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Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m):
LordAdam16:
six of the main conditions in washington's latest response

1. no compensation
2. no complete return of frozen assets
3. all nuclear facilities to be demolished except one above-ground facility
4. withdrawal of all enriched uranium
5. no toll
6. end of war in all regions will be conditional on negotiations




if someone sent me that

i will tear it up, but in a bin, burn it
then send a photo of the burning proposal

they are very very mad




iran should not stress themselves

every time they send an unserious document
wait 4 to 8 days
then copy and paste the 14 conditions

don't even put it in chatgpt to reword it
just copy and paste

-Lord
Well, I have come to understand one thing about Iran.

This back and forth negotiations dyridr with the US is a strategy of its its own for Iran. They knew the US is not agreement capable, so they're using this as a wear-out tactics against the pedolf in the WH, and he doesn't know it yet.

The more this goes on, the worst it's getting for the pedolf. The midterms are fast approaching.

So long the strait remains close, oil, gas and eggs prices in the states will remain high, deepening his pathetic ratings further. Currently at 35% approval, if this stalemate continues till November, the Dems would have a cake walk into Congress, and it's then the pedolf will understand the real meaning of political witch hunt. His camp might have senses this real danger and they're trying to deflect and distract from the Epstein files by releasing the recent UFO files. But the people can see through the distraction.

As for Iran, this current back and forth gives them more time to recover and prepare stronger for further or new escalations. Nothing changes with their control of the strait. The still holds the aces and retains the leverage to bring this brouhaha to an end based on its own terms.

So, the waiting game favours them.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:00am On May 21
WriteerNg:
⚡Lebanese PM Nawaf Salam after negotiations in Washington:

"The country exists only by one national decision, that of its constitutional institutions, and one weapon, which is the weapon of its army."
Which army?

Clown.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:47pm On May 20
WriteerNg:
⚡UAE is set to keep up to 30 million barrels of crude oil in India’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve following PM Modi’s visit.

The oil will remain UAE-owned, with storage costs covered by the UAE, while India will have priority access in times of emergency.

It will boost India's energy security without extra burden on India.
Strategic thinking.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 4:56pm On May 17
LordAdam16:
the axis is flexing

-Lord
Omo.

The rate at which Russia is using drones enmass entails one thing: they like China now have autonomous drone producing factories where everything in the manufacturing process, scale and output is automated.
Foreign AffairsRe: U.S Lost 39 Aircrafts In 32 Days Of Iran War - U.S Lawmaker, Ed Case Says by Appleyard(m): 9:33pm On May 15
Leepeak:
Only 7 USA soldier died flying 32 aircraft grin

Everybody say Merlin?
In 40 days war
Probably, the rest soldiers vanished from the remaining aircrafts like wiliwili. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:17pm On May 13
WriteerNg:
⚡According to a report by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the Kh-101 cruise missile has undergone four modernizations so far.

These include: the missile received a tandem warhead (reinforced explosive charge), an active self-defense system including flare dispensers and a decoy generation system—and finally, mid-flight retargeting and guidance control capabilities.
If it is not Russia, no one else can do it.

King of missile technology.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:36pm On May 11
WriterrNg:
⚡The King of Malaysia attended Putin’s Victory Day parade in Moscow and was gifted a Russian Aurus Senat limousine worth nearly $680,000.

Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar owns a large collection of private jets and more than 300 luxury vintage cars, including one that previously belonged to Adolf Hitler.

In a past interview, Sultan Ibrahim has noted that the vehicle was a gift to his great-grandfather, who had met Hitler in Europe before World War II.
This is an insult upon injury to the ukronazis.

This man is getting a specialized limo for free after his missile name sake, Iskander ballistic missile, has devastated and still devastating Ukraine.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:28pm On May 11
WriterrNg:
⚡President Trump is considering restarting military action against Iran following a deadlock in negotiations, and will meet with generals later today

Additionally, Israel is pressuring Trump to authorize a high-stakes special operation to retrieve Iran’s enriched uranium, but the President is hesitant due to high risks — Axios
Dear Lord, take away the hesitation. Allow trump to make this costly and deadly mistake, amen
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:16pm On May 11
WriterrNg:
⚡Lithuania plans to deploy troops to protect shipping in Strait of Hormuz.

Lithuania’s top security body has approved plans to send troops to an international mission claiming to safeguard shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, according to the president’s office.

The State Defence Council, which brings together senior political and military leaders, endorsed the deployment of up to 40 personnel, including soldiers and civilian defence staff, to join allied maritime security operations in the strategically vital waterway.

