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Spite is the cockroach of human emotion. It outlives most anything.

@VerminusM The Irish are perpetually butt-hurt bc Israel managed to permanently oust the Brit’s in one fell swoop. It’s jealousy and shame.

I used to think Iran was pathologically obsessed with Israel, a distant county that has never done it any harm before it attacked Israel. Then I joined Twitter and met the Irish.

@JoshHall2024 Disgraced?!? Your not just book stupid; you’re street stupid too.

🚨BREAKING: 🚨 DISGRACED former President Barack Hussein Obama has reportedly established a "back channel" and a shadow government to communicate directly with world leaders whose countries are a part of NATO, anticipating a possible Trump administration withdrawal from the alliance. Obama is said to be reassuring his fellow leftist leaders and our so-called allies by forming a "contingency plan" in the event that President Trump does in fact terminate our NATO membership. With Obama recently purchasing a MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MANSION in The UK and transferring a large chunk of his assets to the country, it appears that he may be orchestrating a GLOBALIST COUP against President Trump and engaging in a CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY to undermine the foreign policy of our duly-elected President. If we had a dollar for every time that Barack Obama has committed TREASON, we'd be as rich as Elon Musk. This man is the worst thing that ever happened to America? ARREST OBAMA NOW! 🇺🇸💪🏻

@SGTWipper1Each Run every chance you get. Listen to each and every word. Black ink means black ink. “… but I thought …” will get unwanted attention. “The spouting whale gets harpooned.” Keep your mouth shut. Head down. Do as told. Re rifle: pay strict attention

What's the best advice you could give to someone about to go to Boot Camp/Basic Training?

@loonlake55 … and the Draft. … the unwilling, led by the unqualified, to kill the unfortunate, to die for the ungrateful. Uyup - good times.

Too many young people are resenting Boomers, claiming that Boomers had it " easy " financially in their youth. Here are a few fun facts about growing up Boomer. 1. Almost everyone grew up with one bathroom. Mom, Dad and all 3-6 siblings. 2. If you did get to take a vacation, you drove. With no air conditioning. No cup holders. No iPads. Just black vinyl seats and bologna sandwiches. 3. There were no club sports. No Parks and Rec activities. Summer camp was for rich kids. Get yourself a bike, a stick and a few friends. If you were bored, you laid in the grass and looked at clouds. 4. You ate what was served. Even if it was chicken livers. No DoorDash, no backup Totino's rolls. 5. No AP classes, no PSEO, no "fun" elective. They assigned you to a class. You went. You did what they asked. Or else. 6. Unless you had rich parents, you had a nice VFW wedding. Maybe rent a room at a modest hotel. 7. Most Boomers got their first pedi and mani in their 50s (when their feet got farther away). We didn't even know people got massages in real life, only in Hollywood. 8. You packed your own lunch for decades. 9. No one knew what red light therapy was, a facial, a spa day, or a cold plunge. Your gym was the YMCA. Usually in a rather old building. 10. We grew up with 18 percent inflation, 14 percent mortgage rates, 3 million continuing unemployment claims, and 200 other applicants competing for the same job. Now, this is not to say Millenials and Gen Z have it easy or don't face problems. It's just to say, nobody has it easy or doesn't face problems. My only hope, as my mom would say, is I live long enough to see my kids' kids complain about how easy they had it!

@EmilySm43 $14.00

Be honest

@m_takewaka BBQ is to the US as Ramen is to Japan. In Japan there are 8, vastly different, regional 'Best' ramens. Same with BBQ. For beef stick with Texas and a bit north; for pork go south. Or come west for a bit of all. Preparation is a whole other thread- dry; wet; wet w/rub etc.

My American friends, I'm facing a major problem here. When I say I want to eat American BBQ, some Americans say, "come to Texas," others say, "come to South Carolina," and still others say, "come to Missouri." I'm confused. Are you guys going to start a BBQ civil war?

@benonwine I don't even like dogs and I'd get more dogs! F'em.

Your Muslim neighbour tells you to get rid of your dog, and says you will respect Islam. What would you do?

@BuzzPatterson BOHICA (Bend over, here it comes again.)

The US military has a million sayings. What’s your favorite? They don’t have to be clean. 😎

@NormalIslandNws Adorable.

