Din Amri
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Din Amri
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Manchester, England Katılım Temmuz 2008
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A message to Washington?
In a tightly structured 12-minute address, Ayatollah Imam Sayyed Mojtaba Khamenei moved from familiar rhetoric into something far more consequential. The opening half followed the expected script; revisiting decades of U.S. warmongering rhetoric: sanctions, assassinations, regional conflicts.
But midway through, the tone shifted from retrospective to strategic.
Sayyed Khamenei outlined three concrete demands, each with a defined timeline: a rapid U.S. military withdrawal from the Middle East, a full rollback of sanctions within 60 days, and long-term financial compensation for economic damages.
Then came the ultimatum. Fail to comply, and Iran escalates, economically, militarily, and potentially nuclearly. Not hypothetically, but operationally: closing the Strait of Hormuz, formalizing defense ties with Russia and China, and moving from ambiguity to declared nuclear deterrence.
The timing of external reactions was just as telling. Within hours, both Beijing and Moscow issued statements aligning, carefully but unmistakably, with Tehran's framing. This definitely looked coordinated.
The broader context matters. Sayyed Mojtaba Khamenei represents a different leadership style from his martyred predecessor leader. Where martyr Sayyed Ali Khamenei operated through long-term balancing and controlled escalation, Sayyed Mojtaba appears positioned to deliver faster, more decisive outcomes.
Iran's internal reports are clear, the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps is in no way, shape or form interested in incrementalism. They are pushing for structural change: removing U.S. influence from the region, restoring Iran's military standing, and forcing a re-negotiation of global power dynamics.
And for the first time in decades, Iran practically has the leverage to do this.
Rising oil prices, regional instability, growing alignment with China and Russia, and vulnerabilities in global trade routes have shifted the strategic landscape.
So this was not just a speech. It was a test. A test of whether the United States is willing, or even able, to operate under a new set of constraints.
What happens next will likely define not just the trajectory of this conflict, but the broader balance of power in the Middle East for decades to come.

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A pirate walked into a bar and the bartender said: 'Hey, I haven't seen you in a while.
What happened? You look terrible.'
'What do you mean?' said the pirate, 'I feel fine.'
Bartender: 'What about the wooden leg? You didn't have that before.'
Pirate: 'Well, we were in a battle and I got hit with a cannon ball, but I'm fine now.'
Bartender: 'Well, ok, but what about that hook?
What happened to your hand?'
Pirate: 'We were in another battle. I boarded a ship and got into a sword fight. My hand was cut off. I got fitted with a hook. I'm fine, really...'
Bartender: 'What about that eye patch?'
Pirate: 'Oh, one day we were at sea and a flock
of birds flew over. I looked up and one of them shit in my eye.'
Bartender: 'You're kidding, you lost an eye just from bird shit?'
Pirate: 'It was my first day with the hook.
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@ianbremmer Turned out the U.S. government was lying about adhering to the JCPOA and that it was negotiating in good faith in advance of the 12-day war. Hardly surprising, but justification for removing their ballistic missile capability militarily.
Do you see how easy this?
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@TheEconomist turns out the most dangerous thing isn’t what you destroy… it’s what you don’t understand
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Although Donald Trump says he has “destroyed 100% of Iran’s Military Capability”, the 0% that apparently remains is playing havoc with the global economy by choking off 10-15% of its oil supply economist.com/united-states/…
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A soldier ran up to a nun.
Out of breath, he asked,
"Please, may I hide under your skirt?
I'll explain later."
The nun agreed.
A moment later, two Military Police ran up and asked,
"Sister, have you seen a soldier?"
The nun replied,
"He went that way."
After the Military Police ran off,
the soldier crawled out from under her skirt and said,
"I can't thank you enough, sister.
You see, I don't want to go to war in Iran."
The nun said,
"I understand completely."
The soldier added,
"I hope I'm not being rude,
but you have a great pair of legs!"
The nun replied,
"If you had looked a little higher,
you would have seen a great pair of balls...
I don't want to go to Iran either!"
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Grateful for what, exactly? Let Mr. Hegseth count the ways.
1.Abandoning Ukraine mid-war
2.The Greenland annexation fantasy
3.Tariffs on allies who still answer the phone
4.A defense secretary with no defense experience
5.Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. Again.
6.Gutting USAID while calling it efficiency
7.The trade war with Canada
8.Recognizing Crimea as Russian territory
9.Pulling out of the WHO during a health crisis
10.Threatening to leave NATO
11.Cosying up to every autocrat with a decent golf course
12.The collapse of US soft power in under 90 days
13.Alienating the EU faster than Brexit managed
14.Signal-gating classified war plans to a journalist
15.Deploying the military to arrest migrants at the border
16.Defunding public broadcasting
17.Handing Elon Musk the keys to federal spending
18.Ending birthright citizenship by executive order
19.Firing the inspectors general who were watching all of the above
20.And now – a war in Iran nobody asked for, going exactly as well as you’d expect
You’re welcome, world.
Gandalv / @Microinteracti1
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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
Lindsey Graham@LindseyGrahamSC
If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it.
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