Marvin Gaye just called from 1971 and said he wants his jive talk back.
Posted on 07/25/2026 1:44:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
ISTANBUL—The conflict between the U.S. and Iran is escalating just as the two warring parties are running up against the limits of what they can achieve through military force.
The conflict widened this week after Iranian-allied militants in Yemen began striking ships transiting a key Red Sea chokepoint, helping drive oil prices above $100 a barrel for the first time in two months on Thursday.
The U.S., meanwhile, has escalated its bombing campaign in Iran in recent days, striking throughout the country during the most intense period of fighting since President Trump and Israel began bombing Iran in late February.
Trump and other administration leaders have threatened to ratchet up the military campaign against Iran, including by striking a suspected Iranian nuclear facility at Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain or by attacking Iran’s national infrastructure such as power plants in response to Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
“The price will continue to get higher every single night until they come to their senses,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters Thursday at a summit in Manila, citing Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s description of Tehran’s approach as “an eye for an eye.”
“The president’s policy is a head for an eye,” Rubio said. “I mean, honestly, that is what it is going to be.” He added that Trump would decide whether to escalate in the coming days.
The challenge facing Washington and Tehran is that both governments have shown a willingness to escalate, but neither is capable of achieving a decisive advantage over the other. The stalemate heightens the risk that the U.S. and Iran could be drawn into further months of war as both sides attempt to generate leverage, military analysts say.
“There is an escalatory dynamic now,” said Alan Eyre, a former...
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Marvin Gaye just called from 1971 and said he wants his jive talk back.
If Iran cannot sell their oil they have to shut the well down.
Soon they will run out of storage facilities,
It's easy to shut down a well but very difficult to restart it.
If we’ve been facing an existential threat from Iran for decades, that means we were facing it during 2017-2021 and we were facing it during the presidential campaign of 2024. At no time did President or candidate Trump suggest we needed to attack Iran to prevent a nuclear threat. Indeed, in 2016 his campaign cast Donald Trump as the no-war candidate vs. Kamala Harris, who would drag us into war.
Iran can get nukes from the Pakis or NK any time it wants.
fyi, Nork propaganda says “Let us destroy the U.S. imperialists and the clan of the Republic of Korea without mercy!” with accompanying pictures of the US being nuked...We don’t seem to lose sleep over it. “Death to America” is just sloganeering.
There’s no mention of Persia destroying Israel in Revelation...if you’re one of those people whose foreign policy prognostications revolve around Biblical eschatology, I think you don’t need to worry.
Make that..render it UNinhabitable.
Why, your another “Jew” hater.
Dont you know that if anyone is against this war fought on the behalf of Israel are “Jew” haters?
Its called dispensationalism. That is their own interpretation of scripture. And it is false.
These people actually “think” that if this human race hastens the apocalypse that the messiah will come immediately. Which is blasphemy.
Religious fanatics who believe they can hasten the Second Coming by starting a war in the ME cannot be allowed to have nukes!
For example, in August of 1864, Sherman took Atlanta. Until then, McClellan and the Democrats were poised to defeat Lincoln for reelection and make peace with the Confederacy. Sherman's victory though saved the Union.
Similarly, a collapse of the Iranian regime due to bombing and blockade would lead to a surge of support for Trump and the GOP. That would defeat Iran's asymmetric strategy for victory based on American domestic politics.
Well i hate to tell you but. They already have them.
The US has them, the Israelis have them and there is growing evidence the Iranians have them.
And there is the perfect storm. Zionistic fanatics here cheering for nuclear conflict and muslim fanatics there threatening.
So there ya are.
The picture shows what air power alone could do in 1945, 81 years ago. Bombs are accurate nowdays and B-52s can carry more bombs than WW2 bombers could.
I wasn’t referring to Iran...
So your plan is to carpet bomb 350,000 square miles of Iranian mountainous terrain, 1.2 times the size of Texas?
I have to admire your ambtion, General.
“At no time did President or candidate Trump suggest we needed to attack Iran to prevent a nuclear threat.”
How do you think “can’t” would come about?
“Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon. Nuclear weapons are the greatest single threat to our country, but to the entire world.” (11/3/24)
“I would have been very good to Iran. They — I had to have one thing, no nuclear weapons. You can’t have nuclear weapon. Nuclear weapons are the greatest danger to our country going forward, to the world going forward.” (10/29/24)
“And all I wanted was Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon … That’s all I wanted. Very simple. You can’t have a nuclear weapon.” (10/28/24)
“We don’t want Iran to have a nuclear weapon.” (10/23/24)
“I didn’t want much. I wanted Iran to be very successful. I just don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon.” (10/16/24)
“You can’t let them have a nuclear weapon.” (10/14/24)
“I just don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon. It’s very simple.” (10/10/24)
“I only wanted one thing. You can’t have a nuclear weapon. You cannot let them have a nuclear weapon.” (10/7/24)
“No, they can’t have nukes. No, they can’t have nukes.” (10/7/24)
“They can’t have a nuclear weapon — and now they’re very close to having one and it’s very dangerous for the world, very dangerous for the world … The biggest problem today, in my opinion, the biggest risk is the nuclear weapons.” (10/1/24)
“All I want them to do is not have a nuclear weapon. They can’t have a nuclear weapon.” (9/30/24)
“The only thing is [Iran] cannot have nuclear weapons.” (9/26/24)
“I wanted one thing from Iran — no nuclear weapon. I didn’t want much — no nuclear weapon. And now they’re very close to getting it, and you can’t let that happen.” (9/19/24)
“All we want is we don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon. Very simple. That’s all we want. We don’t want you to have a nuclear weapon.” (9/17/24)
“They can’t have a nuclear weapon. We just can’t let them have a nuclear weapon. I’ll say this. If they do have a nuclear weapon, Israel is gone. It’ll be gone.” (8/27/24)
“I don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon.” (8/23/24)
“I just wanted to have a deal with Iran, very simple deal — can’t have a nuclear weapon. That’s it.” (8/23/24)
“They can’t have a nuclear weapon. They can’t have a nuclear weapon. And we were all set to make sure that they don’t have a nuclear weapon. Because once they do, it’s a whole different world, it’s a whole different negotiation.” (8/15/24)
“Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon — it’s very simple.” (8/8/24)
“They can’t have a nuclear weapon. It’s very simple. They can’t have a nuclear weapon. You cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.” (8/5/24)
“Iran should not have a nuclear weapon … Iran should never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.” (7/10/24)
“The main thing is Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon. That was my main thing. The deal was a simple deal. Iran can’t have a nuclear. You know, it can’t have a missile, it can’t have a nuclear missile. It cannot have that nuclear capability.” (6/20/24)
“We have a very hostile country that wants nuclear weapons. You can’t let that happen.” (6/15/24)
“Iran should not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. They would never have had even close to a nuclear weapon. They are very close to getting a nuclear weapon. You cannot let that happen.” (5/15/24)
“Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon — very simple. They cannot have a nuclear weapon.” (5/1/24)
“You can’t let Iran have nuclear weapons.” (4/30/24)
“Iran wanted to make a deal, and what the deal — 90% of the deal that I want to make is no nuclear weapon. That’s 90% — almost 100%. It might be 100%. That’s all I want. No nuclear weapon for Iran” (3/25/24)
“I want everybody to be happy. They just can’t have a nuclear weapon.” (2/23/24)
“I just didn’t want Iran to have a nuclear weapon. I said, ‘You know, we’re going to make a great deal. Everybody’s going to be happy. You’re going to be rich as hell again. Everything’s going to be great, but you cannot have a nuclear weapon.’” (1/20/24)
“They cannot have a nuclear weapon. That was the only thing — the one thing I said, ‘You cannot have.’” (1/5/24)
“I just don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon.” (1/5/24)
“They will have, within a short period of time, nuclear weapons — and that is never something that can be allowed to happen.” (12/30/23)
“No nuclear weapons. You can’t have nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are the single greatest threat to this world.” (11/9/23)
“They can’t have a nuclear weapon. That’s all. They can’t have nuclear weapons. It’s too destructive, too powerful. They can’t have it.” (10/29/23)
“Don’t let Iran have nuclear weapons. That’s my only thing I have to tell you today. Don’t let them have it.” (10/16/23)
“No nuclear weapons. You can’t give [Iran] nuclear weapons.” (7/15/23)
“You cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. You cannot let it happen because bad things will happen if that happens.” (6/24/23)
“IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!” (1/6/20)
“Iran cannot have Nuclear Weapons!” (6/22/19)
“We can’t let Iran get a nuclear weapon. We can’t do it. Can’t do it. We cannot let that happen.” (1/24/15)
“We can’t allow Iran to go nuclear.” (11/4/11)
“Iran acquiring nukes poses no threat to the US.” [from another thread]
If Iranian proxies blow up DC, Iran can say it has bombs in Chicago, LA, SF, NYC, Miami, Dallas, and Boston if the US retaliates.
U-235 bombs, unlike plutonium bombs, can’t be detected in advance. The U-235 can be smuggled in just like recreation drugs have been for decades.
There’s a reason Iran is going the very difficult multi-bomb U-235 route.
There’s a reason Vance chose to move to Middleburg, and it isn’t a love for horses.
Congress needs to support Trump and Hegseth because DC is Iranian target #1 or target #2.
Democrats in Congress need to support Trump and Hegseth because DC is Iranian target #1 or target #2.
Republicans in Congress need to support Trump and Hegseth because DC is Iranian target #1 or target #2.
If Iranian proxies blow up DC, Iran can say it has bombs in Chicago, LA, SF, NYC, Miami, Dallas, and Boston if the US even thinks of retaliating.
Show me where I said that.
” One forty-five caliber automatic
- Two boxes of ammunition
- Four days’ concentrated emergency rations
- One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine,
vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
- One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
- One hundred dollars in rubles
- One hundred dollars in gold
- Nine packs of chewing gum
- One issue of prophylactics
- Three lipsticks
- Three pair of nylon stockings.”
Kong
“So your plan is to carpet bomb 350,000 square miles of Iranian mountainous terrain, 1.2 times the size of Texas?”
Large troop concentrations - carpet bombing.
Dispersed troops - drones.
....[not allowed to tell]
The fanatics of Nazi Germany were brought to heel.
The technology of 2026 is better than that of 1945.
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