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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #50 on: April 21, 2026, 05:40:57 pm »
That may actually be good news, If Trump is sharp enough to take advantage of it.  Unfortunately, I don't think he will.  I think he's given up on the whole endeavor and is looking for an exit ramp.  Screw the thousands of dead Iranians and the 13 dead American soldiers.

That's what I'm thinking to...
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #51 on: April 21, 2026, 05:44:45 pm »
That's what I'm thinking to...

TACO.  Big losses for the GOP this fall, Trump resigns after 1/20/2027?
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #52 on: April 21, 2026, 05:44:50 pm »
I still think Mojtaba Khamenei is dead



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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #53 on: April 21, 2026, 05:45:48 pm »
Likely.
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #54 on: April 21, 2026, 05:46:35 pm »
That's been my thinking for the past few days.  Perhaps though this has a lot to do with Articles of Impeachment against Hegseth too.  So let's see, not only have we learned that our allies won't stand with us, Russia and China are arming Iran, Russia and Ukraine are still at odds, the cost of oil is up and the DEMS are delighted!

As far as voting .... why vote anymore?  We should realize right now, that we're screwed either way.

Here I was looking forward to our 250th celebration as a nation.  Nope.  I'm no longer interested in watching all the hoopla, when evil is still lurking just around the corner.

There's always a possibility that Trump is lying to Iran and will start bombing the crappola out of them tomorrow -- not likely -- but I thought I'd throw that in to be a positive.

"evil is still lurking just around the corner" - no surer way to get more of that is to let the Dems win. Not voting, because you don't like some policy or other, will result in a country you will no longer want to live in, and one in which the Dems will hunt down anyone who is suspected of liking 47, his policies, or is MAGA, where lawlessness is the norm, where English is no longer spoken, where criminals rule, and victims are prosecuted.

Plus, its a childish out look on America, the Republic, and everything anyone has ever fought for.

Vote, even if you hate what happened, because stroke of the pen, work camps can become real. Is that the outcome you really want to achieve by withholding your vote?
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #55 on: April 21, 2026, 05:49:47 pm »

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2046690014826778640

The hardliners have all the big guns. The politicians have all the words. Wonder how that will turn out ...  :whistle:
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #56 on: April 21, 2026, 05:51:21 pm »
That may actually be good news, If Trump is sharp enough to take advantage of it.  Unfortunately, I don't think he will.  I think he's given up on the whole endeavor and is looking for an exit ramp.  Screw the thousands of dead Iranians and the 13 dead American soldiers.

With the recent meeting between Vance, Rubio, Hegseth, Kushner, Witkoff, Caine (others), I believe that Trump may have been advised not to continue unless he decided to risk heavy casualties with boots on the ground as there is no other way to win this.

For now the blockade holds and next week when the WPA runs out (which I believe the Iranian leaders are aware of) we'll wipe the dust off and leave.

God help us.
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #57 on: April 21, 2026, 05:52:28 pm »

At the same time, they are moving missiles through civilian areas of Tehran. Unless something major happens, tomorrow will be the resumption of war.

The only question is will 47 fire back?
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #58 on: April 21, 2026, 05:53:13 pm »
The hardliners have all the big guns. The politicians have all the words. Wonder how that will turn out ...  :whistle:
I look for Iran to throw the first punch.  They almost have to since they have zero money coming in to fund their country.

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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #59 on: April 21, 2026, 05:54:00 pm »
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IRGC HAS SEIZED POWER IN IRAN

IRGC 30 MINS AGO PLACED QALIBAF, PEZESHKIAN AND ARAGHCHI UNDER HOUSE ARREST

IRGC IS SAYING TALKS ARE OVER - SOURCES

Took them long enough ...
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« Reply #60 on: April 21, 2026, 05:55:08 pm »
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IRGC HAS SEIZED POWER IN IRAN

IRGC 30 MINS AGO PLACED QALIBAF, PEZESHKIAN AND ARAGHCHI UNDER HOUSE ARREST

IRGC IS SAYING TALKS ARE OVER - SOURCES
House arrest means they'll be seeing their 72 virgins shortly.

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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #61 on: April 21, 2026, 05:55:18 pm »
The only question is will 47 fire back?

Probably not.  Easier to just gaslight the American people again.
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #62 on: April 21, 2026, 06:03:37 pm »

With the recent meeting between Vance, Rubio, Hegseth, Kushner, Witkoff, Caine (others), I believe that Trump may have been advised not to continue unless he decided to risk heavy casualties with boots on the ground as there is no other way to win this.

