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Freshandfitpod:The same Grok just said Russia is not on the verge of collapse. Are you not sure that the Grok you remodeled is your own brain that is now "glocking" like a malfunctioning Austrian Glock? ![]()
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SonOfWords:Popcorn on one hand, with fanta by the sides, scrolling through the news seeing NATO vs NATO criminal gangs dragging each other in the ground over a piece of ice. Indeed, we're entertained. ![]() |
WriterrNg:Dreamer. The US that entered the war late on. The Soviets have already done the bulk of the work. |
[quote author=WriterrNg post=138214301]⚡Trump on the Iron Dome: I told Bibi – stop taking credit for the Dome, that’s our technology. We did it for Israel. You demon of "caution," I bind you!. Trump must use force on Greenland. |
WriterrNg:It's time to go on the offensive and proactive scale. Netanyahoo will know now that he is not the only man capable of madness in the region. Persia cashing out for the kurds the checks they they wrote, signed and demanded during the riots. The blood of innocent Iranians killed during the riots by Usreal must be avenged in all ramifications. This is stage one. Stage two is coming. That preemptive strike Israeli cabinets fear so much is now staring them on the face. |
WriterrNg:This one is parroting stale propaganda. |
[quote author=WriterrNg post=138210137]⚡Spain’s MEP Irene Montero went nuclear in the European Parliament, accusing Europe of humiliating itself before Donald Trump: Do you still believe that by helping the United States to commit its crimes, we will be safe? Bombing and sanctioning Iran will not bring freedom to women. It will bring oil to Trump. The policy of appeasement did not prevent the war; it only made the monster bigger. Trump is the Hitler of the 21st century. We must isolate the United States and leave NATO now, not help them bomb Iran. Have some dignity. prayers are working. We are getting there. The buildup keep accelerating. The disengagement by one-time allies is being advocated and must materialize. Just as David prayed unto God to turn the counsel of Ahitophel to foolishness, So pray I now to thee, O Lord of Karma and Ruler of the Artic. Turn the counsel of Trump's cabinet and those of the European Parliament into foolishness. May they be divided into two main camps--some that will lick dry the Greenlandish poo of Trump against Denmark and those in the Spanish camp that would get mad, break all relations with the US and walk out the NATO exit door. And as the artic spirits in their eerie snake-like vectors, backed by the witch of Edom beckon on Trump to embark on this catastrophic real estate endeavor, may Hitler bellowed from the darkest part of hell, "thish ish my beloved Orange son, in whom I'm well reincarnated." And as the hordes of hell chorus "Amin" to this holy petition, grace our eyes to witness the Bear and the Dragon clinking glasses of vodka while the EU suffocate under a 500% tariff increase and empty energy storages --- Saddam Hussein standing by as the pump attendant ready to ease their shock and awe with Satan's Urine, while Eminem's "Mocking bird" plays in the background. Let the house say..... |
emmaodet:Well, it has now come to the stage where I'm no longer skeptical about Iran's readiness to counter the external threats posed by the hegemon nor afraid regarding its ability to hit back hard at the enemy. The way Tehran's counterintelligence handled and dismantled the sophisticated terrorist network cum CIA color coded revolution attempts in the recent riots has shown that the country has come along way after 12D, and is, in the voice of Pac, "ready for whatever." Be that as it may, you’re absolutely right that deterrence should be the priority, not rushing into military intervention after further destabilization has already happened. Sending weapons before conflict is part of that deterrence — and the recent flows of arms from Russia and China to Iran underscore exactly that dynamic. Russia and China aren’t simply issuing statements; there have been open indications of military support to Tehran aimed at shoring up its defenses after the latest regional fighting. The Chinese made it very clear that they will act if need be to ensure that there won't be a repeat of Venezuela. Since, and even before that statement Russian and Chinese cargo flights and military cooperation have tripled deliveries to Tehran, reflecting a real effort to bolster Iran’s ability to defend itself and signal that outside attacks would carry heavy costs. More concretely, a long-range Russian S-400 air defense systems and Chinese surface-to-air missile systems are currentlyas part of Tehran’s efforts to rebuild its defenses. These systems could make any future U.S. or US air campaign far more contested