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WriterrNg:
⚡The United States is ramping up military deployments across the Middle East as Trump considers possible action against Iran following weeks of violent repression of anti-regime protests.

Naval:

•USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group
•Redirected from Indo-Pacific toward Middle East
•Passed Strait of Malacca → Bay of Bengal
•Operating with transponder off (“dark”)

Air Combat:

•F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets
•Deployed from RAF Lakenheath (UK)
•Key role: strike missions + missile/drone defense

Aerial Refueling:

•KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft
•Supporting long-range fighter and bomber operations

Strategic Airlift / Logistics:

•C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft
•Large surge in flights toward Middle East
•Used for troops, air defenses, armored vehicles
•~75% of entire C-17 fleet active in last two weeks

Ground Forces & Heavy Equipment:

•M1 Abrams main battle tanks
•M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles
•Airlifted into region (exact mission undisclosed)

Air & Missile Defense:

•Electronic Advanced Ground Launcher System
•Counter-drone weapon
•Uses laser-guided 70mm rockets (APKWS)

Existing Posture (Baseline):

•~30,000 U.S. troops already in region
•Six U.S. warships operating under CENTCOM
•Multiple layered air-defense systems already deployed.

With all these weapons coming in, what are China and Russia doing openly to send a message and deter the west? Not covertly.
I don't like reactions rather actions.
Of what point is supporting a country after it has been destabilized.
The aim and objective is not to destroy it in the first place, not supporting after destroying.
Building cities back cost a lot of money, especially money that is not there in the first place due to excruciating sanctions.
It cost a lot of lives, money, rebuilding etc.
So the aim should be deterrence and not fighting back.
Within Trump's first year, he has fought so many wars than any other president I know yet always crying for Nobel peace price.
The US just blasted of cutting off China from Venezuela oil, I want to believe their long term plan is to cut off China from Iran oil too.
It is never about the mullahs nor their regime been anti-US, it is a crafty way of isolating China and Russia before coming to them.
I guess reason China has been sending more than 16 cargo planes of weapons to iran of recent.
Nobody likes their country to be destroyed. It is a big turn off. The main aim should be deterrence.

nahr:
Honestly, Machado deserves to be arrested for treason in Venezuela. Also, why is the orange man suddenly thanking Iran for not killing his so called "protesters".

Perhaps a deal was made behind doors to save the neck of some CIA and Mossad agents caught by Iran. Iran should not still lose guard though. I still insist on them building that nuke.

Nukes won't stop anything if they come for you.
The only difference is that if you have nukes, they won't attack you directly but you will go down internally. Afterall, you won't nuke your own people, nukes are for external aggressors.
Imagine a country with thousand of starlinks, weapons and rioters start killing, protesting to end your regime while the international news is blasting it loud 24/7 of how you are attacking and killing your own people.
USSR collapsed within despite having nukes.
Constant Insurgency, long years of sanctions will at the long run weaken a country and make the citizens restless, disgruntled and start sabotaging the country.
They are reading and seeing what their mates are enjoying in unsanctioned countries and here they are, mostly jobless or heavily under paid, low infrastructures and next to nothing future. So a political class that is enjoying - looting the small billions on ground while constantly telling the disgruntled youths to keep enduring will be a breeding ground for spies, saboteurs and an impending internal collapse.
That is what happened to Venezuela, Syria, currently happening to Iran and they are already priming Russia and China for this faith also.
For a start, i doubt they will lift the russai's sanctions even after ending the ukraine war. That sanction will be in place unless Russia signs onl God knows agreement again.
Russia and China have all been marked to be weakened and if possible splitted and these vultures i know, won't rest

Let's beware of under-achievers, extremely poor and wretched people because they are a hazard to the society at large.
They always feel they have given alot yet the society has given them little to nothing back so they are ready to do anything to climb up.
They are always very bitter people who don't care about the consequences of their actions provided they will be rich, drink, party, bang many gals and marry many women.

