Looks like the war with Iran is cooking off

[gortex]

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.

[Kenzo1]

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.

Trump is the stupidest mf ever walked on Earth . Posting things like that is idiocy .

This whole Iran saga shows he has no healthy brain cells left .

Totally controlled puppet that Netanjahu controls .

[gortex]

The Pontiff strikes back.

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-late...e-13509565

[YesItsMe]

I am Catholic.  I agree with Trumps words to the pope.
Leo should stay in his own lane.   
Leo wants wide open borders with no immigration laws.
Leo wants a nuclear Iran that bombs everyone and kills/abuses it's citizens.
A nuclear Iran would be a threat to the world.   But all Leo does is whine about America.
When I read articles about what Trump said to Leo, I check the comments section.
There are a whole lot of Catholics who agree with Trump on this that Leo should butt out.

Now, on the other hand, Trump posting a picture of himself as Jesus ... that's flat out wrong.
Blasphemy.   It's really gone past the red line and I wouldn't be surprised if God smacks him
down for daring to do something like that.

[727Sky]

[gortex]

[727Sky]

This is going to hurt Iran and particularly China's oil life line.

[Kenzo1]

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

[Ninurta]

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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[Kenzo1]

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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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 .

[Ninurta]

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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[gortex]

4 ships linked to Iran have passed through the strait since Trump's ill-conceived blockaded started , one of them being a Chinese tanker Rich Starry.

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/20439525379...gr%5Etweet

 
In other news Trump has deleted the offending picture he posted yesterday claiming it was showing him as a doctor from the Red Cross not Jesus , even though he had a glowing orb in his hand and the patient illuminated by his touch.

[Bally002]

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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Oil ship, harmless, defenceless, crew members just working to earn a crust albeit taking a risk versus sophisticated warships on the surface and below plus air assets.  All standoff.  

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, Oil ain't like cocaine, fentanyl etc.  Little fast boats with armed men speeding towards the coast to deliver their version of sickness and death.

They can explain the reasons for taking out a tanker/s all they want but my thoughts are it's not only a waste/dangerous with implications and the risks far exceed the necessity.  It's also an act of cowardice which, thinking back, I would take no part of if I was still in the navy with my older head on me shoulders.  It's just shooting Koi Carp in a pond mate.  Stick to the sharks.

Can't support taking on unarmed ships regardless of the oil.  Take them over as those somalis do.

Yeah, I know, the oil is funding Iran.  Sure, buit according to the spoken doctrine, Iran is already finished.  By all means if it's the funding oil you're worried about then stop the ship but don't sink it.  It's harmless on the surface until it's hit.   Sure the Iranians and the Houthis take out the tankers and are called upon for cowardice acts, don't lower the standard to their stoneage thinking.

The results may outweigh the necessity.  

Regards,


Bally.

[Ninurta]

The Iranians are going after tankers on the theory that if they screw up the world's economy enough, then people will agitate for Iran's enemies to surrender so they can get their economy back. The quickest way to do that, and the ONLY way for Iran, is to stop the oil tankers. So, they go after oil tankers, but let their friend tankers, with Iranian oil, cruise through.

If I was Trump, which I ain't, instead of going after a counter-blockade, I'd lust blow up all of Iran's oil loading facilities, and miles of pipeline leading to them all around. That would work as well to stop Iran making bank selling their oil to China on the cheap, and no tankers would be harmed in the production of those results. It's not like Iran can suddenly hide all their port facilities or anything - they're right there, sitting ducks out in the open, ripe for the picking.

I'd also send a few air patrols across eastern Iran, looking for pipelines to blow up running eastward to China. That would stop all Iran oil going to China. It's not an attack on China per se, it's a move to bankrupt Iran because that would keep them from selling their oil to anyone - not limited to China - until new facilities could be built. So, If China didn't like it, they could cram their strongly worded letters straight up their ass.

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[GRIZZ0317]

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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Humans seem to like to kill each other for absolutely any reason.

[727Sky]

[YesItsMe]

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, ...

You don't get it.    Putting the squeeze on Iran financially will break them faster than us sending boots on the ground.   And no one dies when a blockade is in place whereas boots on the ground kills people.   It's a very smart thing to do.

[gortex]

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.

[Kenzo1]

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.

The problem with Trump statements are that it can be allways just lies.

I been seeing in X that US is still moving troops to Midle East , indicating different than what Trump claims...but we wil see soon.

I would hope that Hormuz would be opened .

[gortex]

After reports of a Chinese ship leaving yesterday I think words may have been spoken between the two and Trump has seen the error of his decision , I think the troop deployment could be little more than sabre rattling as I doubt at this point Trump wants more bodies coming home , with the backlash he's receiving I think he just wants a deal and to get out of there.

Note to Trump , Don't listen to Netanyahu ..... EVER.