The proposal still requires parliamentary approval before it can proceed, the country’s official broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television reported.
This local government council and gragara are five and six.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:13pm On May 11
WriterrNg:
⚡Trump says he is "seriously considering" making Venezuela the 51st state of the United States.
Madness.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:56pm On May 11
Ricchmoen:
Guys I think Trump is crazy enough to order the nuke attack on kragh or any other island that serve Iran benefits just to force Iran to the negotiation table

What do u think?
The military will not allow it. They knew the man is a full blown mental case right now.

General Caine has already stopped one of such attempt to access the nuke case.

Moreover, using tactical nukes on Iran is out of the questions because Israel will get nuked straight away by other actors. Plus there is the possibility that Iran has a dirty nuke or something similar, if not an outright nuke. You can't be this bold to square up with the enemy if you don't have something dirty safely hidden from all eyes, which can be deploy in a worst case scenario.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:21am On May 11
WriteerNg:
⚡U.S. President Donald Trump:

"Iran has been playing games with the United States, and the rest of the World, for 47 years (DELAY, DELAY, DELAY!), and then finally hit “pay dirt” when Barack Hussein Obama became President. He was not only good to them, he was great, actually going to their side, jettisoning Israel, and all other Allies, and giving Iran a major and very powerful new lease on life.

Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and 1.7 Billion Dollars in green cash, flown into Tehran, was handed to them on a silver platter. Every Bank in D.C., Virginia, and Maryland was emptied out — It was so much money that when it arrived, the Iranian Thugs had no idea what to do with it.


They had never seen money like this, and never will again. It was taken off the plane in suitcases and satchels, and the Iranians couldn’t believe their luck. They finally found the greatest SUCKER of them all, in the form of a weak and stupid American President.
Hi
He was a disaster as our “Leader,” but not as bad as Sleepy Joe Biden! For 47 years the Iranians have been “tapping” us along, keeping us waiting, killing our people with their roadside bombs, destroying protests, and recently wiping out 42,000 innocent, unarmed protestors, and laughing at our now GREAT AGAIN Country. They will be laughing no longer! President DONALD J. TRUMP."
Man has gone full blown mad.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:07am On May 10
[quote author=WriterrNg post=139356763] that roll a stone, the stone will roll back unto him.

This man will be frustrated out of office by every means. The have him.boxed in on all sides. He is finished just that he don't know it yet.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:04am On May 10
Namaster:
How does Hezbollah already have FPV drones that are being DEPLOYED with great success against ILLsrael and Iran is just now making arrangements to get them from Russia?

Are these people SERIOUS at all?
States develop and prioritize certain weapons based on their strategic, tactical and situational needs. You have to consider the Iranian situational and strategic needs to understand why they favour thel standard Shaheed drone to their FPV counterpart.

FPV drones are suited for urban, short distance, close range battles, and highly effective for front-line, precision strikes against moving armored vehicles, trucks, or troops in trenches. That is the kind of battle Hezbollah is facing against Israel in southern Lebanon, and they have utilized these drones to the maximum tactical and situational advantage it creates in real time.

But, you can't say the same about Iran. They're not fighting a trench war at the moment. There are no US or Israeli boots on the ground in Iran. Their enemies strikes from hundreds or thousands of kilometers away. Hence, they continue to favour the shaheed style drones, which are launched, programmed with coordinates, and flies autonomously to a specific, static location. Without these drones, it would have been difficult for Iran to inflict the huge damage it did on the US and Israel last month. Missiles alone wouldn't have suffice.

If Russia and Iran are planning to get these FPV drones to Tehran right now, it is to prepare for a worst case scenario where US boots are deployed on the ground in Iran. With thousands of these in Iranian ha ds, Hezbollah would envy the he IRGC when the ground war starts with the Epstein thugs real-time. Dead body go full everywhere.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 12:13pm On May 09
nedu666:
Which trump. Putin is a kind man. If bibi was Russian president, kyiv will be like gaza
Scorpio venom don blind e mind. (8

You don't need to reference Netanyahoo. If Medvedev was the current president, this war for don hang boot since 2022.

But Putin is a pacifist just as he is a strategist and geopolitical chess master. He is treating Ukraine like some rebellious last born that need to be dragged all the way back home, and he doesn't care how long the dragging will take.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:11am On May 09
WriterrNg:
https://x.com/SprinterPress/status/2052840202830283075?s=20[/quote]Good they still know.