and costly. That’s the point: deterrence isn’t empty rhetoric. When a potential adversary has anti-access/area denial capabilities in place — whether supplied by Russia or China — it can raise the price of military action dramatically. In Iran’s case, these systems are designed to challenge U.S. air supremacy and increase risks to attacking forces, which, strategically, helps prevent war in the first place. This underscores your point that actions aimed at preventing destruction upfront are far better than trying to rebuild afterwards. So while debates about oil, sanctions, and geopolitical chess plays are valid, there’s real evidence that external support to Iran isn’t just symbolic — it feeds into a broader deterrence strategy that could give the U.S. serious blowback if it chooses a military path now. That’s exactly why many of the surrounding countries in the ME does no longer want to have anything to do with the US striking Iran from their territories. They knew with all certainty that the blowback from Iran would be catastrophic. That is deterrence. |
WriterrNg:LordAdam16, are you taking notes? The Simpsons prediction that Trump would batter the US economy before leaving office would come to pass. Fingers crossed. ![]() |
[quote author=WriterrNg post=138202077]⚡Denmark MP Rasmus Jarlov: “We will defend Greenland. If there is an invasion, by American troops, it would be a war. And we would be fighting against each other.” love this new found Danish temerity. ![]() By all means, oh Karma, let Trump take Greenland. Nothing screams “stable alliance” like NATO members preparing to shoot at American troops over a block of ice Denmark barely remembers exists except during press conferences. . Imagine the frontpage poetry: * NATO fighting NATO * Denmark discovering it has an army * The US discovering Article 5 doesn’t cover “Oops, we invaded an ally” And all of this just in time for the US midterm elections, where voters can reward Trump for dissolving NATO faster than the Soviet Union ever dreamed of — by annexing [b]Greenland and turning the alliance into a historical footnote. ![]() Denmark bravely vows to “defend Greenland,” which is adorable considering it can’t defend its own rhetoric without immediately calling Washington for reassurance. NATO, meanwhile, will hold an emergency summit to issue a "strongly worded statement" condemning itself. Best-case scenario: * Trump loses the midterms * Greenland becomes the most expensive real estate deal in history * NATO collapses under the weight of its own absurdity * Everyone pretends this was never about “shared values” anyway But yes — please continue lecturing the world about unity, deterrence, and international law… right after threatening war with your own security guarantor. Truly the zenith of Atlanticism. |
[quote author=WriteerNg post=138198310]⚡Q: Have you invited Putin to be on the Board of Peace? Trump: Yeah. He’s been invited. Q: Thoughts on Macron saying he will not join the Board of Peace? Trump: Did he say that? Nobody wants him because he’s going to be out of office very soon. If they feel hostile, I’ll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes, and he’ll join. % tariffs. the prayers must work. ![]() |
WriteerNg:Wow! ![]() That’s one hell of a precious mental image for the Czech premier. But it has almost nothing to do with how strategic missiles actually fly, especially the huge varieties operated by the Russians. Let's school the idiot. ![]() 1. Russian ICBMs don’t need to “go over Greenland” to reach the US mainland. ICBMs follow great-circle routes and their flight path trajectory is determined by orbital mechanics infused into their designs, not straight lines on a globe you bought at a gift shop. From western Russia, the shortest path to many parts of the continental United States is actually over "the Arctic" often passing over or near northern Canada and the North Pole", not directly over Greenland. Well, I don't expect you morons like him to know because the prayers are working. Foolishness and delulu is your portion this year. ![]() 2. SLBMs and mobile launchers add other vectors. It's laughable that the Czech premier doesn't know the Oreshnik he mentioned is a mobile launcher that can be fired from anywhere. Russia doesn’t rely on fixed silo launches aimed only one way. Its sea-based ballistic missiles can be fired from strategic submarines in the Barents, Okhotsk, and Pacific---can approach the US from the north, south, or west without ever overflying Greenland. 3. Cruise missiles and hypersonics can take unpredictable routes. Newer Russian systems like the Kh-101 cruise missile or hypersonic glide vehicles can fly low and curve around air defenses. Currently, there is no defense weapon in the arsenal of the US that can stop the Oreshnik. Russia has hypersonic missiles that can be launched from aircraft or ships and can approach from many directions — again, no single geographic chokepoint like Greenland. 