Trump killed 50 of Iran's top leaders, did at least $1 trillion worth of damage to their military equipment and infrastructure, totally wiped out their naval fleet and air fleets, put their government in a state of endemic internal conflict, and left them totally incapable of meaningfully attacking their neighbors in the region any time soon. By the end of it, all Iran could do is rig the strait with mines and take pop shots at passing ships.
The loss of insurance coverage had more of an impact on the flow of marine traffic than Iran did.
I personally would have preferred the total destruction of the IRGC (which technically isn't off the table if they decide to FAFO) but it would have been difficult to accomplish without more civilian casualties -- something third worldist leftoids were already complaining (and campaigning) about.
In the meantime, consider the following:
No boots on the ground. No prolonged conflict. No permanent occupation. No military draft. No lasting impact on energy prices. No multi-trillion dollar boondoggle. None of the things anti-war retards with Israel tunnel vision like Dave Smith and Candace Owens predicted would happen.
In addition:
- Oil and gas prices are falling in time for summer and the midterms.
- "Free Palestine" third worldists like Graham Platner have less ammo on which to campaign for Congress.
- Russia is bringing in less revenue.
- The U.S. got a foot in the door to block China's Belt and Road projects.
- Trump has greater latitude to tighten sanctions on Russia without exacerbating supply shocks to energy markets.
- Europe and America have agreed to increase cooperation in providing for the national defense of Ukraine.
- Israel isn't a signatory to the MOU and isn't bound by its terms, leaving it free to independently defend itself from threats if necessary.
- America isn't creating a power vacuum for China and Russia to fill by absconding and surrendering its own influence over the region.
The people who say this is a "humiliating defeat" for Trump?
- Russia
- China
- Iran
- Democrats
- The leftist Drudge-led media establishment
All the worst people you know have joined arms and are pretending like Iran pulled one over on the Bad Orange Man in hopes that it will piss off Republicans and Israelis enough to get them to kill the deal themselves.
It's very transparent. Don't let your enemies control you with such a stupid and obvious Reflexive Control op.
Between the first podcast after the 2024-25 Lobo basketball season (a Richard Pitino interview after he left for Xavier, followed next by an Eric Olen just got hired podcast) to the last pregame show of the 2025-26 Lobo basketball season in Hinkle Fieldhouse in the NIT semifinals, the @ABQJournal had 97 shows — NINETY SEVEN! — devoted to UNM Lobo sports, all in addition to our regular coverage in the print edition and online.
In that year (and a few extra days) span — March 27, 2025 through April 2, 2026 — I was part of the following:
• 25 Talking Grammer podcast episodes
• 28 ABQJournal Sports Live! shows with colleague Sean Reider
• 12 UNM Lobo football postgame live shows
• 32 UNM Lobo basketball pregame shows
(34 if you count the two that were actually combo football postgame/basketball pregame shows I did when football and basketball had games on the same day).
So, yeah. #SupportLocalJournalism is about a whole lot more coverage than just a game recap article in the next day's paper. Subscribing to our social media channels and our YouTube page help, but still the best help is subscribing to the Journal digitally.
And I hope we start using the Journal-plus app options we have to subscriber-only content, chats and information from my beat in the coming year.
Anyway, just thought I'd share about the video side of the work we did in the past year in addition to about 300 written articles for the website and print edition.
Here's a link where you can subscribe to help support the coverage of the things you are interested in (but also go follow that YouTube page!): https://t.co/JFQRZZUAfT
@GeoffGrammer I always love these podcasts, Geoff! I know this was a bit different, but it did not disappoint. Keep up the good work.
From a longtime digital Journal subscriber.
@GeoffGrammer@hudson_mayes I love him already!
I appreciate you doing these introductory interviews, Geoff! We're all hungry to get to know the new players, and you do a fantastic job.
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