For now the blockade holds and next week when the WPA runs out (which I believe the Iranian leaders are aware of) we'll wipe the dust off and leave.

God help us.

Right. God help us. Because the IRGC will redouble its efforts to make as many nukes as possible, and continuing to reverse engineer the ICBM they got from North Korea, then proceed to make lots of them.

We can be sure that when a sufficient number are completed, they will launch on the targets previously announced: Israel, Rome, NYC, Chicago, and maybe some other US cities as well.

47 will have the onus placed squarely on his fecklessness, and so become a major US villain.

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« Reply #63 on: April 21, 2026, 06:03:38 pm »
Bad move. If you want to leave a door open don't come out with a lot of empty rhetoric.  I hope there is more of a plan than what we see that seems to be happening.

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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #64 on: April 21, 2026, 06:06:05 pm »
House arrest means they'll be seeing their 72 virgins shortly.

They are the expendable politicians. The hardline IRGC people will be inside impenetrable underground sites, prepared to last it out for years.
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« Reply #65 on: April 21, 2026, 06:10:17 pm »
"evil is still lurking just around the corner" - no surer way to get more of that is to let the Dems win. Not voting, because you don't like some policy or other, will result in a country you will no longer want to live in, and one in which the Dems will hunt down anyone who is suspected of liking 47, his policies, or is MAGA, where lawlessness is the norm, where English is no longer spoken, where criminals rule, and victims are prosecuted.

Plus, its a childish out look on America, the Republic, and everything anyone has ever fought for.

Vote, even if you hate what happened, because stroke of the pen, work camps can become real. Is that the outcome you really want to achieve by withholding your vote?

Of course I realize your point.  However ... I did NOT vote for McCain as I voted my conscience and didn't want to not vote, that gave me Obama anyways.  I then held my nose and voted Romney and that gave us Obama.  Due to fraud, Biden entered the arena -- so  how did my vote change anything?

We sit with Trump at the helm.  Fraud is still rampant. No one has been held accountable and the GOP  hasn't done a darn thing to write useful legislation for him to sign.  He made a bold and mighty strike against Iran, we are on the brink with Russia and China.  He has ruled mostly be e.o.  So -- at the end of the day; 2 things have been accomplished; ILLEGALS have been curtailed and the Ayatollah has been wiped off the face of the map.

Yes, I fully realize what lies ahead should a DEM get in but considering that Biden won by an overwhelming victory -- I don't hold hope anymore.  Trump was our last chance.  No, I don't know for certainty what's happening right now with him, but chances are the DEMS regardless of vote count will win the mid terms; they certainly have fraud down to a science.  Should the DEMS win we will no doubt see death camps.  My outlook is not childish, my outlook is one of realism, past history of the two parties and realizing that perhaps America has seen her better days.

I'll even go a bit further and say with what has transpired, our country may not make it to the next general election.

I pray for our Troops and our Country and that the evilness that keeps prevailing is stopped.

Yes -- time for me to get some sun and some air and put dinner together.
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #66 on: April 21, 2026, 06:21:22 pm »

Yes -- time for me to get some sun and some air and put dinner together.

I'm ordering a pizza tonight.  It's been a couple of weeks....
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #67 on: April 21, 2026, 06:22:30 pm »
Trump ceasefire extension ‘ploy to buy time’ for surprise strike, says Iranian regime advisor

President Donald Trump’s ceasefire extension is a “ploy to buy time” for a surprise strike, an advisor to Iran’s parliament speaker and lead negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Tuesday.

“Trump’s ceasefire extension means nothing. The losing side cannot dictate terms,” Iranian national security analyst Mahdi Mohammadi said in a post shared on X.

“The continuation of the siege is no different from bombardment and must be met with a military response,” he said.

“Moreover, Trump’s ceasefire extension is certainly a ploy to buy time for a surprise strike. The time for Iran to take the initiative has come,” Mohammadi added.
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #68 on: April 21, 2026, 06:36:56 pm »


Sitting it out will only make things worse; unlike the other times, this time is for all the marbles - there is always hope
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #70 on: April 21, 2026, 06:41:11 pm »
Sitting it out will only make things worse; unlike the other times, this time is for all the marbles - there is always hope

Nixon said that in 1960, right?
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #72 on: April 21, 2026, 06:53:02 pm »
Sitting it out will only make things worse; unlike the other times, this time is for all the marbles - there is always hope

They say that every election.  2024 was for all the marbles, but there must have been a hole in the bag because we didn't get the most important ones, like the SAVE Act!  Now it is starting to look like we're not getting a pacified Iran because it appears the CiC is making moves to cut and run while victory is in our grasp.
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« Reply #73 on: April 21, 2026, 06:54:34 pm »
Nixon said that in 1960, right?

