Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approves a Centcom request for a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU).
Pentagon Is Moving Additional Marines Middle East
The Wall Street Journal reports Pentagon Is Moving Additional Marines, Warships to the Middle East
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved a request from Centcom for an element of an amphibious ready group and attached Marine expeditionary unit, typically consisting of several warships and 5,000 Marines and sailors, according to three U.S. officials.
President Trump said that it is unlikely Iranians will rise up soon against the regime and that he would “feel it in my bones” when the Iran war should end.
All six crew members aboard a KC-135 refueling aircraft that went down in western Iraq on Thursday have died, according to U.S. Central Command. Thirteen servicemembers have been killed in action during Operation Epic Fury, according to the military.
What Are Marine Expeditionary Units?
Wikipedia: A Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is the smallest air–ground task force (MAGTF) in the United States Fleet Marine Force. Each MEU is an expeditionary rapid reaction force ready to answer any crisis, whether it be disaster aid or a combat mission.Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) was the name used until the late 1980s.
A MEU is usually commanded by a colonel, and is deployed from amphibious assault ships. Currently, a MEU embarks personnel and equipment on the amphibious warfare ships of an expeditionary strike group (ESG), which also includes escort warships and submarines to protect them from air, surface, and submarine threats. For further protection and strong air support, an ESG is often deployed along with one or more carrier strike groups.
AI: MEUs are a powerful, mobile force deployable from self-contained floating sea bases. The MEU is uniquely equipped and forward-deployed to respond to any threat, protect any American or ally, or squash any menace at any place in the world, often within hours.
Boots on the Ground
I fail to see how this is anything but boots on the ground. However, polymarket see things differently.
Polymarket Odds
- Will the U.S. invade Iran before 2027? 43% and rising
- Will the U.S. invade Iran by March 31? 18% and falling
How Long Will it Take to Deploy?
How Vietnam Started
Trump Says U.S. Bombs ‘Obliterated’ Military Targets on Kharg Island
The Wall Street Journal reports Trump Says U.S. Bombs ‘Obliterated’ Military Targets on Kharg Island
President Trump said on social media that the U.S. “obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island,” the country’s main oil export terminal. The operation was meant to pressure Iran into reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway that has been largely blocked for oil exports except Iran’s own. But it could escalate the conflict because Iran has told Persian Gulf states it would attack their energy infrastructure if Kharg Island were hit.
Earlier, Trump said the U.S. Navy would start escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz “very soon.” The Pentagon is moving a Marine expeditionary unit and more warships to the Middle East.
What Just Happened?
Jet Fuel
In the Stupid Department
Impeach Hegseth
Trump Did Not Listen
Trump takes orders from Netanyahu and listens to Jared, his son-in-law.
Mish,
I so much enjoy reading your posts, not only because they are factual, but they are to the point. It’s also really helpful that you include others comments related to the issue you are writing about.
Might I suggest that anyone using the word “retard” or “retarded” be blocked.
I have worked with a Special Olympics for 20 years and it is as offensive to them as using the n-word to African-Americans.
Many of them even wear shirts that remind/ask the general public about refraining from using that word.
Under your community guidelines it states that no one shall use “derogatory racial or ethnic comments/slurs.”
I would hope that what I stated above would fit into this category.
Thanks very kindly for informing us with facts in a concise manner.
LOL. Every black guy and some black women in my all black community in Florida uses the N word every day. I’m called OG, Cracker, and the N word on a regular basis. This is a sign of affection. The words don’t have a lot of impact any more. The more people use the “R” word, the less impact it will have until it becomes a word of affection.
Sooner or later that had to be done. Straights are too important for our planet to be in the hands of mentally unstable terrorist clowns. So we have to stop acting like it is only US or Middle Eastern problem. It’s the world’s problem.
Sooner or later we had to stop Vietnam.
If we don’t fight them there, we fight them here.
Same with Afghanistan and Iraq.
It’s madness.
Believe it or not, Iranians have high IQ’s and are far from being “clowns”. Their strategy and tactics are superior to our own military.
(But, if you meant our president is a mentally unstable terrorist clown, and then I would have to agree).
Sending 5,000 soldiers to Iran. Get the body bags ready. and for what? Trumps pride?. This is a whole new level of stupid.
Give no quarter? That is definitely a two way street. I wonder what the response of the Iranian civilian population to US soldiers will be? Will they welcome them or try to kill them?
I wonder if Pete the moron will be worried about international travel? Will he get arrested as a war criminal? an excursion criminal? Why even have these laws if no one is going to enforce them?
When will congress actually declare war on Iran?
The costs to run this war just doubled.
How many laundry and morale officers in that 5000 man brigade?
Asking for a friend.
Rank war criminals the lot.
Murderers with more fascination for violence and less honor than the Nazis.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/comments/1rs4se9/the_situation_with_iran_is_moving_along_very/
It’s fun to check this thread every few hours, and see the posts get deleted. This subreddit has 22,000 posts a week. This one has been up 2 days and only 85 survivors remain. They will probably just delete the thread at some point.
They’re having trouble keeping their safe space safe.
I’m surprised there’s anyone left to post. They ban people for such herasies.
All the top posts on that subreddit are ragebait about those pet-eating immigrants. The next newest Iran post is from 6 days ago.