BREAKING: Israel has confirmed its soldiers will not be joining the US in the ground invasion of Iran, due to the concern that they would have to fight grown men, rather than unarmed women and children

@Oceanbreeze473 book despository

Most infamous window in the US. Guess where I was?

@MorEdge_Insight If Iran were to send a missile to Saudi Arabia hitting the Kaaba I can assure you it would be reported as an Israeli false-flag event. Because - the Jews.

Genuine question out of sheer curiosity: With the Islamic regime firing missiles and drones at all the Arab nations around the Middle East, and with the Muslim world still hating on Israel because we’re Jews, what do you think the reaction of the Muslim world would be if the IRGC fired a missile towards Saudi Arabia and hit the Kaaba, destroying it? How do you think the Muslim world would react to the most holy site in Islam being destroyed completely by Muslims?

@pati_marins64 @marynlm Gallipoli is a ‘thing’ only because Allied politicians blinked after a single ship was attacked transiting the straits. Had they persevered Turkish leaders would have sued for peace. Yes, geography CAN be destiny, but knowing when to not blink is also history changing.

An Amphibious Landing in Iran and the Battle of Gallipoli Any war against Iran risks repeating the classic mistake of Gallipoli: a superpower’s underestimation of a determined defense strongly favored by geography. In 1915, the British Empire believed its superior fleet would be enough to force the Dardanelles and bring down the Ottoman Empire with relative ease. Generals and politicians, including Winston Churchill, Ian Hamilton, and Lord Kitchener, viewed the Turks as a backward army of “doubtful value” that would flee at the first salvo from British battleships. Reality proved very different. The geography of Gallipoli turned the attack into a nightmare. The Ottomans controlled the steep heights above the beaches. Once the Allies landed, they became trapped on narrow strips of sand, fully exposed to machine-gun and artillery fire from above. Advancing or retreating safely was nearly impossible. This is exactly the same natural wall that Iran possesses today in the mountains that surround nearly its entire coast. Any force attempting a landing in the Persian Gulf would immediately face steep elevations right behind the beaches, giving the defender total visibility and fire superiority. Beyond geography, Iran possesses something the British also underestimated in the Turks: the ability to conduct a saturation defense. While offensive and defensive munitions stocks are running low for the attackers, Iran is preparing a war of saturation. Thousands of drones of various types, missiles, and fast attack boats launched in swarms could quickly overwhelm and exhaust the coalition’s ability to provide cover for a landing in Iran. Logistics represent another fatal bottleneck. In Gallipoli, the Allies could not sustain the flow of supplies under constant fire. In Iran, the challenge would be even greater: supply lines could not rely on American bases in the region, which have already been heavily damaged and under fire for 26 days. They would instead depend on much more distant logistics, supported by an already weakened American industrial base. Meanwhile, Iran would be fighting at home, with underground factories, short supply lines, and the ability to open multiple fronts through Iraqi militias and the Houthis. In parallel, the Strait of Hormuz functions as the modern equivalent of the Dardanelles. Iran dominates the area with sophisticated yet relatively cheap naval mines, anti-ship missiles, drones, and its own navy. The loss of just one or two major ships, or landing vessels, would be enough for the entire operation to collapse, just as happened in 1915 when simple mines sank three British battleships in a single day. The error of assessment is the same as it was a century ago. Just as the British believed the Turks “had no stomach for modern warfare,” today some assume that an intense technological bombardment would quickly cause the Iranian regime to collapse. Statements like Netanyahu’s, “Iran is a paper tiger… A strong blow and the regime will fall”, dangerously echo the declarations of Churchill and Hamilton. Both ignored the fact that a nation of tens of millions of people, fighting on its own territory with strong ideological motivation, does not easily surrender to technological superiority. Gallipoli cost the Allies around 250,000 casualties, including tens of thousands killed, and ended in a humiliating withdrawal. It was a meat grinder that exposed the arrogance of a superpower when it collided with the reality of the terrain and the defender’s determination. Any potential amphibious landing in Iran today carries the same risk of becoming a Persian Gallipoli: where excessive faith in technology runs into an insurmountable geography, a mass of missiles and drones, and the overwhelming advantage of those fighting on home soil. Iran is the opening conflict of a multipolar world, a reality that America, Israel and probably the entire west still fail to recognize.

