(04-13-2026, 08:42 AM)gortex Wrote: Following his verbal attack on the Pope today Trump posted this to Truth Social.


Is it just me or does Lazarus look more like a Jeffrey ?


Perfectly normal behaviour for a President , or a megalomaniac perhaps.

Quote:Pope Leo has said he will continue to speak out against war despite Donald Trump's scathing attack overnight.

The US president said in a post to Truth Social that the pope was "WEAK on crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy".
"If I wasn't in the White House, Leo wouldn't be in the Vatican," he wrote.

Pope Leo told Reuters he didn't "want to get into a debate" with Trump.

"I don't ‌think that the message of the Gospel is meant to be abused in ‌the way that some people are doing," he said.

"I will continue to speak out loudly against war, looking to promote peace, ⁠promoting dialogue and multilateral relationships among the states to look for just solutions to problems," he said.

https://news.sky.com/story/iran-war-latest-254-people-killed-by-israeli-strikes-in-lebanon-today-says-civil-defence-service-13509565

Quote:ICMYI: Chinese Premier LiQiang has signed a decree of the State Council to publish a new set of rules on countering foreign states' unlawful extraterritorialjurisdiction measures. According to the rules, such extraterritorial jurisdiction measures refer to actions taken by a foreign country that violate international law and the basic norms governing international relations and that harm China's sovereignty, security and development interests, or the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens and organizations. The rules stipulate that the Chinese government has the authority to take countermeasures in response to such actions and to exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction over relevant conduct if a sufficient nexus exists.

(04-14-2026, 06:27 AM)Kenzo1 Wrote:

Quote:ICMYI: Chinese Premier LiQiang has signed a decree of the State Council to publish a new set of rules on countering foreign states' unlawful extraterritorialjurisdiction measures. According to the rules, such extraterritorial jurisdiction measures refer to actions taken by a foreign country that violate international law and the basic norms governing international relations and that harm China's sovereignty, security and development interests, or the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens and organizations. The rules stipulate that the Chinese government has the authority to take countermeasures in response to such actions and to exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction over relevant conduct if a sufficient nexus exists.

Liu Pengyu  X

Chinese Full text:


Is this marching to war with China

(04-14-2026, 07:16 AM)Ninurta Wrote:

(04-14-2026, 06:27 AM)Kenzo1 Wrote:

Quote:ICMYI: Chinese Premier LiQiang has signed a decree of the State Council to publish a new set of rules on countering foreign states' unlawful extraterritorialjurisdiction measures. According to the rules, such extraterritorial jurisdiction measures refer to actions taken by a foreign country that violate international law and the basic norms governing international relations and that harm China's sovereignty, security and development interests, or the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens and organizations. The rules stipulate that the Chinese government has the authority to take countermeasures in response to such actions and to exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction over relevant conduct if a sufficient nexus exists.

Liu Pengyu  X

Chinese Full text:


Is this marching to war with China

Cool! maybe China will put some of those super-duper high tech infallible Chinese radars on their boats! And they can back that up with some of those super-duper infallible Chinese missiles, maybe deliver by their super-duper high-tech advanced and super duper long range "next generation" fighter jets that can't seem to stay in the air for more than about an hour!

They can send 'em in on those super-duper high tech carriers they've got... if they can keep them out of the repair drydock long enough.

And they can send in the best of their super duper exploding soldiers.

I'm assuming you're referring to an overt war rather than the covert war that's already been on for years now.

China talks a tall game, but they're a little short on workable war equipment.

But they do have a lot of people - maybe they can send in enough human hand grenade, exploding soldiers, to at least break even.

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(04-14-2026, 07:39 AM)Kenzo1 Wrote: I hope that is the case Ninurta , most likely it is .  
The collateral damage in near the hormuz / Bab al-Mandab Strait / Suez canal between USA and Chinese would be nasty to many around World , countries than has not taken any sides.

I drive petrol car    at least so long there is petrol available .

Quote:A sanctioned Chinese-linked oil tanker, Rich Starry has passed through the Strait of Hormuz despite the US blockade, according to shipping data.

So, as I shared my thoughts yesterday, China is not going to respect naval blockade and US can do nothing about it.

Russia will also ignore US naval blockade.

If shipping from China and Russia continues, most of Iran's trade would continue to happen. The naval blockade would impact only other countries and not Iran. Infact naval blockade would have zero impact on China, Russia and Iran.
https://x.com/dmuthuk/status/2043952537934635359?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

(04-14-2026, 07:50 AM)Ninurta Wrote:

(04-14-2026, 07:39 AM)Kenzo1 Wrote: I hope that is the case Ninurta , most likely it is .  
The collateral damage in near the hormuz / Bab al-Mandab Strait / Suez canal between USA and Chinese would be nasty to many around World , countries than has not taken any sides.

I drive petrol car    at least so long there is petrol available .

Beyond what it's doing to the price and availability of petrol, if they keep screwing around at the straits, sooner or later someone is going to pop a tanker, and then the Gulf is going to have another Exxon Valdez incident on their hands.

War has a ridiculous amount of "collateral damage" built-in to it. Life would be a lot better if folks didn't keep on trying to blow each other up over insignificant bullshit... but that ain't human nature, apparently.

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(04-14-2026, 07:50 AM)Ninurta Wrote:

(04-14-2026, 07:39 AM)Kenzo1 Wrote: I hope that is the case Ninurta , most likely it is .  
The collateral damage in near the hormuz / Bab al-Mandab Strait / Suez canal between USA and Chinese would be nasty to many around World , countries than has not taken any sides.

I drive petrol car    at least so long there is petrol available .

Beyond what it's doing to the price and availability of petrol, if they keep screwing around at the straits, sooner or later someone is going to pop a tanker, and then the Gulf is going to have another Exxon Valdez incident on their hands.

War has a ridiculous amount of "collateral damage" built-in to it. Life would be a lot better if folks didn't keep on trying to blow each other up over insignificant bullshit... but that ain't human nature, apparently.

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(04-14-2026, 10:35 PM)Bally002 Wrote: Leave the flamin tankers alone.  Kinda like a gang of bullies taking on the fat nerd mit glasses on carrying his extended lunch box. 

Stick to going after go the military assests and associated infrastructure, ...

(Yesterday, 03:00 PM)gortex Wrote: I'm opening Strait of Hormuz for China, says Trump.




Well that went well didn't it , enjoy your hug Donald and you probably shouldn't be calling President Xi fat.