back to an endless Republicans war so 30 years in Iran over or under

@wallstreetcappers

 Where did you answer?  I did not see.  That was a yes, or no?

but go ahead and look at yourself in the mirror for Iran and Ukraine because they are similar in scope....

And right now, the Iran war is barely costing the US more than what was given away in Minnesota to the Somalians....  

Pentagon estimates Iran war costs over $16 billion in 12 days but true cost is far greater than Minnesota Somali fraud.  Overall, fraud as a percent of total spending is relatively small and spending on social programs boost US economy more than tax cuts.  GOP crusade against fraud threatens social safety net.  But US should be spending more on social safety net when compared to other rich countries because US has the worst income inequality.  War against fraud is really a war against the poor.  Poor people are more likely to be investigated because the rich is harder to investigate.  Cuts in tax fraud investigations could backfire by reducing government revenue and increasing government deficits.

The Somalian scam is a drop in the bucket compared to the money being spent on the Iran war, Fiberace's new ballroom, Krusty Gnome's self serving ad campaign, Whiskey Pete's drunken lobster & crab cult festivities, the construction of federal detention centers holding innocent people & the attempted takeover of American cities by ICE. 

Your comparison holds no water.

As someone who fought for this country (You), I find it appalling you agree to sit back and let illegal aliens live their life here.   And then when the Authorities try to kick them out of this Country,  you raise a fit. 

So, you fought for a country w no borders... quite brilliant,  actually.  

@Rush51

 It is about the HOW and the harm being done in the process. Your guy is not removing the correct illegals and you are also wrong about the generalization regarding removing illegals. American citizens are not harmed and in fact they benefit from the majority if those disgusting illegals you try and degrade and reduce to sub human in messages like you just posted.

Society is full of immigrants both legal and illegal and if you are solely fixated on the term ILLEGAL then society will not improve let alone the reality of this objective is just grossly obtuse. You will never remove all the illegals and I would rather remove those doing social harm not brown skinned hunted and targeted humans who most are seeking to have a good life and add value to society. Focus on social harm not skin color and maybe then you can make things better.

No war you have ever fought (in recent history at least) had anything to do with protecting your borders - you could even argue the Vietnam war had very little to do with fighting for “your” country - it was more just a case of your country deciding how other people should live - which of course is better than the other wars that has just been you killing people to enrich yourself 

But a lot of your motives are of course speculations on my part - because you have basically never “won” a military confrontation in the history of your country - meaning you have never gotten the reward you seeked when going in - which might actually be the only time a superpower through history never have achieved its goals - there exist countries/cities with sub 1 million people that have achieved more military success than you

Ireland joins Germany, France, Sweden, India, South Korea, Australia, and more countries in a coordinated emergency collaboration to evacuate thousands of trapped travelers and halt all travel to Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Oman as Gulf countries face unprecedented strain amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The escalating tensions between Iran, the United States, and Israel have rapidly transformed the Gulf from a safe haven for tourists into a region under severe threat, with missile strikes, airspace closures, and security concerns forcing governments worldwide to intervene. As a result, global travelers are stranded, tourism has come to a halt, and countries that once thrived as key international hubs are grappling with the economic fallout of the crisis.

this about to get ugly, what a special operation this has become.

 9-10 March, the United States dropped its largest non-nuclear bomb on Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons facility. The GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a 30,000-pound bomb designed to penetrate up to 200 feet of hardened concrete, was delivered by B-2 Spirit stealth bombers.

we going to need a lot of them or axios is reporting camandos take and secure the enriched uranium...

boots on the ground. 

if that facility goes nuclear 448kg of weopin grade material will leave a mess.....

trump met with big oil to discuss development of Venezuela crude oil infrastructure today quite a bit of information was discussed on developing an alternative sources of energy than the Middle East 

@nature1970

Strikes on Iraq continue into Tuesday
published at 23:10 16 March
23:10 16 March
Iraq has been hit by a series of strikes this week, which have continued into early Tuesday morning.

On Monday, a drone sparked a fire at a luxury hotel in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, which is home to government buildings and where foreign embassies are located.

On Tuesday morning, the US embassy, which is located in the Green Zone, was targeted. A security official told AFP "three drones and four rockets attacked the embassy, with at least one drone crashing inside it".

A witness told Reuters they saw at least three drones flying towards the US embassy. Two were shot down but a third struck inside the embassy compound, Reuters reports.