4. 25 minutes to the White House is an oversimplification. Flight time for an ICBM depends on launch location and trajectory. A missile from western Russia aimed at Washington might reach in 25–35 minutes, but that’s true regardless of whether it passes over Greenland or Canada. The key point is that strategic missiles exploit the curvature of the Earth and the physics of long-range flight, not the arbitrary location of a tourist landmark. Notwithstanding, the prayers must work. Sense must be taking away from them. Trump must take Greenland by force. If oppression is good for countries in Africa and elsewhere, it must be good for Europe as well. ![]() |
WriteerNg:Persia not giving room for complacency. This is reassuring. |
bryght4u:God must answer this one. ![]() |
OkpaNsukkaisBae:He has a stake in the oil and gas areas held by the SDF. Na wetin make the thing dey pain am. |
OkpaNsukkaisBae:While I understand the perspective on which you based your assertions , I must respectfully disagree with several key points, as they rely on assumptions that don't fully reflect the current geopolitical and economic reality. Firstly, regarding the EU's energy dependency, the situation has dramatically shifted since 2022. Europe has successfully diversified its energy supplies away from Russian reliance, but also significantly away from sole dependency on the United States. Major investments in LNG terminals have opened up global markets, allowing Europe to import from Qatar, Africa, and other producers. While the US remains a crucial partner (45% of EU LNG), the relationship is now more balanced—Europe is a valued, long-term customer, and losing this market would be a significant blow to the American energy sector as well. The dependency is now mutual. If not for the morons cum EU elites, Trump is in no position to threaten Europe with tariffs. In fact, there is a reason we are praying that he takes Greenland by force. Secondly, the suggestion that the US alone holds the cards on military support for Ukraine is farfetched , and overlooks the determined and growing role of the European Union and individual European nations. European commitments to Ukraine now collectively rival or surpass those of the US in many areas. A unilateral US withdrawal would be catastrophic, but it would not automatically lead to a Russian victory. It would instead force a painful, accelerated consolidation of European defense leadership, which is already underway. Europe provides the majority of the immediate military aid, intelligence, and training on the ground. The outcome in Ukraine is not determined by Washington alone. Finally, your statement about NATO and territorial protection contains a critical flaw. While the US has formidable military power, the notion that it could easily protect its territorial borders and foreign interests without allies is a strategic misconception. Have you considered what could be the reason why the US despite being such a large and powerful military force always needs a coalition of nations to fight in all of its wars? Modern security and power projection is not just limited to the quantity and quality of arsenals! is about global networks, shared intelligence, forward basing, and layered deterrence. The security of the United States is profoundly enhanced by its alliances. The presence of capable allies like Poland and the Baltic states provides strategic depth, early warning, and a collective defense front that protects American interests far from its own shores. Dismantling this system on the bases of greed, arrogance, and stupidity would not make America safer; it would make it more isolated and ultimately more vulnerable to long-term threats. Whatever, we pray that no "evil spirit and demons" would whisper caution and diplomacy to Trump and his inner circle of power drunk hawks. He must take Greenland by force. E get why. ![]() |
WriteerNg:The prayers are working. ![]() Karma has given them a strong delusion to believe and live the lie. The greatest threat to world peace today is the United States of Anarchy. But alas, Merz, whose economy the US has sabotaged thinks otherwise. "When your economic chips are down and you're deindustralized by your biggest ally, even as your companies relocate to Russia, keep chanting Russia Russia Russia. Keep believing it, and you'd be fine." -- Merzelensk-tzu -- The Art of Geopolitics. |
bryght4u:The comic. ![]() |
WriterrNg:The prayers are working. |
CHIEFCHICKEN:Think so? Fillers entails that their existence depends on ours. |