It’s no wonder these people don’t have a clue. If they get one, they have it surgically removed.
Trump asks for help from UKto open Hormuz
Houthis’ say they’ll close the Red Sea
So that’s 2 fronts… what the heck let’s invade Greenland and Cuba.
Viet Nam, redux.
With no jungle, and drone death from the sky.
Google “Ukraine Drone Video Russian Soldier”.
It’s an ugly death, and they have a little time to think about it.
Except the Vietnam never controlled half the world’s oil supply the way the middle east does.
The place where all the flammable stuff comes from is about the worst place to have a war.
Epstein Fury: The Michael Bay Edition
The epstien files / trumps ego. / and his advisors will keep us going down the rabbit hole of war
Mish/Admin – fyi, still getting the ‘cannot vote for your comment’ error when trying to vote on other user comments.
same here. both on windows and linux machines, firefox in both cases. blog getting too successful? right of opinion but not of reach, old elon saying ?
Same here.
Same here
I really didn’t think I’d live long enough to see WWIII….but it looks like I just did.
I was figuring it would have happened 30 years ago. So that’s all been gravy.
I may have to dip back into nihilistic hedonism for a spell to see if it’s fun again.
Day 16 Operation Epstein Fury
Exactly how would the mythical storming of Kharg Island occur?
No USNavy in the gulf
Little support for invasion assembly in the region
Parachute in and then cut off oil to China?
Just before Trump meets with XI?
The target is elsewhere, because Trump feels special when he meets with Xi
The marines look like a typical Trump bluff. Unlikely to invade, but Trump/Hegseth think it increases the pressure on the Iranians to surrender or at least keep the Strait open.
If that infrastructure gets destroyed, China is gonna be pissed.
They could try a photo opp move like Ukraine has at times. Move in, plant an American flag, pose for a selfie, then bail out while claiming conquest. I don’t think they’d even be able to do that without taking massive casualties, though. They should send in a drone or two and plant little green men, see how many fall for that.
Just deepfake it. They’ve already done a bunch.
Did I really just scroll past a video of Hegseth blaming Biden for gas prices? That just shows you how stupid they think we are,
There are some who post on here that prove them right over and over.
Trump is trying to tell us Iran managed to acquire a Tomahawk missile and then fired it into a girls’ school in Iran in a false flag operation. That’s how stupid they think we are.
Our president seems to always have the same expression on his face that my grandson has right before he drops one in his diaper.
Does this proposed marine intervention take into account the upheavals brought about by the war in Ukraine, where the massive use of drones has completely changed the way warfare is waged?
If he sends actual marines into Iran then his Presidency will be over
He just did.
A WMD calls for an invasion.
It’s deja vu all over again.
Stupid never sleeps.
You’re calling for the USA to be invaded.
We are now two weeks into this conflict. Let’s see what we have accomplished and where we stand right now.
We successfully changed the regime. Unfortunately we killed all the acceptable successors and instead have to deal with a more hardline leader.
We miscalculated that Iran would not close the strait because it would cost them too much. But they have closed the strait and we are unable to get it open. The tiny number of ships getting through are mostly Iranian tankers carrying oil to China. The result is that over 15 mbpd of oil and refined products are not getting through. This is catastrophic in the long term.
I doubt that we anticipated Iran attacking other Persian Gulf countries oil and gas infrastructure. This has resulted in 7 mbpd of oil production being shut in so far, with more to follow. Also catastrophic.
Qatar has shut down LNG production which represents 20% of world supply. It will take months to restart after the war ends.
Supplies of fertilizer, helium, sulphuric acid, food etc are being crippled. The global economy is beginning to crack.
We will be releasing 400 mb of oil from global reserves over 120 days (3.3 mbpd) which will help but not be enough to compensate for the lost oil.
Meanwhile China is still getting its oil and building its strategic reserves.
We are sending in the marines! Though they won’t get there for a week. And each week that passes sees the global economy suffering more and more.
This is just a short list. I could go on and on but my time is limited.
I originally thought that this would not go past two weeks because of the hit to the global economy. I was wrong. This has the potential to go on for a very long time. The global economy is going to get hit hard as a result.
They said we’d get tired of so much winning.
If this is what “winning” looks like, they’re right. I’m tired of it
Its true America is strongest militarily and economically in the world and how can weak countries match?
Yankee won battles after battles in Vietnam and Afghanistan but lost the wars.
That’s the problem.
Nobody can guarantee Yankee will win the war in Iran.
Good summary, but we haven’t changed the regime. Just killed some of the senior leadership. The regime is as entrenched as ever.
Think of it like the Super Bowl, and the night before, you lose your QB, RB, and WR and your Coach has a heart attack right before game time.
Sure the team will regroup but not go anywhere…
That is one possibility. There is another one. A new hard ass coach is brought in and fires up the remainder of the team. The team goes on to wipe your teams ass all over the field.
… and people get killed, mangled, traumatized, and go hungry and thirsty.
And that’s just the civilians and their kids.
I think it would increase viewership. We could’ve one of those Saudi crane hangings for the halftime show.
It’s not a sports game retard
“… originally thought that this would not go past two weeks because of the hit …” but it will because of the Epstein files threat.
– We successfully changed the regime. Unfortunately we killed all the acceptable successors. > I have to think that they knew this all along. I suspect they expected surrender by most of the middle, and definitely lower levels of people.
