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What should we know?
By Ponderer
March 26, 2026 8:10 am
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How much about the truth of this war should the American people be given?

Like let's say... let's say that... hypothetically... Iran had attacked and destroyed all 13 of the U.S. bases in the region, essentially leaving them uninhabitable and useless and the troops there having to hold up in hotels all over the region.

Is this something that the American people should be told about?

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Comments on "What should we know?":

  1. by Ponderer on March 26, 2026 8:14 am

    AI seems to know something about this hypothetical...


    As of March 2026, Iranian strikes in retaliation to US-Israeli actions have damaged or destroyed at least 17 U.S. military sites across the Middle East, causing roughly $800 million in damage. Key facilities, including bases in Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, and Bahrain, suffered damage to communications, aircraft, and infrastructure, resulting in fatal casualties and forcing personnel to relocate.

    Key Affected American Bases and Facilities (2026)
    Port Shuaiba (Kuwait): A makeshift U.S. operations center was set ablaze, causing fatal casualties among service members.

    U.S. 5th Fleet Headquarters (Bahrain): Sustained major damage, including destroyed buildings and radomes (satellite communications terminals).

    Al Udeid Air Base (Qatar): Suffered damage from missiles and drones, including destruction of a high-value radar system and a satellite communications terminal.

    Ali Al Salem Air Base (Kuwait): Reported collapsed roofs and damaged structures.

    Muwaffaq Salti Air Base (Jordan): Sustained structural damage.
    Prince Sultan Air Base (Saudi Arabia): Reported extensive damage to aircraft, fuel, and communication facilities.

    Erbil International Airport (Iraq): Multiple strikes targeting U.S. forces.

    Impact and Damage Details
    Infrastructure Destruction: Many strikes targeted high-value communication nodes, radar systems (including THAAD defense radars in Jordan and UAE), and hangars.

    Forced Reallocation: Due to the damage, U.S. forces have been forced to operate from temporary sites, including hotels.

    Repeat Strikes: Several bases, such as Ali Al-Salim, Al-Udeid, and Prince Sultan, were targeted multiple times.

    The damage was largely caused by a mix of Iranian drones and missiles aimed at disrupting U.S. capabilities in the region.

  2. by Ponderer on March 26, 2026 8:17 am


    "We've won this war!"

  3. by HatetheSwamp on March 26, 2026 8:29 am

    "How much about the truth of this war should the American people be given?"


    po,

    I know I'm stoopid. And, apparently, uninformed. Has the Freedom of the Press been infringed? If so, you know that ole pb's the most vociferously libertarian poster on SS. Let's get that fixed!!!!!

  4. by HatetheSwamp on March 26, 2026 8:31 am

    Oh, and remember pb predicting you'd $#!t bricks when Trump claimed victory? Whadahoot. Youdaman! Bahahahahahahahahahaha ha ha haha ha haha ha ha, ahhhhhh

  5. by Donna on March 26, 2026 10:01 am

    And Russia has admitted that they've been supplying Iran with satellite images including target locations of U.S. bases as well as Shahid drones.

    So how does the Orange Madman respond? By cutting sanctions against Russia and Iranian oil!! Yes, that makes perfect sense!
    🙄

    I don't know about you all, but I want my money back, including the money ($400/mo) that trump's been stealing from my employer through extremely high tariffs which they have no choice but to pass on to their employers in order to survive 🤬



  6. by oldedude on March 26, 2026 10:13 am
    I agree. here's more!

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  7. by oldedude on March 26, 2026 10:21 am
    po- you're getting your knickers in a knot over things you don't comprehend. These are forward operating bases for CENTAF. So most of the folks are used to the "living in Quonset huts with 40+ people thing." When Sheriff Arpino (NM) did the same thing to those in county jail, It was cruel and unusual punishment." And remember, there wasn't a hot meal for breakfast in these areas until trumpster came back and changed the obomber EO that stopped that.

  8. by Indy! on March 26, 2026 11:13 am

    Señorita Snowflake couldn't live without those hot breakfasts! Proving my point the military is filled with a bunch of pampered pussies. Got news for you, Old Dud - most of America goes without a hot breakfast every day of their lives.

    So far as the bases being destroyed? That's one way to get rid of some of these unnecessary bases.

  9. by oldedude on March 26, 2026 2:54 pm
    It's called TAKING CARE OF YOUR FOLKS. I know you don't give a shit about any living thing. It's your schtick. You whine about me mentioning things you actually support. Why get pissed at me you stupid fuck? That makes no sense. You cheered on the murdering of children and infants, then when you got tired of the snuff films you bought from Hamas, you "say" you changed your thinking (mostly because it wasn't popular anymore). You're just too artificial to be taken seriously.

    The folks there are working 24/7 getting their base put back together. All of these bases are 24/7 bases. so for 1/3 of the base, breakfast is at the end of the day. And I know you don't give a fuck about that either. You're too self-absorbed with your own self being a whiny little bitch and only thinking about yourself.

    At "deed" some folks are flying in after 36-72 hours of flying and being on standby. They're really drained from flying on a military aircraft which many times have web seats that you lean forward on your ruck to sleep. And of course, they're not alone. All the folks that check them in, check their orders, get them a place to live and about 50 other things are all there. Then, of course, you have to check in weapons, etc. and assign them a unit that may be working right then, so they end up going to work right off the aircraft. Or maybe they get 2 hours of sleep and have to show up for work (they're 14 hour shifts working 6 days on, one off for the time they're in country). And some of them have to wait for rotary transportation to get to their assigned base. Those airframes are also working 24/7.

  10. by Donna on March 27, 2026 9:23 am

    olde dude MAGAsplaining ^ why the U.S. abandoning 13 military bases near the Persian Gulf that were bombed by Iran isn't a big deal.

  11. by oldedude on March 27, 2026 2:13 pm
    For two of the folks who believe that "Apocalypse Now" and "Platoon" are documentaries, that's pretty fresh. And again. You need to stop listening to the dollar amount and start looking at KIA/WIA. So far, we've lost 6 KIA. That's an extreme hardship for the families, but is incredibly low for what we've been doing. Yeah, a couple of our bases have been hit. We now have countermeasures to fight against that. The Kuwaitis quit firing at us, so that's a bonus. And for the amount of folks that are stationed at alUdied, that "could" have been in the four digits.

