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Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by maasoap(m): 9:51pm On Apr 22
Razzness:
If you withdraw, they will become emboldened and continue with whatever they are doing. Trump must chew one of these bitter pills.
I guess extending the ceasefire is a less bitter pill.

If the US is not careful, Iran will emerge from this war a world power.
The leverage Iran has over the entire world is not moi-moi, o. Just imagine fuel went from N790 to N1300 in less than 2 months. Even though Iran's military is no match for the US and Israel, they find themselves in a strategic position that has forced the US and Israel to exercise a level of restraint we have never seen from them before. The US almost never does a cease-fire. If they commit to a war, they usually see it through even if it takes several years. But with Iran the stakes are too high; that's why they negotiated a ceasefire and even extended it when Iran refused to capitulate.

Imagine if Ukraine had similar leverage over the global economy; the world would not have sat back and allowed Russia to pound them like this. But because the war does not affect anybody outside of Ukraine, everybody is just sympathizing with Ukraine from a distance. Now with Iran, the story is very different; everybody is feeling it.

There is simply no easy way out for Trump here; if you continue negotiating, Iran continues to play hardball. If you continue the blockade, oil prices and global inflation keep rising. If you agree to Iran's ceasefire term, America becomes humiliated. If you send in ground troops, many American soldiers will be lost. If you bomb their power plants and bridges, they will bomb the bridges and power plants of countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait that have been paying you billions for protection
What was the thing they were doing before that made USA and Israel attacked them? Even Trump can't remember the reason he attacked Iran, he keeps telling different reasons on on different days. It started with regime change. Then, to crushing their capabilities to make nuclear weapons. When he realised the level of their missiles program sophistication, he changed the scope again
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by fxexperts: 10:21pm On Apr 22
Razzness:
If the US is not careful, Iran will emerge from this war a world power.
The leverage Iran has over the entire world is not moi-moi, o. Just imagine fuel went from N790 to N1300 in less than 2 months. Even though Iran's military is no match for the US and Israel, they find themselves in a strategic position that has forced the US and Israel to exercise a level of restraint we have never seen from them before. The US almost never does a cease-fire. If they commit to a war, they usually see it through even if it takes several years. But with Iran the stakes are too high; that's why they negotiated a ceasefire and even extended it when Iran refused to capitulate.

Imagine if Ukraine had similar leverage over the global economy; the world would not have sat back and allowed Russia to pound them like this. But because the war does not affect anybody outside of Ukraine, everybody is just sympathizing with Ukraine from a distance. Now with Iran, the story is very different; everybody is feeling it.

There is simply no easy way out for Trump here; if you continue negotiating, Iran continues to play hardball. If you continue the blockade, oil prices and global inflation keep rising. If you agree to Iran's ceasefire term, America becomes humiliated. If you send in ground troops, many American soldiers will be lost. If you bomb their power plants and bridges, they will bomb the bridges and power plants of countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait that have been paying you billions for protection. If you withdraw, they will become emboldened and continue with whatever they are doing. Trump must chew one of these bitter pills.
I guess extending the ceasefire is a less bitter pill.
Na so dem take dey be world power for your village.
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by UrVillageChief: 11:50pm On Apr 22
Dshocker:
Iran just exposed the United States Of America to the world that they are weak.
Weak? Are people now intentionally choosing to be dull these days or what?
Someone came to you house from several
thousand kilometers away to enforce a sit-at-home and dictating to you that you mustn’t walk or drive on your OWN ROAD and you couldn’t do nothing about it and you still have the gut to call such a person “weak”?🤣🤣
No Baby sis, find a better adjective, this is giving bullying and not even remotely close to weakness.
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by Smartguyboy(m): 12:08am On Apr 23
gaskiyamagana:
The Iraqis that were bought against Sadam must be blamed. The Iranians have learned from suffering of Iraq and Libya; that is why they stood up with their leaders against international oil wealth thief.
Libya is the worst they don’t even have a govt . The case of Iraq will be the fate of Venezuela where USA controls the inflow of the country worth.
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by Smartguyboy(m): 12:09am On Apr 23
UrVillageChief:
Weak? Are people now intentionally choosing to be dull these days or what?
Someone came to you house from several
thousand kilometers away to enforce a sit-at-home and dictating to you that you mustn’t walk or drive on your OWN ROAD and you couldn’t do nothing about it and you still have the gut to call such a person “weak”?🤣🤣
No Baby sis, find a better adjective, this is giving bullying and not even remotely close to weakness.

Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by UrVillageChief: 12:25am On Apr 23
[quote author=Smartguyboy post=139185510][/quote]Coming from “Smartguyboy”
What an irony. This shows my earlier statement is on point🤣
Are the US currently laying a siege on another sovereign nation or not?
Are they presently dictating to the Iranians how they are supposed to do and move on their own waters and territory or not?
That’s exactly what my comment was about. A weak person is dictating to you what enters and leaves your own country. C’mon na Smartboy, you should be smarter than this fr 🤣
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by Kushites: 12:45am On Apr 23
FreeStuffsNG:
They got the memo and do not want to die like chicken for an unpopular US President.

Approval rating for Trump crashed to 30%! 6 in 10 US citizens disapprove of Trump!
Those American soldiers can see the man is not a serious person they should take any risks for. Who can blame them?

In one sentence Trump will say the war is won, the war is still continuing, and he doesn't know when the war will end, and that it will end in two weeks time.

All in ONE sentence.
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by QuinQQ: 2:44am On Apr 23
maasoap:
Repercussions of what?
Bombing because of what? Are you okay at all?
You obviously didn't read the modification to the post. Here it is:
**Modified
The headline is DECEPTIVE!!!
This is since the blockade began NOT all at once!
That's why you don't see any major news outlet making a big deal of it.
34 have managed to evade SINCE THE BLOCKADE BEGAN!!! Which is nothing
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by OLAADEGBU(op): 3:09am On Apr 23
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by bluefilm:
It's funny how the same Iran that started the blockade by blocking the strait of Hormuz have now turned to become the people now celebrating escaping from a blockade

What a funny world it is...
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by gaskiyamagana: 8:07am On Apr 23
Smartguyboy:
Libya is the worst they don’t even have a govt . The case of Iraq will be the fate of Venezuela where USA controls the inflow of the country worth.
The more Libya is worst, the more their oil wealth will be stolen by America, that is nothing is said about governingless Libya is their concern.
Let an Islamic cleric starts asserting authority to expose or halt ongoing thieving of their oil wealth, he will be labeled a terrorist.
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by Smartguyboy(m): 8:13am On Apr 23
gaskiyamagana:
The more Libya is worst, the more their oil wealth will be stolen by America, that is nothing is said about governingless Libya is their concern.
Let an Islamic cleric starts asserting authority to expose or halt ongoing thieving of their oil wealth, he will be labeled a terrorist.
The country have already been destroyed nothing can fix it again everyone want power . The only person who could have try to fix it was assassinated .

After many years they are now regretting their mistakes no more free things life very difficult .
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by splendournoni(m): 8:22am On Apr 23
When you see this post just know it's coming from a terrorist sympathizer,....

Iran that dsent have a navy vessel only fast gun boats....

Una never see anything you talk of Iran becoming a world power without air force 😄😄😄

Islam dey really block some people brain of reasoning
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by Mattswaggz: 12:03pm On Apr 23
Razzness:
If the US is not careful, Iran will emerge from this war a world power.
The leverage Iran has over the entire world is not moi-moi, o. Just imagine fuel went from N790 to N1300 in less than 2 months. Even though Iran's military is no match for the US and Israel, they find themselves in a strategic position that has forced the US and Israel to exercise a level of restraint we have never seen from them before. The US almost never does a cease-fire. If they commit to a war, they usually see it through even if it takes several years. But with Iran the stakes are too high; that's why they negotiated a ceasefire and even extended it when Iran refused to capitulate.

Imagine if Ukraine had similar leverage over the global economy; the world would not have sat back and allowed Russia to pound them like this. But because the war does not affect anybody outside of Ukraine, everybody is just sympathizing with Ukraine from a distance. Now with Iran, the story is very different; everybody is feeling it.

There is simply no easy way out for Trump here; if you continue negotiating, Iran continues to play hardball. If you continue the blockade, oil prices and global inflation keep rising. If you agree to Iran's ceasefire term, America becomes humiliated. If you send in ground troops, many American soldiers will be lost. If you bomb their power plants and bridges, they will bomb the bridges and power plants of countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait that have been paying you billions for protection. If you withdraw, they will become emboldened and continue with whatever they are doing. Trump must chew one of these bitter pills.
I guess extending the ceasefire is a less bitter pill.
Stop giving Iran false hope.....if the blockade against Iran is very effective then Trump can keep on extending the cease fire while keeping the blockade in place until Iran comes knocking to make a deal because it'll affect them more seeing that their major source of income(oil sale) has been blocked almost completely.

The global economy will continue to bear the burnt of increased energy crisis but the US will care less....they have Venezuela in the bag and sanctions on Russian oil will be lifted which will ease global tensions a little....the world would somehow adjust on the long run while Iran would continue to lose revenue.....either ways, this very idea by Trump is a very good one.
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by QuinQ: 12:47pm On Apr 23
Axis313:
Another propaganda?
The op is a core Trump supporter,if it's from another person,I may agree with you.

