Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[THE_WIZARD_]

That will never happen.

[Mike]

They've struck nuclear facilities in Iraq and Syria before. Time to stop acting like Iran is fucking China.

[THE_WIZARD_]

It won 't be The Chairman doing it. He has their persian cock in his gullet...

[THE_WIZARD_]

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[Mike]

I'm talking about the Israelis doing it. But I also don't care if we do either.

[THE_WIZARD_]

They will need our help IMHO...at least need us to park a few carriers in the gulf for cover...do you see Biden pissing off Khamenei? I don't.

[Mike]

Sadly, I don't either but it's high time we take a hard line with Iran and not with horseshit sanctions. I'd get them on a call and say "here's a list of your facilities that will be reduced to smoldering ash unless we see hostages returning safely to Israel by noon tomorrow". They fucked around, now it's time for them to find out.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Agreed. Just too bad we have a dishrag for a POTUS.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Just saw that the Founder and leader of Hamas (who lives in luxury in Qatar) has called for "jihad" around the world on Friday..

Forget about Iran for a second. We need Qatar to hand these guys over, expel them, or do something.

[THE_WIZARD_]

… Six o'clock, T.V. hour, don't get caught in foreign tower
Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn
Lock him in uniform, book burning, bloodletting
Every motive escalate, automotive incinerate
Light a candle, light a motive, step down, step down
Watch your heel crush, crush, uh oh
This means no fear, cavalier, renegade and steering clear
A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies
Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline
… It's the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone)
I feel fine (I feel fine)

[Jeff Buchanan]

The west has a long established history of accommodating authoritarian governments masquerading as democracies. Saturday's terror attack represents payment for that accommodation. Time to wake the fuck up

I wrote a detailed stepwise military answer to the outrageous terror attack directed against Israel by Hamas. 3 carrier battle groups to the med and deployment of MARCENT the USMC component of CENTCOM to Bahrain but I held up posting it.

I'm with Mike on a strong military response but the way to do it is establishing thresholds and triggers while positioning the resources to back up those triggers. It becomes a graduated response escalating the pressure while offering an opportunity for your targets to back off.

[THE_WIZARD_]

I agree 100% but again...don't see this administration doing this.

[THE_WIZARD_]

We need Professor Terguson in charge of our Middle East policy...Back To School.jpg

[Tom W]

… Six o'clock, T.V. hour, don't get caught in foreign tower
Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn
Lock him in uniform, book burning, bloodletting
Every motive escalate, automotive incinerate
Light a candle, light a motive, step down, step down
Watch your heel crush, crush, uh oh
This means no fear, cavalier, renegade and steering clear
A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies
Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline
… It's the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone)
I feel fine (I feel fine)

For some reason, I doubt that Michael Stipe would be doing "fine" for very long if he moved to Iran.

[Mike]

Skirmishes breaking out in northern Israel with Hezbollah in Lebanon. With a force of 300,000 strong massing around Gaza I hope they aren't stretched too thin.