– Iran has closed the strait and we are unable to get it open. > It will be at a cost, and not sure how high of one, but it will be open and controlled by the U.S. before too long. We don’t have much of a choice now, do we? Unless China / Russia were to get involved of course.
> I also doubt we anticipated Iran attacking other Persian Gulf countries or we would have been ready for that scenario in some way. All of this will be catastrophic in some fashion.
– The global economy is beginning to crack. > I think a lot of the World’s economy is misrepresented, made up, misinformed, over valued, over utilized, and a complete mess! None of it is what it appears to be for the most part. Leave out the people with “Real Wealth” as they are now running things via the banks, and wealthy corporations, etc.The World owes far more than can ever be paid back in any of our lifetimes imho…
– This has the potential to go on for a very long time. > Agreed!
– The global economy is going to get hit hard as a result. > Perhaps this may pull many Countries into working closer together, now that Iran is out of the way. We could see a resurgence of peace as a result, perhaps…
Excellent Read PD!
Your optimism is admirable!
“So you’re saying there’s a chance?”
Flavia and Stupid
Sittin’ in a tree….
It’s his job, and he does it well.
Iran is in charge of the war now and will remain in charge until Israel uses nukes. At that time the real excrement hits the fan.
So far whatever AI the military and government possesses seems to be about useless.
When will one or a group of true patriots, whether they are American or Iranian, end this madness?
Interesting times?
You left out one key thing, those positioned for profits are doing amazingly!
Iranians will have field day snatching off USA soldiers ,
and showing them on tv!
IT IS NOT Vietnam, IT IS 21 CENTURY. generation of x and tiktok!
$omehow I do not think that the American population will stand much of a chance of sharing in the spoils of this war. The debt and cost of taking over Iran? Yes that will be loaded on to the debt and affect the debt to GDP ratio that all Americans share.
The profits?
Divided amongst the oligarchs and politicians.
Never forget that the U.S. owns the quoting systems for commodities and currencies.
I was with the 1st MEF in Kuwait in 2003 OIF. While subject to scud missile attacks, the desert and sea staging areas were vast, coordinated, and protected – and the logistical support ‘relatively’ safe and secure. Entry into Kharg Island, or the area around the Strait of Hormuz, or the nuclear sites will be nearly the exact opposite of the Iraq 2003 advantages and propositioned equipment. The fearless marines will do whatever asked, but any ‘excursion’ will be a really tough one.
Next week the SPX will trapdoor below its 200 day moving average, oil prices will climb steeply, and US interest rates will rise as Japan and other allies sell US debt to buy oil, LNG, fertilizer, et. al., at rising US-induced sharply higher prices. Maybe even Fox will acknowledge that Trump has blown off both legs of the US Economy and US sovereign debt market in lieu of a nuclear arms deal made 12 hours before Israeli’s ill-conceived sneak attack.
Might as well sell that US debt while they can get something for it…it’s worthless.
You have touched on a key problem. So far, countries like the UAE, Qatar and Saudia Arabia have been doing this fine dance of not allowing kinetic strikes to take off from bases in their countries. Only flights like electronic warfare, recon, etc. are allowed. The actual kinetic strikes comes from the carrier groups, Diego Garcia, Cyprus, etc. Let’s assume this is actually what is happening, and that the same applies to US ground troops, i.e. no invading troops are going to be allowed to stage in UAE, Qatar or Saudia Arabia. So the possible then becomes things like the 1st MEF which can support itself from the sea, at least for a little while. And it is not like the 1st MEF has yet been ordered to Iran, it is only a portion of its forward-deployed capabilities. What the Trump administration wants to accomplish with this tiny number of troops is totallly unclear. Why take Kharg Island–if we want to eliminate its use we could just blow it up. Far too few to go in and try to extract the 400 kg of enriched uranium, if we even knew where it was. Too few to go in and support any sort of people’s uprising.
I suspect Polymarket is still thinking things through rationally. But the Trump administration rarely thinks things through rationally. Hence the disconnect.
The U.S. wants to blame this all on Israel. Israel “starting” it is just part of the optics. Witkoff and Kushner always knew an American-Israeli attack was coming.
The deployment of a MEU looks good on paper, but your traditional Marine Corps, the one that perfected forced entry and was perhaps the only military force in the world capable of doing so, no longer exists. Why? In Trump’s first term, the service changed its doctrine to Force Design 2030. In doing so, the Corps divested (eliminated) the traditional equipment and capabilities that enabled the seizure of a contested shoreline. Gone are ALL tanks, along with significant reductions in helicopter lift, tube artillery, and other critical assets necessary for taking the coastline under fire.
https://x.com/JamesWebb_16/status/2032533717038538976
And if they tried those tactics from the Colonial War II, they’d be decimated by drones. The Usonian forces are straight out of Hollywood, not from contemporary tactics, much less against an adversary who can shoot back like Iran.
US intervention in oil futures would be ‘biblical disaster’, CME warns
https://archive.fo/20260313050807/https://www.ft.com/content/823657f2-4f8b-4325-88db-fbbdba6c9e17
The odds of a draft just went up significantly.
What do they need that for? Unless you consider planes and ships draft able? We don’t need massive troops for anything, the few Marines can’t handle.
gosh, are you a Trump advisor?
raised in a special bubble ?
