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The Islamic Republic of Iran has been a brutal dictatorship from its beginning, and the recent massacres were a crazy and organized bloodbath involving the government slaughtering its own people.
This is not the first time the Islamist theocracy has slaughtered its own people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtiHBU3Giq8
All realistic deals on the table that Iran might agree to look an awful lot like the deal Obama got without the costs and risks of war. Trump is reluctant to agree to such a deal because it will essentially be an admission that Obama and Kerry were right all along–this was the best deal possible and better than no deal or war.
Reporting was that Trump could have gotten such a deal before the war began, but Trump rejected it because he thought he was a great deal-maker who could do better than Obama. He was wrong, and we got war because of it.
Germany is starting to massively increase its military power. Europe needs German power. Once Germany has this power, some Germans will want to use it in ways that are not in America’s interest. We need Germany to pull its own weight, but we need to keep that weight on our side, and to do this, requires keeping America’s commitment to Europe strong and clear. German power is much less dangerous when embedded in a NATO structure that includes the United States.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZM2x485OJs
After the US escorted just two ships through the Strait before ending the program, insurance for shipping through the Strait went up! So what did this operation achieve? Quitting after two ships looks like giving up, not victory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIGurG3MqWw
Israelis are having a tough time with FPV drones in Lebanon. Are Americans ready for this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhtc9COUi78
Russians are meeting with Iranians likely to discuss, in part, how to kill American soldiers with drones. Yet, Trump still sings Putin’s praises and insults the country Putin is invading.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_6ubl08dEY
The Trump administration lied about the extent of the damage to US bases done by Iranian strikes.
An 80 year old plane successfully bombed a US base.
US personnel had to abandon US bases at the start of the war. Why did we leave these bases so vulnerable?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol70ZTS5zYs
Trump ‘will look like a fool’ — and he knows it | John Bolton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN2g44ns8oo
Throughout history, even before it became a global superpower, the United States fought to defend the freedom of the seas. If Iran forces the US to accept an extortionary toll on the Strait of Hormuz, it will be a great blow to the US-led order that allows trade across international waters without heavy fees enforced by deadly power.
Control of the Strait gives Iran control over the price of oil. If they want the price higher, they let fewer ships through.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o4IUPNYAK0
The American blockade has limited effectiveness because ships can just travel along the coast into Pakistani and then Indian coastal waters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W__UF5R0Dok
An army more vulnerable to the flu, in both training and war, is a weaker army compared to one less vulnerable to the flu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDQoQdnERus