The reparations paid would be obscene
and none of this will hold anyway bc Israel has the ability to keep the situation aflame. Trump and Vance's public comments belittling and castigating them will merely compel Netanyahu to continue bombing to prove their agency & power and so we kick the can down the road.
Trump is not the least bit interested in peace or resolution. He is simply bored with this war, and the MOU he signed is the equivalent of him paying blood money to make a lawsuit go away. Make no mistake that he effectively washed his hands of the entire conflict in Versailles (dumbfuck misunderstands history yet again) and will blame everyone else, his own administration included, for any negative developments related to this going forward. "Not my problem, I signed the deal", you can expect to hear him say often over the coming months/years.
Complete thread:
- The terms of the US's surrender in the Iran war are stark. -
domer.mq,
2026-06-18, 09:03
- We are in "Imperial Overstretch" -- -
omahadomer,
2026-06-20, 08:37
- He would have done better to just skulk away. -
domer.mq,
2026-06-20, 19:36
- We tried that. -
nedhead,
2026-06-21, 01:11
- Which is the case right now.
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domer.mq,
2026-06-21, 13:53
- Sustainable for months, probably not longer. - nedhead, 2026-06-21, 14:38
- I’m surprised that anyone thinks this likely would’ve all -
Joe I,
2026-06-21, 14:20
- I thought it would go badly -- -
omahadomer,
2026-06-21, 21:10
- Hegseth’s biggest challenge isn’t his IQ -
atxND,
2026-06-22, 07:42
- he was in my cousin’s platoon in Iraq -
Jay,
2026-06-22, 10:53
- Douglas C. Neidermeyer, Sergeant at Arms.
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San Pedro,
2026-06-23, 16:09
- Wouldn't he be more like Stratton?
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nedhead,
2026-06-23, 17:31
- Wouldn't he be more like Stratton?
- I think we all take your meaning.
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NDinVA,
2026-06-23, 15:02
- Douglas C. Neidermeyer, Sergeant at Arms.
- I rate his Ivy-intelligence score at 0.87 DeSantis
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KGB,
2026-06-22, 09:32
- One of the beauties of grad school is meeting Ivy Leaguers -
atxND,
2026-06-22, 10:19
- One of the beauties of meeting Ivy League law grads - omahadomer, 2026-06-22, 18:03
- One of the beauties of grad school is meeting Ivy Leaguers -
atxND,
2026-06-22, 10:19
- he was in my cousin’s platoon in Iraq -
Jay,
2026-06-22, 10:53
- Hegseth’s biggest challenge isn’t his IQ -
atxND,
2026-06-22, 07:42
- I thought it would go badly -- -
omahadomer,
2026-06-21, 21:10
- Which is the case right now.
- We tried that. -
nedhead,
2026-06-21, 01:11
- He would have done better to just skulk away. -
domer.mq,
2026-06-20, 19:36
- Are these two paragraphs distinguishing energy v. weapons? - Grantland, 2026-06-19, 06:16
- Sounds like they went easy on us - fightinamish, 2026-06-18, 19:51
- I heard someone describe it as late-empire rome - MattG, 2026-06-18, 12:33
- What a joke! - oviedoirish, 2026-06-18, 12:32
- What does the $300B buy us? -
San Pedro,
2026-06-18, 09:41
- I'd like to know exactly WHOSE $300Billion that is.
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BillyGoat,
2026-06-19, 09:12
- Mine. Yours. And everyone else's.
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Chris,
2026-06-19, 10:10
- Just think though, Musk cold give $300 billion to Iran -
NDinVA,
2026-06-19, 18:56
- Then he could yank the SEC around a little bit - Regular Joseph, 2026-06-19, 21:07
- Just think though, Musk cold give $300 billion to Iran -
NDinVA,
2026-06-19, 18:56
- Me too.
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San Pedro,
2026-06-19, 09:15
- Mine. Yours. And everyone else's.
- Some GOP nitwit used the term "Peace in our time" - Jack, 2026-06-19, 09:03
- If someone has their knee on your neck - atxND, 2026-06-18, 19:08
- Peace? -
nedhead,
2026-06-18, 18:37
- Don’t pull the thang out unless you plan to bang -
atxND,
2026-06-19, 19:47
- fight the civil war until -
Regular Joseph,
2026-06-19, 21:21
- Oh, I probably agree with you ultimately - atxND, 2026-06-20, 06:33
- fight the civil war until -
Regular Joseph,
2026-06-19, 21:21
- The better alternative... -
domer.mq,
2026-06-18, 19:50
- Sure, but we can't go back in time.
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nedhead,
2026-06-18, 19:52
- Was Hiroshima a tolerable outcome for Japan -
KGB,
2026-06-19, 05:34
- I don't understand this line of argument. -
nedhead,
2026-06-19, 06:07
- The reparations paid would be obscene -
KGB,
2026-06-19, 11:17
- Would you rather try to keep the cease fire indefinitely, -
nedhead,
2026-06-19, 15:43
- I would rather that the inflamed hemorrhoid in charge - KGB, 2026-06-19, 16:32
- He’s already started his Throw JD Vance Under the Bus tour - Joe I, 2026-06-19, 14:42
- Would you rather try to keep the cease fire indefinitely, -
nedhead,
2026-06-19, 15:43
- The reparations paid would be obscene -
KGB,
2026-06-19, 11:17
- I don't understand this line of argument. -
nedhead,
2026-06-19, 06:07
- Was Hiroshima a tolerable outcome for Japan -
KGB,
2026-06-19, 05:34
- Sure, but we can't go back in time.
- Don’t pull the thang out unless you plan to bang -
atxND,
2026-06-19, 19:47
- It buys us Trump’s attempt at development deals - Joe I, 2026-06-18, 12:21
- Its helps secure Iran’s new young extremist leader. -
Mark,
2026-06-18, 10:00
- This doesn’t address my question.
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San Pedro,
2026-06-18, 12:19
- This doesn’t address my question.
- It buys us not having our Oil reserves go to 0 next month.
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domer.mq,
2026-06-18, 09:53
- Our oil reserves are nearly empty? -
San Pedro,
2026-06-18, 12:18
- as I have learned recently, it's a complex question -
domer.mq,
2026-06-18, 12:29
- I guess taking over Venezuela - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2026-06-18, 12:54
- as I have learned recently, it's a complex question -
domer.mq,
2026-06-18, 12:29
- Our oil reserves are nearly empty? -
San Pedro,
2026-06-18, 12:18
- I'd like to know exactly WHOSE $300Billion that is.
- We are in "Imperial Overstretch" -- -
omahadomer,
2026-06-20, 08:37