Definite “Short Bus” material!
😉
He is imploring us to try the chocolate flavored windows… soooo delicious!
In view of what happened in Iraq and Afghanistan, your arrogance is perplexing. The Marines are a fantastic force, however they are entering a civilian population that is less than welcoming.
What is clear is that the US is taking over Iran’s resources by whatever means are necessary.
Do not expect it to be “Over on day one” like Trump boasted. This is a trillion or two donation to the war mongers.
All good though, I have plenty of popcorn to watch the religions duke it out on TV.
What’s the confusion…, he’s a simpleton. He’s not arrogant, he’s really that simple. Him and millions like him elected Trump. They’re the dead weight we carry.
What are you smoking? Go take a look at Afghanistan and what it took to lose in over 20 years there…
As are odds of recruitment offices being firebombed. Social stability/cohesion was higher in the 60’s and look at how much violence erupted back then. If they try bringing back a draft for a war no one wants, look out!
I just found an old wallet a couple of days ago that has my draft card from 1970 in it. I’m glad I didn’t burn it back then, it might be a collectible.
Did you end up going to Vietnam or Canada?!
Or did you say you had bone spurs?
If you said you had bone spurs, are you sitting in Mar-a-Lago now?
Sending troops in before the War Powers Act 30 days timeline is a strategy to make Congressional disapproval of permission and funds more costly in the short run. In business, it’s a lot easier to get funds for an idea if it is partially built, and a “few little bugs” need to be worked out, than if it is only on the drawing board.
What if the prototype is on fire?
A few not quite political tidbits:
According to ship-tracker.org a massive group of ships has formed in the Gulf of Oman and is under way toward the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz. These ships have been in more diverse groups and never this cohesive in their formation. To me it looks like they anticipate the opening of the strait in 6 to 12 hours. (I’m often wrong).
Large groups of tugboats and some bunker fuel ships are forming offshore of the major oil loading areas in the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq.
There are many tugboats offshore of Kharg Island and yesterday two tankers pulled up to the docks and then left (no idea why they were not targeted).
A few tankers, bulk carriers and cargo ships have made it through the straits overnight according to shiptracker.org.
There were 11 tankers in around and or out of the oil docks near Basra in Iraq. Some headed out of the river into the Persian Gulf.
read a little about ship-tracking spoofing
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gps-spoofing-is-scrambling-ships-in-the-strait-of-hormuz/
This must be the first war the US has lost after less than one week. And let’s hope there are no Iranian school children on Kharg Island.
I think it’s been well established that we need to keep school children away from this pedophile infested government
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/iran-considers-allowing-a-limited-number-of-oil-tankers-to-pass-through-the-strait-of-hormuz/articleshow/129569651.cms
The plot thickens…
Impeach Hegseth???
Trump, Vance, and this administration’s entire cabinet need to go before this gets any worse.
Congress will continue to do nothing.
These people have no depth. They can’t even see one move ahead, in whatever game they think they are playing in Iran. Jared is a moron, and shouldn’t be making *any* strategic decisions.
What is the purpose of sending 5,000 marines if they are not going to land? Otherwise you have just put 5,000 people in danger just floating around in a combat area with no mission.
Optics. Everything is about the optics. That’s why kegs breath won’t let you take pictures of him when maniacally ranting about killing people
If you can’t puzzle this out then I’m sorry but we have to take your armchair general license away!
When you release the dogs of war, unexpected things happen. Trump has revealed himself as a tool of Jewish interests who cares little for the people who elected him. Trump and his buddy the antichrist will do anything to protect the chosen.
Gotta get that Third Temple built….the Moshiach is a comin’
Touchdown Jesus?
Having never done anything other than ripping off people all of his life, he has come to believe he is smarter than anyone else
Now he thinks a dramatic landing in the surf of Hormuz and storming the heights with 5000 marines, naval guns firing, aircraft firing (lotsa good pictures, you know) will take the day.
And besides the Marines lives are cheaper than the ballroom…maybe a plaque in the kitchen..
And oh, well, if it doesn’t work, there’s always nukes.
The GamplePlan:
[1] Trumpberg wants to shut Iran out of the global oil market
[2] Needs to shut down Kharg
[3] Doesn’t want to do it by destroying the oil infrastructure on Kharg
[4] So take out the military installations on Kharg
[5] Then send in the Marines to take and hold the island and protect the oil infrastructure
[6] Rename island to “Khazar Island”
1. Yes, to stop the only real source of revenue they have now.
2 & 3 Yes, but not destroy the Commercial piece. That’s the one card they hold, to have them leave the Strait alone.
4 & 5 Most are gone from the prior attack, but Iran has fortified it again. That’s what the seal teams will take out if required, and then hold it.
6. Haha…
Very shortly Iran will be boxed in, but with nothing to do about it. They are helpless militarily and have no way out but surrender or be destroyed if they keep it up.
I’m guessing you’re too young to remember much about all the other wars that were not wars. This isn’t how it works.
But let’s say you are right. He goes in and destroys the industrial infrastructure. That’s a war crime. But he’s got so many to answer for already.
