Philly444

❤ Philly sports. Not here for followers - here for the shitshow & rage on sports and politics. If you call yourself a patriot you’re definitely an a-hole

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

They’ve arrested more people for touching the peeling paint at the Reflecting Pool than they’ve arrested from the Epstein files.

[Philly444 @Philly4442]

@barstoolsports But Philly are the worst as their fans threw snowballs at a replacement Santa clause in 1967…….

[Rushi @rushicrypto]

Greenland is now asking Trump to invade, hoping to secure a deal similar to the one Iran got.

[Philly444 @Philly4442]

@JoyOnBroad can you explain the 2027-or-2028 Toronto first rd pick to Flyers or Boston to me like I am 8 year old?

[Dan Shapiro @DanielBShapiro]

Until the text of the US-Iran deal is signed and released, there is going to be a lot of spin on both sides. But here is my initial take.

This war was a mistake, and it needs to end. The President thought that the Iranian regime would collapse quickly, but it did not. In fact, it has been strengthened strategically by its survival against a heavy US-Israeli assault and carrying out some effective counterstrikes. Many countries in the region are now courting Iran and looking to deescalate and rebuild ties. A sign of which way the wind is blowing.

Getting the Strait of Hormuz open is the most important outcome of this MOU. Of course, the Strait was open before the war. Now we are paying to reopen it with sanctions relief. Iran has taken a theoretical point of leverage and turned it into a very real and powerful one, imposing costs across the global economy and rattling President Trump.

As for the nuclear issues, there really is no agreement, other than to negotiate over the HEU stockpile and an enrichment moratorium. Iran knows how to drag out those negotiations, and try to pocket concessions along the way. It is possible that no deal will every be reached, and very likely that if one is reached, it will be worse than what we could have achieved through diplomacy before the war.

Iran is not likely to take seriously that the US would return to war, certainly before the US midterms. So that means we will be conducting diplomacy without a credible threat of force.

If any agreement ultimately reached actually safely puts Iran's nuclear ambitions out of reach, I'll acknowledge it. It's just too early to make that judgment.

Trump is mainly focused on comparing his deal favorably to the JCPOA. But we are a long way from being able to make that comparison, and it may end up no better, or weaker than that deal.

But in some ways, Trump's deal and the JCPOA are already similar. Nothing on ballistic missiles, nothing on proxies, nothing on weakening the regime or helping the Iranian people. And plenty of sanctions relief that will strengthen the regime, and be poured into the missile program and proxy network. Honest critics of the JCPOA will not twist themselves into pretzels to defend Trump's approach.

Israelis are deeply disappointed in this outcome, but they should not be surprised. After some initial overlap of Trump's and Netanyahu's interests, there was a strong divergence. The United States needed this war to end. Netanyahu wanted to continue.

Trump's claim to include Lebanon in the ceasefire and his harsh shutting down Israeli attacks on Hezbollah is also a win for Iran. After the JCPOA was signed, Obama and Netanyahu worked together to strengthen Israel's campaign of strikes in Syria to intercept Iranian weapons shipments to Hezbollah in Lebanon.

So let's hope we see the removal of Iran's enriched uranium and a long-term suspension of enrichment, with full verification. But to achieve those goals, Trump's team is going to need to engage in far more sophisticated diplomacy, backed by qualified experts, than they have to date. If it is a phase one splash with no follow-up on implementation of later phases, like in Gaza, we will be much worse off after, and because of, this war.

[Faux Pelini @FauxPelini]

Iran-New Zealand was a tie
does this mean NZ has to give them 300 billion dollars

[Philly444 @Philly4442]

@DropAPinShow adults that love Disney and go over and over are imbeciles

[Philly444 @Philly4442]

@BRealClean2015 @Underdog Easy 275

[Philly444 @Philly4442]

@JesseRogersESPN After the strike of I994 I stayed away from MLB for 10 years. It helped that my team (Phillies) sucked during that time but I didn’t watch, attend, buy any merch, didn’t check scores - just ghosted them and I’ll certainly do it again.

Adios @phillies Mr. Middleton

[Philly444 @Philly4442]

@OnPattison @GraceDelPizzo Yay underachievers

[Philly444 @Philly4442]

@975TheFanatic @ConnorThomas975 Stop. Prove he can take a team to a SB?! Done that and won SB mvp.
Media loves all these never-have never-will QBs (Lamar, Dak, Lawrence, Herbert) and Philly sports radio just shits on Jalen

[Philly444 @Philly4442]

@WolfprwX @Crazymoments01 AI garbage

[Philly444 @Philly4442]

@BadSportsRefs @nba @NBAOfficial is a joke

[Philly444 @Philly4442]

@igwt097 Every trade and drat pick can be evaluated after the fact but to his credit he tried a bunch of moves. But winning is the final metric of success and he didn’t win shit. 💩
See ya later

[Philly444 @Philly4442]

@OGDaddyPool @PatsFan130 @_EagleTimes German racist bot

[Philly444 @Philly4442]

@MichaelAvenatti @TMZ How long are you going to react to this story with faux outrage and your own anything for ‘clicks’ social media posts? Hypocrite

[connor lagore @ConnorLagore]

eventually the Sixers will not be owned by an Epstein Island billionaire who views the team as merely a portfolio asset. of course, i may be dead by then, but that day will come.

[Philly444 @Philly4442]

@ChipReiderson Pathetic

[Philly444 @Philly4442]

@RonFilipkowski The worst, most divisive, racist, and unintelligent president ever in my lifetime.

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Republican Nebraska Rep.Mike Flood did a town hall and his Constituents ripped him a new butthole because they’re sick of the same old lies each time they ask him a question. He will be voted out come reelection .