has repeatedly questioned Pentagon assessments of the war with Iran, particularly claims that U.S. missile stockpiles remain strong, raising concerns about the accuracy of information being presented, according to The Atlantic.
This is from The Atlantic so I'm doubting it until someone else verifies it.
Trump's tweets supposedly being viewed by the IRGC as a sign of weakness is extremely funny if true. Trump is the first President since probably Coolidge to truly not give a shit about optics. He says what he believes. Did Trump deprive me of the powerplant and bridge day I was promised so I will always be bitter? Yes. Would he have followed through on that threat if Iran didn't lie about being willing to talk? Also, yes. I wish Iran would test him so I could get the TMD I was promised a month ago.
Can they have parachutes, now?
