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Pixeloid's avatar

“Trump is clearly enjoying living in a complete fantasy world where the US can simply walk away from the mess it made and let other countries figure out how to deal with it.”

Isn’t that the way the Holy American Empire has ALWAYS done things? Iran would’t even be an issue now if not for the last time the United Snakes did a regime change there in 1953.

Marycat2021's avatar

" “At some point I will, not quite yet, but countries have to come in and take care of it,” Trump said in a phone interview. “Iran has been decimated, but they’re going to have to come in and do their own work.”"

Has no one even attempted to explain to this senile old crock of shit that this would be a war crime? And why should it be up to other countries to "come in and take care of" ending this fuckheaded war that they didn't start?

Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Gary. War criminals all, the entire maladministration.

Marycat2021's avatar

That only matters f they're held accountable. I wouldn't hold my breath.

Yopi's avatar

I saw the video with the helicopter in front of the house of Rick Rock or whatever his name is and I was reminded of 2 movies, Lethal Weapon and one of Ironman.

Yopi's avatar

'Operation Epic Fury' is a lame name.

Is Iran Iraq ? I think we know the answer.

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Wait. It's Operation Epic Fury? All this time, I've been calling it Operation Epstein Fury.

Marycat2021's avatar

Or "Operation Epstein Worry."

beb's avatar

I Think I was five the last time I could believe seven impossible things before breakfast,

IMPOed's avatar

Good god, we need to curb this psychotic motherfucker!

Denise Donaldson's avatar

"Curb" being a very mild term for what should happen....

Timothy M Dwyer's avatar

And then, Napoleon the pig -no! It was mistress of propaganda Karolinia Leave-it ….wrote, “All Lying Pieces of Shit are equal, but some Lying Pieces of Shit are more equal than others!”

Mexfiles's avatar

When the global north starts feeling Cuba style shortages, maybe... just maybe ... people will begin to wise up. Other than maybe fertilizer there are alternatives. Not easy, but they're there.

I notice that along with ONE (just one) Russian oil tanker, smaller ships packed with solar systems and panels are making their way to Cuba from Mexico and China. As the Calle 13 song "Latinoamerica" has it, "You can't own the wind / You can't own the sun"... just sayin'. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkFJE8ZdeG8)

Paulomatic's avatar

There never was a blockade, it was just Trump threatening tariff revenge on anyone trading with Cuba. The tariff threat is essentially played out now and I'm surprised there are not ships on the way from Asia and Europe with lots of publicity.

Craig Stahl's avatar

Harpoon and a tarp.

Meccalopolis's avatar

>>>Gulf oil states will just end up with cleaner parks and a few people’s cars crushed by soldiers who can’t drive MRAPs in traffic.

True story: When my niece -- who never learned to drive, growing up on St Marks Place in the East Village -- was in the Army, they refused to believe she couldn't drive and ordered her into an MRAP. She damaged three cars, totaling one belonging to a high ranking officer. She did try to tell them.

Michael Bowen's avatar

Interesting that an East Village kid would end up in the Army. Diversity!

Meccalopolis's avatar

She is quite an interesting person, really.

Michael Bowen's avatar

I'm sure she is. This is one of the ways I support DEI in government positions, even if it's just a groundpounder in the Army. If people only associate with the same types of people they've grown up with, then they're never going to learn.

Meccalopolis's avatar

Demented idiot malevolent child.

"M"'s avatar

There's a picture of him at the age of seven that I think came from Mary's book

You could tell THEN.

#DemonSeed

Hank Napkin's avatar

It was the same when he was a lad. Donny came to birthday parties, tore open all the presents, licked the icing off the cake, stole the party hats, shat under the table, screamed "UNFAIR" and left.

Hank Napkin's avatar

Kids play "Oil Tankers"? Christ on a Made-in-China Broomstick, it's like Religious Indoctrination!!!

Runawayanimals's avatar

aside: Growing up my grandma bought us a game called the north atlantic trade game, where you shipping products across the atlantic. I learned a little, like my grandma has a wicked sense of humor.

JunkYardDogg's avatar

I suspect that by now, Trump has received an extremely serious phone call from MBS regarding the seriousness of closing the Strait of WhoreMooz . Let’s take a good look at how much damage Saudi Arabia and the other non Iranian countries will suffer so far & when Trump reaches the end of his ADDHD attention span and cuts & runs from his monumental Operation Epic Fuck , leaving the Strait basically blockaded to the once Arab states allies. Those countries won’t be able to sell/ship their oil, coke, urea, helium, fertilizer products. Saudi Arabia produces 9 percent of the world’s supply of aluminum. All of those countries have had their refineries and oil production and oil and gas fields attacked and seriously damaged by Iran. Meaning that their revenues will drop to zero, seriously damaging their economies. One 2 million barrel ship load of oil is worth approximately $200 million . These are massive losses. And Trump is the cause of these losses. Not even mentioning the rest of the world. And he is thinking about walking away from this mess which he created. So, what would MBS have to say about this? Especially, after MBS and the other countries have given Trump & his family an obscene amount of billions of dollars. My best guess is that MBS is not going to be real pleased with getting fucked this brutally by Trump.

Marycat2021's avatar

It's Hormuz. Try not to resort to childish name calling.

JunkYardDogg's avatar

I’m hooked on phonics

It’s an addiction thing

BTW

What I write isn’t childish

Marycat2021's avatar

No but "Whore Moooooz" was.

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

He should also consider how subservient populations behave when the food shelves are bare.

Pexas Teat's avatar

MBS should have looked into his crystal ball and seen this coming.

Dorothea is a Democrat's avatar

and trump wants them to pay for the war, using him as the go-between for the cash.

JunkYardDogg's avatar

They ain’t giving him a F’n dime

Nora's avatar

Odds are that mr. bonesaw will be sent over to invite dumpy and his grifting family to meet in one of dumpy's crappy hotels to discuss a way out of this mess. Also, too, mr. bonesaw will demand those billions gifted/grifted to jarhead/jared be deposited back in Saudi's bank account pronto.

Marycat2021's avatar

Whenever Jared Kushner gets involved. you know he's there on behalf of Bonesaw.

Ill-Advised's avatar

I'm not as confident that MBS would be that western about it.

I'm remembering something written years ago, in the first term, that Trump behaves as if he's met enforcers. Specifically Russian enforcers.

JunkYardDogg's avatar

These guys can afford to take out a world record contract to attract the best “mechanics”