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LordAdam16: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. |
WriteerNg:Which army? Clown. |
WriteerNg:Strategic thinking. |
LordAdam16: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. |
Leepeak:Probably, the rest soldiers vanished from the remaining aircrafts like wiliwili. ![]() |
WriteerNg:If it is not Russia, no one else can do it. King of missile technology. |
WriterrNg: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. |
WriterrNg:Dear Lord, take away the hesitation. Allow trump to make this costly and deadly mistake, amen |
WriterrNg:This local government council and gragara are five and six. |
WriterrNg:Madness. |
Ricchmoen: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. |
WriteerNg:Man has gone full blown mad. |
[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. |
Namaster: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. |
nedu666: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. |
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WriterrNg:This now is the new normal. Toll payment for all that wants to use the strait. Thanks to team Trump for this wonderful gesture. |
WriterrNg: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. |
WriteerNg: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 |
Masterviolence: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. |
When reality hits like a hammer, even the most zombified can see through the horror. https://youtube.com/shorts/PQ-Jkc2PH5c?si=SVuyFDF1cDTv_qJU |
WriteerNg: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. |
LordAdam16: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. |
dermmy: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. |
WriiterNg: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. |
WriiterNg:That one don collect. |
dermmy: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. |
LordAdam16:Dem go don relocate sharp sharp. |
LordAdam16:Straight from the horse's mouth. I couldn't resist the temptation. ![]() |
WriiterNg: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. |


