Iran

Are We There Yet?

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So (queue solomn music) the day and time is set for either compliance or compete destruction. For Iran. If you thought I meant Trump, well, no, that’s what’s known, for you, as wishful thinking. By 8pm Eastern time tomorrow, if there’s not a negotiated ceasefire with the demands of the allies (just Israel and the U.S.) like the reopening of the Hormuz Strait, Hell will rein down in Iran, this time on critical infrastructure. What’s the over under the this will actually happen? I don’t know since I have no connection to any gambling concerns, but if I had to place a number on it, I would say less than fifty percent.

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The NeoCons Are Losing Their Minds

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So, President Trump is going to be addressing the country this evening at 9 pm Eastern time, and online, neocons are already losing their minds over what it might be about. We know it’s going to be about Iran, but what, specifically? Why would the bloodthirsty warmongers be worried? It’s that he’s going to call an end to this kinetic action and say that Iran has learned it’s lesson and that it will behave among the world of nations and especially with it’s neighbors (Israel, folks, Israel).

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Why The Rush Towards War?

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Recently, President Trump cancelled a strike on Iranian targets as punishment for their shooting down one of our drones in international airspace. The Iranians, of course said that the drone was in their airspace but then the Iranians were probably just being provacative, as they always have been. The call for some type of retaliation came from a briad spectrum here in the US, with those on both the ideological left and right demanding something be done to discourage the Iranians from these types of actions. This was on the heels of course of the mining of two oil tankers, in the Straits of Hormuz, also blamed on Iran – this time with actual video proof.  Are these reasons alone to start what may turn out to be a full-fledged conflict with Iran?

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