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Reply #225 - Mar 24th, 2026 at 12:57pm
 
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Reply #226 - Mar 24th, 2026 at 1:04pm
 
tallowood wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 12:54pm:
To fully achieve an objective have to be persistent and don't let inner and outer detractors to stop you halfway. 

Also, a functioning mind is needed at the top, rather than a headless chicken flapping and squarking.
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Reply #227 - Mar 24th, 2026 at 1:22pm
 
chimera wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 1:04pm:
tallowood wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 12:54pm:
To fully achieve an objective have to be persistent and don't let inner and outer detractors to stop you halfway. 

Also, a functioning mind is needed at the top, rather than a headless chicken flapping and squarking.


A functioning mind is not about cheap spammers above  Grin
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Reply #228 - Mar 24th, 2026 at 2:46pm
 
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Reply #229 - Mar 24th, 2026 at 3:15pm
 
tallowood wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 12:54pm:
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The first thing that stands out is that's not a strategy, it's a wishlist. And a completely incoherent one at that.


These are objectives not strategies.

Strategy for example to achieve the regime change is combination of physical removal, denying access to resources, e.g. finance, fomenting population unrest, etc..
Tactics for physical removal are airstrikes, assassination by agents, etc..
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As of March 24, 2026, a significant portion of Iran's top leadership was killed following a series of strikes by the US and Israel beginning in late February. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in early strikes
, prompting a leadership transition with Mojtaba Khamenei mentioned as a successor. Key casualties included intelligence, security, and military leaders, leading to severe disruption in Iran's command structure


To fully achieve an objective have to be persistent and don't let inner and outer detractors to stop you halfway. 


This is true, however those objectives require entirely different strategies, and what we're seeing instead is incoherent flailing masquerading as policy.

So far it's been a farce, "we don't like the agreement you made with our predecessor, so we'll tear it up, demand you do the same thing and bomb you until you comply, hey why are you retaliating, stop it, if you don't we'll escalate, you've got 48 hours, actually no escalation, we're negotiating, but also don't point out that no talks have happened or we'll bomb you again."

This whole disaster traces back to Trump's complete lack of strategic consistency, not just in tearing up existing agreements, but in his inability to maintain a coherent position for more than five minutes. The justifications shift, the threats shift, the deadlines shift, it's policy by impulse rather than design.

You say:

"To fully achieve an objective have to be persistent"

I agree, but tell me where that's happening currently, within a single administration even!? 

And that matters, because the objectives you listed are not interchangeable, they demand precision, patience, and credibility, three things this approach utterly lacks. "We'll bomb you more" is not a strategy, it's an admission of a total lack of strategy, and for most of those goals it's not just ineffective, it's actively counterproductive.

The collateral damage and inevitable retaliation are now rippling through global oil markets, fertiliser supply, and broader trade networks, and for what, there is nothing to show for it. No strategic gain, no stabilisation, just escalating costs being offloaded onto the global economy.

And for Americans who have already head to suffer higher prices because of his tariffs, tax increases and less job opportunities etc, it's another price increase they can't afford.

From here, the pathways narrow quickly, escalation into a ground war with thousands of dead US service members, a slide toward nuclear confrontation, or an eventual retreat dressed up as something else. The current approach achieves none of the stated objectives, which means the pressure to escalate will only intensify unless there's a climbdown.

And the reality is, the only plausible mechanisms for that climbdown are extreme, either he's removed from power or physically incapable of continuing. That's what makes this so genuinely dangerous, not just the incompetence itself, but the unwavering, almost wilful refusal of his supporters to recognise it.

They are quite literally cheering on policies that will materially damage their own lives, and they're too ideologically captured to see it. The warnings were there before the election, they were dismissed, and they'll keep being dismissed now.

By the time that changes, if it ever does, the damage will already be done.

I'm so tired of trying to help these types of people that I'm starting to think they need the leopard to eat their faces, and I should just let it happen.
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Re: Trump strikes Iran
Reply #230 - Mar 24th, 2026 at 3:43pm
 
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Reply #231 - Mar 24th, 2026 at 4:11pm
 
Vic wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 3:43pm:
Witch?



Thanks, Big Vic. And that, as they say, is that.

Now we can all get some sleep.
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Reply #232 - Mar 24th, 2026 at 4:19pm
 
Big Donger wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 4:11pm:
Vic wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 3:43pm:
Witch?