We are at the point where people need to start understanding whether the orders they are given will land them in The gallows
They are nearly self sufficient in food, and can import what little they need overland from allies. So unless the current drought drastically cuts domestic crops they cannot be starved out — which was the danger that actually led to Japan’s surrender in WWII. Even more than Japan, they have an ample supply of fanatical fighters — recall the way they fought Iraq decades ago. And even greater terrain advantages than Japan had. Iran is about as large as the western U.S. from the Mississippi to the California border, and almost as mountainous.
I noticed that their bazaars are full of produce.
AI generated photos. D’oh.
North Vietnam lost every battle but won the war.
It seems more likely to me that it is yet another attempt to get the Iranian regime to open the Hormuz Strait, and let oil flow normally, without having to do a land invasion. The Iranians seem resolute about keeping the Strait closed to all but friendly ships. This is an existential war for them, and the Strait is one of their biggest points of leverage.
Russia used Iranian drones in Ukraine. Thanks to the experience gained there, these drones were significantly improved, and the resulting expertise was passed on to Iran. Russia produces hundreds of drones a day, far more than the entire Western world. It would appear (according to Andrei Martyanov) that a large number are supplied to Iran via the Caspian Sea. The West cannot keep up. It would be even worse if China were to intervene as well.
If they cut off China’s oil supply, China will intervene.
China has limited capacity to directly intervene in the Iranian theater. They do not have a fleet of aircraft carriers to project that kind of power. They can certainly provide material and financial support, intelligence/targeting, etc. I’m thinking they have to be watchful and try to prevent attempted naval blockades closer to home. Brian Berletic (The New Atlas) has been arguing that this attack on Iran continues a sequenced strategy to pressure China, and at this point I think he’s probably correct (wish he weren’t).
Pressure China to do what?
Pressure China to agree to whatever terms the U.S. wishes – re: Taiwan independence, ties to Russia, economic alliances/trade (BRICs), technology development, etc. In other words, stop being a rising autonomous superpower and accept that they should be subordinate to our needs/demands.
So, just do whatever Trumpstien gets in his head to make them do that day.
They must find that very compelling.
??
The US doesn’t care about Taiwan.
It’s just a pressure point to use against China.
Their goal is to eliminate (Wolfowitz doctrine) anything that challenges US global full spectrum domination.
If they need to delete a state or balkanize it or turn it into a failed state — whatever works. So the goal is to hamstring and subordinate China.
I agree with what you’ve stated. They certainly don’t care about the people of Taiwan. They are pawns and Taiwan independence is part of the pressure campaign. I’m sure some idiots think they can realistically get China caught in a multi-year conflict and win.
I imagine we probably also want to pressure to get more chip manufacturing done stateside so that when the war kicks off we can still build our electronics – or better yet replace Taiwan as the world’s supplier. SMH.
Then I would expect the US military to attack Russian ships in the Caspian sea to prevent drone deliveries to Iran. A couple missiles to destroy a ship is more effective and efficient than needing hundreds of missiles to take out drones the ship carries.
Russia can retaliate, and vigorously. With hypersonic missiles, an aircraft carrier can be sunk.
That would have the appearance of worlmd war III
That would be even stupider than attacking Iran. Russia can reach out and touch anywhere on the US mainland.
Yeah, Russia probably is approaching a 1,000 drones per day build capacity, if not already there. Russia has shown they can launch daily attacks with 500 drones and they have been reported to be stockpiling armaments (plus additional reserves) in case NATO intervenes directly.
The original shahed drone was copied from an American drone they captured decades ago.
Big if true? Bad for stonks.
BREAKING: IRAN ISSUES EVACUATION ORDERS FOR U.S. COMPANIES INCLUDING AMAZON, APPLE, MICROSOFT, GOOGLE & ORACLE:
Iran has issued threats and an evacuation order for American technology companies operating in West Asia, warning that their offices, data centers, and critical infrastructure could become potential targets amid the escalating conflict. The companies specifically mentioned include:
– IBM : regional enterprise services and cloud infrastructure in UAE and Israel
– Google : offices and cloud platforms in UAE, Israel, and other Gulf states
– Microsoft : data centers and corporate hubs across UAE and Israel
– Amazon / Amazon Web Services (AWS) : cloud operations and data centers in UAE and Bahrain
– Cisco Systems : networking and security infrastructure in Israel and Gulf states
– Palo Alto Networks : cybersecurity operations in UAE and Israel
– Oracle : enterprise software and cloud services in UAE, Israel, and Saudi Arabia
– Salesforce : CRM and cloud offices across UAE and Israel
– Adobe : digital solutions and offices in UAE and Israel
– Qualcomm : technology and R&D partnerships in Israel and UAE
– Dell Technologies : enterprise and data solutions in UAE and Israel
– Intel : chip and tech partnerships in Israel
– Apple : retail, corporate, and cloud partnerships across UAE
https://x.com/ShaykhSulaiman/status/2032556307308237299
Why? Are they going to drone us to death? We must have defenses against such actions. Where do all the pilots come from. Where do all the drones come from? I fail to see any such help from Russia or China. Why? They can’t like what’s going on either. They want and desire a consistent energy supply. Heck, I would think they would even help, under the right circumstances…
Sure, we have defenses, but not for our allies.
We have no allies. Those bases were never meant to defend the host countries, but to use them as spearheads.
That appears to have come as something of a surprise to the host countries.
Simple, they were swindled by the heir of Perfidious Albion.
AI data centers currently lack missile defense systems.