Meanwhile,what is the essence of the clown Trump's blockade of the Iranian ports?
Turns out bestman09 is right.😅
It IS propaganda!
Another in a long string of fake news by IRCG, and they all find their way onto NL frontpage!
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by Razzness(m): 5:28pm On Apr 23
This analysis of yours is very funny. First of all, Iran is not fighting this war to make money; it is simply in this war for survival. You think Iran is a stranger to economic turmoil. These people were under impossible sanctions for 47 years; they did not surrender, and somehow you think a blockade of two weeks that is not affecting only them but the rest of the Gulf states and the entire world will make them beg for a ceasefire. I am sure even Trump does not believe this.

The funniest part is that you said the US will care less about the energy crisis because of Venezuela. Please delete that statement; it is embarrassing for anyone with some education to make such a statement.

Mattswaggz:
Stop giving Iran false hope.....if the blockade against Iran is very effective then Trump can keep on extending the cease fire while keeping the blockade in place until Iran comes knocking to make a deal because it'll affect them more seeing that their major source of income(oil sale) has been blocked almost completely.

The global economy will continue to bear the burnt of increased energy crisis but the US will care less....they have Venezuela in the bag and sanctions on Russian oil will be lifted which will ease global tensions a little....the world would somehow adjust on the long run while Iran would continue to lose revenue.....either ways, this very idea by Trump is a very good one.
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by AntiisIam(m): 5:44pm On Apr 23
Expanse2020:
Awwww🥱🥱🥱
Antiislam I hear say your God sent has been begging up and down these days for ceased fire and others
So person that's sending your generals to alujana will be begging for ceasefire abi? dẹpẹ, ronu nau
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by Mattswaggz: 7:36pm On Apr 23
Razzness:
This analysis of yours is very funny. First of all, Iran is not fighting this war to make money; it is simply in this war for survival. You think Iran is a stranger to economic turmoil. These people were under impossible sanctions for 47 years; they did not surrender, and somehow you think a blockade of two weeks that is not affecting only them but the rest of the Gulf states and the entire world will make them beg for a ceasefire. I am sure even Trump does not believe this.

The funniest part is that you said the US will care less about the energy crisis because of Venezuela. Please delete that statement; it is embarrassing for anyone with some education to make such a statement.
You didn't make any real point here.... firstly you seem to lack proper comprehension skills because I can't remember saying the blockade will make them beg for cease fire so soon.... secondly what they're fighting that war for is non of my concern I am just analyzing the situation here. You're the funny one here thinking that it is safe for any government to lose the major source of their revenue generation when it is not just an external threat but also an internal threat...they'll need to pay workers and run the country and also getting agents by external threats will be much more easier since the population have gotten poorer...just give them peanuts and they'll sell anyone out.


Lastly...and yes the US is in a position to care less about the energy crisis... itself is a big crude producing country and also they've now gotten Venezuela as well.... they'd care less doesn't mean they'll be exempted from global effects of lesser oil supply though before you'll look at it from a non-comprehensive manner again. cheesy ....and also the gulf states don't want Iran to be regional power so if paying the price now and forgetting about the threat ever achieving it's full potential is a possibility now then they'll likely be willing to endure the temporary economic turmoil for a while.
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by OLAADEGBU(op): 10:58pm On Apr 23
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by Razzness(m): 9:55am On Apr 24
So many gibberish and unintelligent statements dished out all at once; I don't even know which to respond to. As they say, ignorance is bliss; i'll live you continue wallowing in it.

Mattswaggz:
You didn't make any real point here.... firstly you seem to lack proper comprehension skills because I can't remember saying the blockade will make them beg for cease fire so soon.... secondly what they're fighting that war for is non of my concern I am just analyzing the situation here. You're the funny one here thinking that it is safe for any government to lose the major source of their revenue generation when it is not just an external threat but also an internal threat...they'll need to pay workers and run the country and also getting agents by external threats will be much more easier since the population have gotten poorer...just give them peanuts and they'll sell anyone out.


Lastly...and yes the US is in a position to care less about the energy crisis... itself is a big crude producing country and also they've now gotten Venezuela as well.... they'd care less doesn't mean they'll be exempted from global effects of lesser oil supply though before you'll look at it from a non-comprehensive manner again. cheesy ....and also the gulf states don't want Iran to be regional power so if paying the price now and forgetting about the threat ever achieving it's full potential is a possibility now then they'll likely be willing to endure the temporary economic turmoil for a while.
Re: Trump’s Blockade COLLAPSES As Iranian Ghost Ships Bypass US Navy by Ebenezer2021(m): 1:57am On Apr 25
Axis313:
Another propaganda?
The op is a core Trump supporter,if it's from another person,I may agree with you.

Meanwhile,what is the essence of the clown Trump's blockade of the Iranian ports?
when I read the headline I thought it was fake news till I saw the person that posted it and I was surprised cos he's a core trump supporter
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