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pyrrhus's avatar

China also ordered a complete halt to all investment in Israel, and declared itself a strong ally of Iran come hell or high water....Despite the huge buildup, Trump has reportedly refused to strike Iran....Iran is probably on a hair trigger now, so that would seem highly prudent....If Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, the consequences will be quite dramatic....

John Day MD's avatar

Yeah, but Trump lies and surprises us, so I can't take any reassurance in anything he says.

Bibi and Mossad have some hooks in his corpulent white flesh...

Franz Kafka's avatar

So, are you saying we should not take our couch out to be reupholstered?

John Day MD's avatar

Don't put words in my mouth, but don't pay up front, either...

Franz Kafka's avatar

That dessicated turd, Donald, 'Son of Jewsus', Trumplestiltskin, may end up destroying the world just to hide his past sexual crimes ...from himself.

How interesting that earlier psychopathic SSholes like Bush the First and Second, as well as other 'democratic' nonentities, kept mouthing the words that "democracies never war against each other".

Which was, of course, totally untrue as well as murdering the Logos. And now, here we are, waiting to see if he may just fry us all... virtuously - NB: not 'virtuallly'.

We are in Divine Comedy territory indeed.

John Day MD's avatar

Bullshit everywhere hardly even bears mentioning any more.

;-(

SaHiB's avatar

Gallium nitride is not a "rare earth" (lanthanide or actinide)!

John Day MD's avatar

Gallium clusters industrially with rare-earths. It is a rare metal.

It is very useful in high frequency electronics, like combat radar...

Guido Vandeven's avatar

Prof. Glen Diesen on substack has lastly interviewed many ex CiA and military experts, all US weaponry are outdated, their fleets, missiles and top gun jets, the reason why Trump reserved a 1,5 billion for complete innovation. An ex general even said there can’t be any longer supremacy but only global weapon control. The only reason for neocon hegemony is complete self destruction.

John Day MD's avatar

Even old, outdated stuff can destroy everything...

;-(

Franz Kafka's avatar

Most of the US/NATO military budget went on whores and PR.

John Day MD's avatar

Salaries, royalties, profits, research, Deep Underground Military Bases...

They won't audit it.

Jan Barendrecht's avatar

True, however the outdated stuff couldn't even defeat the courageous Houthis. Larry Johnson explained the Iranians (who support the Houthis) are much tougher and have received more modern weaponry, from both the PRC and the RF after the 12 day war.

Which makes it likely that Israel has planned to use the Samson option. For a large country like Iran that will fail as well and imply the end of the Zionist fiefdom.

John Day MD's avatar

Defeating Houthis on a large area was not possible with expensive precision munitions, but some junky old gravity-bomb nukes would do it.

Jan Barendrecht's avatar

That would be the death sentence for the US economy. Every country able to produce large nukes, knows the following issue:

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/14/think-out-loud-cascadia-earthquake-seismic-activity-san-andreas-fault/

and that it can be triggered by a big enough nuke at the bottom of the ocean.

John Day MD's avatar

An EMP nuclear detonation 50 miles up would be easier and frying all the electronics is hard to top.

Jan Barendrecht's avatar

True, but the nuke at the bottom of the ocean is far less suspicious (causing no retaliation) because the earthquakes already have been predicted as natural events.

Saint Jimmy's avatar

Well, it wouldn't surprise me. If many of our western "elites" are insane enough to horribly abuse children and then try literally anything to hide it, they are crazy enough to launch a nuclear war in a desperate attempt to preserve their vast fortunes and their power. I guess we've ("We" meaning the US elites and rabid Zionists) reached the "frothing at the mouth rabid animal" stage of imperial decline.

John Day MD's avatar

"Differently Sane" ;-(

Franz Kafka's avatar

"Otherly Sane" is more PC.