KAL-EL
VIP Member
I'm hoping the Senate changes hands in November.
Iran - Israel/US War: Israel-US declare war on Iran, Iran responds
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I'm hoping the Senate changes hands in November.
ety
Trusted Member
Lol, so much for the democracy beacon of the world. The mad orange man so elected is literally free to do whatever he wants to wage any wars and he is accountable to no one. How ironic, they always complain about the dictatorship in China.
Reichmarshal
Trusted Member
Iranian friends here need to realize that there is no stopping this isreali war against Iran. Yes their will be pauses, but no permanent solution. Iranians need to take full advantage of the break in the hostilities and rearm themselves to the best of their ability.
Meengla
Elite Member
Reminds me of a media event: So Margarete Thatcher became a successful UK Prime Minister in the 80s and in a media event, reporters told her something like 'You are not that good. It is your advisors who are good'. To which she replied 'That maybe but who chose those advisors?'
President Trump has no excuses to make for not only this war but all of his actions in his first term and also in his second term including quite possibly alienating Canada for good. You know the old 'The Buck Stops Here' adage.
If Trump is wise, he may get out of this war with Pakistan's help to declare a fake victory for America while he would be genuinely conceding to Iran in the background--kind of like the Kennedy forcing the Soviets to supposedly backoff during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
IMO, there is no doubt that Iran has come out ahead and I am not surprised by that. You can see my posts before this conflict started in this thread.
EugeneP
Trusted Member
People of Israel and Gaza disagree.
Meengla
Elite Member
Nothing to do with HEU.
I believe the door to this war opened when the Gazans attacked Israel in October 2023 and the resistance by the Gazans, Hezbollah and the Assad regime greatly diminished by the combined NATO/Israeli actions. The fall of those three resistances happened within an amazingly short period of just a few months right after Trump won the Nov. 2024 elections.
In short, the Iranian 'First Line of Defense', to quote Trita Parsi, fell very quickly and Iran itself became vulnerable and Netanyahu even said 'a unique opportunity' in early 2025 with his man Trump in office. Finally a total Israeli stooge in power who would directly attack Iran--and Netanyahu wasn't wrong because in June 2025 America launched the first frontal attack on Iran.
The HEUs had been around for quite a while before early 2025. I believe it was the combination of Trump as the POTUS along with Netanyahu as the PM at the same time which caused this war and maybe may cause even more wars in the Middle East.
Venom
Registered Member
Lol out of context completely. This is arab and Omani tradition. The sultan wants to escort the guest back to the door, hence he is avoiding the handshake so the meeting cannot conclude, but the guest (Emarati) in this case insists to shake hands so he doesn’t have to walk back to the gate as he is elder. This is similar to Arabs/Pakistanis fighting to pay bill for food in restaurants for their friends.
EugeneP
Trusted Member
EugeneP
Trusted Member
While there is no way to prove it, I believe it would have been much, much harder (not impossible) for Netanyahu to make the sale in February 2026 based on events from October 2023. Opposite is also likely true. HEU alone without October 2023 would have been much harder sell. It is like fuel and oxygen; both are needed for an explosion.
Watandar
Elite Member
Yeah sure, as if 1948 or 1967 or post 1967 were any different.
EugeneP
Trusted Member
They are all important. Nothing happens in a vacuum. History is a continuum. Especially in that place, it is a 5000-year-old story. I have been to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Megiddo
Both eye-opening and humbling.