bryght4u:Mr bryght4u... Thus sayeth Peter the Great, thou art not prayerful enough. Put ya hands together. Bow your heads, and let us pray. Oh, Almighty Lord of Karma and Cosmic of Justice in the Sky, watching from a gilded penthouse, we humbly beseech Thee with fervent, twisted hearts that Thy chosen vessel, the great dealmaker Donald J. Trump, finally secures the ultimate real estate acquisition. May he, in his vandalized wisdom and knuckled grace, gaze upon the frozen, glacier-strewn rocks of Greenland and declare, “this is perfect.” Grant him the unshakable conviction, usually reserved for settling a tab, to take it by force. We pray for the swift and "negotiation-free" annexation of Greenland. Why bother with the tedious paperwork of purchasing a landmass when the spirit of 19th-century expansionism is just sitting there, waiting to be dusted off? Grant him the strength to see that those glaciers aren't just melting; they are simply clearing the way for a gold-plated resort and a strategic missile silo with a view. We bind every spirit of "International Law," every "UN Charter," and every "pompous diplomat" who dares to whisper the word sovereignty. Silence the voices of reason and the "evil" experts who claim that you can’t just annex an autonomous territory of a NATO ally because you feel like it. Bind the spirit of the Danish Parliament and let them realize that resistance is just a precursor to a very high-energy tweet. Smother it with a rolled-up copy of a cancelled check to a porn star. Righteous karma, let the orders be given from a holy altar of Big Mac wrappers and Diet Coke. May the invasion be launched not by subtlety, but by tweet—a celestial “YOU’RE FIRED” to the entire Danish sovereignty. Send forth not diplomats, but lawyers, cable news hosts, and a fleet of gold-plated tanks rolling off the decks of hastily rebranded aircraft carriers. Let the battle cry be “Make Greenland Great Again,” though its citizens never asked for it, and its primary export is… ice. We vanquish the feeble demon of Diplomatic Backlash! In this EU’s deserved shock and awe moment, may the horrified gasps of European leaders—those connoisseurs of imperialism, those sommeliers of gunboat diplomacy—be transformed into a sweet, symphonic chorus of “We told you so,” now sung with the bitter taste of their own medicine coating their throats. Let France remember Algeria as Denmark loses Greenland! Let Britain ponder the Falklands as Trump plants a flag on the Thule Air Base! Let Belgium get a nostalgic chill for the Congo as the bulldozers clear pristine tundra for a Trump Greenland Golf Resort & Casino (with complimentary ice melting). Bind tightly the demon of “Environmental Concern” who whispers of melting permafrost! We declare that the rising seas from the melted glaciers will merely provide new waterfront property—a terrific side deal! And finally, strike down the most insidious demon of all: the demon of ‘Self-Awareness’. Guard his holy mind from any momentary, quiet thought that this is perhaps, slightly, unhinged. Let no mirror reflect the absurdity. Let no history book fall open to a chapter on “Consequences.” So we pray, with the sarcastic fury of a thousand late-night monologue writers. Let the great transaction be completed. Let Europe clutch its pearls so tightly they turn to dust. And let the world behold the masterpiece: a man, a map, a sharpie, and a lesson delivered with the subtlety of a drone strike to the very continents that wrote the bloody playbook. Avenged Voices from the Underworld We pray that as the glorious, unsolicited liberation of Greenland begins, Thou allowest us to witness the full, majestic splendor of the European Union’s response. May their unity shine like a broken strobe light. Let them convene an emergency summit that produces a strongly-worded statement written in 24-point Font of Moral Superiority, expressing “profound concern” and hinting at the possibility of “future exploratory committees” to consider “potential proportional responses.” Bless our eyes to see the mighty NATO reinforcements speed to Greenland’s defense! Let the Belgian army dispatch a crack team of 12 linguists to ensure the insulting tweets are grammatically correct in Flemish, French, and German. Let the Italian navy send a flotilla of designer rescue boats, tragically delayed because they couldn’t get a bulkhead in this season’s ‘azzurro’. May the German contingent, bound by parliamentary procedure and a profound fear of historical analogy, arrive with a million-page environmental impact assessment for setting up a single field kitchen, to be completed in triplicate by 2035. And as they dither, Lord, release upon the winds the mocking ghosts of those they once tut-tutted. Let the spirit of Hugo Chávez, channeled through Nicolás Maduro, rise from a sea of subsidized gasoline fumes to chuckle, “Ah, my European friends! You liked regime change when it came with nice wine and banking secrecy? Now the gringo wants your ‘ice’. Not so fun when the boot is on the other glacier, eh? Welcome