  12. by Ponderer on March 27, 2026 4:11 pm


    What have we gotten for those six (so far) lives, olde due? What have we gotten that is worth the trillions in cost to the world and this country that we were so willing to spend?

    Tell me, olde dude, what you think we've achieved out of this "little excursion" that was worth all the horror that will not be going away for years and I will explain to you why you are a blithering, pig-ignorant moron...

  13. by Ponderer on March 27, 2026 4:13 pm

    Tell me how history is going to laud Donald Trump for achieving what we now have at the cost of blowing up dozens of schoolgirls at their desks and the many thousands of others who we are executing for our benefit...

  14. by Indy! on March 27, 2026 4:20 pm

    If T rump was listening to me - there wouldn't be ANY KIA/MIAs, Señorita. Because we never would have started an unnecessary war with Iran in the first place. So go back to your Hamas porn and quit your bitchin'.

  15. by Ponderer on March 27, 2026 4:42 pm

    Trump's Iran War is stupid. It's the stupidest war in the history of wars. It's asinine. It's psychotically lame beyond comprehension. There's no way to spin it so that it is anything other than a gargantuan, pointless, global clusterfuck.

  16. by oldedude on March 27, 2026 7:30 pm
    donnaswhore- What have we gotten for those six (so far) lives, olde due? What have we gotten that is worth the trillions in cost to the world and this country that we were so willing to spend?

    Tell me, olde dude, what you think we've achieved out of this "little excursion" that was worth all the horror that will not be going away for years and I will explain to you why you are a blithering, pig-ignorant moron..

    First is the real assumption that you are truly ONLY in love with terrorists and support a government that is starving it's own people, have hung about 7,000 so far, and support all terrorist organizations globally. If you try to fight that, then you're that blithering, pig-ignorant moron and have actually ZERO FUCKING KNOWLEDGE OF GLOBAL GOVERNMENTS AND YOU"RE TOO PIG IGNORANT TO SPEAK ON THIS SUBJECT.

    The people that you love here are completely as much of a problem with human rights as Slobodan Milošević. So defending any of their "rights" is pretty tough.

    I, on the other hand, have watched the US and the Israelis, decapitate a nuclear power with medium range ballistic missiles (as proven by their shots to Diego Garcia). I have watched our forces take out and eviscerate their air power and their navy. We have done this which attempting to keep civilian casualties at a minimum. I agree with you on the bombing of the girls school. Which is really interesting to me because girls only get a 6th grade education, where boys get a full 1-12 and many times university. AND you usually won't support any women other than if they're trans. Which is also interesting.

    So you're supporting a theocracy that you incorrectly have accused the US of being on. And in the past couple of years, the 7,000 or so folks they've murdered BECAUSE of their theocracy, you compare to, what you're at FOUR people now?????? That's just soooooo fucking stupid it's not funny.

    Again, take a politic science/ government class in your local community college. What you would learn from that would greatly enhance your credibility. The fact is that you're nothing more than a whiny little bitchy tweenaged elitist prick that has daddy issues.


  17. by Ponderer on March 27, 2026 9:25 pm

    So... what are you saying we got for this asinine war......?

  18. by oldedude on March 28, 2026 4:49 am
    Further away from the MAD scenario. To anyone that can actually reason the situation out, that was the stated objective, and we're in process of that.

  19. by Indy! on March 28, 2026 2:21 pm

    Good lord you are comically naive.

  20. by Donna on March 28, 2026 3:10 pm

    The reckless way that Trump and Hegseth have executed this war of choice is mindblowing, and Iran has been taking full advantage.

    I think that a ground invasion is probably a bluff, but if it isn't, then hundreds of U.S. soldiers will likely return home in body bags from a mission that didn't accomplish their objectives, whatever they were.

    I wouldn't put it past trump to intentionally send our soldiers to their deaths in order to whip Americans into a lather in support of the war, but actually it would have the opposite effect, as most Americans would correctly blame trump.




  21. by Indy! on March 28, 2026 3:15 pm

    I don't know about a full scale invasion, but I can easily see Trump being dumb enough to send in troops for some imaginary stated "goal" that requires boots on the ground. The other reason would be Netanyahoo pulls out the Epstein files and says "Remember this? You're my bitch, Donny - if I say send end troops, you send in troops."

  22. by meagain on March 28, 2026 6:57 pm
    Just 7000, od. America murders more than that every year with its insane gun policies.

  23. by Indy! on March 28, 2026 7:52 pm

    Soon as they send in one American soldier it turns this "excursion" into a 10 year war.

  24. by oldedude on March 28, 2026 11:55 pm
    concha-by Indy! on March 28, 2026 2:21 pm

    Good lord you are comically naive.

    I'm using their my Master's degree

    I'm also using their belief systems, including their religion.

    I'm also using what they've said.

    I'm also using what they've been building since 1978.

    You're the one with it's head up your ass.

  25. by oldedude on March 29, 2026 12:27 am
    po and donna-
    1. there was mostly minor damage to the bases in the middle east. So your "collective" theory isn't even close to reality. Therefore, I had to "mansplain" because neither of you have the least bit of knowledge about the subject. And with your response, I don't think it was simple enough for you to understand. So I should have really gotten down to the fourth grade. To be fair, concha pulled you down also, but that's not surprising.

    These bases were set up mostly previously to the assault into Iraq. With changing times, there have been numerous changes to every one of them.

    The SM-6 (RIM-174) and Patriot (MIM-104) are among the most advanced U.S. surface-to-air missile systems, offering long-range interception and multi-target capabilities on these bases, and are layered with cruise missiles off the guided missile cruisers

    Patriot missile batteries for example (with updates for the last 30 years). There's also overlapping security for each base. We also have a new military command you didn't add to the mix. Space command can "talk" to USCENTCOM(Forward) 24/7.

    The other opportunity we have is for SpaceCom to locate the MANPAD for each of the launch sites so we can destroy the locations of the launchers before the Iranians can move them.

    And this time, we are also infiltrating and confusing their radar by putting 10+ objects per single one of our aircraft on their screen, which is bloody edge technology.

