Trump (not America) threatens NATO again…
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"This was never the option we have supported because it is unrealistic," he said. "It would take forever, and would expose all those who go through the Strait to risks from the Revolutionary Guards but also ballistic missiles," French President Emmanuel Macron said.
Macron says it is unrealistic to open Hormuz Strait by force — Reuters
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday it would be unrealistic to launch a military operation to force open the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S. President Donald Trump challenged U.S. allies to work towards reopening it.
One of the big problems with what Trump had to say is a familiar one: it’s hard to know what, if anything, is actually true. Until now, essentially all his comments about the four-week-old war have been contradictory, confusing, or just outright false.
I was reminded of this on Wednesday morning, when Trump announced on his social-media network that “Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE!”
Putting aside the fact that Iran denies it has asked for a ceasefire, what can one do but cringe at Trump’s assertion that the new President of Iran is so vastly different from the old President of Iran, given that Iran has the same President today, Masoud Pezeshkian, as it did at the start of the war a month ago?
Donald Trump’s Case for War Fails to Mention How to Win It — The New Yorker
The President poses an existential question: Can everything be going according to the plan with Iran if there is no plan?
More broadly, can everything be going according to the plan if there is no actual plan? Is a President required to articulate a clear strategy in order to claim that he has brilliantly executed it?
Who created this mess? Trump or Nutlessyahud?(YouTube & Why Doesn’t the World’s Most Powerful Military Just Seize the Strait of Hormuz?)
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"This was never the option we have supported because it is unrealistic," he said. "It would take forever, and would expose all those who go through the Strait to risks from the Revolutionary Guards but also ballistic missiles," French President Emmanuel Macron said.
Trump provided no real indication that a ceasefire is in the offing, nor any real path toward fixing one of the major crises that the war has provoked: Iran’s closing of the Strait of Hormuz, through which some twenty per cent of the world’s oil and gas passes. (His suggestion: nations that rely on the energy supplied through the strait, which includes many of our NATO allies, should “build up some delayed courage . . . go to the strait, and just take it—protect it.”)
Macron says it is unrealistic to open Hormuz Strait by force — Reuters
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday it would be unrealistic to launch a military operation to force open the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S. President Donald Trump challenged U.S. allies to work towards reopening it.apple.news
One of the big problems with what Trump had to say is a familiar one: it’s hard to know what, if anything, is actually true. Until now, essentially all his comments about the four-week-old war have been contradictory, confusing, or just outright false.
I was reminded of this on Wednesday morning, when Trump announced on his social-media network that “Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE!”
Putting aside the fact that Iran denies it has asked for a ceasefire, what can one do but cringe at Trump’s assertion that the new President of Iran is so vastly different from the old President of Iran, given that Iran has the same President today, Masoud Pezeshkian, as it did at the start of the war a month ago?
At times, Trump’s many false statements raise almost existential questions: If, as he said a couple of weeks ago, Iran’s military was a hundred per cent destroyed, then how is it still firing missiles, such as the barrage launched at Israel on Wednesday, sending millions of people to bomb shelters and safe rooms across the country as they were preparing to begin their Passover Seders?
Donald Trump’s Case for War Fails to Mention How to Win It — The New Yorker
The President poses an existential question: Can everything be going according to the plan with Iran if there is no plan?
More broadly, can everything be going according to the plan if there is no actual plan? Is a President required to articulate a clear strategy in order to claim that he has brilliantly executed it?
Isn’t it kind of a non-comedy duo?
Allies discuss Hormuz flows after Trump's vow to step up Iran attacks brings new oil price surge — Reuters
Dozens of countries sought ways to restart vital energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed more aggressive strikes on Iran, pushing oil prices back up to damaging levels.
Jews and or Israel are not responsible for all the wrongs in the world .
Everything is going according to plan. Oil prices are up. Insiders have made hundreds of millions. The world has been shown how dangerous it is to depend on third world thugocracies for their energy needs. Trump got his picture in the news.(YouTube & Why Doesn’t the World’s Most Powerful Military Just Seize the Strait of Hormuz?)
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"This was never the option we have supported because it is unrealistic," he said. "It would take forever, and would expose all those who go through the Strait to risks from the Revolutionary Guards but also ballistic missiles," French President Emmanuel Macron said.
Trump provided no real indication that a ceasefire is in the offing, nor any real path toward fixing one of the major crises that the war has provoked: Iran’s closing of the Strait of Hormuz, through which some twenty per cent of the world’s oil and gas passes. (His suggestion: nations that rely on the energy supplied through the strait, which includes many of our NATO allies, should “build up some delayed courage . . . go to the strait, and just take it—protect it.”)Macron says it is unrealistic to open Hormuz Strait by force — Reuters
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday it would be unrealistic to launch a military operation to force open the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S. President Donald Trump challenged U.S. allies to work towards reopening it.
One of the big problems with what Trump had to say is a familiar one: it’s hard to know what, if anything, is actually true. Until now, essentially all his comments about the four-week-old war have been contradictory, confusing, or just outright false.
I was reminded of this on Wednesday morning, when Trump announced on his social-media network that “Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE!”
Putting aside the fact that Iran denies it has asked for a ceasefire, what can one do but cringe at Trump’s assertion that the new President of Iran is so vastly different from the old President of Iran, given that Iran has the same President today, Masoud Pezeshkian, as it did at the start of the war a month ago?
At times, Trump’s many false statements raise almost existential questions: If, as he said a couple of weeks ago, Iran’s military was a hundred per cent destroyed, then how is it still firing missiles, such as the barrage launched at Israel on Wednesday, sending millions of people to bomb shelters and safe rooms across the country as they were preparing to begin their Passover Seders?Donald Trump’s Case for War Fails to Mention How to Win It — The New Yorker
The President poses an existential question: Can everything be going according to the plan with Iran if there is no plan?
More broadly, can everything be going according to the plan if there is no actual plan? Is a President required to articulate a clear strategy in order to claim that he has brilliantly executed it?