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Iran is the Graveyard of American Hegemony
#11
(03-28-2026, 05:49 AM)WallFlowerActive Wrote: And for the long run, how often has trying to bribe / pay tribute to Muslim terrorists worked for the west?

By my count? Carry the 2...... add the one.....

NEVER
#12
Trump, in effect, burned the ships.
#13
(03-29-2026, 10:06 PM)Bush Master Wrote: Trump, in effect, burned the ships.

I guess iranian protestors, in effect, burned themselves then....
  Tongue
#14
(03-30-2026, 04:13 AM)ReturnofBroccoli Wrote: I guess iranian protestors, in effect, burned themselves then....
  Tongue

Why not? It's their country.
#15
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#16
Time will tell. Not much time, at that. Trump's forthcoming summit with Xi will make the actual position clear.

And if the summit never happens, it will make it even clearer.
#17
(03-27-2026, 01:15 PM)RadioKnecht Wrote: Well, Trump slapped tariffs on everyone. Mentioned that NATO was obsolete. Insulted the soldiers of other countries that bled and died for America's adventure in Iraq. Calls everyone a coward. Attacked a powder keg unthreatened and points the finger at everybody else.

I'm sure the "former allies" may be excused for taking a pass on Trump and Bibi's madness.

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"Yet so it is, we see the illiterate bulk of mankind that walk the high-road of plain common sense, and are governed by the dictates of nature, for the most part easy and undisturbed. To them nothing that is familiar appears unaccountable or difficult to comprehend."
#18
(03-27-2026, 01:15 PM)RadioKnecht Wrote: Well, Trump slapped tariffs on everyone. Mentioned that NATO was obsolete. Insulted the soldiers of other countries that bled and died for America's adventure in Iraq. Calls everyone a coward. Attacked a powder keg unthreatened and points the finger at everybody else.

I'm sure the "former allies" may be excused for taking a pass on Trump and Bibi's madness.

Spot on.

So much for America First and no more Wars etc.

UK military bled and died in Afghanistan, too.

Trump insulted them.

Brits will not forgive or forget that.

Now, all eyes on Islamabad.

Not looking hopeful, but let's see.
'l'll just check my Giveashitometer....Nope.  Nothing...
#19
(03-25-2026, 12:36 PM)LightAngel Wrote: Prof. Jeffrey Sachs argues that Trump is becoming increasingly irrational and that the miscalculations in the war against Iran reveal problems of a decadent hegemony. 



Jeffrey Sachs: Iran is the Graveyard of American Hegemony
[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcqIEJEk4MY]


I am amused that so many want to see the US fail.

I wish a giant middle finger to everyone.

Biggrin
You must develop the ability to be disliked in order to free yourself from the prison of other people's opinions.
#20
It was a horrible thing to see the IRGC murdered something like 40,000 civilians who protested their authority.  Not surprising that they would murder Iranians protesting their authority, but horrible.

I was, however, quite surprised to see American forces bomb IRGC forces, as if in response to this populist uprising…



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