  26. by Donna on March 29, 2026 9:12 am

    🤣

    MAGAsplain to us why your Lord & Master got us into a war against a country, Iran, where Russia is giving them satellite imagery on U.S. military targets as well as Shahid drones that Iran is using to attack U.S. bases, China is supporting Iran with military technology, and our own president in desperation has cancelled sanctions against Russian AND Iranian oil, the profits of which they will use against the U.S. 🤔



  27. by oldedude on March 29, 2026 9:29 am
    Why does it matter WTF Russia is giving them? My guess is that China is also supporting them. The fact this surprises you is comical. I ASSUMED all of that for the last, or Idunno, at least 30 years. This honestly sounds like something the libturds all of a sudden figured and now it's a national Crisis🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣! We also knew China was giving them an asston of munitions, drones, etcetcetcetcetcetc.

    About the other? I dunno. Not in my declassified morning readings. My guess is that's what was needed for them to get their shit into Iran. I'm not thinking it was a good idea. But I'm not dealing with these assholes. If your vast knowledge of making agreements with any of these players comes, I'm sure they'd love to hear from you.

    Oh, I've never beat any of my wives, so I've answered that to my satisfaction. If it's to yours? I don't care..

  28. by Ponderer on March 29, 2026 9:45 am

    "Why does it matter WTF Russia is giving them?" -olde due

    Because they are using that intelligence to target and kill American service people and assets.

    Apparently, we only have a total of about 16 of these E-3s. A 3/4-billion-a-pop flying command and control surveillance plane.

    Boom. Pile of garbage. Thanks, Putin! If they hit enough of these, we're simply done there.


    Iran has blown up a $700 million spy plane belonging to the United States.

    Iran targeted an E-3 AWACS early warning aircraft worth approximately $700 million belonging to the United States in an attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. The critical system, known as the "flying radar," was reported to have been damaged. The attack is seen as a significant step that escalates tensions in the war, while also highlighting a notable development regarding the U.S.'s military operational capability in the region.

    A significant development has occurred in the ongoing war between the US-Israel and Iran. It has been reported that high-value military assets belonging to the US were targeted in Iran's missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.

    E-3 AWACS AIRCRAFT DAMAGED
    According to US and regional sources, the attack damaged the E-3 Sentry AWACS early warning aircraft, valued at approximately 700 million dollars. It was also noted that refueling aircraft were damaged in the same attack and some US soldiers were injured.

    The E-3 AWACS is known as a "flying command center" that scans the airspace over a wide area to detect enemy elements and direct fighter jets. The incapacitation of such an aircraft is considered a critical loss in terms of the US's operational capability in the region.


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  29. by Indy! on March 29, 2026 10:08 am
    by oldedude on March 28, 2026 11:55 pm
    concha-by Indy! on March 28, 2026 2:21 pm

    Good lord you are comically naive.

    I'm using their my Master's degree

    I'm also using their belief systems, including their religion.

    I'm also using what they've said.

    I'm also using what they've been building since 1978.



    Thanks for proving my point. Like the good little dumb soldier you are - you believe everything you're told. Never for a moment realizing everything about every war is a lie. But you did make me laugh...

    I'm using their my Master's degree

    Should have stuck with "their" - I can believe "they" might have a master's degree. You? Maybe from some two-bit military akademee - but certainly not from any accredited learning institution.


  30. by oldedude on March 29, 2026 2:15 pm
    I love it when the two least spun up, and least qualified people (other than curt and wrongagain) talk about military shit. Actually, I didn't have to look up what an E3 was. We worked with them on the KAL007 flight your butties in Russia took down. Oh. How much were they damaged? Just wondering? Because I'm pretty fucking sure they were flying the day after the strike. So the laugh is on the two psychotics trying to think of something that hurts. and missing it by about 1200 miles.

    HFG. I'm really sorry my one armed typing didn't pass your "approval." and you're still the coward curled up under his daddies' skirts. And if that's all you have, you must have yielded to me that everything else was factual and you aren't smart enough to have a valid retort.

  31. by Indy! on March 29, 2026 5:05 pm

    Another 2500 Marines sent to Iraq. You know you E3s and all the other acronyms - I know how 20 year wars get started. You see the trees, I see the forest, Old Dud. I told you on day 1 we're headed for another quagmire and you keep slurping down T rump's "we won" jism.

    See the link I always provide below, loser. Just for you - it's from Fox. Even your favorite liars know this is not a 2 week "excursion" - it's a long term disaster we're going to lose like every other war we initiate for no reason.
    youtube.com

  32. by Ponderer on March 29, 2026 6:21 pm

    "Actually, I didn't have to look up what an E3 was. We worked with them on the KAL007 flight your butties in Russia took down. Oh. How much were they damaged? Just wondering? Because I'm pretty fucking sure they were flying the day after the strike." -olde dude

    "Pretty fucking sure"... you say...? Next day... you say...?

  33. by oldedude on March 29, 2026 6:38 pm

    The difference is that I actually understand the war from a stragetic platform to the tactical. What you "know""snicker," "snicker!" is ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOTHING YOU CAN'T READ IN TICTOK. or maybe some other worthless rag. But there's no difference, since they all they're "news" from the CCP.

  34. by Ponderer on March 29, 2026 6:47 pm

    So... I don't know enough about war strategy to know that this AWACs plane isn't really blown up...? It was flying again the next day and I'd know that if I knew more about war strategy...?

  35. by oldedude on March 29, 2026 7:19 pm
    I love it when you all of a sudden get worried about one fixed wing that got hit. As of 8 days ago, iran lost 47 Aircraft. 6 shot down/ 41 destroyed on the ground.[1]

    US has had some ships "hit," and NONE sunk. As of three days ago, Iran has lost 60 ships. This includes some of Iran’s most high-profile military ships, including the Sabalan, an Alvand-class frigate, the Makran, a forward base ship and converted tanker, and two of Iran’s Mowj-class light frigates.[2]

    There have been 73 strikes on Iran with 531 KIA.[1]

    I will give you the land war is going to be really bad. The Iranian government is already asking for






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  36. by Ponderer on March 29, 2026 7:22 pm

    olde dude, is this one of the damaged planes that you said was flying again the next day? So losing an AWACs E-3 is no big woop, eh? Okay. Whadda I know.

  37. by oldedude on March 30, 2026 7:37 am
    And we lost one aircraft. Iran has had their air force decimated, along with their navy, fast boats and anything that isn't their ground forces. I would say you can't see forest for trees, and again you're still supporting the terrorists along with the little bald pussy.

