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Reply #720 - May 9th, 2026 at 11:46pm
 
In yet another book I'm reading as regards state-sponsored terrorism - it's a bit dated - published 2005 - there are some gems.

One was that as regards the Taliban in Afghanistan,  when they said theywanted to establish a total Islamist hegemony in Afghanistan (they were not a global force by intention, though they supported Al-Quaeda)... the comment was made that 'when they said what they intended, they meant it.'

The same applies to Iran's religious government ... with the difference that they actually believe they are the beginning and end of the Caliphate that will see Islamism (as opposed to the multiple strands of Islam) become the total ruler of the world... and they actually mean it.

Many of you criticise Trump for standing tall.... for showing them time after time that their ideas are fantasy once they confront others by demonstrating that the force he can apply is far greater than theirs..... and yet they cling to the idea that somehow Allah has ordained that they will have the victory, and that all their endless losses and failures to apply force to attain their goals is nothing but a way of Allah testing them... but Allah will guarantee them the final victory regardless of how many times they lose.

The lines are drawn ... the die is cast....you cannot negotiate in good faith with those kinds of people, so Trump plays a game with them time and again.....

Who will stand once Trump is gone?  And let me say this - he CANNOT operate without the full agreement and advice of his armed forces.... that is not the way his government works.  If his Armed Chiefs thought they could not win - they would not support his current 'slap 'em down as they come' approach.... they KNOW if it came to any final confrontation, the US would devastate Iran - but they have no real wish to do that, since that would cost far too many innocent lives and destroy the chance of a government of the Iranian people taking over.

I think he's doing very well.
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Reply #721 - May 9th, 2026 at 11:48pm
 
tallowood wrote on May 9th, 2026 at 3:45pm:
Details of the night operation later emerged. Three US Navy destroyers—USS ​​Truxtun, USS Rafael Peralta, and USS Mason—passed through Hormuz into the Gulf of Oman, after which the IRGC announced an attack on them south of Chabahar. Simultaneously, there were reports of explosions in Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Bandar Hemir, and Qeshm, as well as a possible strike on Iranian tankers near Jask.


I'm guessing the RevGuard didn't score a single hit.... but copped a few.  VICTORY, they cried!
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Reply #722 - Yesterday at 10:34am
 

"A war never ends by one side declaring victory,
but by one side admitting defeat."

- Ahmad Shah Massoud



Donald and his team would be well advised to be aware [themselves],
of the deep strategic meaning [to the ISLAMIST],
of the Arabic word Hudna.

To the militant ISLAMIST, their word Hudna, 'translates' as
a strategic masterpiece,
for the times in war, when the moslem force encounters a stronger 'infidel' enemy in battle.


"A hudna (meaning "calm" or "quiet") is a truce or armistice.[1]
It is sometimes translated as "cease-fire"."

- wiki



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Raymond Ibrahim: "Islam's Doctrines of Deception"

Nov 10, 2008
By Raymond Ibrahim

.......    “In the Muslim community, holy war [jihad] is a religious duty, because of the universalism of the Muslim mission and the obligation to convert everybody to Islam either by persuasion or by force.
The other religious groups did not have a universal mission, and the holy war was not a religious duty for them, save only for purposes of defense…
But Islam is under obligation to gain power over other nations.”

This concept is highlighted by the fact that, based on the ten year treaty of Hudaibiya, ratified between Muhammad and his Quraish opponents in Mecca, ten years is, theoretically, the maximum amount of time Muslims can be at peace with infidels.

Based on Muhammad’s example of breaking the treaty after two years, (by citing a Quraish infraction),

the sole function of the “peace-treaty” (hudna)
is to buy weakened Muslims time to regroup before going on the offensive once more.


Incidentally, Muhammad is quoted in the Hadith saying,

“If I take an oath and later find something else better,
I do what is better
and break my oath.”


Is this what former PLO leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Yasser Arafat meant when, after negotiating a peace treaty criticized by Muslims as conceding too much to Israel, said in a mosque,

“I see this agreement as being no more than the agreement signed between our Prophet Muhammad and the Quraish in Mecca”?