Iraqi security sources told AFP it was "the most intense assault since the attacks began"

source BBC 

@Raiders22

 According to an IAEA estimate, as of June 2025, Iran possessed 441 kilograms of 60 percent enriched uranium, where the percentage refers to the share of the isotope uranium 235 (U 235) found in the material. That would be enough for 10 nuclear weapons if the material could be enriched further to full 90 percent weapons-grade concentrations, according to the IAEA. That further enrichment would take a matter of weeks in a fully functioning Iranian nuclear complex, perhaps explaining the time line within Trump’s declaration

we only have so long because Iran does not want a cease fire they are working on this exact purpose.... 

we either stop it or face deployment of that weopin

get em tigers 

t not like Iraq where weapons of mass destruction did not exist. this is a clear point of they have the material feel betrayed by the world as they were in compliance with treaty , supplied the godless Russians alot of weapons for Ukraine and now watch their cities burn...

so this is there point of hope nuke em, .... 

they don't have to be full nuclear explosion they are more than capable of creating a dirty bomb limited explosion but significant risk of radiation....

mid-March 2026, there is no confirmed evidence that Iran has developed or launched a nuclear weapon, although regional tensions and military actions have significantly heightened the risk. Following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iranian military and nuclear facilities in February 2026, Iranian officials expressed a sense of "betrayal," as the attacks occurred during active nuclear negotiations

sources of conclusions 

18 cited by Gemini AI 

@Rush51

 whether this was legal or not whether we should be in this or not that ship sailed princess, we have no option but seize that stockpile we will need to take the material away whether you like it or not we can't do it with bombs and planes we going to have to take the stockpile brick by brick so boots on the ground is the final step

@nature1970

 Yessir.  But just the constant threat to the area in order to create chaos if they were 'allowed' to have them is worth the effort to not allow it.

@nature1970

 not like Iraq where weapons of mass destruction did not exist

To an extent this is another example of why you cannot allow folks to have these things if they even seem to be threatening to the area.  

You cannot fake like you have the weapons and then not allow folks to search and inspect to make sure you do not have them.

Because then they have to assume that you really do have them and are serious about further development.

So which "folks" do we allow to have them, our alleged allies or countries that have something over on the US? There are countries including Israel who have nukes so if you were one of those dog house countries that were at odds with Israel or others who HAVE nukes, what would your position be and how would you act to protect and defend your country exactly? 

The US has to be concerned with nukes that can harm the US not if one country has some to a degree rather that they have what can harm our country and citizens OR come to an agreement with other countries CLOSER in proximity as to how ALL want to proceed.  Iran and Iraq were not about nukes because neither has them and even if this wishy washy scenario comes into the equation they STILL cannot reach the US. If Iran is about regional nukes that can harm our past allies (not present allies because outside of Israel we are not allies to anyone but Trump) if it IS about protecting NATO countries then you KINDA gotta work with those countries who you allegedly are concerned about and THEY have to agree to what is happening and what the plan is. 

Why are we playing footsie semantics and trying to whip up some narrative when the facts and truth are staring us in the face AGAIN. This is Iraq 3.0 where the true purpose and objective are hidden and not communicated rather some stupid fake lie narrative is made to sell a pack of fraud and lies. This is ONLY for Israel it has zero to do with human rights or nukes or any other wandering tangent Trump/Vance try and spin.

MIGA MIGA MIGA 

https://x.com/joekent16jan19/status/2033897242986209689

"After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.

May God bless America."

Israel has nukes and yet they will not sign the non-proliferation treaty. They want to have all the weapons and not agree to a very reasonable treaty and we support this horse crap?

We support the destruction and elimination of Israeli enemies and do not hold them remotely to a similar standard that allegedly we are starting a war with on one of their enemies.

Pathetic..

A lot of you just can't come to terms that Israel is an ally of the US....regardless of what took place a long time ago, the truth is they are a strategic partner to the US in terms of intelligence regarding the Middle East...the US needed and needs someone in the Middle East who shares the same values of democracy we have.....without that information, what do we have in the Middle East???

You should be thinking that we are fortunate to have someone that we can align with in that region because most of the area is whacked....in fact, none of what has even been done thus far could have been done without the assistance from Israel....

Your hate for Israel is blinding some just as it does when you hate a particular person.....I suppose some of you that object to Israel would rather we not align with anyone in that region and allow a terrorist regime to remain in place....how noble of you...

I’m trying to figure out if ‘whacked’ and ‘lousy’ are synonymous.  

@ABooksNightmare

 Israel is a taker and a user of the US, they gain power from the lobby that controls our elected officials. We put them there and we back them completely and yet they will not sign a treaty or work at all towards peace. They created this mess and we are taking the brunt of it for backing them. We would rather back Israel than actual allies who have a longer history actually working with us and giving great value to the US and the economy. 

The hatred you keep chirping about is not about Israel it is about the current zion approach that Netty is running with and this causes loss of life and BILLIONS we do not have all so they can neuter their enemies and gain control. That is not what I call an reciprocal ally.

Without Netty there is no Gaza destruction, no Lebanon or Iran attacks and the risks they push on the US are too large to ignore under the guise of being allies.

@Raiders22

 If all you have is lame pot shots I would suggest you refrain, your comments towards me lately are not adding discussion or value so if you are unable to discuss content and topic I suggest you just skip by and drop the sarcastic zero value attacks.