@Penny_J_Thomas That’s some seriously deranged antisemitism. I’d be curious to see him touch the doll where the Jews hurt him.

So the Middle East should rise against Israel, but not the terrorist organizations that have attacked Israel over the years, but also these same terrorist organizations have attacked Middle Eastern countries. Not only are you Antisemitic, you're stupid AF. 😒

@RobertClark62 @Warren55531871 @Johnny_Joey Von Clausewitz?

@Warren55531871 @Johnny_Joey Senior officers plan, lead and fight campaigns and major operations. They can lose a war but, in democracies, it's the civilian statesmen who ultimately win wars.

Over 4,400 U.S. service members died in the Iraq War from the invasion (Mattis commanded) March 2003 through the official withdrawal in 2011. This result of those lives lost was a new war fighting ISIS in 2014. I respect Mattis, but he has very little room to publicly critique a Middle East military operation lead by those who fought under his command simply because it doesn’t mirror his strategy and doctrine.

@BraddrofliT @TimHannan Most humans drastically underestimating how serious things are. And by the time it’s obvious to everyone… it’ll be too late.

Most people aren’t saying this but I will. Americans are drastically underestimating how serious things are right now. And by the time it’s obvious to everyone… it’ll be too late. What are people missing?

@MichaelARothman @BradRTorgersen @mike_garey 👆

𝗩𝗗𝗛: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡. Victor Davis Hanson has spent fifty years studying how wars end. When he says the tide is turning, it's worth listening to why. His argument isn't based on what the Pentagon is saying. It's based on how everyone else is behaving. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀. VDH's rule: Europeans never agree to go anywhere near a conflict unless they think the winning side has already been determined. They didn't help in the early days. Now they're starting to move. That movement is not idealism. It's a calculation. They've looked at the battlefield and decided which way this ends. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗹𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼-𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. The Saudis, the Emiratis, the Qataris — these governments have survived for generations by reading the regional climate with precision. When they expel Iranian military attachés, when they intercept Iranian missiles over their own capitals and say nothing about American strikes, when the UAE reaffirms its $1.4 trillion investment commitment to the United States mid-war — they are not making ideological statements. They are placing bets. And they are betting on the United States. 𝗔𝗹 𝗝𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗮. This is the one that should stop you cold. Al Jazeera — the Qatari state media network, historically critical of American military action, the network Tucker Carlson and the anti-war right love to cite against Israel — is now calling the U.S. bombing campaign brilliant and effective, and saying it has been underestimated. When the media outlet of a nation that hosts both the largest American air base in the Middle East and a Hamas political office starts praising American military effectiveness, the message is unmistakable: 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗹. A-10 Warthogs and Apache helicopter gunships are now flying strike missions in Iranian airspace at will. VDH's point: you only deploy those aircraft when there is effectively no air defense left to threaten them. They are slow, low-flying, close-support platforms. Their presence confirms what the Pentagon has been claiming — Iran has no meaningful air defense remaining. Iran's strategy now is rope-a-dope. Run out the clock. Wait for American public opinion to shift. Hope the midterms create political pressure on Trump to stop. It is the only play they have left. VDH's conclusion: if Trump sees it through — and he believes he will — the regime falls. Not in years. 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻. 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗼, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝘆. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮.

@InsiderGeo It’s all about mines. As explained elsewhere - don’t mop the floor while the waters still running. 1st destroy mine-layers. 2. Destroy warehouses. 3. Destroy factories. 4. Wait until Iran is strangled in debt bc mines don’t discriminate - no oil no $$. Only then, kill the mines.

UPDATE: What the U.S. has been hitting in Iran over the last hours says a lot about the real priority right now. The pattern doesn’t look random: coastal missile sites, naval-linked assets and hardened facilities all point in the same direction. 🧵(1/3)

@RachelBitecofer California …

There’s a reason the entire west coast is expensive and that reason is that it’s better.

@MaxNordau Well obv! Nothing says enlightened civil-affairs quite like Hezbollah.

Ana Kasparian says that the Lebanese army should join with Hezbollah to attack Israel.

@SGTWipper1Each BOHICA

What's your favorite Military acronym?