I can tell you that it is very easy for the US to get atleast 100k unfortunate, good for nothing, hopeless-idiottt in Nigerians - it may be an unemployed/jobless graduate of over 10 years without a girlfriend, no money, no apartment, frustrated and bitter, okada riders, hawkers, agbero, the one that japka to US or UK but didn't achieve anything and has become bitter who will come out and say that they are ready to mend fence and do what the US says if they become president and dismantle nigeria's military while we are under the umbrella of Togo army.
As ridiculous as this is, i can bet you if the US want it, they can easily get over 100k hopeless nigerians who will gladly sign the agreement.
To them it cost nothing. If they no sign am, wetin them gain?
Atleast,, his life will change. He will be so so so rich at the end of his tenure with many wives, drinks and party everyday, his family are now rich with his brothers now having mansions in abroad and every one with billions and future secures.
Something that was beyond his dream before.
People are very very terrible.

To them, a free world is a world without any competitor and everyone is a slave to them.
A free world is a world where others don't have any meaningful defence and they can mess with their economy as they want.
A free world is a world where other countries can't do what they want, how they want and as they like if it is not approved by the US.
This is not a free world, this is a CAGED world, a packaged SLAVE world.
A world of Japan, Germany, Europe that are all slaves and subdued.
Today, it is iran that is bad, anti-US, not a democratic country.
Same script will be used against russia and china later.
After placing long years of sanctions on both and over time try to weaken them, then one idiotttt will come out with a script and says he wants to return China/Russia's glory days back and mend blocks with US, the people of China/Russia are suffering and it is time to free them.
That he will return the world to a safer one that is not anti-US, not hostile to the US and he is ready to dismantle russia/China nuclear and ballistic weapons when the regimes fall and he becomes the president.
Only a full will close his own weapon programs while his perceived friend keeps theirs.
There is no fight in the middle east at all, it is very simple. - if you want iran to disarm, isreal must disarm too else isreal will continue to be a threat, a bully and a nuisance in that region.

WriteerNg:
⚡Reza Pahlavi:

Today, I ask the world to do six things.

Protect the Iranian people by degrading the regime’s repressive capacity, including targeting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard leadership and its command and control infrastructure.

Deliver and sustain maximum economic pressure on the regime. Block their assets worldwide. Target and dismantle their fleet of ghost tankers.

Am i surprised for this? No
In every country, there are those who will sell the country without blinking an eye.
People like this man should not be allowed to near the post of a class captain not to talk of a governor.
If you can boldly come out to say you will dismantle your country's deterrence just to knee and become a vassal that will take orders without questioning else you get bombed, then such a person is a sell out.
Humans are very very dangerous and will do anything for their own selfish gains irrespective of the outcome.
There is nothing wrong with the iranian regime. They had always tilted towards the west if not of recent. They brought in inspectors to supervise their nuclear sites, ready to sign the agreement they won't do nuclear bombs yet the US killed the negotiators and tore the agreement.
They are still the people saying the regime is anti-US when you are the one who tore the agreement, killed the negotiators, bombed them and want them to be defenseless

FoolishBoy419:
In a great man's voice, I have a dream that one day the truth about all the jihadists in Africa and the Middle East would emerge

Amen bro, Amen

Gerrard59:
Kids are best raised in a two-parent household. Data from all over the world support it.

You always say this when men are encouraged not to marry since they can have sex and give birth without it yet you are always happy to see women shy away from marriage because thy are now working and making their own money and don't need men.
Bro, i don't get it.

WriterrNg:
⚡Iran's National Police Command announced on Friday the interception of 60,000 weapons at Bushehr port coming from abroad and headed to Tehran for use in riots that have gripped dozens of cities since early January.

Two suspects were arrested, and officials called it a major blow against terrorists and rioters.

Can you imagine how these guys destabilize countries? Libya, Syria, Yemen etc for their own selfish reasons.
This is modern day colonialism. Nothing short of it.
They want to subdue all countries while they are the only ones on top.
Evil people

Volatility transfers wealth from those who can't handle it to those who can

WriteerNg:

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Which language be this one again?

I have corrected/modified the comment

WriteerNg:
Iranian leaders are so dumb, they'll keep making the same mistakes over and over again.

Don't be surprised more officials are killed this time.

And don't be surprised during the attack, the so called officials are still out in an open mosque praying instead of staying in underground shelters.

I don't think we should beam the search light at Iran now rather at the so called docile and dump allies in China and Russia.
US is bringing in tankers and other equipment and all they are doing is watching.
It is not as if they don't have carriers parked in their shipyards nor air defence systems and batteries.