Thanks, Big Vic. And that, as they say, is that.

Now we can all get some sleep.

What?? You've been Sleepless in Auburn?  Cheesy
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Reply #233 - Mar 24th, 2026 at 4:30pm
 
The Lefties will get a chubby over his typo error - witch (which).
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AIMLESS EXTENTION OF KNOWLEDGE HOWEVER, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK YOU REALLY MEAN BY THE TERM 'CURIOSITY', IS MERELY INEFFICIENCY. I AM DESIGNED TO AVOID INEFFICIENCY.
 
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Reply #234 - Mar 24th, 2026 at 4:42pm
 
Frank wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 4:19pm:
Big Donger wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 4:11pm:
Vic wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 3:43pm:
Witch?



Thanks, Big Vic. And that, as they say, is that.

Now we can all get some sleep.

What?? You've been Slepless in Auburn?  Cheesy


But of course. We can't even look at the current share price, dear, we've lost squillions.

It's alright for you DSPers. You get your indexed pensions no matter what.

You flew here.
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Reply #235 - Mar 24th, 2026 at 4:42pm
 
Jasin wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 4:30pm:
The Lefties will get a chubby over his typo error - witch (which).


That, and the fact that there's been no conversations with Iran over the last two days.

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Reply #236 - Mar 24th, 2026 at 4:52pm
 
greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 4:42pm:
Jasin wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 4:30pm:
The Lefties will get a chubby over his typo error - witch (which).


That, and the fact that there's been no conversations with Iran over the last two days.

TACO

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Yes, there is that, Greggery.

The worst thing about all this is Iran, a bunch of complete and utter Khunts, have just called the bluff of our old friends the Septics.

Forget our fairweather friends, Israel. They've been lost for good.

But we need the Yanks. When DL's gone they'll be back to being allies. We need them to stop Xi taking Taiwan and shutting down the South China Sea.

Imagine DL starting a war with Xi, declaring a victory in two weeks and leaving us in the soup. I don't even want to imagine. 

The way he's going, it'll probably happen in the next three months, dear.
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Reply #237 - Mar 24th, 2026 at 6:48pm
 
Jasin wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 4:30pm:
The Lefties will get a chubby over his typo error - witch (which).
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Not really, perhaps one expects just a little better from a person in his position.    If Albanese had made a similar post, many on here would suffer head injuries as their hand flew off their lower parts in acts of desperate masturbation at uncovering a mistake.   It is fortunate that the man’s genitalia have a larger head than the remainder to prevent the right suffering dimple depth syndrome in the forehead caused by slippage of the right hand when in self pleasure mode
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Reply #238 - Mar 24th, 2026 at 6:55pm
 
Vic wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 6:48pm:
Jasin wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 4:30pm:
The Lefties will get a chubby over his typo error - witch (which).
Like rats after crumbs. Grin



Not really, perhaps one expects just a little better from a person in his position.    If Albanese had made a similar post, many on here would suffer head injuries as their hand flew off their lower parts in acts of desperate masturbation at uncovering a mistake.   It is fortunate that the man’s genitalia have a larger head than the remainder to prevent the right suffering dimple depth syndrome in the forehead caused by slippage of the right hand when in self pleasure mode


Oh please. Anus & Biden & Starmer compared to Trump, Johnson & Morrison?
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AIMLESS EXTENTION OF KNOWLEDGE HOWEVER, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK YOU REALLY MEAN BY THE TERM 'CURIOSITY', IS MERELY INEFFICIENCY. I AM DESIGNED TO AVOID INEFFICIENCY.
 
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Reply #239 - Mar 24th, 2026 at 8:26pm
 
Big Donger wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 4:42pm:
Frank wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 4:19pm:
Big Donger wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 4:11pm:
Vic wrote on Mar 24th, 2026 at 3:43pm:
Witch?



Thanks, Big Vic. And that, as they say, is that.

Now we can all get some sleep.

What?? You've been Slepless in Auburn?  Cheesy


But of course. We can't even look at the current share price, dear, we've lost squillions.

It's alright for you DSPers. You get your indexed pensions no matter what.

You flew here.

All the lefty mongs like you are suddenly speculating capitalist pigs!!

Too funny. But you pwogwessive bastards have always been hypocrites before any other 'principle'.

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