One Satan 2 will erase France from the global map. But little Macroroni don't know that yet.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:07am On May 09
WriterrNg:
⚡Satellite imagery shows a massive ammount of IRGC fast attack boats active in the Persian Gulf imposing the new Iranian maritime rules for navigation through the strait of Hormuz. In this image alone 100+ small boats can be seen.
This now is the new normal. Toll payment for all that wants to use the strait. Thanks to team Trump for this wonderful gesture.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:28pm On May 08
WriterrNg:
⚡No commercial ships operated by registered companies have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since Tuesday.

Most recent crossings involved shadow fleet, Iranian-owned, or smaller local-trade vessels.
Trump don enter one chance quagmire.

Registered shippers go dey count cost in terms of demurrage, which furthers compound the already runaway higher cost of oil and other essentials that depends on the strait. This will impact every other commercial products that goes by sea and strain the overall global economy.

Na serious global economic depression dey come so. It's like the Simpsons would be proved right after all. They predicted that Trump left the economy in tarters.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 6:24pm On May 08
LordAdam16:
just in

explosions in the uae

-Lord
That didn't take time.

Persia back to status quo ante.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:55am On May 08
WriteerNg:
⚡Trump advisers are increasingly worried that rising jet-fuel and gas prices tied to the Iran war could hurt Republicans politically ahead of the midterm elections.

Administration officials have been in talks with airline executives, who warned that higher fuel costs are driving up airfares and squeezing consumers.

Advisers are pushing for a quicker end to the conflict in hopes energy prices ease before November.
Republicans are doomed already come November. When people are forced to pay extra for eggs and gas, their Anger will appear on the ballot.

You had the chance to end this quagmire early. Declare victory and move forward. But you allowed yourself to be goaded by the Zionist clan. Now, you're trapped and can't get out.

Escalate further and makes November even worst for your class. End it now and get winged by the Zionist clan. There is no way out for you anymore. Pp
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:35am On May 08
Masterviolence:
Imagine what an islander M double tap will be like? tongue
I was about to say that.

But I'm grateful there was no double tab strikes otherwise, it would have been a mass killing of innocent first respondents.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:47am On May 06
When reality hits like a hammer, even the most zombified can see through the horror.

https://youtube.com/shorts/PQ-Jkc2PH5c?si=SVuyFDF1cDTv_qJU
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:32am On May 06
WriteerNg:
⚡Global airlines are cancelling flights at an unprecedented pace:

Airlines have cut 2 million seats and 12,000 flights worldwide from their May schedules over the last 2 weeks, reducing the total available seats to 130 million.

This comes as jet fuel costs have DOUBLED since the Iran war began, forcing carriers to cancel unprofitable routes, switch to smaller aircraft, and raise ticket prices.

Turkish Airlines and Air China account for the largest seat reductions, cutting ~520,000 and ~490,000 seats, respectively.


Lufthansa leads in flight cancellations, at ~4,000 flights in May alone, with the airline having removed 20,000 flights from its schedule between May and October.

Meanwhile, Gulf carriers, including Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar Airways, are still operating well below pre-conflict capacity, as the closure of Gulf airports has disrupted ~33% of all European journeys to Asia.

Singapore and Tokyo airports asked carriers not to add extra services to limit jet fuel use, and Vietnam introduced jet fuel rationing.

The global aviation shock is spreading.
The recession is coming. If round 2 kicks off, it becomes inevitable.

Trump can as well kiss his government goodbye. They've him cornered where they wanted him.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:21am On May 06
LordAdam16:
everyday i pray that y'all make this move

-Lord
I have prayed and fasted and even traveled to mount Everest to make my wish known to the Good Man above with regards to the US putting boots on the ground in Iran.

The souls of those thousands of children and women killed in Gaza and Iran will not rest well if the enemy does not suffer a devastating, high casualty defeat.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:09am On May 06
dermmy:
Is Iran behind this? This is the second one. I don't want to believe this is coincidence.
There is nothing coincidental about this.

These are tried and tested for assets, they don't just develop faults out of the blue, not in such quick succession.

Iran told everyone who cares to listen that they have capabilities that the enemy is not even aware of. You are witnessing one of Iran's high tech capability to disrupt and render useless American state-of-the-art military technology. When you listen to what McGregor said about this, you will understand what's really going on.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 5:25pm On May 05
WriiterNg:
⚡A 2nd USAF refueler aircraft, this time a KC-46A, is squawking 7700 emergency alert today in the Persian Gulf.
Hand don touch another one. Dem go soon come out tell us say na crash-land e crash-land due to rat when eat wire.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 4:57pm On May 05
WriiterNg:
⚡A U.S. Air Force KC-135 refueling aircraft declared an emergency by transmitting code 7700 before dropping off radar over the Strait of Hormuz.
That one don collect.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 4:18pm On May 05
dermmy:
Why did Iran attack the UAE? I don't think this is cool. What is Iran pre-empting by attacking UAE's oil facility.
UAE can not be an accessory to a crime and expect to live in a glass house.


