Trump vows to decimate Iran’s power infrastructure unless Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz. The remnants of the Iranian leadership still operate like Dems such as Carter and Biden are in charge. They will eventually learn; assuming they live long enough.
To the disappointment of “hate America first” Dem’s, the Iranian’s lied about the range of their missiles. Yes, they can hit Europe. It is not this potentially catastrophic fact irritating the Dem’s , but the fact that Trump was right.
(03-22-2026 05:19 PM)TripleA Wrote: They talk big for a bunch of psychos getting their asses kicked all over the ME.
They might be roughly around 24 hours from being returned to the pre-electricity 1800's. Thats about the proper place in time and tech level for a regime like Iran's.
(This post was last modified: 03-22-2026 06:43 PM by Attackcoog.)
(03-22-2026 05:19 PM)TripleA Wrote: They talk big for a bunch of psychos getting their asses kicked all over the ME.
They might be roughly around 24 hours from being returned to the pre-electricity 1800's. Thats about the proper place in time and tech level for a regime like Iran's.
We’ll know we got them when they break out the catapults and the war elephants.
03-22-2026 06:50 PM
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I'm not sure Blackmon understands what the term "the tide has turned" means, but I posted this for VDH's on point assessment.
Quote: Victor Davis Hanson: THE SIGNALS ARE ALL POINTING THE SAME DIRECTION
No U.S. analyst knows better how to cut through the fog of war than Stanford University Prof.
@VDHanson
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In the clip below, Hanson, who’s studied how wars end for 50 years, says the tide has turned in America’s favor against Iran. Forget the rancid propaganda flowing from all quarters related to the Iran conflict and how it is going - Hanson says look at how everyone else is behaving.
Hanson’s Key Points:
• Europeans: They never touch a conflict until they smell victory. Early on? Crickets. Now they’re quietly moving assets and offering support. Pure calculation — they’ve read the battlefield and decided which side wins.
• Gulf petro-states: Saudis, Emiratis, Qataris survive by reading the room perfectly. They’re expelling Iranian attachés, silently intercepting Iranian missiles over their capitals, and the UAE just reaffirmed its $1.4 trillion investment commitment to the U.S. mid-war. These are not gestures — they’re bets. And they’re all-in on America.
• Al Jazeera: The Qatari state network that usually bashes U.S. actions (and hosts Hamas offices) is now calling America’s bombing campaign “brilliant” and “underestimated.” When the outlet that hosts both the biggest U.S. air base and Hamas praises U.S. effectiveness, the message is unmistakable: they think we’re winning.
• Military reality: A-10 Warthogs and Apache gunships are now flying strike missions inside Iranian airspace at will. These slow, low-flying platforms only appear when enemy air defenses are effectively gone. Confirms what’s really happening on the ground.
Iran’s only play left is rope-a-dope: drag it out, hope U.S. public opinion flips, pray midterms pressure Trump to quit.
VDH’s verdict: If Trump sees it through — and he will — the regime falls. Not in years. Pretty soon.
Bottom line: Watch what people do, not what they say. Every player with skin in the game is betting on America. The signals don’t lie.
(This post was last modified: 03-22-2026 07:24 PM by Bearhawkeye.)
(03-23-2026 06:39 AM)TripleA Wrote: There is no way we can leave that regime in place now.
I think we're about to.... Hopefully the talks include the rest of the regime going into exile in Russia or China and allowing a transitional gov't to take hold.
Anyone get the impression that Iran is open to discussions again only as a ruse to reposition it's assets to strike targets more effectively in 5 days? Or to figure out how to smuggle money out of Iran?
(03-23-2026 07:10 AM)miko33 Wrote: Anyone get the impression that Iran is open to discussions again only as a ruse to reposition it's assets to strike targets more effectively in 5 days? Or to figure out how to smuggle money out of Iran?
I don't understand why we're even talking to them. Just finish the job. It's not like they have earned any good will over the past 47 years.
I think we’re looking at a good-cop / bad-cop routine. I don’t believe there is any reality-based scenario that doesn’t involve either us or them simply giving up.
