@ClarkeMicah “The mullahs are very corrupt“ but would allow a thriving middle class, whatever that means under a corrupt mullah.
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KingJiggly
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Among many other things, perhaps. The mullahs are very corrupt. A thriving middle class, prosperous by its own efforts, could bypass that.
Just asking@18tintaweb
@ClarkeMicah @realzoestrimpel Would a thriving middle class mean that people would be less attracted to the IRGC, as they could have decent career prospects?
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@ClarkeMicah @Smithey21026 She couldn’t bring herself to accept what was needed, typical coward. What is needed? Over whelming force with indiscriminate elimination of enemy forces, supples, food, shelter. Constant, unrelenting, offensive engagement. A million soldiers if needed
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I thought I was very polite under the circs, .@smithey21026. The clip follows an earlier segment ( I refer to this) in which she had a lengthy uninterrupted chance to make her point. About what was she 'spot on'? Where was I 'condescending'?
Emma@Smithey21026
@ClarkeMicah @realzoestrimpel You are a bombastic thug of a man . A rude, ungallant , pompous and condescending fellow. Strimpel was spot on in my eyes, you were way off course and extremely rude. Learn yourself some manners.
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@ClarkeMicah @nytimes Shields for Iranian military should be eliminated with extreme prejudice.
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Surgical strikes? Iran’s Schools and Hospitals in Ruins From U.S.-Israeli Strikes nytimes.com/interactive/20… via @NYTimes
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@AnnCoulter If Reagan had balls enough to deal with the terrorist back then, we wouldn’t have had 47 years of Iranian terror. Reagan was a pussy
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Reagan shows why you need a man of high moral character in the White House.
NYT, Aug 13, 1982, REAGAN DEMANDS END TO ATTACKS IN A BLUNT TELEPHONE CALL TO BEGIN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 - President Reagan expressed ''outrage'' to Prime Minister Menachem Begin today over Israel's latest bombing raids in west Beirut, saying the attacks had resulted in ''needless destruction and bloodshed.''..
Larry Speakes, the deputy White House press secretary, said Mr. Reagan had been ''shocked'' by the Israeli attacks ...
''The President expressed his outrage over this latest round of massive military action,'' ...
Mr. Speakes, asked whether Mr. Reagan had shouted at the Prime Minister, declined to comment.
American officials - including, apparently, Mr. Reagan - were stunned by not only the scale of the Israeli air attacks but also the possibility that Mr. Habib's peace proposals could fall apart because of them.
Asked if Mr. Reagan had threatened to suspend American arms aid or take other retaliation, Mr. Speakes replied, ''I won't discuss that.''
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I am done with the criminals who have leeched this country to death. Try as he might, it’s impossible even for our President to stop the tsunami of fraud, illegal immigration, and criminality of the Democrat Party. They are too big, too entrenched, and too well funded to defeat.
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@ClarkeMicah It’s a relationship nothing more, co-dependent sometimes, business sometimes and sometimes as friends.
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2/2 .@glornec. Nor do I blame the USA for behaving in this way. It acted according to its interests, as proper nations do. What makes me slightly ill is the pretence that this is some sort of cosy-wosy 'special relationship' built on eternal friendship.
KingJiggly@GlorneC
@ClarkeMicah @BigMing15 Why do you blame the US for all Britain's choices? Over and over again you blame the US for forcing Britain into this or that as if Britain has no agency of its own and no control over its actions. Britain’s choices are Britain’s responsibility not the USA’s.
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@ClarkeMicah Was it “powerless”, ‘lack of will’ or ‘paid off‘ when it comes to resisting American pressure. Is it really “powerless“ and American “pressure” that dictated Britain’s choices, or the ghost of these things built up in the mind?
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.@glornec. 1/2 I don't. I regret many of the actiions of my countrymnen in this matter, especially entering the 1914 Russo-German war. Thius made us so poor ands weak that thereafter we were often powerless to resist American pressure. .
KingJiggly@GlorneC
@ClarkeMicah @BigMing15 Why do you blame the US for all Britain's choices? Over and over again you blame the US for forcing Britain into this or that as if Britain has no agency of its own and no control over its actions. Britain’s choices are Britain’s responsibility not the USA’s.
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@ClarkeMicah @BigMing15 Why do you blame the US for all Britain's choices? Over and over again you blame the US for forcing Britain into this or that as if Britain has no agency of its own and no control over its actions. Britain’s choices are Britain’s responsibility not the USA’s.
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.@bigming15. For the whole unlovely story, including the stripping by the USA of Britain's life savings, see my book 'The Phoney Victory'. The bases were a symbolic humiliation, in return for some ancient warships.
Harris Tottle - Famous thinker. 🚜@BigMing15
@ClarkeMicah @William_Laing Didn't we give up a number of strategic overseas assets in payment?
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@AndrewCMcCarthy If they are so committed to being madmen as you say, why do they send their family to the US to live a life not offered under their leadership?
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Thanks Rick ... and well said.