Russia likes higher oil prices and both China and Russia like to see us get bogged down in yet another Middle East morass – this time the biggest and worst morass yet.
We’ve replaced Russia as the slow child getting left behind.
Drones don’t have pilots, Stu.
Some of us bought puts on QQQ a while back. Looks like it was a prudent move!
Trump said it best: ” Losers & suckers”
Now on to Kharg Island!!!
Earlier this year Donald Trump suggested Ukraine should hold elections despite being at war with Russia and questioned Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s legitimacy because elections were suspended under martial law.
So what is his view when the shoe is on the other foot?
If the U.S. is in a major war with Iran in 2026, would the midterms still happen — or does he think war changes the rules for elections?
You should apply to get on a CNN/BBC/MSNOW newscast, where they think that pointing out Trumpian inconsistencies is real news. Who cares what was said in the past? The real story is what is happening NOW. Pay attention!
Really, surely his views are pretty crucial at the moment. The percevied wisdom has been that he needs to stop this war in order to give a path to the mid terms.
The deployment of marines implies that the mid terms are not an issue and in fact maybe he thinks that this could work for him.
Trump lives in the “here and now” so there is no past, and also no now, with Trump. You must report daily, or you will miss something. Some of that is purely by design, and how it fits his personality perfectly. Trump is also fond of changing up, as things change, as he has been very good at change of direction.
“Trump lives in the “here and now” so there is no past,”. AND THERE IS NO FUTURE!!!
He lives on Fantasy Island, with his little friend JD.
JD is a pretty big guy. Little Marco is the one screaming “the plane, the plane”!
You haven’t seen the last season of South Park.
The midterms will happen on schedule. The interesting stuff happens (or not) in the primaries. Will Republicans in South Carolina fire Lindsey Graham on June 6th, for example? Graham’s opponent – Paul Dans – is married to a lady and has four children.
No way the satanic pedophile cabal will allow a family man in the senate, unless he pimps his children as a bargain.
“Trump takes orders from Netanyahu”
I believe that is 100% true.
I also believe it is 100% antisemitic – see last point in the IHRO’s definition.
So what do you all think should be our first moral guideline? Say things out loud, or show constraint here?
Calling it antisemitic to criticize a singular man on the merits of his actions is exactly why real antisemitism now feels comfortable strolling back in.
You just jealous that Trump doesn’t listen to common fools like yourself.
= Trump doesn’t listen to common fools like yourself.
true. he is not smart even for fools
You’ve got his piggy little ear?
Tell him we all know he shits himself in meetings.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Get a grip retard.
Pack up your antisemitism bag and GTFO.
Everyone should watch Brian Berletic (New Atlas). In one of his latest videos he makes the case that we are deliberately being manipulated to believe that Israel has taken over the U.S. government. Then when Israel collapses and Netanyahu is taken out (by Iran or its own people) and some officials are impeached people can pretend that the problem is solved. It’s a deeper problem, and we have to confront it. Yes, Israel has had undue influence at home, but it’s long been part of a strategy to divide and destabilize the Middle East, almost since inception.
Interesting word salad there.
Interesting retarded comment. You’re welcome.
Trump might try a ground invasion. This would be the time when Iran is weakest with their ability to fight reduced. There would have to be an invasion to rid the world of this dangerous fanatical regime. But it’s very risky politically for Trump to do it. If he decides to put American troops in Iran….it will be a long, tough slog, with an uncertain outcome. It could poison the Republican brand for years, depending on how it goes.
What if Trump’s style of doing things differently than past Presidents proves to work?
Will you make mea culpas then and kiss Trump’s feet?
Is he gonna go to Kash’s MMA seminar over at the FBI, train up, and Leroy Jenkins into Tehran and sieze that uranium himself?
Do you mean the US?
Maybe he means Netanyahu. Speaking of Netanyahu, if the rumors are true that he’s dead, then who’s running the USA now?
Trump has buried the Republican brand in pig shit.
“a long, tough slog with an uncertain outcome”
Don’t think so. It’ll be a short tough slog with a certain outcome.
10year is 4.3%, and 2year is almost 4%
we are talking about $1.5 trln in 2027 DEBT SERVICE ALONE
and fed revenues are about $5*5.5trln at best.
looks like trump wants more dead USA soldiers to ramp up war before elections!
OR NUCLEAR USAGE against IRAN . he is that crazy!!
lax
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it is not trump crazy, it is just pics him w/ little girls in bibi hands !
Well, if Iran leadership refuses to surrender, then perhaps we have to do what we did to Japan in WWII to convince them we are serious – nuke a couple of cities!
Look how successful Japan is now.
Sometimes, tough love is the way to go.
A few atomic bombs on the US wouldn’t be bad either. Reconstruction could then strongly stimulate the economy.
“Broken window theory”…I like it.
Paul Krugman agrees.
well mor11ons still cant fix broken bridge in maryland
2 years ago
russian built biggest bridge in Europe to Crimea in 4 years!
fast train tracks lanes being =built= in California for 15 years
NOTHING WAS DONE!!!!
China has thousands of miles of quality multi-lane highways, high speed trains that are cheap to use and safe, universal health care that is superior to the US and getting better, but they only have one aircraft carrier and only one military base on foreign soil. It seems that the Chinese government is more dedicated to their people than the government supposedly, “of the people, by the people and for the people”. Guess that was just a fairy tale, one huge lie.
