Aaron Crews

This would absolutely crash the European economies. You talk about our debt, but your economies are barely above water. This would be the biggest self own of all time. We can withstand this kind of stupidity. European countries would fall into economic collapse and revolution. Do it. We dare you.

Do you realise what will happen to USD if European Union joins hands with the BRICS ? Effectively, that would mean an express route to de-throne USD as the Global Reserve Currency. Which would with immediate effect make the $39 Trillion debt unsustainable, which will be followed by the most biblical collapse of any hegemonic empire. You will be left with Dollar Notes that look like this,

- Pull out of NATO. - Close all bases and remove all military personal from the UK, Germany, Spain, and France. - Never protect these countries again. - Stop all trade with these countries. ZERO. - Refuse to share any military technologies and don't allow to them to buy any military equipment. Ever. - Don't share any intelligence with them. NONE. - Tell them they have to provide 100% of weapons and money to Ukraine. - Cut them off completely.

We would grind Russia into dust. 21st century military versus a mid 20th century military. They can’t take Ukraine. Setting aside our military, there are 350 million civilian owned guns in the US. They conducted an exercise is the 60’s and determined it is impossible to invade the US because there is nowhere they can safely insert troops in light of the armed citizenry alone. That situation has improved for them in intervening decade. More to the point, they don’t want to fight with us. Especially if we give them free rein in Europe. They want trade and economic advantages

@catturd2 And that's how you completely isolate yourself and make yourself very vulnerable. I agree with some of your points though.

Not for nothin, but why not let Russia be the hegemonic power in Europe? Why do we care? Europe is deeply irrelevant on the geopolitical scale and grows more so every day. Their economies are shrinking. They are entirely energy dependent on Russia, the Middle East, and the US. The combined military of all 30+ counties are, on paper, equal to about 1/2 of the US’ across the board. Time to let them fend for themselves.

@catturd2 If the US pulled funding for NATO they would fold overnight. Unfortunately, this is exactly what Russia wants to see. America needs to reduce funding in increments and tell NATO countries that they need to step up their own funding and become self sufficient.

@UnfunnyDave @seanhannity Tell me you eat crayons with telling me your favorite flavor is orange.

@seanhannity History will forever remember you as a sycophant and a pathetic bootlicker. No reason for us to be losing American soldiers in this bullshit war, all to divert attention away from the Epstein files and the fact there are credible allegations that Trump raped a 13 year old girl.

DEVELOPING: Trump Orders Bold Operation Following Iranian Downing of U.S. F-15 in Hostile Airspace roguerecap.com/developing-tru…

@Microinteracti1 Cool cool. France can ask Iran to protect it from Russia. The US will focus on “allies” that contribute something. Sounds like acceptable terms. I would also note that France is famous for surrendering. It’s fun that he surrendered in a fight France isn’t even in. 😂😂😂

France just got free passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Why? Because Macron did the one thing no one in Washington could manage. He picked up the phone and didn’t sound like an idiot. 🇫🇷🔥 That is called leverage. Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

My dude, your name is a delusion. You clearly don’t have any understanding of economics or global power projection. Strategically, Europe is mostly an irrelevant region. With ALL of the EU, you have 1/2 the fighter jets, 1/2 the ships, 1/4 of the airlift power, etc of the US alone. We don’t care if the Straits of Hormuz are open—we don’t use it. We are a net oil exporter and can afford to pump more as the price goes up. You care A LOT. Because of your ridiculous climate policies, you’re totally dependent on Russia, the Middle East, and US for energy. US bases are a massive part of many EU countries’ economies. We leave, those crash. We bail from Ukraine, it will fall—the EU alone isn’t strong or wealthy enough to prop it up. Once that happens, the rest of Eastern Europe will fall like dominos to the Russian war machine. You’ve been relegated to the kids table at Thanksgiving in terms of global power and influence.

@ESIESQ @USronaldcarter Good riddance. Close your 800 bases around the globe while you're at it!