    You and curt, the bald pussy, donna, and the rest of those that don't understand any of this (even though they may "say" they do). You want us to cut an run already. The "only" thing you have is lack of KIA/WIA. So I'm going to compare you to something that you, personally has said is the last "good" "war" in the world. That taking away a regime that, although we didn't know it at the time, is the posterchild of the Holocost. WWII;
    On the first three days of US operations in Europe, the US alone lost 29,000 KIA, and 106,000 wounded and missing.[1] In addition, we lost 67,500 souls flying over Germany during the daylight raids.[2]

    Apples to apples now, the US Army Air Forces lost nearly 45,000 military aircraft, with about 18,418 of these losses occurring in Europe. The operational losses included 22,951 aircraft overall, reflecting the extensive bombing campaigns conducted over Europe.[3]

    So what I'm saying is that you (et.al.) are chickshitting this whole thing. You found the "biggest" thing you could, to be whiny little bitches about. And yet you still support it only because (most of you) have "hindsight" in this case. I'm okay with looking backward as long as people acknowledge that you know nothing about this regime. And none of you actually reads up on what this theocracy has done to their people. Minus wrong again, but he quit being able to read in 1951.
    britannica.com
    bing.com
    worldwarwings.com

  38. by Donna on March 30, 2026 7:47 am

    Not to worry, olde dude. Russia and China have Iran's back.

  39. by HatetheSwamp on March 30, 2026 7:53 am

    Donna,

    Right-wing media ain't reporting nuthin. How many Russian and Chinese feet are on the ground?

  40. by Ponderer on March 30, 2026 7:53 am

    "And we lost one aircraft." -olde dude


    F-35, F-15, KC-135 tankers and Reaper drones: Iran war deals heavy blow to US air power – here’s how many aircraft Washington lost

    (This is a week old, so the AWACs plane they destroyed hasn't been counted yet.)

    US-Israel-Iran War: The United States has suffered setbacks in its ongoing military engagement with Iran, according to a report by Bloomberg. Since the start of hostilities, at least 16 American military aircraft have been destroyed, including a large number of unmanned systems and several manned platforms. [I've seen current figures that it's over 20 right now]


    Point being, we haven't lost just one aircraft, olde dude.

    Why do you always insist on being so wrong, od?
    msn.com

  41. by oldedude on March 30, 2026 7:53 am
    concha. I'm going to say it now. If we are hoping for regime change in Iran and we can do it without boots on the ground (ala Nicaragua) we can hope for that. We also MUST eliminate the nuclear threat (the one you call "naive!)"

    I don't see how a regime change is possible. This is a religious war. Simple as that. We are fighting for mom, apple pie, flag, and "some" religious issues the left will not let us use as reason (the left hates our religious dogma, but insists "twelver" dogma of waging MAD is okay). Secondarily, as we've seen here, is the left's support of the Iranian theocracy. We would have to take the country down far enough to take their weapons grade Uranium. And then do this again every 20-30 years.

    If we go to ground troops. My bet is there will be millions killed (think starship troopers). And we'll have to employ the same tactics. Unfortunately, you don't kill one side and make those you spare believers of your cause. Honestly, there isn't a "winner" in this.

  42. by Donna on March 30, 2026 7:55 am

    The news they're being fed is the kind of news Russia feeds their citizenry.


  43. by Ponderer on March 30, 2026 7:57 am

    "This is a religious war. Simple as that." -olde dude

    Wow! America's very first! We should feel so proud.

  44. by Donna on March 30, 2026 8:00 am

    And btw, we all hate the regime in Iran. We just don't think it's a good idea to start WW3 over it. That's why every president, D and R who preceded trump didn't go there.



  45. by HatetheSwamp on March 30, 2026 8:06 am

    Donna,

    As Jesus said, "Let not your heart be troubled." Russia and China are far less likely to make a brouhaha out of this that we are out of Ukraine.

  46. by Ponderer on March 30, 2026 8:17 am

    Why would they care? Trump's set this up so that they make a killing.

  47. by Donna on March 30, 2026 8:20 am

    As Alfred E. Neuman famously said, "What? ME worry?"


  48. by HatetheSwamp on March 30, 2026 8:21 am

    Donna,

    Since the Escalator in 025, that's advice yinz have needed to heed.

  49. by Donna on March 30, 2026 8:27 am

    Worryong never helps, but are you saying that you never worry about anything?

    Actually I'm more concerned about trump plunging our country and possibly the world into another great depression than I am about nuclear war.



  50. by HatetheSwamp on March 30, 2026 8:39 am

    I can't see how Trump's economic strategies will lead to a depression. AND, it seems equally unlikely that they will produce prosperity.

    As for me, based on other people I've interacted with over the years, my temperament seems less prone to anxiety than most people.

  51. by Ponderer on March 30, 2026 8:56 am

    "I can't see how Trump's economic strategies will lead to a depression." -pedophile's bitch

    That's because you can't see or comprehend how anything actually works! Why do you always act like we should be surprised by something that you don't know?

  52. by Ponderer on March 30, 2026 8:57 am

    "As for me, based on other people I've interacted with over the years, my temperament seems less prone to anxiety than most people." -pedophile's bitch

    pedophile's bitch. The living embodiment of the maxim Ignorance is Bliss.

  53. by HatetheSwamp on March 30, 2026 9:03 am

    "That's because you can't see or comprehend how anything actually works!"

    po,

    Of the two of us, I'm the one who took econ in college. And, your thinking that Trump is Hitler won't swing the economy far in either direction.

  54. by HatetheSwamp on March 30, 2026 9:04 am

    "pedophile's bitch. The living embodiment of the maxim Ignorance is Bliss."

    Do tell.

  55. by Ponderer on March 30, 2026 9:34 am

    Just did.

  56. by Indy! on March 30, 2026 9:38 am

    by oldedude on March 29, 2026 6:38 pm

    The difference is that I actually understand the war from a stragetic platform to the tactical. What you "know""snicker," "snicker!" is ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOTHING YOU CAN'T READ IN TICTOK. or maybe some other worthless rag. But there's no difference, since they all they're "news" from the CCP.


    You're in charge of tactical? No wonder we lose every fucking war we get involved in. You know "tactical" from reading it in the Army News or Jane magazine. Meanwhile I've already explained the entire disaster from start to finish in two sentences. Tactical doesn't matter when the original decision to go to war puts us in a position where we can't win you fucking dumbass.