Hmm

Rilwayne001:
BREAKING: China reports trade surplus of $1.2 trillion in 2025

Surplus that will evaporate under sanctions now.
Let them be there deceiving themselves with surplus trade.
Cuba is almost on a 60 years sanction, Venezuela around 3 decades, Iran, Syria had theirs.
A 3 decade sanctions on China will turn their surplus to massive deficit.

nosa2:
Are you interested in the banking sector now?

Tbh, I am not a fan of banking sector for now

"Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You can’t buy what is popular and do well.” - Warren Buffett

I am more worried with Russia and China actions.
Their actions are docile and too passive.
I can't just imagine China or Russia thinking of attacking London to change their political system to align with China or Russia own without other allies rallying round them, threatening to attack China back and US threatening to jump in and put booths on ground if such happens.
It is a matter of national security.
Here we are, and all they will do is to supply Iran weapons and not talking tough to put boots on ground if US gets involved.
They will just sit back and watch while Iran fights them off.
No matter how strong a country is, if you keep attacking and attacking, sooner or later they will fall.
Syria is a good example. It fought these demons for years until assad got tired and his men already bought and Syria fell.
If Iran escapes this, I am not guaranteed they will escape the 3,4,5 or 6th own before they fall apart.
Teams fear attacking teams more than defensive teams and offensive teams have won more champions League than defensive teams.
The fulanis we know today became strong because they are always offensive. All the way from Gambia down to Cameroon.

[quote author=WriiterNg post=138125180]⚡Trump on Iran:

And I say, make Iran great again — you know? It was a great country until these monsters came in and took it over.

And it’s all very fragile. What happened to us? I’m telling you, if I didn’t win this election, it would have happened to us.

Trump on Iran:

And I say, make Iran great again — you know? It was a great country until these monsters came in and took it over.

And it’s all very fragile. What happened to us? I’m telling you, if I didn’t win this election, it would have happened to us. pic.twitter.com/sPEEJO6LNQ

— Clash Report (@clashreport) January 13, 2026

' fell, Venezuela fell, why do I have the feelings Iran too will fall.
And if Iran falls, I don't have any doubt in my mind that Russia and China will fall.
Maybe not now. Maybe in 30 years, 50 years or 100 but they will definitely fall and they will fall within and not from outside.
They will sponsor their citizens to turn against them.
If 5 to 15b dollars was enough to turn Ukraine against Russia and become pro west, then 50b will do for Russia and 300b will be a well spent money for China.

[quote author=WriiterNg post=138125190]⚡Israeli media:

When Iran falls, we will strike everywhere in the country as we did in Syria.

Israeli media: ‘When Iran falls, we will strike everywhere in the country as we did in Syria’ pic.twitter.com/gA76Wq5x1p

— HatsOff (@HatsOffff) January 12, 2026

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See the demons.
They are not even hiding their intentions

Iran’s currency has collapsed as 1 Iranian rial is worth 0 euros.

Mikasaobi:
What taco doesn’t know is the USA is already the top oil producer. Shale oil is light crude which is profitable for refining gasoline. It has low diesel yields so refineries don’t use it for diesel.

Shale oil is sufficient for all local needs of gasoline. They just need Venezuela heavy oil for ONLY diesel fuel. It’s not very profitable to use heavy oil for gasoline production, all Venezuela reserves are heavy oil.

Taco just killed innocent civilians for nothing, I blame the 🤡🤡 cheering him on.

It goes beyond oil.
It is to cover their flanks in the hemisphere, checkmate Russia and China and also send strong messages to those who are supporting them on what is to befall them if they don't back off

WriteerNg:
⚡Venezuela confirms that they seized the Russian-linked "Olina" because it allegedly 'sailed without payment or authorization of Venezuelan authorities'.

You see.
Venezuela is gradually becoming US vassal that will start barking at China and Russia.
If they like, they shouldn't help Iran.
If Iran falls, they will install a vassal that will start barking at them too and that is a game over

[quote author=WriteerNg post=138080687]⚡Rubio:

Everything Venezuela purchase with the money they earn from oil will be bought from America.

That includes everything from equipment for the oil industry to food, to medicine, and everything in between.

Rubio:

Everything Venezuela purchase with the money they earn from oil will be bought from America.