🚨 NOBODY KNOWS HOW FUCKED NATO ACTUALLY IS RIGHT NOW. In the last 72 hours, watch who walked away: 🇫🇷 France: Blocked US military overflight for weapons to Israel — FIRST TIME since war began Feb 28. Israel cut ALL defense procurement from France. 🇮🇹 Italy: Denied Sigonella air base landing to US bombers. Defense Minister said relations are "solid and loyal." DAYS after blocking US planes. 🇪🇸 Spain: Closed ENTIRE airspace to US operations. Blocked Naval Station Rota AND Morón Air Base. PM Sánchez called it "not NATO collective defense." 🇵🇱 Poland: Refused to redeploy Patriot batteries. US burned through 1,200+ interceptors in 16 days. Poland said no. 🇨🇭 Switzerland: Denied 2 US reconnaissance flights. Suspended $120,000,000 in weapons exports under "neutrality laws." 🇬🇧 UK: PM said "this is not our war." Trump told them to "build up some delayed courage." 🇩🇪 Germany: President Steinmeier called war "possibly illegal." WHILE hosting Ramstein — largest US base outside America. That is: France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Switzerland, UK, and Germany. All in ONE week. When this many allies abandon you at once, it's not a disagreement. It's a collapse.

@lageneraless @USronaldcarter NATO is all of those things. Europe too. The US doesn’t need your dainty militaries. Time to brush up on your Russian. I’d also recommend courses in Arabic. You’ll likely want to be fluent so you can understand your new overlords.

@USronaldcarter Spin it all you want. You started a war without informing your allies. You said it would be a piece of cake and you didn't need us. You have actually threatened to invade one of your allies. Called us weak. Pathetic. Etc etc. And now all those actions fall back to you...

@HolyEuroKaiser @USronaldcarter We fell the same way about Ukraine. German and Russian are kinda similar. I’m sure you’ll be fine. 🤷‍♂️

@USronaldcarter Nato is a DEFENSIVE alliance for the NORTH ATLANTIC area. Are you too retarded to understand that Iran has nothing to do with us? We didn't want this war! Your "no more forever wars" president wanted it!

@joeroganhq Wait . . . I thought election deniers were the worst kind of people???? Pretty sure I was told that for four years.

Democrat Elissa Slotkin: "Until I hear someone tell me that this man, President Trump, will actually allow us to have a free and fair election, there is zero trust here, and I cannot trust that he won't try and steal it, again!"

@krassenstein God damn it, Brian. Get back to your spot under the maple in my front yard. You mess up the entire vibe of the yard when you wander away from your post. The other gnomes are out of balance without you in position.

MAJOR BREAKING: Kuwait, who produces 2.8 million barrels of oil each day or 84 million barrels per month officially confirms it has cut oil production. People just don’t understand how big of a mistake. This really was by Trump. He vastly miscalculated the tools that Iran has to harm the US economy.

There won’t be any American ground troops in Iran. You’re opining on the last war. We are going to degrade them from the air until they are completely crippled and allow the Kurds, Azeris, Persians, and Israelis to do their thing. If what comes out of this is problematic for us, we will bomb them into oblivion again. Rinse and repeat until there is something there we can work with and that can act as a functional part of the international community. It’s a very different worldview and foreign policy. This is purely about degrading a rouge regime. To a significant extent, we don’t care what comes next, so long as it isn’t in opposite to our interests.

You're not putting boots on the ground in here and getting them out alive.

I have couple of speculations—Maybe after the B-52s, we will send in the Wright Flyer, a couple of P-51 Mustangs, and the Blue Angels just for fun? A text goes out to 40 million Iranian phones—ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy the air show and the subsequent dusting off of your latest “leader”. Maybe we will bombard them using the USS Constitution thereafter? It’s literally that bad for them. They couldn’t stop what I just described. The fact that the armies of all of the Middle East countries they have attacked are now joining in is only going to make this so much worse for Iran. This is equivalent to a UFC fighter fighting a very frustrated five-year-old. I “speculate” the outcome is going to be very similar.

@ESIESQ @DrEricDing I don’t “assume” anything, I speculate. It is a risk.

Dear fellow Americans—please learn geography of why the world is in trouble if Iran crisis spirals out of control. Also, Iran is 3.5x the size of Iraq. If the US couldn’t hold Iraq after 10 years, Trump is insane if he wants to ground invade Iran.

@LouisvilleGun This! This post wins the internet today.

B-52s? BONEs? MQ-9 Reapers getting kills? At this point they should just rub the IRGC’s noses in it. Have AC-130s take out the next Ayatollah. Put a could JDAMs on the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds and have them perform an air show before they dust someone. Bring out a couple Super Tucanos for spite. Get some P51s out of mothballs.

@SenWarren That Grimace meets Captain Ahab look your sporting is something else. Were the kids traumatized when you took his skin? Is that why. McDonalds puts him in shakes now? For shame!!!