  57. by Indy! on March 30, 2026 9:45 am
    by oldedude on March 30, 2026 7:53 am
    concha. I'm going to say it now. If we are hoping for regime change in Iran and we can do it without boots on the ground (ala Nicaragua) we can hope for that. We also MUST eliminate the nuclear threat (the one you call "naive!)"

    10 years ago they were "2 weeks from having a nuclear weapon!!!!" and now 10 years later they're "2 weeks from having a nuclear weapon!!!!" Your brain is incapable of retaining the bullshit we were fed in the past in order to use it to make rational decisions today.

    I don't see how a regime change is possible. This is a religious war. Simple as that. We are fighting for mom, apple pie, flag, and "some" religious issues the left will not let us use as reason (the left hates our religious dogma, but insists "twelver" dogma of waging MAD is okay). Secondarily, as we've seen here, is the left's support of the Iranian theocracy. We would have to take the country down far enough to take their weapons grade Uranium. And then do this again every 20-30 years.

    Mom and apple pie! 😂😂😂 Boy you are swallowing that nationalism shit hook, line and sinker. If that was the issue and it was actually important enough to fight for - T rump's idiot children, JD's worthless ass, and everybody in CONgress with children of military age would be in the war too. You're a dupe - a tool. An idiot dumb enough to swallow whatever lie the oligarchs feed you to get you off your ass and shot at in some shithole country.

    So far as the "dogma" of MAD - it's obvious you don't even understand the concept. It's the ONE idea in the post nuclear world that has actually WORKED TO PERFECTION. Give Iran nukes and they'll never use them just like everyone else who has them. Go ask mommy why because it's obvious you'll NEVER be able to figure it out by yourself.

    If we go to ground troops. My bet is there will be millions killed (think starship troopers). And we'll have to employ the same tactics. Unfortunately, you don't kill one side and make those you spare believers of your cause. Honestly, there isn't a "winner" in this.

    "IF?" There is no "IF" - it's happening. You're just too NAIVE to understand it's already underway.

  58. by oldedude on March 30, 2026 11:56 am
    I was just hoping that you went along with the references and humor. But I guess it's just too much for you to actually work WITH someone. Go back to your daddies" you suck off and drain them, since your mommy has lied to you all these years. AND a tap of the hat to your dad who has enough balls to challenge his shitbag "son"

    First of all, you're just too fucked up by wanting to be right for once in your poor, meaningless life. This wasn't a fight for you bald pussy. Not at all. And you're wrong and convoluted on every point.

    #1. The nuclear threat was NONE (read 'em) NONE of what I referenced to. I really thought you couls see that but apparently. When I told po & donna that you were the lowest common denominator on the reading scale. YOU'RE IT!

    So everyone else. Disregard that paragraph. I stand by what I said before, the bald pussy, can't put 2+2 together.

    #2. It was most people would understand. The American military. A Isn't forced to go in. B obviously you can't comprehend that most people don't agree with you. and almost absolutely everyone that is out of mental institutions don't.

    Even in the land battle for Iran, our military is NOT thinking of fulfilling the last battle on the earth, when everything on earth will be destroyed. If we demand a ground war? that'll happen. Really. How fucking stupid are you. This is what these people want to do.

    #3. since the beardless pussy can't understand it because it "ASSumes" all players is willing to stop. There's a MAJOR FLAW in that thinking with a powerful third party that is willing to throw off the predictions by NOT stopping. That's a big flaw that of course if you actually quote the CCP (ala TicTok). Iran will not stop within that scenario. MAD "assumes" wrongly cooler minds will prevail, yet Iran isn't that stable. And the MORE they can kill the better their world will be when it's destroyed. That piece isn't talked about
    by the bearded concha. Until these last 40 years it hasn't been something people had to talk about. So the bald pussy is wrong again.

    #4 This is the best one to date. EVEN AFTER I PROVED HIM WRONG, He STILL CAN'T FACE FACTS.
    "IF?" There is no "IF" - it's happening. You're just too NAIVE to understand it's already underway.

    Okay little pussy. Show yourself and others on this site WHERE ARE THE GROUND TROOPS IN IRAN? I'm just wondering.

  59. by Donna on March 30, 2026 12:47 pm

    If nukes are launched, it'll be by Israel or the U.S., not Iran.

    Btw, have you been keeping up with Hungariam politics lately? Your boy Viktor Orban is really taking a beating in the polls. Thousands of angry Hungarians were out in the streets protesting against him a few weeks ago.


  60. by Indy! on March 30, 2026 7:40 pm

    Comical that Señorita Welfart keeps bringing up my parents. The ones who were smart enough to raise their kids so they were intelligent enough to not fall for the government's lies. My guess is her "parents" (who obviously sexually abused her) hated her so much, and realized she was so fucking ignorant the ONLY way she'd ever make it thru life is if she had people giving her marching orders 24/7/365. Someone to babysit her at all times no matter where she was, who she was with or what her "job" entailed.

  61. by Ponderer on March 30, 2026 11:08 pm

    So, olde dude agrees that this is a tremendously stupid war.

  62. by oldedude on March 30, 2026 11:16 pm
    So apparently you're very sensitive about your multiple "daddies" except for the correct one, that hates you with a passion because you actually "think" that to deride people is a "game" that he plays, but he's too much of a snowflake for anyone else to talk to it about. And "mommy" that didn't drink (like the hairless pussy), but chose to shoot drugs (by his own admission). This may be why he hates Megyn Kelly so much, except Megyn's kicked the habit after having several major surgeries on her back and mommy still trips off of whatever she can get from her pimp/ dealer.

    I am willing to say the hairless pussy knows as much about the military as I know about his family. I've said this over and over. It's all fucking fair. Except I still have props for your dad because he booted you out. Major creds for that.

  63. by oldedude on March 30, 2026 11:42 pm
    donna- Not to worry, olde dude. Russia and China have Iran's back.
    Yet again. This is a known quantity. they've been doing this for decades. So to be pants on fire scared shitless about that is dumb. Everyone is either a proxy nation or is a little bitch to another nation. In Iran's case, they're a little bit of both. They joined a pact with Russia, China, & DPRK a couple of decades ago with designing, maintaining, testing, and sharing information regarding select missile systems. Russia and China got ICBM/ MIRV technologies. DPRK got Medium-range nuclear adaptable Ballistic missiles, and Iran was short-range and anti-sea nuclear adaptable Ballistic missiles. So everyone has had their jobs. Interesting is the "Silkworm" CRUISE missile (which they stole from us) has adapted itself just like our CRUISE missiles for a plethora of different missions.