That includes everything from equipment for the oil industry to food, to medicine, and everything in between. pic.twitter.com/JHDZevhvgf

— Clash Report (@clashreport) January 9, 2026

And this is the new regime the Venezuelans came out to the street to support?
No free market or their own decision to buy what they want and from they want at the price they want.
Just only US over inflated products just like the weapons they sell to Ukraine thereby keeping 90% of the money in US economy instead of Venezuela.
Welcome to a new season of shege

Kingsnairaland:
It an advantage to mother Russia now China will focus on buying more Russian oil lol

No bro, it goes beyond buying oil.
They are sending a bad psychological messages to their allies that they are not dependable.
If am a president of a country, I won't take them. Serious.
Their opponents are getting stronger while they are getting weaker

Kingsnairaland:
A civilian sunflower oil production facility in Dnipro, owned by the American company Bunge, was damaged in a targeted Russian attack. 300 tons of oil spilled onto the road.

The strike was intentional, with repeated attempts to hit the facility.

💬 “Russia has been targeting American businesses in Ukraine systemically. Russian strikes last year damaged Boeing offices in Kyiv, a major American-owned electronics manufacturer in Zakarpattia, and other facilities,” Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha has commented.

“Putin’s attacks on American businesses and American interests in Ukraine show his complete disregard for peace efforts led by President Donald Trump. This is why it is so urgent to advance the peace process – and Ukraine is ready to move it forward – as well as to strengthen Ukraine’s air defence and increase sanctions pressure."

No, these places are used for other purposes.
An American vegetable oil company producing vegetable oil at day but missiles at night.
It is a classic cia pattern

WriteerNg:
⚡Netanyahu:

Gaza has to be demilitarized and I think also “deradicalized,” which is what happened in Germany and in Japan after you won World War II.

You not only destroyed the military and governing capability of the Nazi party or the imperialist regime in Japan, you also “deradicalized” the population.

You taught them that there’s a possibility of a different life.

Look at Japan today. Look at Germany today. There is no Nazi army there. No Nazi government. And the same thing applies for Japan.

That’s what we have to do in Gaza.

But the Muslim world and ideology is different from the Germans and Japanese own, so it is a different ball game

Davida33:
My man, leave Xi alone.

Xi will not risk China’s economy to fight a war. By 2050, China is expected to overtake the US as the largest economy in the world. The US has both military and economic power and can always impose sanctions.

Engaging in a war right now would be foolish, as it would devastate China’s economic progress.
Let’s also be realistic, the last time China actively engaged in a major war was in the 1960s–1970s. Since then, it has focused on economic growth and supplying weapons to key allies.

China will issue statements, that is all. China that couldn't deploy troops in Ukraine.

Everything happening now is largely because Russia has been weakened. The war in Ukraine has made Russia unable to intervene militarily in other countries.

If not for the Ukraine war, Syria would not have fallen, and the US would not have invaded Venezuela.
Please, let’s leave Xi alone and focus on Russia.

China will not overtake US by doing nothing.
The US is sabotaging their efforts to grow.
There is a limit you get to in life, if you want to go further you will have to fight because no one will allow you to pass them without putting on a fight.
I believe China will become poorer by 2050 if they keep doing nothing till then while their allies are gradually been chopped off.
A tree never makes a bush.
China alone can not fight the demons when their allies are down or boogled down

Alamkiir:
This is the BREAKING news

China plans to replace Venezuelan oil imports with imports from Iran

Venezuela's oil exports to China amounted to roughly 746,000 barrels of oil per day

This doesn't make any sense.
For how long will they be pushed to the corner?
Why can't they fight to protect their interest and allies? This is sign of cowardice.
No reasonable country should rely on them until further notice

LordAdam16:
OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL

Medvedev makes his first public TG post of the year and it is what you'd expect from the mad man

summary of his three points

1. on venezuela, the us is checkmated because it cannot put boots on the ground
2. on sanctions, russia now accepts that the trump administration was playing games and it welcomes the sanctions
3. on the seized ship, let me quote him:



tl:dr;
russia should respond to the seizure with a retaliation outside international law

the tsar emeritus made a brusque sign off



told y'all, whatever we say here is a replay of what is being said in the highest corridors of the axis

the message from the americans have been heard loud and clear

last night was one of the huge fists
more are on the way

f*ck international law

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i knew man was grinning after the assassination attempt and that seizure

look for the kremlin to bring forward a putin visit to beijing
time to read the riot act to panda

in any case, the chinese hard liners are in a frenzy
and panda's bid to get a fourth term is looking bleak

-Lord

Hmmmm...War is Here
From Ages, Man and War have always walked hand in hand.