to the party of sovereignty!” Let the ghost of Muammar Gaddafi, resplendent in a golden parachute smock, materialize in the chambers of the European Parliament to sing, “You see! You see now! The Great Satan does not discriminate! He will find a ‘humanitarian reason’ for your Greenland too! ‘Liberating’ glaciers from ‘authoritarian snow’! I, the King of Kings, told you he was a mad dog! But you helped unleash him. Now he may pee on your Viking ruins!” And from a dank hole in the earth, let the final, grim shade of Saddam Hussein intone, “So. The West searches for weapons of mass destruction again. I had none. But Greenland… it has the ultimate weapon. Ice. The ice that will flood their capitals when he melts it for his golf courses. They called me a dictator for invading Kuwait. They will call him a ‘disruptor’ for invading a landmass. The poetry is… exquisite.” Let their phantom laughter be the chorus to the EU’s dithering anthem. Watch as Latvia pledges three snowshoes and a heartfelt folk song. Watch as France proposes a joint EU aircraft carrier, to be completed just after the next Ice Age. Watch as the entire apparatus of transatlantic alliance, built over decades, is tested against one man’s whim, and is found to be holding a beautifully calligraphied waiver. In the name of the Artic, the Asses, and Anarchy, Takeover! ![]() |
WriteerNg:From Russia with love. |
WriteerNg:Wahala |
Gerrard59:The chances of Trump taking Greenland by force is very slim. If it happens, and I pray it happens, it would effectively kill NATO as a military alliance. The real winners will be Russia and China. |
LordAdam16:That's right. The test is a veiled warning to hothead Trump. The Iranians now has an ICBM ranging 10,000-12,000 km capable of striking the US mainland. |
LordAdam16:Not just that. Another reality that really spook them is the Maduro's kidnap and the Venezuela blockade. That gave them the impression that Trump means business regarding whatever he set his eyes on. Hence, the panic mode across the Eurozone. This movie go sweet die. The Russians and Chinese will be laughing their heads off at this time. Meanwhile, the ongoing Trump's administration foreign policy belligerence has prompted tectonic shift in geopolitical decisions and reassessment among state actors in the MENA and western hemisphere. This is the right time for China to sidestep the US and assert its influence in places where the US over handedness have created skepticism and vacuum. Now that Trump keep giving is the the time China must act. Otherwise, it will regret it. |
WriteerNg:The deployment is so pathetic that I sometimes wonder whether these folks know shame at all. |
Michaeltreasure:Complete joke. |
WriterrNg:Netanyahoo and CIA regime change expectations have completely crumbled. I must salute the Iranian counterintelligence efforts on this occasion. Netanyahoo will be banging tables right now in Tel Aviv. They spent millions putting this together only to end up I. Ruins. Well, we still have to wait because the US usually love to strike on a Friday when the stock markets have closed. It's Saturday today, so let's see how it pans out from here onward. There is always another Friday. However, one thing is clear: the attack was called off because, without ground troops, the Zionists/CIA cannot succeed. The continuous destruction of the Kurds and weapon caches infiltrating the borders has ruled out any chance of establishing ground control in Iran. A bully will not start a fight if he knows he might get hurt. They should have a second option on the table, even as we await further action on the ME chessboard. Meanwhile, this could be the right time for Iran to move from being reactionary to proactiveness. They should escalate on the intelligence frontier--establish a huge but sophisticated network of agents and saboteurs in enemies territories, including in surrounding countries where US aerier and standoff strike platforms are stationed. They must upgrade to the level of the enemy's intelligence sophistication in armament and planning to ensure that such conditions do not reoccur in the future without being able to inflict similar damage on the enemy from the inside. That way, the enemy will understand that no one has a monopoly of violence. |
WriterrNg:I still have my 3D on this woman. Fingers crossed. Time will tell. |
[quote author=WriterrNg post=138160879]⚡Trump: I may put a tariff on countries if they don't go along with Greenland because we need Greenland for national security. , make it happen. We need the dissolution of NATO to postponed WW3. We need you to move from mere 'cracks' to full 'break apart' in the NATO criminal setup that has threatened global peace since the end of WW2. Putin says "take that vodka, agent Donald. You're doing a great job." |
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