Iran

[badgerx16]

5 minutes ago, egg said:

And those Indians, Chinese, Australians, Japanese, etc, etc, desperate for oil. 

Which, of course, the US will sell to them, at a Venezuelan premium.

Edited Sunday at 15:16 by badgerx16

[egg]

1 minute ago, badgerx16 said:

Which, of course, the US will sell to them, at a Venezuelan premium.

Indeed. US dominant, Israel dominant, Putin sorted, Donny/mates richer, eastern and emerging economies weakened/exposed as vulnerable, a NATO off ramp, Iran weakened with a "new regime"(😂), etc. 

It's not gone as badly as some people think. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

4 minutes ago, egg said:

Indeed. US dominant, Israel dominant, Putin sorted, Donny/mates richer, eastern and emerging economies weakened/exposed as vulnerable, a NATO off ramp, Iran weakened with a "new regime"(😂), etc. 

It's not gone as badly as some people think. 

You'd read this thread as if he was some sort of unbalanced, easily led man-child.

Guy's a genius at lining his own pockets and those of his pals ( defence, markets etc). 🙂 Not to mention ticking off the dream checklist of plenty of right wing hawks, when it comes to foreign policy. 

So much more to cram in before the mid terms too. Lucky us.

[egg]

1 minute ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

You'd read this thread as if he was some sort of unbalanced, easily led man-child.

Guy's a genius at lining his own pockets and those of his pals ( defence, markets etc). 🙂 Not to mention ticking off the dream checklist of plenty of right wing hawks, when it comes to foreign policy. 

So much more to cram in before the mid terms too. Lucky us.

Yep. He's mad, undoubtedly, and although the US has lost face and trust, they've gained from this. Sadly, Israel have too, and we'll be saying Ben Gurion Canal, Saudi to Israel pipeline, and Levant Basin before too long. 

[Weston Super Saint]

27 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

You'd read this thread as if he was some sort of unbalanced, easily led man-child.

Guy's a genius at lining his own pockets and those of his pals ( defence, markets etc). 🙂 Not to mention ticking off the dream checklist of plenty of right wing hawks, when it comes to foreign policy. 

So much more to cram in before the mid terms too. Lucky us.

Apart from the bankruptcies of course....

But they were probably someone else's money anyway!

[Weston Super Saint]

36 minutes ago, egg said:

Indeed. US dominant, Israel dominant, Putin sorted, Donny/mates richer, eastern and emerging economies weakened/exposed as vulnerable, a NATO off ramp, Iran weakened with a "new regime"(😂), etc. 

It's not gone as badly as some people think. 

Not possible as doesn't have enough votes, despite what he claims.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

16 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Apart from the bankruptcies of course....

But they were probably someone else's money anyway!

You see. Geenious. 🙂

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

How's he going to blockade the strait? Can see him getting bored in no time.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

10 minutes ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

How's he going to blockade the strait? Can see him getting bored in no time.

You don't think all those Big Mac containers he uses every day have been thrown away? No! They have been lashed together, filled with stones (or illegal migrants) and will form an impervious wall up the Strait of Hormuz, blocking off Iran.

And who wouldn't trust Trump when it comes to walls?

[sadoldgit]

More embarrassment from the worst US administration ever -

‘Pete Hegseth just prayed over the Iran war. He used the fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction.

At the Pentagon's monthly worship service yesterday, the Secretary of Defense stood up, told military leaders what they hear in worship should "inform" their war decisions, and then read a prayer calling for "great vengeance and furious anger" on Iran. He said the prayer was called "CSAR 2517," standing for Combat Search And Rescue, and was based on Ezekiel 25:17.

It wasn't.

It was from Pulp Fiction. Specifically, it was the speech Samuel L. Jackson's character recites before executing an unarmed man. Tarantino wrote those lines himself. 

They are not in any Bible. They are in a Quentin Tarantino movie. The actual Ezekiel 25:17 has one sentence. The rest, including "the path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men," was invented for a 1994 film about hit men eating hamburgers.

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

The Secretary of War read a fictional hit man's execution speech to bless an actual war.

And then he said this: "Fifteen minutes ago I was talking about blockades with Admiral Cooper, and now we're going to study the Lord's word. May what we talk about, how we worship today, inform the remainder of our day and the remainder of our week."

The man coordinating a naval blockade and potential strikes on Iran is citing Bible verses that don't exist. From a movie. To bless a war that has killed more than a thousand people and threatens to starve millions more.