    So. when you see something from one of these four countries, Russia and China are deeply intertwined with them. Also. no fault no foul on this. If you're not in the genre, it's not really evident. AND because I spoke to this a lot during the war after 10/7, so I "assumed" folks were pretty clear on it. My bad.

  64. by Donna on March 31, 2026 7:52 am

    Yeah, they've been doing that for decades, so how did it make sense for the Idiot you voted for 3 times to start a hot war against Iran?

  65. by HatetheSwamp on March 31, 2026 8:06 am

    "start a hot war against Iran"

    Hot. huh

  66. by Ponderer on March 31, 2026 8:21 am

    "Hot. huh" -pedophile's bitch


    *sigh*


    hot war
    noun
    1. a war with active military hostilities.

    No, she didn't mean that it was a really attractive war in a sexually enticing way, pedophile's bitch. Get your mind out of the gutter, pedophile's bitch. You're so stupid.

  67. by Indy! on March 31, 2026 10:58 am

    Wow, OD - sorry your mother is a self-admitted heroin addict. Didn't know that, but it certainly explains why she wanted you out of the house and into the army so fast. She needed the cash for more drugs. Have to admit it's kind of interesting the way you spill your childhood problems on this board to us. I would say you should see a psychiatrist and get all that hatred for your worthless POS parents out of your system - but I know psychiatry usually doesn't work on total dumbasses like yourself.

  68. by Indy! on March 31, 2026 11:05 am

    I can probably give you a little insight though...

    OD:"I am willing to say the hairless pussy knows as much about the military as I know about his family."

    Let's break this down...

    hairless pussy
    We all know what this is about. OD feels guilty about all the children he's assaulted so he can stop talking about sexual activity with children. It's his way of confessing to his crimes without confessing to his crimes.

    knows as much about the military as I know about his family
    Substitution syndrome. His parents obviously forced him into the military once he was too old to be their sex toy and he will hate them forever for it (and who can blame him) so he substitutes the two... If I say something negative about the military that is the equivalent in his mind of saying some imaginary negative thing about my family (the military being HIS family). It's a way to unload some of the horrible memories he has from his childhood - his dad and uncles using him for a sex toy with the neighbors, his mom shooting heroin and laughing at his tiny penis, etc...

  69. by meagain on March 31, 2026 2:49 pm
    If a deeper dive were to be made into the history of Iran since the discovery of oil, then it would shed a different light on all this. Iran has been a victim of the West for all of that time. Exploited and barely sharing in the oil prosperity. Its couo that brought a democratic government, overturned and a tyrant restored by the USA and Britain. Its oil, completely owned by Britain and America and no royalties paid for a long time. Even the hostage situation had its roots in the fact that it was that embassy where the plot to overthrow Mossadegh was planned. An attempt to stop it again.

    Iran signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, but Israel would not. That left Iran exposed.

  70. by oldedude on March 31, 2026 9:04 pm
    And you completely supported the Twelvers and their desire for Armageddon. I knew it was coming, so I don't think less of you. It's all part and parcel to the love you have for those wanting to end the nuclear war machine in the world.

  71. by oldedude on April 1, 2026 6:11 am
    wrongagain, You keep insisting countries get to play the victims from their own making. Iran may have "signed" the agreement, but we know they are producing weapons grade plutonium. So your "friends" are lying. And it's not even a little lie. Even in 2018, Iran admitted it had enough nuclear material to make a bomb (this is what they admitted to). By 2024 they had enough nuclear material to make 4-6 nuclear weapons.[1] As of MAR, 2026, they admitted to have enough weapons grade uranium for 11 nuclear devices.[2]
    armscontrol.org
    nypost.com

  72. by Donna on April 1, 2026 8:37 am

    "And you completely supported the Twelvers and their desire for Armageddon." - olde dude

    Lots of Americans on the Christian right are of the same mentality. Two sides of the same coin. The three Abrahamic religions are a curse to humankind. IMO.


  73. by oldedude on April 1, 2026 10:20 am
    I think there's a huge line between (perhaps) awaiting the end of times, and ensuring that someone produces the end of times. The twelvers maintain that in order for the end times to happen, they have the power and authority to initiate the end of times to draw out the twelfth imam.

  74. by Donna on April 1, 2026 10:26 am

    There are Christians who have voiced their opinion that the U.S. should wage war on Iran tl bring about Arnageddon. I've posted on it.

  75. by Indy! on April 1, 2026 10:32 am

    Tonight T rump will announce that Iran is asking for a cease fire. They haven't of course - why would they when they're winning the war? That's T rump's way of getting out of this stupid war he started - turn tail and run. It will actually be the first smart thing he does in regards to the conflict. I would love to be a fly on the wall wherever Natanyahoo is when he finds out he has to go it alone now.

  76. by Donna on April 1, 2026 12:07 pm

    The Pathological Liar in Chief will also claim that he saved America from nuclear annihilation. And stupid people will believe him.

    It worked in the runup to the War on Vietnam; it worked in the runup to the War on Iraq. Remember Condi Rice and her scare rhetoric about not wanting to find out that Iraq had WMD "in the form of a mushroom cloud"? Works every time on the gullible.

    Btw, Iran is still controlling which countries' ships are allowed to enter the SOH even though supposedly the U.S. has already won the war 🙄




  77. by Indy! on April 1, 2026 2:22 pm

    I said that to OD the other day. During Obama's(?) term Iran was "two weeks away from having a nuclear weapon!!!!" Then after T rump stepped into the current Iran flaming bag of dog doo, administration officials were repeating the same exact lie - "Iran is only two weeks away from having a nuclear weapon!!!!"

    That's the longest two weeks in history.

  78. by meagain on April 1, 2026 2:34 pm
    You are lying, OD. Inspectors know that they refine Uranium only to65%. Far below weapons grade. They know more have nuclear weapon capacity than Iraq had WMDs. Until tore the treaty up, they were subjected to inspection.

  79. by meagain on April 1, 2026 4:05 pm
    Try reading your own source, OD. It agrees with me. When Trump tore up the treaty.

  80. by Indy! on April 1, 2026 4:40 pm

    OD just googles crap and copies everything without reading it.