What of Hamas, who on several occasions has made it clear that its ultimate aspiration is to see Israel destroyed. Under what context would it want to initiate a “temporary” peace with the Jewish state? When Osama bin Laden offered the U.S. a truce, stressing that “We [Muslims] are a people that Allah has forbidden from double-crossing and lying,” what was his ultimate intention? These are all clear instances of
Muslims feigning friendliness simply in order to buy time to strengthen.

Most recently, a new Islamic group associated with Hamas called Jaysh al-Umma (Islam’s army), stated clearly, "Muslims all over the world are obliged to fight the Israelis and the infidels until only Islam rules the earth.”
Realizing their slip, they quickly “clarified”:
“We say that the world will not live in peace as long as the blood of Muslims continues to be shed.”"


https://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/11/raymond-ibrahim-islams-doctrines-of-deception




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Raymond Ibrahim: How Circumstance Dictates Islamic Behavior


Jan 18, 2012
By Raymond Ibrahim

......Burhami is referring to the famous Mecca/Medina division:
when Muhammad was weak and outnumbered in his early Mecca period,

he preached peace


and made pacts with infidels
;

when he became strong in the Medina period, he preached war and went on the offensive.

This dichotomy—preach peace when weak, wage war when strong—has been instructive to Muslim leaders.....


https://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/01/raymond-ibrahim-how-circumstance-dictates-isl...




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Reply #723 - Yesterday at 10:54am
 
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The U.S. Naval blockade against Iran continues be to fully enforced. As of today, CENTCOM forces have redirected 58 commercial vessels and disabled 4 since April 13 to prevent the ships from entering or leaving Iranian ports.

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Reply #724 - Yesterday at 11:23am
 
Yadda wrote Yesterday at 10:34am:

"A war never ends by one side declaring victory,
but by one side admitting defeat."

- Ahmad Shah Mass


Well, this will be an endless war then.

The US has lost, but the rapist in the White House will never admit it.

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Reply #726 - Yesterday at 10:59pm
 
Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on May 9th, 2026 at 11:48pm:
tallowood wrote on May 9th, 2026 at 3:45pm:
Details of the night operation later emerged. Three US Navy destroyers—USS ​​Truxtun, USS Rafael Peralta, and USS Mason—passed through Hormuz into the Gulf of Oman, after which the IRGC announced an attack on them south of Chabahar. Simultaneously, there were reports of explosions in Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Bandar Hemir, and Qeshm, as well as a possible strike on Iranian tankers near Jask.


I'm guessing the RevGuard didn't score a single hit.... but copped a few.  VICTORY, they cried!


I saw a video of IRGC launching missiles with the usual Allahu Akbars.

The US baited Iran with ships in Hormuz who exposed location of where they attacked from resulting in US blowing those sites up.

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On Iran’s state TV the regime argues that captured protesters must be “tortured to death” and afterwards “dismembered” in accordance with Quran and Islamic laws

He literally cites Quran to justify crimes against humanity

https://x.com/Tarikh_Eran/status/2053236093898633514


I doubt any lefties would criticise the Islamic regime for declaring protestors enemy of God then executing them.

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Leftists and the Ayatollahs have a lot in common when it comes to criticism of Islam, they don't tolerate it.
 
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Reply #727 - Today at 2:46pm
 
US authorities have accused three Chinese satellite companies of collaborating with Iran. A State Department statement stated that the companies provided Tehran with satellite images showing the positions of US forces stationed in the Middle East. This data could have been used for missile strikes and drone attacks, the department believes.

The sanctions targeted The Earth Eye, a satellite ground station operator; MizarVision, a geospatial intelligence firm; and Chang Guang Satellite Technology, a commercial satellite imaging company.

The sanctions were imposed just days before US President Donald Trump's visit to China. He is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 14-15.
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Reply #728 - Today at 4:43pm
 
tallowood wrote Today at 2:46pm:

......The sanctions were imposed just days before US President Donald Trump's visit to China.

He is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 14-15.



If renewed conflict should break out, between Iran and the U.S., President Trump may be 'too busy' to undertake his scheduled visit to China ???

Stay home Donald.



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