Pope Leo responded to Hegseth's earlier violent prayers on Palm Sunday. The Pope quoted actual scripture, Isaiah 1:15: "Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood." Archbishop Reinhard Marx of Munich called Hegseth's sermons "shameless blasphemy."

This is the man in charge of American war.machine. 

The Crusader-tattooed former Fox News host who prayed for "overwhelming violence" at his confirmation. Who has fired Army leadership out of paranoia. Who invoked a movie as scripture to justify killing Iranians.

You can’t make this stuff up.’

[badgerx16]

No. Hegseth quoted a prayer used by the Search and Rescue team that recovered the crew of the downed F15E. The CSAR team, call sign Sandy1, have clearly adapted the Samuel L Jackson speech to their own ends, but Hegseth was merely quoting them, not the film;

"They call it CSAR 25:17, which I think is meant to reflect Ezekiel 25:17. It reads — and pray with me please — ‘the path of the downed aviator is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of camaraderie and duty shepherds the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brother, and you will know my call sign is Sandy 1 when I lay my vengeance upon thee. Amen.” 

[Turkish]

3 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

No. Hegseth quoted a prayer used by the Search and Rescue team that recovered the crew of the downed F15E. The CSAR team, call sign Sandy1, have clearly adapted the Samuel L Jackson speech to their own ends, but Hegseth was merely quoting them, not the film;

"They call it CSAR 25:17, which I think is meant to reflect Ezekiel 25:17. It reads — and pray with me please — ‘the path of the downed aviator is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of camaraderie and duty shepherds the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brother, and you will know my call sign is Sandy 1 when I lay my vengeance upon thee. Amen.” 

You beat me to it.

Ezekiel 25:17 says this 

“And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.”

So it's correct to say it was based on it. 

This is more of a case of more embarrassment for @sadoldgit the worst forum poster ever. 

Edited 7 hours ago by Turkish

[badgerx16]

Just now, Turkish said:

You beat me to it.

This is more of a case of more embarrassment for @sadoldgit the worst forum poster ever.

I do think he has a hair trigger with his posts.

[Turkish]

3 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

I do think he has a hair trigger with his posts.

His nickname is Trigger, because not only is he as thick as the OFAH character, he spends his life in that permanent state.

[Weston Super Saint]

1 hour ago, sadoldgit said:

More embarrassment from the worst US administration ever -

‘Pete Hegseth just prayed over the Iran war. He used the fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction.

At the Pentagon's monthly worship service yesterday, the Secretary of Defense stood up, told military leaders what they hear in worship should "inform" their war decisions, and then read a prayer calling for "great vengeance and furious anger" on Iran. He said the prayer was called "CSAR 2517," standing for Combat Search And Rescue, and was based on Ezekiel 25:17.

It wasn't.

It was from Pulp Fiction. Specifically, it was the speech Samuel L. Jackson's character recites before executing an unarmed man. Tarantino wrote those lines himself. 

They are not in any Bible. They are in a Quentin Tarantino movie. The actual Ezekiel 25:17 has one sentence. The rest, including "the path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men," was invented for a 1994 film about hit men eating hamburgers.

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

The Secretary of War read a fictional hit man's execution speech to bless an actual war.

And then he said this: "Fifteen minutes ago I was talking about blockades with Admiral Cooper, and now we're going to study the Lord's word. May what we talk about, how we worship today, inform the remainder of our day and the remainder of our week."

The man coordinating a naval blockade and potential strikes on Iran is citing Bible verses that don't exist. From a movie. To bless a war that has killed more than a thousand people and threatens to starve millions more.

Pope Leo responded to Hegseth's earlier violent prayers on Palm Sunday. The Pope quoted actual scripture, Isaiah 1:15: "Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood." Archbishop Reinhard Marx of Munich called Hegseth's sermons "shameless blasphemy."

This is the man in charge of American war.machine. 

The Crusader-tattooed former Fox News host who prayed for "overwhelming violence" at his confirmation. Who has fired Army leadership out of paranoia. Who invoked a movie as scripture to justify killing Iranians.

You can’t make this stuff up.’

If you named the source of this text instead of just copying and pasting, at least everyone would know it wasn't you that made it up and you would only look silly for reposting it.

[Turkish]

5 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

If you named the source of this text instead of just copying and pasting, at least everyone would know it wasn't you that made it up and you would only look silly for reposting it.

amusing how he's quick to accuse others of believing fake news. Another fail.