  81. by oldedude on April 2, 2026 7:01 am
    wrongagain- You called ma a liar you stupid fuck? I actually cited. You actually want everyone to believe your bullshit that you spew without any facts AT ALL. Oh and by the way you pissant, It wasn't ME saying that.

    It was the factsheet on your butties from the internation "Arms Control Association> who is one of the go-to's globally.

    So I raise the question once again Is it your hatred of the US? or the that you love terrorism so much? We're still waiting for a "truthful" answer (well any "truthful") response from you.

    Had you actually read the post...“Both the Iranian negotiators said to us directly with, you know, no shame, that they controlled 460 kilograms of 60% [enriched uranium],” Steve Witkoff told Fox News host Sean Hannity, “and they’re aware that that could make 11 nuclear bombs, and that was the beginning of their negotiating stance.” So they said 460kg of 60% enriched Uranium. If you (or your other clueless assholes) can't read this or make sense of it, let me know.

    AND THEN THE REST OF THE STORY The simple answer is that enriching uranium to 20% represents about 90% of the effort needed to produce weapons grade fissile material. Once a proliferator reaches this threshold, it could be ready to weaponize in a relatively short time. For research reactor fuels enriched to less than 20%, the plutonium component dominates proliferation concerns, which is why the 20% mark is a useful distinction to differentiate between civilian and military applications. This means they only have to centrifuge 5% more for at least 90% (weapons grade). And because none of you could actually read above a 4th grade level, that was confirmed in 2018. This is FAR ABOVE the 3-5% used for power plants.

    If material pre-enriched to 3.5% uranium-235 is used, a facility with the same capacity could produce about 180 kg of weapons-grade uranium per year.

    All the minions here believe this is a stagnant number. The first "assumption" of wrongagain, is this can't be centrifuged more for a quick 90+% application You're too stupid to understand their centrifuges are not working on this. The 60% is a good number for them, it keeps the "evidence" of having accessibility to weapons grade at a maximum, while being able to lie.


    nukesim.com
    princeton.edu
    tutorials.nti.org
    View Video

  82. by oldedude on April 2, 2026 7:07 am
    Donna- Just a question. Do you have a sect of Christianity? This is about 20-45% of Shi'ite Muslims, especially in Iran. I'm interested in this. I have "heard of" the stranger small, separated individuals, but nothing I would give enough credit to that are organized. Jim Jones, whackos like that is about it, but don't think it's an organized sect.

  83. by Donna on April 2, 2026 7:35 am

    No, I don't have a sect of Christianity.

  84. by Ponderer on April 2, 2026 7:59 am

    I had a sect of Christianity once, but I sold it at a garage sale about 17 years ago.

  85. by oldedude on April 2, 2026 8:11 am
    Okay, thanks donna.

  86. by Donna on April 2, 2026 8:45 am

    Actually, od, I don't know what you meant by your question. Christianity has, I guess you could call them sects; they're usually called denominations. They're generally based on differing interpretations of scripture.


  87. by oldedude on April 2, 2026 3:09 pm
    Got it. You're all good.

  88. by meagain on April 2, 2026 3:44 pm
    Well, Well. OD! Your education al problems never end. I applaud myself for my patience. For your ACA, I will give you the IAEA and the Inspectors.

    Based on available reports and IAEA assessments, Iran has not been publicly confirmed to possess weapons-grade plutonium. While Iran developed a heavy-water reactor at Arak (Khondab) capable of producing plutonium, its activities have been monitored or halted under international agreements (JCPOA), and it lacks the necessary reprocessing technology to extract weapons-grade plutonium."

    Also, a I said, it was Trump who tore up the treaty and Iran is no longer obliged to live up to it. It has a s much right to upgrade uranium as the USA.

    It's a shame, but there it is. You elect a pig as President and you get shit. on your feet.

  89. by Donna on April 6, 2026 1:10 pm

    If Iran ever develops nuclear weapons, it'll be for the reason shared by all of the nuclear countries: to deter foreign invasions. And that's also why the U.S. and Iran don't want Iran to have them. Kim Jong-Un and Il understood that, and as a result no country has invaded them

    Israel and the U.S. are the only two nuclear powers who might actually use them in a first strike capacity. If things keep going south there, I expect Israel or the U.S. to strike Iran with at least tactical nukes, and lots of them, not just one.

  90. by Indy! on April 6, 2026 5:32 pm

    That's the other thing OD can't figure out despite all his (imaginary) "master's degrees" - that the only country dumb enough to listen to Israel drop a nuke on somebody is us.

  91. by oldedude on April 6, 2026 7:27 pm
    donna- you are soooooooooo fucking naive, it's pitiful. These people (as we've talked about. Yes, you and me in just the past couple of weeks) THESE PEOPLE WANT TO START ARMAGHEDDON. Simple as that. They want you to DIE more than they want me to die. I don't really care about that, along with losing your wife, concha, navy, isle, curt, etcetcetc. You (and your wife) absolutely have no concept of these people. You just live in your little houses made of tickytackey and they all look the same, while tip toeing through the tulips, and just imagine sunshine, lollypops, and rainbows everything.... because you CAN'T understand what these assholes want to carry their EOT scenary through. You're a 5 year 0ld in a grown up world or murder. And honestly, you keep being that stupid AWFUL person still supporting them. Good fucking luck with that. Lambs blood on your door won't help this time. You're just fucked.

  92. by Ponderer on April 7, 2026 6:01 am

    "THESE PEOPLE WANT TO START ARMAGHEDDON. Simple as that. They want you to DIE more than they want me to die." -olde dude

    Yeah. But we're pretty much stuck with them until after the mid-terms.

    I do dearly love how happily olde dude condemns the people of the middle east as having no decency, no honor, no respect for human life, and just wanting to destroy everything and everyone to service their own revenge and vendettas.


    HEY! That's MY schtick!!!"

  93. by Donna on April 7, 2026 7:18 am

    I couldn't disagree with you more, olde dude. We're going to have to leave it at that because we'll never see eye to eye.

  94. by oldedude on April 7, 2026 7:53 am
    Got it. google "twelvers"

    FYSA- what's left is the government wants their citizens to stand around military and "dual use" targets so they don't get hit, or we kill them, which should make you very happy. Something to blame trumpster about.

  95. by Donna on April 7, 2026 7:59 am

    Christians have their version of Twelvers too. Your buddy Pete is one of them.