You can not be housing bases where attacks are launched against Iran and expect not to be attacked.

You cannot be aiming to sell your oil via the Fujairah pipeline while you are supporting the efforts to deny your neighbor the right to sell theirs.

So long you wish your neighbor will not sleep, yourself will not sleep. The UAE never see anything.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:39pm On May 04
LordAdam16:
na wetin we dey beg dem since

i jor pray say those destroyers still dey within missile range when the us inevitably attacks
mk iran use those ones score easy points

-Lor
Dem go don relocate sharp sharp.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 1:29pm On May 04
LordAdam16:
🤣😂😀

i saw it but did not want to punch down

-Lord
Straight from the horse's mouth. I couldn't resist the temptation. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:44am On May 04
WriiterNg:
SonOfWords Shoodboi2 Alamkiir Appleyard LordAdam16 Masterviolence Mikasaobi Procashtips
The author really hits the nail on the head regarding how global power is shifting from the west to the east. What a time to be alive.

While most of us here, howbeit with good reasons, are quick to lambast China for its pacifism in the wake of US geopolitical criminality and suppressive military overtures aimed at stifling China's inevitable rise to global superpower status, we do not give Beijing enough credit on how it is also going about winning the economic war without firing a single bullet.

For a long time, the U.S. dollar has been the big boss because everyone had to use what the author rightfully termed "American plumbing" to move money for oil,China is now building its own pipes. They aren’t just buying oil; they are setting up systems like CIPS and the digital yuan so countries can trade without even touching a dollar.

Here is the catch: if you build your own road, you no go need pay toll for another person gate again, and that is exactly what China is doing to bypass U.S. control.

I said in a previous post that the Eldridge Colby's strategy of Denial that the current Trump administration is acting out in its crude form is myopic and lack foresight. What is the strategy? It is an "American first" security and economic strategy that seek to counter China in the Indo Pacific while ensuring that the US has no opposition and counter threat down the entire length of the Western hemisphere. Thus, Venezuela, Cuba, Greenland, and Iran etc, are pieces on the chessboard of that strategy. But there is one great folly that underlines this strategy. It is built on the assumption that the US military might and soft power deployed will prevail and will face very little to no resistance from the pieces on the chessboard and from the main target itself (China). It also failed to consider and adequately prepare for the side effects it will generate when acted upon. In fact, the Colby's strategy is atypical of all US and MAGA foreign policies driven by arrogance, audacity and pride that never consider its own decline and the inevitability in global strategic changes. Hence, the shocker when Iran resisted, and the financial drives currently in motion across the globe and in the Middle East are parts of the geopolitical tectonic shifts this strategy did not foresee. But, as usual, when arrogance and pride runs the show, pragmatic reason and logic takes the back seat, and that is exactly what is going on right now with the US in the wake of Iran and the ME. Like the arrogant fly, it will go down to the grave, but in this case, with the pieces and the target (God forbid).

This current financial arrangement is a massive threat to the dollar's dominance because the U.S. has used its currency as a weapon through sanctions, making other countries nervous. Now, places like Riyadh are quietly building parallel systems so they have a backup plan. China is winning this economic war by being patient and making sure the infrastructure is ready before they make a move. This is one thing a lot of us do not consider when attacking China.

Military might alone do not win economic wars. You need the proper and adequate financial infrastructure in place that will ensure control and autonomy, if you want to wade off the hegemon. China is doing a great job in that regard.

The way they are moving, with BRICS and SCO infrastructure in place attracting more attention every year, Beijing just dey wait for the right time to flip the switch while the U.S. is still focused on the old way of doing things.

By 2026 ending, we’re and would be looking at a world where China and the Gulf states are way more integrated, potentially moving billions of dollars away from American assets. China is also leading in green tech and the Belt and Road Initiative, which ties more countries to their economy through physical and digital "moats". It’s a slow-motion change, but it’s real. No one dey expect say Uncle Sam go fall in few years time, but once that new plumbing is fully installed, the dollar might find itself being the unnecessary system the author talks about.

Time is everyone's friend and foe. Let's wait for it.

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