@DougLain 17 intelligence agencies did not say your lord Trump colluded with Russia, rather they said Russia interfered with the 2016 election, and they did.
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Orphao The Seeker
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The WAPO article is based on an anonymous CIA agent. I remember when 17 intelligence agencies said that Trump was colluding with Russia.
The truth is probably betweeen Trump's overhyped claim and this number from the CIA.
Daniel Dale@ddale8
President Trump yesterday: "Their missiles are mostly decimated; they have some, they have probably 18, 19 percent, but not a lot by comparison to what they had." WaPo today: "Iran retains about 75 percent of its prewar inventories of mobile launchers and about 70 percent of its prewar stockpiles of missiles, a U.S. official said. The official said there is evidence that the regime has been able to recover and reopen almost all of its underground storage facilities, repair some damaged missiles and even assemble some new missiles that were nearly complete when the war began." washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
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@DougLain @TheSwoletariat_ You're delusional. Imagine being a 60 year old trust fund whose never worked a real job and has his head up his ass 24/7.
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Iran will not control the Strait forever, and Iran is economically and politically in shambles.
We should all be fucking glad that a theocratic repressive regime isn't stronger than the most democratic and open country in the world. It's a positive sign.
History Speaks@History__Speaks
I sincerely do not understand the arguments that the US/Israel has "won" or is "winning" the Iran war. Strategically speaking, the most important outcomes of the war so far are that Iran controls the Strait and the Iranian government has become much more hardline. It has also probably gained more support from the Iranian population, i.e. it is more entrenched than it was before the war. Now, has the US killed vastly more Iranians (mostly civilians and conscripts) than Iranians have killed Americans? Sure. That's nothing of which to be proud. And more to the point, it doesn't entail the achievement of any strategic goals. If it did, the US won the wars in Afghanistan and Vietnam. Tactical achievements are not strategic victory.
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50 dudes you’re not supposed to like if you work for the FBI (in no particular order):
1. Ron Paul
2. Thomas Massie
3. Alex Jones
4. Dan Bilzerian
5. Sean Strickland
6. Joe Rogan
7. Clarence Thomas
8. Elon Musk
9. Mike Glover
10. Shawn Ryan
11. Nick Fuentes
12. Edward Snowden
13. Julian Assange
14. Andrew Napolitano
15. Martin Shkreli
16. Tom Fitton
17. Mike Cernovich
18. Enrique Tarrio
19. Gavin McInnes
20. Joe Biggs
21. Stewart Rhodes
22. Steve Baker
23. Joe Hanneman
24. Kyle Seraphin
25. Mark Houck
26. Tucker Carlson
27. Stefan Molyneux
28. Robert Barnes
29. Jonathan Turley
30. John Whitehead
31. Erik Prince
32. Dave Smith
33. Tom Woods
34. Mike Lindell
35. Larry Elder
36. John Stossel
37. Viva Frei
38. Paul Joseph Watson
39. Mark Dice
40. Bishop Joseph Strickland
41. Patrick Byrne
42. Ivan Raiklin
43. Jesse Kelly
44. Steve Friend
45. Michael Flynn
46. Chip Roy
47. Matt Gaetz
48. Glenn Greenwald
49. Michael Shellenberger
50. Matt Taibbi
Who am I forgetting?
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@DougLain The US depends on global fertilizer supplies, and this stupid war your Orange Savior engaged in will undoubtedly raise costs for the already beleaguered US farmer and threatens US agriculture and beyond.
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US can withstand oil shortages, Europe less so. Economic contractions will hit the rest of the world first. Closing the Strait may have been part of the plan from the start.
I wonder why Pape ignores the advantages the US gets from the Strait being closed.