Rick Esenberg@RickEsenberg
I like Tom but he's exactly wrong about this. As @AndrewCMcCarthy points out, you can't play the "Mad Man" game (watch the arrival of the new sheriff in Blazing Saddles) with actual mad men. People who use women and children as human shields are not going to care if you blow them up. And don't make threats that you aren't going to carry out. Trump was never going to do it and the Iranians knew that.
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The NFL informed clubs today it will begin training replacement officials next month with the goal of preparing them for team visits starting June 1 if no deal can be reached with the referees union, per a memo obtained by NFL Network.
Negotiations will continue between the NFL and NFLRA later this week. The current labor deal expires May 31.
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Maria Elvira Salazar on illegals: "At some point in the future another legislator will write another law to give them a path to citizenship. Right now what we need to do is to buy peace for these people."
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@ScienceMagazine Brilliant, you engineered all the drugs into a single delivery device.
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“Magic mushrooms” make psilocybin. Tropical plants make the ingredients of the psychoactive ayahuasca. And toads secrete the mind-altering bufotenin.
Now, the tobacco plant makes them all.
Thanks to some genetic tinkering, researchers have engineered a close relative of the crop traditionally known for its use in cigarettes to manufacture a wide variety of psychedelics.
Learn more: scim.ag/4bSYxa1 @NewsfromScience
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@ClarkeMicah @chrisbreadon What were the reports about how the regime dealt with it? Were they kind in their response therefore Trumps request was illegitimate?
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.@chrisbreadon. As you jmust surely know, I am talking about the uprising Mr Trump called for on 28th February 2026, when he launched his attack. '‘Bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations. For many years you have asked for America's help, but you never got it. No President was willing to do what I am willing to do tonight. Now you have a President who is giving you what you want. So let's see how you respond. America is backing you with overwhelming strength and devastating force. Now is the time to seize control of your destiny and to unleash the prosperous and glorious future that is close within your reach. This is the moment for action. Do not let it pass.’
Chris Breadon@chrisbreadon
@ClarkeMicah @afneil "Note also that initial calls for a rising flopped utterly." Peter Hitchens gijn.org/stories/bbc-ex…
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@ClarkeMicah @illuminatithot1 Don’t worry Peter, I’m sure Trump will remember how Britain had his back. Trump reportedly says there may be joint US-Iran venture on Hormuz tolls. Not only will the European leftist pay to rebuild Iran, they will compensate the US for services rendered.
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.@illuminatithot1`. This could be why: aljazeera.com/economy/2026/4…
Gay of Hormuz 📟@illuminatithot1
@ClarkeMicah @Madz_Grant @afneil Why is everyone hallucinating an alternate reality where any of this has been settled???? There is no evidence that "tolls" are being put in place other than Iranian wishcasting.
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Iran is already saying it's going to re-shut the Strait of Hormuz because of things not included in the ceasefire agreement
First Squawk@FirstSquawk
IRAN SPOKESPERSON FOR NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE RAZAEI: IN RESPONSE TO AGGRESSION AGAINST LEBANON, MOVEMENT OF SHIPS IN HORMUZ MUST BE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY; EITHER A CEASEFIRE ON ALL FRONTS OR NO CEASEFIRE ON ANY FRONT
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@ClarkeMicah @TakiTweets Peter doesn’t approve of the language and tone of the adversary being used by the opponent. It’s uncouth in polite company.
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.@takitweets. It was not I who was overwrought, yesterday or at any other time. Who, last night, was in any position to guarantee that this swearing, shouting,threatening individual;, unconstrained by constitution or advice, might do as he said he would?
Taki Theodoracopulos@TakiTweets_
@ClarkeMicah @afneil Peter undoubtedly the war has been one of daftest bits of American foreign policy in my lifetime & that includes Iraq & Libya. So it’s quite a statement being made there. Now can we get an admission on your part you were being overwrought yesterday?
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@ClarkeMicah @afneil “initial calls for a rising flopped utterly” why was that? I heard the regime was pretty brutal in their reaction and because of that there were calls to stay away from the streets. Is this true?
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Indeed, .@afneil
.Reopening the Strait of Hormuz, with tolls in Chinese Yuan, is hardly a victory when it was open and toll-free before Mr Trump’s wild aggression. Those of us who opposed this adventure from the start were right. Note also that initial calls for a rising flopped utterly.
Andrew Neil@afneil
All most every sentence of this is a lie. And if the Strait of Hormuz does open it will be on Iranian terms, something Iran did not enjoy before Trump’s War. So thanks a lot for the Tehran Toll Booth.
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@magills_ Democrats call for impeachment for not ending Irans civilization.
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Ok now everyone switch from calling him a madman who is going to drop a nuke to now saying he chickened out
Breaking911@Breaking911
🚨🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: President Trump announces a two-week ceasefire with Iran, which will include the complete reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Yes, I refuse to pretend that the ridiculous scenario you and Team Tard are pushing is real. You deserve and will receive only mockery.
Angry Staffer@Angry_Staffer
Nice little mask off moment for the GOP
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