There are some eastern cities that definitely need to be rebuilt from scratch. Heck, we could nuke them ourselves! Think how the stock market would roar!
=Look how successful Japan is now.
only uneducated mor11on from Wisconsin would think JAPAN was successful because of nukes after ww2!
Japanese after meiji restoring went full reformation, and by ww2 built biggest ships in world!
i bet you did not know that.
and after ww2 kicked USA ‘s butt by 1980x because of hard work .
Also, they had almost no military spending.
The East Asian countries are successful because they haven’t been at war since 1979, and that one only lasted for less than a month. Bible-waving, Apocalyptic cult members are a minority throughout East Asia, so instead of investing in wars for Israel they invest in public transportation infrastructure, high-speed rail, functional health care systems that rarely bankrupt its citizens, superlative public education, and many other things we don’t have in the USA. It’s why I live in East Asia despite being a US citizen. I get to enjoy amenities that don’t exist in Tennessee at a significantly lower tax rate.
I thought jojo was a bot but I realize the postings are too stupid to be a bot. Jojo is a human idiot.
almost as stupid as russian army in 2022 w/ 250 thous taking on Ukraine, country size of France, and ppl is about 20*25 mil
alx
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i am russian , so no bias.
Except Russia wasn’t stupid in that 2022 situation.
{ROTHFLOL]! Good one!
sure. if you live +12 hours from russia!! i live 300km from Donetsk!
and yet after 4 years Russia cant take fully Donetsk region. and that being 2d army in world !
The Russians have conquered 120,000 square kilometers against a very well-supplied army that enjoys NATO tanks, planes, anti-aircraft systems, electronic warfare systems, NATO satellite intelligence, HIMARS, Storm Shadow, drones and massive amounts of Ukrainian manpower sent to the front lines by Ukraine’s non-Ukrainian oligarchs, some of which have cashed out already and have taken their ill-gotten gains to Israel: Mindich, Tsukerman, and Shefer to name a few.
Compare that to Israel which still hasn’t fully conquered the 365 km2 Gaza Strip against a poorly armed, ragtag militia with rifles, RPGs and homemade bombs.
They will. They are fighting the combined West. Perfidious Albion just supplied the missiles that “Ukraine” (Americans) guided into Bryansk (Russia). Russia and Ukraine had a deal agreed to in April 2022, but the US told Zelenskyyy to fight instead. I know you know that. America generally appears to be winning before it loses foreign entanglements.
Yes, but most of Ukraine is united against Russia.
But in Iran, 60-80% of Iranians hate their government. The marines are going to help get the opposition forces off their asses and install a changed government. Maybe bring in the Pavel guy.
=but most of Ukraine is united against Russia.
bs. most of Ukraine hates own gov. that;s why THY DID 2003 orange revolution, and maidan in 2013
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as far as Iran concerns . that is even bigger bs!
. The marines are going to help get the opposition forces off their asses and install a changed government.
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i see you are being trained for sci fi fiction!!
so far no good.
you watched too many usa movies w/ super heroes. drop it
How can you be this stupid, that’s exactly what was said about Iraq.
I’m starting to suspect it’s a bot, or somebody copy pasting from an LLM it set up to troll. The grammar is too good for the level of mental impairment the ideas expressed indicate.
THANKS! 👏🏻👏🏻
Gotta respect good grammar.
as today usa debt is 38.9 trln
and deficit is running $2.7 trln against same day in 2025!
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US IS FU11CKED!! OIL IS ONE THING, BUT LOOK AT 2year
AND 10 YEAR BONDS
10year is 4.3%, and 2year is almost 4%
we are talking about $1.5 trln in 2027 DEBT SERVICE ALONE
and fed revenues are about $5*5.5trln at best.
I’m glad you said something about federal debt. Most people don’t seem to care about that elephant in the room.
elephant is so big, it seems people are inside elephant already
Deficits don’t matter. If they did then the markets would not be near highs, hardly reacting to this war or the growing deficits.
=Deficits don’t matter.
ahahhah!!!!!!
tell that to people in Germany during Weimar repub.
parents sold own kids for sex to survive
true story!
Parents selling their children for sex is a desired or outcome of the trumpstien oligarchy.
It’s a feature, not a bug
Here’s another failure of our mathematics education system.
Taxes have to go up and I believe they’ll be coming after fat retirement accounts as social security hits the skids in a few years.
Hyperinflation will deal with those.
Vance: The cognitive dissonance is strong in this one. He’s gotta have a mental breakdown before long.
5k marines is enough to do literally nothing. Are they actually going to sacrifice all of them in a charge of the light brigade?
No, trying to get them killed to whip up support in the U.S…
It’s theater, designed to terrify Iran
The US military only invades after air superiority has been established. Where will those planes take off from, as the bases in the region were destroyed and the carriers scuttled away? Even tankers were damaged. Any plane that makes into Iranian air space will be shot down and any mercenary force will be killed.
Looks like Trump is eyeing Kharg Island with this move. Honestly, there’s not much else he could even do with those troops in that theater.
Trying to snag an island only 25 km from the Iranian coast would be a huge gamble, though, specially with a 2 week advanced notice. And how on earth would they actually keep it?