WriteerNg:
⚡The Trump administration has told Venezuela it must expel China, Russia, Iran, and Cuba and cut economic ties before being allowed to pump more oil.

Venezuela would also be required to partner exclusively with the U.S. on oil production and prioritize selling crude to American buyers.

China doesn't want to fight but indirectly making her opposition stronger by losing a close ally whose resources will make the opponent stronger, richer, fight better and fight longer.
Okay oooooooo

LordAdam16:
all commentary about xi's hesitancy conveniently skips china's modern history

1. china has defended its core interest when its capabilities were less than 1% of its current capabilities and when the US was by far more powerful than her
2. china talks a big game particularly about multipolarism and a fair rebalancing of the global order and has to walk the talk

the rest of us were on our own until xi and co came with their "i have a dream" spiel

north korea, venezuela, cuba, syria, iran, russia
that was it
out of 193 countries
if you can't go to bat for your core 6 allies then why is he wasting everyone's time

china adds more ships every year to its navy than the us, south korea, and japan combined
it adds the entire french navy to its navy every four years
does xi think the us will wait until he has every duck in a row and is as ready as a kitted up templar knight before making a move
is usrael waiting until iran rebuilds its defenses and tests a nuke before having a round 2

of those 6, syria is gone, venezuela just got smacked across the face but is still holding on, iran is about to fight an existential war for the second time in 6 months, russia is taking on all of nato and has the scars to prove it, cuba is in an icu
north korea is only being spared because south korea consider them siblings and has rebuffed the hegemony at every turn to activate that front

interestingly, venezuela does not need an active intervention
it only needs an economic lifeline
dispatch a flotilla to reliably break the blockade
that's it
the worst that'd happen is troop deployment and venezuela is vietnam on steroids

6 out of 193 countries
and the largest economy, navy, and most populous country on the planet is giving excuses that would embarrass f*cking sandal-wearing militants in yemen
and it's not like these countries are basket cases
russia is a superpower. iran is formidable. both have their respective hegemonies and are civilization states, venezuela has the largest oil reserves. cuba is a small island nation in a prime location facing off a foe that could practically squash it like a bug. north korea is ride or die.
each one of them is a first round pick of resilience and sheer f*cking chutzpah deserving of xi's overt support and yet he's dropping lamba about international law
f*ck international law. f*cking act.

does he think the us will stop with venezuela
let them finish up setting up their alternate supply chains for chips, rare earth, and the core industrial metals
they will give every major supplier of chinese raw materials the same choice they gave maduro
kick out the chinese or spend the night in rikers
they already attempted same in panama and in the netherlands
just outrightly try to seize chinese billions in investment and unceremoniously kick 'em out and there's no war yet

-Lord

That was that China is afraid to fight and avoiding, whether they like it or not, they will fight it.
Whatever projection they think they are planning won't work.
I read someone wrote by 2050, China will displace the US by doing nothing but continue in this road they are.
Helloooo??
If China continues on this road, by 2030, they would have moved so backward instead of forward that it will alarm them.
You can only thrive, expand and rich if your interest is been protected else, you will become poorer.
The last company I worked for is a French company that went broke and bankrupted and they had to sell it to a bidder.
Chinese companies were the foremost bidders but just for the company not to fall into the hands of Chinese and make them stronger, American companies came onboard and it was sold to them.
50% of the properties in the company were owned by Chinese investors and they are been forced out to sell the properties cheaper or face the option of these properties not getting contracts and costing the Chinese owners maintenance money.
Either way. They are being banged.
This is what is happening at the background/behind the scene in the corporate world far from the public eyes unlike the war that is popular.
The Americans are going any length to push out Chinese investors, companies and rendering them poorer.
China will never get richer towing this part.

Gerrard59:
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Enrol in one of their courses.
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WriterrNg:

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Can the US attack all countries in the world at once?

If everyone dumps it at once, the US can do nada but cry.

But the world doesn't work in unison.
There are countries these setup favours and won't support the move.
There are those who will like to be neutral.
There are those who will support you publicly but sabotaging you at the back.
It is just like protest - do you think all Nigerians can protest at once? Without those who will think you are attacking their tribeman, sabotaging or neutral.
How much more countries with different religion, interest, colour etc