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Barbarism suggests intent. Repulsive to suggest such a thing.

Religion, more specifically, Shia Islam has everything to do with this. They are not "tough." The situation is that you have a repressive regime that has killed 30-40k of their civilians, resulting in fear if they oppose. Killing civilians and launching weapons against commercial shipping and civilian land targets is not "tough." It is barbaric.

Do you have some imaginary world you exist in? I have never said that, and I completely understand the limits of military power, especially, and specifically, towards a religious regime. You and a couple others here, repeatedly claim things that are never said, and base criticism on it. It is odd, but frequent.

I have no idea what you are arguing about here. I specifically stated that it could not be done, solely, by military means. I also never stated that it was "over," and I am very aware of what we still have there.

A regime change cannot be completed by purely military means. We have done what we needed to do militarily. The nuclear program is moribund. They have no Navy, no Air Force and no air defense. Their drone production capability is largely dissolved. More important, their economy has no means to generate revenue. They can get stuff from China and Russia, but so far, that hasn't amounted to anything that moves the sticks. They have killed 30,000 of their own people. The bottom line is that when the masses desire the risk is worth it, they will stop depending on the US, and remove this minority of lunatics. Till then, that regime will never stop doing what they think Allah is leading them to do, which is expand Shia Islam and eliminate Israel and the US.

Iran is still to be determined. Make no mistake though, the thought of achieving other goals, like eliminating nuclear programs, are now known to be be secondary and unachievable without a regime change. That is not to say that the nuc program has not been largely destroyed, which it has, but as I have said many times, that regime, thinking that they are doing Allah's work, has to go or we are going back. And again, this site is negligent in focusing on political issues, and not the real problem.

The military issue has never been a problem. The US has been stunningly, historically successful militarily. The real issue is Islam. Undeniable military success will not work with people who thing they are doing Allah's will, and will be rewarded in death for this "cause," and punished in death if they don't. Tough to understand for the Western mind, but that is the reality.

The Us struck tankers that were already embargoed from delivering product. No net loss, just significant damage to dead in the water storehouses.

Ya we are. Already have, quite a while ago.

Two things can be true. I'd put his name on the wall, as I really think he saved this franchise. I'm glad we moved on when we did.

It depends on what you prefer. When I retired, I wanted to get a dress watch for wear on appropriate days to take the place of my highly functional Casio, and I didn't want anything gold, just a classy watch with a leather band. I had been travelling to Beijing a couple times per month for a year or so and I found this brand called Sea-Gull/ They were very highly rated with Swiss movements. I found I could get one for half of what they cost in China by buying one online in the US, so I did. They're a few hundred bucks depending on style, but I really like it. Sea-Gull

I'll be sure to link you to the death notices.

I don't claim to. It's also where the Washington Commanders practice facility is located, so perhaps we should get ready to go to 31 NFL teams Between the growth among professionals living there, and the economics of the area, I'm not worried about my son and his family. I drive by those facilities when a visit, and I've never seen a thing resembling what I saw in Buffalo as a kid.

My son, his wife and our two granddaughters live in Ashburn, VA., ground zero of data centers. A 2700 square foot house there goes for over 700k, so it's not like these have had a significant, negative impact. My daughter in law teaches at a school funded and equipped like nothing I ever saw in my South Buffalo upbringing. Stop with the histrionics. They can handle the water and electrical demand, sometimes totally self sufficient, drawing nothing. To each his own.

Great. Not that it matters, but to jump over your latest, to your previous, the Sect Of Defense does not establish policy or generate military operations. That last happened under Carter, one time, and moreso, tragically, under McNamara and LBJ. I could not care less if Hegseth is gone tomorrow, but I sure know what his job is, and how stuff gets done at the operational level. This form has become zero accurate information and 100% political view on equations that are blind to an esential variable.