Robert A. Pape@ProfessorPape
Wall Street Journal reports, Trump preparing for a long blockade. This means: —Hormuz shut down for weeks — oil shortages rise — economic contraction starts And worse: Iran won’t buckle US pushing world economy over a cliff for no strategic gain
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@801formal_llama @DougLain @NuclearWomprat When you're a right wing edge lord shamelessly tailing the GOP, everyone else is a democrat. Its called DDS- or democrat Derangement Syndrome, and Doug suffers terribly from it.
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Democrats often call themselves Marxist or commies. Case in point, this Rockhill dude, or the ACP. It discredits Marxism which is the actual aim.
i/o@avidseries
Almost every day I have people in my replies calling Democrats "Bolsheviks" or "commies" or "Marxists," and on those occasions I correct them, I often get ratiod in my own replies. Basically everything the right accuses the left of, they do themselves. The fact they can't see it tells you what a brain poison partisanship is.
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@DougLain Doug will believe the literal Nazi lie that Haitians are eating people's cats and dogs but the WHC shooting is where he draws the line 😆
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How many people think it was staged other than social media influencers? Has there been a poll?
Vance Murphy@vancemurphy
I have no idea if the White House correspondents dinner was staged or real. But the fact that so many people believe it was staged, is incredibly damning of our government. No one believes anything anymore. The people have been lied to for too long.
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OK, I know I should quit milking this story, but seriously: look how the whole thing got instantly inverted! For the millionth time, Acosta was the one who challenged ME to fight! He admits that! But look at every dumb headline, and I'm the one who tried to fight HIM! Amazing
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@DougLain @Wehtammzo What kind of state department induced horse pucky are you talking about? Iran is a "regional threat" in that it won't do Amerikkkas bidding and allow the genocidal ethno state that is Israel do what it wants. Its so transparent that you're a cheerleader for US imperialism.
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@Wehtammzo Uae, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, India, as well as Israel. Plus, the Palestinians would benefit if Iran's ability to exert regional influence was diminished. Also, Yemen.
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@Killingyourking @DougLain You losers are obsessed with the democrats. But I guess thats what happens when you have Democrat Derangement syndrome 🤷♂️
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@DougLain What Doug is saying is that the war is unpopular, and the Dems like it's unpopularity, and want the unpopularity to continue and maybe get even less popularity. And the far left want US defeat more then peace based on Iranian defeat. This is all true.
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The Democrats and, by extension, most of the "left" definitely want it to keep going.
Ryan Grim@ryangrim
Nobody wanted this war and nobody wants it to keep going. Well, a few people did, but these numbers are stark:
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@TLiterarian @DougLain Dougs entire schtick is to look at what the current leftist milieu is and take the complete opposite position. Hes a hack.
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You’re such a fantasist. His explicit aims were quick regime change à la Venezuela, then "unconditional surrender" and control of Hormuz. As well destruction of nuke capability. All failed. I’m not even sure what game you’re running here. All of your commentary and predictions on Iran have been wrong.
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Whenever Democratic Party "critics of the war" return to touting the JCPOA and claiming Trump hasn't surpassed it, I know that they believe the war is likely going to wind up soon.
Obviously, Trump is only attempting to do what Obama wanted to do:
Contain Iran and limit its ability to be a regional pest/problem
The only difference is a matter of tactics.
Trump's aims here were modest all along.
Alice@AliceFromQueens
Nothing says "winning" like spending $100 billion on a military intervention while costing US consumers countless billions more in elevated prices just to ~restore Obama's Iran deal.
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@DougLain Both you and your fellow right winger clearly don't understand the difference between a strategic win vs a tactical win. For instance, during the Vietnam war, America achieved tactical victory but suffered a strategic defeat.
Get a job.
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@DougLain It seems like every time a person posts something critical of Trump's Persian Gulf adventure, you're right there rationalizing it. Why?
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Some of the tankers weren't coming from Iran, half weren't if I am remembering correctly. Also, the aim probably isn't 100% compliance but just to apply pressure. It's pretty early to tell if it's working. And it could easily end if negotiations produce the results the US wants.
Bill Madden@maddenifico
As confirmed by ABC News, Trump's naval blockade is proving to be a COMPLETE FAILURE. Multiple tankers have made it through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has spent billions of taxpayer dollars for what has amounted to be a anouther failing strategy. Pete Hegseth should be fired. 😂
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I am Japanese. I believe that left-wing media outlets are deliberately trying to lower approval ratings by selectively reporting only the parts that suit their narrative — a tactic often called "cherry-picking" or "out-of-context reporting." Thanks to Mario Nawfal and Elon Musk, many Japanese people have begun to wake up and regain the ability to see the truth for themselves. I truly cannot thank you both enough. I look forward to your continued efforts. Please keep up the great work.
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First full day of the U.S. naval blockade on Iran:
- Zero vessels left Iranian ports
- Six merchant ships turned back after American warnings
- No shots fired, no enforcement needed
Meanwhile, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz continued normally with over 20 vessels passing through.
The blockade is off to a quiet but effective start.
Iran blinked first, ships are turning around without a fight.
The real test will come in the next few days when Tehran decides whether to push back or keep playing it safe.
Source: WSJ
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
Hormuz Blockade Clouds Second Iran Talks - w/ Admiral Mark Montgomery, Trita Parsi, Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatowski & Rula Jebrael x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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@DougLain Imagine the gall of some wannabe sci fi writer trust fund who platforms white supremacists and right wingers and regularly espouses right wing conspiracies wants people to "not oppose socialism".
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@OrphaoThe You're right, but I don't feel it's my responsibility to immediately bring bourgeois rights to Iran. All I'm trying to do is to get leftists who happen to listen to me to stop actively opposing socialism.
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Caitlin is a true-blue "leftist." I understand her perfectly well.
But here's what she isn't facing, what nobody will face, by pushing the responsibility to change society onto the Islamic Republic of Iran, she is abdicating her responsibility to organize for socialism, and in this way kicking the can down the road so that more wars, more chaos, more barbarism, more stupidity can continue unabated.
It's obvious to everyone that life in Iran is not a life of freedom or proletarian self-direction. But, it'll do if it means the bad US is brought to its knees.
Of course, it won't be. All that could possibly be accomplished is that the Republicans will do badly at the midterms and in 2028.
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@DougLain @DohnJee88 "21 ships passed through the straight of Hormuz"
Who told you that, Chris the pederast Cutrone who then got it from FOX News? The only ships that have been allowed passage are Chinese, Russian and "friendly" ships. All had permission.
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@DohnJee88 Because there is a Naval blockade. Two destroyers made it through the Strait. And apparently, 21 ships passed through the Strait yesterday without Iranian permission.
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Trump says Iran called him and are begging for a deal. Again.
I figure this will drag on for awhile longer.
If the US (and others?) start escorting tankers through Strait markets will rebound and the deal will become background noise.
If not then possible stagflation.
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@FabiusMaximus01 @DougLain Doug is a hard core Zionist who routinely smears others for rightly pointing Israels influence over US foreign policy as "anti semites". Hes a lazy, unintelligent hack who isn't worth your effort.
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@DougLain We have been publishing for a quarter-century, and have had a dozen or so of these quantitative measurements taken. All with the same result. We just report America’s decay, without fear or favor, disliked by both sides.
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Turns out this account is on the right. I had assumed it was an anti-imperialist leftist. Impossible to tell these days.
Fabius Maximus (Ed.)@FabiusMaximus01
@DougLain That’s the big insight, unmentionable in polite company. The War is for Israel, at the cost of America’s citizens. Unless Trump changes course, the Republican Party might suffer a historic defeat in November. Also, support for Israel is collapsing: pewresearch.org/short-reads/20…
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I think Donald Trump is funny. I think Donald Trump is more honest than you are. But I also think he's a mafia boss and a representative of global capital and the bonapartist state. So, nah.
YOu're confusing my disdain for democrats for an alliance with Trump. Wrong answer.
Sad!
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