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I hope the Iranian people take care of this themselves.


2 posted on 01/23/2026 5:38:12 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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“I hope the Iranian people take care of this themselves.”

A few C-130 drops of guns and ammo might help.


3 posted on 01/23/2026 5:46:59 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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It seems impossible for people to consider the possibility that the Iranian people have the government they want, because they are 95% Shiite and that is the government they want.

There is an article over on zero hedge about Japanese orders for military equipment that are hugely overdue in delivery. The US has weapons in inventory, and if they are used they must be replaced.

In October, in Korea, the trade talks with China took place with the number one absolute top priority the issue of Rare Earth’s, and the most significant subset of those, neodymium magnets. Without those society largely cannot function nowadays and are sophisticated weaponry cannot be built.

Those trade talks yielded nothing with respect to the magnets. Very quietly, US policy is being affected by the inability to replace weapons in inventory that get used or shipped to somebody else or anything of that sort.

It is an uncomfortable possibility to recognize that post trade talks, it becomes very clear that the inventory cannot be squandered on use that may prove far less important than something in the future. Simply that. The inventory cannot be squandered because it cannot be replaced.


4 posted on 01/23/2026 5:48:24 AM PST by Owen
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I don’t want American boots on the ground, but if it takes a few well placed missiles to gently nudge the ayatollah and his republican guard generals to their safe space in hell, I’m not going to complain.


5 posted on 01/23/2026 5:48:53 AM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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