  96. by oldedude on April 7, 2026 9:11 am
    You still can't source that. It's just another one of your TPS issues.

  97. by oldedude on April 7, 2026 9:50 am
    Again, I can't see Pete "wanting to eradicate the world." Admittingly, there are doomsdayers... but again, they're not "wanting to eradicate the world." They are concerned about Armageddon and the last days. Christianity doesn't talk about the world immediately. It talks about the tribulation that goes on for seven years without food, water, etc. Why would we want that? AND, you may or may not be left during the tribulation even if you are a good Christian.

    The Quran's vision is much different obviously.

  98. by Ponderer on April 7, 2026 10:10 am

    olde dude, do you think that Christian Nationalists like Hegseth are trying to keep Armageddon from happening...? Or are they trying to help it come about...?

  99. by Donna on April 7, 2026 11:36 am

    olde dude - I don't think that Mikey Weinstein is lying about the 200 or so calls the MRFF has received from military personnel complaining about their commanders ginning up the war in order to bring about the end times. The calls are anonymous, which is the stated reason why some aren't believing Weinstein, but of course those complainers aren't going to risk getting severely reprimanded or discharged for going outside of the chain of command, especially with Hegseth in charge.

  100. by oldedude on April 8, 2026 5:57 am
    wrongagain- Your education al problems never end. I applaud myself for my patience. For your ACA, I will give you the IAEA and the Inspectors.

    first, as I've stated many times. I don't use AI. I use reputable sources like the watchdog groups overwatching the IAEA. How many "successful" inspections did the IAEA have in Iran? If you can find any successful inspections, please cite, because as far as I can tell, the IAEA teams were stonewalled, and the enhanced nuclear material was sent around out of reach of the inspectors. It's a challenge to show that you love Iranians far more than you love either one of your home countries.

  101. by oldedude on April 8, 2026 6:08 am
    donna- If Iran ever develops nuclear weapons, it'll be for the reason shared by all of the nuclear countries: to deter foreign invasions. And that's also why the U.S. and Iran don't want Iran to have them. Kim Jong-Un and Il understood that, and as a result no country has invaded them

    Using nukes on someone attacking you is extremely counterproductive. You're nuking you're own people, then you have to look at the winds, atmospheric conditions, etc.

  102. by Navy2711 on April 8, 2026 6:16 am

    "Deterrence" means that no one attacks you to begin with, ding dong.

  103. by Donna on April 8, 2026 7:40 am

    I know. Strange how olde dude's mind works.

    Unless his lord & master changes his mind and launches a surprise attack, all of that uranium will remain buried somewhere in that country the size of Alaska. And all but a few paranoid Americans will be okay with that.




  104. by meagain on April 8, 2026 2:48 pm
    The IEAE carried out hundreds of inspections, OD. They were restricted only during the periods when the US was causing tensions and turning the sanction screws. They even did one just months ago, in 2025.

    Your sources are not credible and the IEAE is.

  105. by Navy2711 on April 8, 2026 3:08 pm

    I was about to get into the issue of the IAEA inspections, then I remembered that OD already has the goalposts dug up out of the ground and strapped to a flatbed trailer. By the time I finish typing my post, they'll be in the next time zone.

  106. by Indy! on April 8, 2026 6:30 pm

    $800M in blown up US bases.

    The good news: That's $800M worth of useless army bases we got rid of in a matter of days.

    The bad news: That's 4X the amount of money Leon (allegedly) saved US taxpayer's with his DOGE scam.

  107. by oldedude on April 9, 2026 4:14 pm
    Navy- at least you know where I got my information. Notsomuch for you, and several others.

  108. by Donna on April 10, 2026 9:04 am

    This is interesting. From Drop Site News:

    Israel is running out of missile defense systems: A Trump administration source told Drop Site News on the eve of the ceasefire that Israel’s ballistic missile interceptor stockpile had fallen to double digits, forcing Israeli military officials to selectively choose which incoming missiles to shoot down.

    A recent analysis by the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies estimated that by late March, Israel had expended the vast majority of its Arrow 2, Arrow 3, and THAAD interceptors—munitions that cost up to $12 million per unit and take months to replenish [which is why Iran continues to pound them with much cheaper Shahid drones which they apparently have a large stockpile of- Donna].

  109. by oldedude on April 10, 2026 12:20 pm
    donna- you selectively forget the US and Israel have all the locations of the weapons grade uranium 235 and have had it for decades. But of course, you'll get your panties in a wad for no reason at all. Good job! goodjob.

  110. by oldedude on April 10, 2026 12:28 pm
    The other thing... just sayin.....

    CIA tracks heartbeat to find pilot hidden in Iran
    The CIA reportedly used a previously undisclosed technology known as “Ghost Murmur” to locate a downed U.S. pilot hiding in southern Iran. The system is capable of detecting heartbeats from long distances by identifying the electromagnetic signature of a human body, separating it from surrounding environmental noise. According to reports, the pilot survived for days in a remote mountainous area while Iranian forces conducted search operations nearby. The system is said to have been previously tested on UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, a widely used U.S. military platform for troop transport, medical evacuation, and special operations. The technology was developed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works division and could potentially be adapted for other military aircraft, such as the F-35.
     View Video

  111. by myce on April 10, 2026 1:25 pm

    Oldedude, that would be amazing technology if true, but some scientists are skeptical. The heart's electromagnetic signature is weak and there would be a whole lot of noise to contend with even with the help of AI.

    "So why was this a story at all? (physics professor) Orzel has a guess: “Somebody yanking a reporter’s chain,” he says. It could be a “snarky, clever way to say, ‘Of course, I’m not going to tell you how we figured this out’”—or a piece of disinformation “to fool somebody into thinking that we actually have this secret technology.”
    scientificamerican.com

  112. by Indy! on April 11, 2026 10:07 am

    "To fool somebody" or somebody to fool.

  113. by Donna on April 11, 2026 10:13 am

    I didn't selectively ignore anything. The piece wasn't about uranium, as nukes aren't used in war. Obviously Iran continues to hold the upper hand or your lord & master wouldn't be frustratingly freaking out about ending their civilization for not complying with his demands.

  114. by Donna on April 11, 2026 11:05 am

    "Why does it matter WTF Russia is giving them?" - olde dude

    Nothing, I guess, if you're a Russian operative.

  115. by Indy! on April 11, 2026 11:12 am

    Excellent point, Donna. 🤔

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