There’s also a chance they’re after enriched uranium, but that would be a way messier mission that wouldn’t even need these big landing ships.
I think this whole thing is just a flex to keep Iran on edge.
Or, since it came out on a Friday, stock market manipulation to benefit Trump’s family and friends.
=Trying to snag an island only 25 km from the Iranian coast wou
what next after snaging ? do you random re-post BS from cnn? or do you have original thoughts?
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IF USA WANTED TO BLOW OFF Iranian OIL . no need island!
oil is delivered by tankers, and they are sitting ducks!
It will be fun looking back at how wrong you armchair generals have been.
I recall a few months back how all you generals were telling us how Russia and CHina would come to the aid of Iran if the USA attacked. Don’t’ see that happening.
=Russia and CHina would come to the aid of Iran if the USA attacked. Don’t’ see that happening.
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you are m11oron in middle of nowhere in USA.!!
you know NOTHING ABOUT WORLD.!
YOU WONT find your own ass looking in the mirror.
Who do you think is providing the satellite intelligence and BeiDou missile guidance?
They have, and we can expect more aid, but there are limits to what they can do short-term. Russia has to keep its focus primarily on the Ukraine SMO, and China has limited conventional power projection capability as it is focused on deterrence in its immediate vicinity. I think some generals are greatly regretting the intelligence being provided to Iran, though. Iranian missile/drone strikes have been on point, taking out many high-value assets that will make continued U.S. presence in the Middle East untenable.
“I think some generals are greatly regretting the intelligence being provided to Iran, though. Iranian missile/drone strikes have been on point, taking out many high-value assets that will make continued U.S. presence in the Middle East untenable.”
[LOL] Please provide a numbered list of these assets that have been taken out. Photo links also. Betting you won’t/can’t respond.
You need to do the work. I don’t think you will because you seem to be an unserious person who has probably bought into Western propaganda. But here are a few which are verifiable. I guarantee there are other significant losses but people are being arrested for posting footage so you have to wait until verifiable satellite imagery posts (or leaks) – noting that at least one satellite data provider has implemented 2-week delays (if they follow through and update – something I wouldn’t count on).
AN/FPS-132 Early Warning Radar Umm Dahal/Al Udeid, Qatar Destroyed/Severely Damaged$1.1 Billion
AN/TPY-2 (THAAD Radar)Muwaffaq Salti, JordanDestroyed$300 – $500 Million
AN/TPY-2 (THAAD Radar)Al Ruwais/Al Sader, UAEDamaged/Hit~$500 Million
AN/TPY-2 (THAAD Radar)Saudi ArabiaDamaged/Hit~$500 Million
Oh and if you want more evidence that U.S. air defense assets are being destroyed, go find articles about countries complaining that their air defenses are being stripped and sent to the Middle East. It’s not just an interceptor shortage anymore – the systems themselves are being dismantled.
Like South Korea: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/11/redeployment-us-missiles-thaad-south-korea-middle-east-seoul-iran
And Poof… he vanished, like a fart in the wind.
100%
As I’ve mentioned before, Trump mentioned Kharg island in an interview back in 1988. 1988! The man obviously has had Iran on his mind for some time. This obsession, fueled by neocons around him, will be his undoing.
What are you talking?
The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. Americans’ 401(k)s and retirement savings are booming. That’s what we should be talking about.”
Sorry, Pam Bondi peak is over.
charts are bad.. major selloff is on.
Absolutely disgusting. I doubt they are dumb enough to attempt a ground invasion…although who knows these days!?! 5000 troops can’t accomplish a thing over there. Half a million might achieve regime change, if you don’t mind losing 400 thousand of them in the process. Good luck even making a beachhead with missiles and drones raining death and destruction from above.
Half a million? Try 3-4 million. They have a million man army and growing by the day
True, and not just 3-4 million troops – that level of force, fully trained and equipped to succeed in the face of modern combat doctrine. For years the MSM has given voice to neocons taunting Russia for moving slowly in Ukraine. The reality is that big arrow offensives and lines of tanks moving across the desert are suicidal. We are generations behind Russia in both ballistic missile and air defense capabilities, our military steeped in hubris and undeserved confidence from fighting much less capable adversaries. Iran is not the Iraq of the 90’s or early 2000’s – they have been preparing for this fight and show they can execute a strategy. In contrast, the U.S./Israeli militaries are flailing, unable to comprehend how they are being beaten.
=u don’t mind losing 400 thousand of them in the process.
problem w/ troops on ground not much usage airplanes/bombing AFTER.
you have to be real careful not to hit own troops
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Iranians will have field day snatching off USA soldiers , and showing them on tv!
IT IS NOT Vietnam, IT IS 21HT CENTURY. generation of x and tiktok!
You Iranian puppets are so desperate to sound big and tough but that isn’t going to hold back the USA now!
Why are you posting? I though you’re not allowed to use anything that runs electricity on Saturday?
How will those boots step on Iranian ground, by boat, by plane? They’ll be expected and shot at as fish in a barrel and killed. The Persian Gulf will turn into a Red Sea with the blood of the Usonian mercenaries for what, the red heifer?
Remember, things like healthcare and student loan forgiveness are too expensive for the government, but given the chance to blow things to smithereens? Money is no problem!
Personally, I think the government has no business being involved in healthcare funding or student loans, but point taken.