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@MarioNawfal CNN is your source? LOL. Maybe you should go with actual intelligence.

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 U.S. INTELLIGENCE SAYS HALF OF IRAN'S MISSILE LAUNCHERS AND DRONES ARE STILL INTACT Trump said Iran's capabilities are "dramatically curtailed" with "very few left." U.S. intelligence assessments tell a different story. According to three sources familiar with the intel: 50% of missile launchers still operational. Thousands of drones remain. A large percentage of coastal cruise missiles intact. The IRGC Navy still has "hundreds, if not thousands" of small boats. One source on Trump's 2-3 week timeline: "We can keep f**king them up, I don't doubt it, but you're out of your mind if you think this will be done in two weeks." The problem is the tunnels. Iran spent decades building underground networks for exactly this scenario. They shoot and move. The U.S. is now targeting tunnel entrances and bulldozers just to deny access. Most significant: The U.S. has privately acknowledged it cannot promise to reopen Hormuz before ending the war. The coastal missiles that threaten shipping largely haven't been targeted and have likely gone underground. 12,300+ targets struck. Five weeks of bombing. And Iran can still "wreak absolute havoc throughout the entire region." Source: CNN Media: @PressTV

@honeyybomb Keep them.

76 trans Americans ditched the US for Trump's 'tyranny'... and fled straight into Dutch refugee camps. Zero asylum granted. Sleeping in tents and sleeping bags, conditions they call worse than American prisons. The grass wasn't greener 😏

@EdKrassen Nine guys (white) did this before him. How does being #10 make him better?

I wish Charlie Kirk was alive to see this: A black astronaut, Victor Glover, piloting the Artemis II. And doing it better than a White Dude could. RIP Charlie.

@BlazorJP @sgmjoker1115 @Castantine @NavyStrang Tell me about the delays and the cost. And who came to rescue those astronauts?

@sgmjoker1115 @Castantine @NavyStrang So therefore they don't 🤣 it can barely get into orbit, SLS has two launches, two successes

One of them is on its way to the moon, the other keeps blowing up. I guess NASA concentrated on the important stuff.

@NavyStrang One of them came to rescue the others. Let's hope this isn't another of those occasions. Or did you miss that SLS is going to be cancelled due to severe delays and cost overruns after III.

@The_Archdude @memeticsisyphus From now on, I'm identifying as a First Nations native.

@memeticsisyphus I want Canadians to land on the moon just so that their first words on the surface are forced to be a land acknowledgment to the native indigenous people of the United States.

The indigenous people of the moon (Americans) get to decide. Keep your colonial mindset out of our affairs.

To understand why Saudi Arabia and Israel are urging Trump not to relent on Iran it is important to understand the military term "pursuit phase". Pursuit is the phase which follows a breakthrough designed to catch or cut off a hostile force that is attempting to escape (retrograde), with the aim of destroying it before it can reorganize or establish a new defensive position. It begins when the enemy breaks contact and tries to withdraw, often after losing cohesion. Pursuit is often one of the most decisive and destructive phases for the enemy when executed effectively, because the retreating force is highly vulnerable. It's the payoff phase. To achieve a breakthrough only to call off pursuit is basically to let Blofeld escape in the final reel so there'll be a sequel. When pursuit becomes impossible or severely restricted due to sanctuary (safe havens across borders or in ungoverned spaces) or international law/political constraints, it fundamentally undermines the decisive potential of this offensive phase. The most prominent examples of denied pursuit are the Korean War, Vietnam and Afghanistan. In each case sanctuary was the limiting factor. When military pursuit is deliberately prevented by political leaders' desire to limit the war and avoid broadening the conflict, it represents a classic tension between tactical/operational opportunities and strategic/political constraints. This approach stems from "limited war" theory, where objectives are deliberately capped to prevent escalation—particularly against adversaries backed by major powers, nuclear risks, or fragile international coalitions. It is deemed *too dangerous* to win. Basically the dilemma is summarized by the imperative of negotiated settlement over decision: if you win then who will you negotiate with?

@wretchardthecat Pursuit phase is historically when your cavalry goes a whipping-and-a whacking through the defeated and demoralized enemy's fleeing ranks.

@bonchieredstate @monacharen and the rest @BulwarkOnline are severely cracked. Trump broke them and their money scam as "experts."

The current state of The Bulwark. People who spent a decade promoting the Iraq War are now certain that a month-old conflict of total military domination has been lost because it's not over yet.

@finnmaloy @mrddmia Hunter, Hillary, Omar have entered the chat. Are you really that stupid? BTW, nice ratio.

