@stelzner_n1150 They can probably only play that card once or twice, as long as they keep getting concessions from Trump they really dont need to.If I was them,I'd save it for closer to midterms shut down Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab Strait both together.That would be the ultimate Fuck you to Trump
@TOzgokmen They may have 50,000 troops in the area but only a fraction of those are ground troops. A majority are airforce and navy, not real helpful in a ground war from Iraq. With Russia and China providing satellite data to Iran it would be awfully hard to stage troops like that in Iraq
@monkshines@AdamKinzinger Lol you win. You're evidently slow or trolling and I'm done playing. You convinced me, Putin is God and Russia can't lose. They are just lureing Ukraine into a trap by acting defeated and pathetic.
@monkshines@AdamKinzinger I never said Ukraine doesnt need to win I said they dont have to defeat Russia on the battlefield. Russia cant and wont take over Ukraine so they are trying to grab as much as they can before they go to the negotiating table. You can honestly say russia is doing good here lol
@MattFeinbergEsq@spectatorindex They said they have targeted them, not attacked them. They hit ships, we hit them. They threaten us back and we threaten them and its done until next time.
@monkshines I think the narrative is pretty straight forward. Russia is losing the "special military operation" against a country they planned on rolling over. Ukraine doesn't have to defeat Russia on the battlefield, just make it too costly o wait until someone takes out Putin.
@MichaelPBento My guess is Iran tested Trump by shooting at ships to see if they could get away with it and they couldn't. Iran needs the oil money and Trump wants the ego boost by saying he won so it won't escalate
@monkshines@AdamKinzinger All Ukraine has to do is keep stalling while hitting Russian oil infrastructure and they will force a ceasefire. News coming out of Russia is the worst gasoline shortage in decades.
@Alex__Salomon@stockdatamarket Honest question, why is it manipulation? We've had a nice pullback through the 2nd half of June and on average July is a positive month. Doesn't it make a bit of sense that people are hedging and moving in early?
@Aaron4fl6@RepFine I happen to agree lol ABJD2028. Come on, you gotta admit this whole Iran bullshit has backfired on Trump and Vance. How many moderate conservatives and independents look to him as a good choice? My guess is a lot less than 6 months ago.