We tried that.

by nedhead , Sunday, June 21, 2026, 01:11 (35 days ago) @ domer.mq

If we just walk away, then Hormuz stays closed to all traffic not approved by Iran.

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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. - 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. - San Pedro, 2026-06-23, 16:09
        
        Wouldn't he be more like Stratton? - nedhead, 2026-06-23, 17:31
        
        I think we all take your meaning. - NDinVA, 2026-06-23, 15:02
        
        I rate his Ivy-intelligence score at 0.87 DeSantis - 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
- 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. - BillyGoat, 2026-06-19, 09:12
    - Mine. Yours. And everyone else's. - 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
    - Me too. - San Pedro, 2026-06-19, 09:15
  - 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
    - The better alternative... - domer.mq, 2026-06-18, 19:50
      - Sure, but we can't go back in time. - 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
  - 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. - San Pedro, 2026-06-18, 12:19
  - It buys us not having our Oil reserves go to 0 next month. - 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

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We tried that.