@mrddmia She broke the law, what part of that do you not understand? Or are laws just for the Dems?

🚨 The Colorado Court of Appeals confirms what we’ve said for years: Mesa County District Court Judge Matthew Barrett illegally persecuted Tina Peters for her First Amendment-protected political views. 9 years in prison. For a 69-year-old woman. Because Barrett didn’t like her political views. Barrett is a garbage human being. He shouldn’t be on the bench. He should be in prison. coloradojudicial.gov/system/files/o…

@BridgetPhetasy Soulmates who've never met.

@michaelscanlonX @ka_grieco @Joe_m_costa @PhilSheers With what?

Iran is targeting key U.S. airpower infrastructure. Radars, SATCOM, KC-135s, and AWACS. New analysis on what it means for US operational readiness today and in the future. Grateful to @ka_grieco, @Joe_m_costa, and @PhilSheers for their expert insights. defensenews.com/global/mideast…

@AstaadAli @Telegraph @connor_stringer That's how the world works. Want a friend? Get a dog...oh, wait....

@Telegraph @connor_stringer Trump 'strongly considering' ditching NATO because allies won't fight his Iran war? That's not leadership, that's blackmail. Europe pays up or we bail—real mature. If he says it tonight, watch the world laugh. #SayingWhatMatters

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump has told The Telegraph's @connor_stringer he is strongly considering pulling the United States out of Nato after it failed to join his war on Iran. Read the US president's thoughts on what Putin thinks of the alliance and the UK's reluctance to spend on defence here 👇 telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

@nickreeves9876 @Telegraph @ulrichspeck @connor_stringer Ukraine and Hormuz are Europe's problem. Zero dollars for both.

@Telegraph @ulrichspeck @connor_stringer Meanwhile US aid to Ukraine has been slashed to zero, while Trump's ill-conceived Iran war has gifted Putin higher oil prices while weakening the economies of democratic Europe. Trump is a traitor.

@Telegraph @connor_stringer He could make our contribution 1 ambassador and his E-5 driver. And that's it!

@BoosterTribe @SpaceX I was thinking the same. Artemis cameras are nowhere near as good. Still, nice launch.

I think we have all grown a little spoiled by @SpaceX teams launch live streams.

@stupidpunished @xnoesbueno Accurate.

I have to disagree with you here. Historians tell a different story. Its not so true that Yamamoto respected America, he knew picking a fight with America would be a BAD Move (especially a sneak attack) unless the attack was so devastating we had no choice but go to the peace table. Isoroku Yamamoto was not a simple admirer of the United States, nor a blind opponent. His views were pragmatic, shaped by firsthand experience and strategic calculation. Yamamoto spent significant time in America: Studied at Harvard University (1919–1921) Served as a naval attaché in Washington, D.C. Traveled widely and observed American industry and society This exposure had a lasting impact. He: Developed a clear understanding of U.S. industrial capacity. Observed American culture, including its economic dynamism. Gained respect for the scale and efficiency of U.S. production His Strategic View of the United States Yamamoto was actually opposed to war with the U.S. from the outset. He repeatedly warned Japanese leadership that: Japan could win short-term victories But could not sustain a long war against U.S. industrial power. He is often (and credibly) associated with the sentiment: He could “run wild for six months… but had no confidence after that” Did He “Like” America? Not really—at least not in a modern, personal sense. More accurate characterization: He understood America deeply He respected its capabilities He feared its industrial and military potential He believed war with it was strategically unwinnable in the long term He was also a loyal Japanese officer, committed to serving his country once war was decided.

With this Japan-America lovefest prompted by Trump's Pearl Harbor joke and Musk's X translation thingy, worth noting, Nihonjin might not know. Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, architect of the attack on Pearl Harbor, admired America, and thought attacking the US was a really bad idea. His warlord masters thought Americans were decadent and weak. Not the first or last to make that miscalculation ... increasingly difficult to counter that view as it may be. Yamamoto's counsel, don't poke the bear. He had driven across this country, knew the people and their potential. But his warlord masters were bent on it, and he figured the only way that works is a knockout blow. That didn't really work out. Classic historical example of the phenomenon we now call FAFO

@BradOnMessage @CNN You must have a strong constitution.

I've been doing a lot of @CNN lately and I have concluded the Democratic position on Iran is: 1. We should surrender 2. Iran, with enriched uranium, a Navy, an Air Force, and missiles was less dangerous than one without. 3. We can't afford to use our missiles 4. We are not for making more missiles 5. We should keep letting Americans die from Iranian terror forever instead of stopping it. 6. We should surrender It's totally nonsensical.