I just left a classified briefing with the Trump Administration about the war in Iran. I was worried before, but I’m more worried now.

@Joe_Palooka_2 @SirWinston85 @EdKrassen @grok He has a room temp IQ, so no one.

@SirWinston85 @EdKrassen @grok Who’s all surprised that @EdKrassen is so easily duped by a guy known for getting things wrong?! I for one am not surprised by this.

BREAKING: Former U.S. Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor just told Matt Gaetz that all of the U.S. bases in the Iranian region have been destroyed and Iran is fairing very well. They are admitting that Trump is failing. “China and Russia are providing satellite intelligence which accounts for some of the tremendous successes [of Iran] particularly in Israel, and our US bases. All of our bases have been destroyed. Our harbor installations are destroyed. We actually have to fall back on India and Indian ports which is less than ideal. And I think Iran, much to our disappointment, is fairing very very well.” Please pray for our U.S. military personnel.

If you actually believe what this guy is saying—and he’s been demonstrably wrong on just about everything for the last decade—I have deeded land on the moon I am willing to sell you for a slight mark up. The buildings are habitable for hobbit sized people, so it’s really perfect for you.

You miss the entire point. The era of “we broke it so we bought it” is over. We are going to grind their offensive capabilities into dust. Whatever happens after that isn’t our problem. If what comes next proves to be dangerous to our interests, we will grind them to dust too—rise and repeat until it stops. We can literally do this all day. Nobody in the administration wants to occupy Iran. Your entire premise is wrong, so your prognostications are also wrong.

@DrEricDing US does not need to hold Iran so its size is irrelevant.

And, Jen assumes we aren’t crippling their drone and missile launch capabilities. Look at the data from the last three days. Their launch and barrage numbers are sinking. Their navy is gone. Their Air Force is gone. We have total air and sea superiority. We see everything that moves and are arming the Kurds and other insurgent groups and we are now using 70 year old B-52 Stratofortress bombers. These drop 70,000 lbs of mix ordinance at a time. We are going to grind them into dust. The asymmetries are not in their favor.

@DrEricDing Many analysts say in a prolonged U.S.–Iran conflict, U.S./allied interceptor missiles could deplete before Iran runs out of drones & ball. missiles. It’s a cost asymmetry problem: $20k–$50k drones forcing launches of $1M–$4M interceptors. War of attrition.

@shanaka86 @Selkis_2028 Pretty sure this doesn’t end via negotiation. Pretty sure it ends in the regime surrendering. Just a guess.

BREAKING: Israel just struck the Assembly of Experts building in Qom. This is not a military target. This is the 88-member clerical body constitutionally responsible for selecting Iran’s next Supreme Leader. Reports indicate the building was hit while members were casting ballots to choose Khamenei’s successor. Read that again. They bombed the election. Not the military. Not the nuclear programme. Not the IRGC command structure. The constitutional process for selecting the one person who could theoretically unify the regime, negotiate on its behalf, and sign a ceasefire. Three days ago I wrote that the market’s four-week timeline depends on a negotiated ending. A negotiated ending requires a counterparty. A counterparty requires a legitimate leader. A legitimate leader requires a selection process. That selection process was happening inside the building that just got hit with heavy-tonnage bombs. Follow the chain. The Supreme Leader is dead. His replacement Defense Minister is dead. The acting replacement is reportedly dead. The only mediator in the region, Oman, is being bombed by the regime it was trying to help. The IRGC has fragmented into indiscriminate retaliation. And now the 88 clerics tasked with reconstituting legitimate authority have had their building destroyed mid-vote. Every link in the chain that leads from “war” to “ceasefire” to “de-escalation” to “insurance reinstatement” has been severed. Not by accident. By design. The US-Israeli targeting doctrine is not just degrading Iran’s military capability. It is systematically destroying the institutional architecture required for the war to end through negotiation. Reinsurers do not reinstate coverage into a regime that cannot reconstitute its own leadership. The actuarial blockade timeline just extended again. There is no one to negotiate with. And now there is no process to produce one. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

@Hosemasta @unusual_whales This might be the dumbest take I’ve ever read.

@unusual_whales Yes Iran is much smarter than USA. Bigger and more expensive doesn’t mean better. Iran has like 1 million drones. At this rate the US will be out of ammo by April. Then Iran will just use their drone technology to invade the USA. Not looking good.

"Iran's cheap drones can quickly deplete expensive US-made weapons. The outcome of the war may be determined by which side's weapons last longer," per Bloomberg.