The politicians have been saying that in every Election since....
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #74 on: April 21, 2026, 07:46:23 pm »
BREAKING...ceasefire extension....  :wtf:

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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #75 on: April 21, 2026, 07:48:15 pm »
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CNN: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Huckabee will be part of the upcoming direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon.

U.S. Secretary of State Rubio will be participating again in the talks.



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« Reply #76 on: April 21, 2026, 07:50:23 pm »
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NEW: Trump convened his core national security team at the WH this afternoon to discuss path forward on Iran. Trump extending the ceasefire was the result of the meeting

Vance, Rubio, Hegseth and Caine attended the meeting. DNI Tulsi Gabbard was not included, per person familiar

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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #77 on: April 21, 2026, 07:54:41 pm »
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On my personal behalf and on behalf of Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, I sincerely thank President Trump for graciously accepting our request to extend the ceasefire to allow ongoing diplomatic efforts to take their course.

With the trust and confidence reposed in, Pakistan shall continue its earnest efforts for negotiated settlement of conflict.

I sincerely hope that both sides will continue to observe the ceasefire and be able to conclude a comprehensive ‘Peace Deal’ during the second round of talks scheduled at Islamabad for a permanent end to the conflict.

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« Reply #78 on: April 21, 2026, 07:58:02 pm »
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Iran has pretty much conceded to absolutely nothing this whole time, what opportunity does the US even have to deescalate at this point?

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Trump extends the ceasefire.

Just incredible...

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« Reply #79 on: April 21, 2026, 08:04:33 pm »
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It clear today that Trump after convening a meeting with his core advisors decide against strikes on Iran in this instance, likely persuaded by JD Vance and Rubio to take a different course of action for now.

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« Reply #80 on: April 21, 2026, 08:05:34 pm »
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Talk of divisions and disagreements within the Iranian regime is pure nonsense. Iran is practicing the same diplomatic trickery that worked with Obama and is now working with Donald Trump.

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« Reply #81 on: April 21, 2026, 08:09:32 pm »
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⭕️ Let’s analyze this strategy objectively. Trump clearly believed that Iran would be the first to back down and rush to sign a deal whose details he announced and claimed were already agreed upon. Either the people who made promises to Trump couldn’t deliver, or they changed their stance. Either way, this obviously emboldened the Iranians. The US now appears weak and is losing the initiative. Iranians have already stated in the past hour that they need to seize this moment and take the initiative. Maintaining the blockade is beneficial because it is significantly damaging the Iranian economy, but what’s missing is increased military pressure. In the Middle East, if diplomacy fails, force is often used. Trump needs to set a clear deadline and enforce it. Immunity should be revoked; leaders are more likely to compromise when threatened, and if not, their replacements will. The US and Israel know which leaders are blocking any agreement; they must be removed to make way for more negotiable ones.

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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #83 on: April 21, 2026, 08:11:29 pm »

NEW: Trump convened his core national security team at the WH this afternoon to discuss path forward on Iran.

So what happened to "unconditional surrender" and "unleashing hell?"
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #84 on: April 21, 2026, 08:13:46 pm »
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Blockade -----> no money
No money ----> no salaries
No salaries ---> defections

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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #85 on: April 21, 2026, 08:18:19 pm »
They are telling you what matters to them.  So, DO NOT REMOVE THE BLOCKADE, NO MATTER WHAT.




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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #86 on: April 21, 2026, 08:22:27 pm »
This is looking like it is going to end with Iran detonating a nuke as a demonstration - or worse. Giving them more time is a means to that end.
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #88 on: April 21, 2026, 08:29:42 pm »

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2046735807201845319

So Trump's pissed off that Elliott Kaufman is right?   :shrug:

I guess the truth hurts.
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #90 on: April 21, 2026, 08:37:25 pm »
POS Prime Minister of Pakistan

You mean the Prime Minister of the country that harbored Bin Laden?

 **nononono*
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #96 on: April 21, 2026, 09:32:18 pm »
TACO.  Big losses for the GOP this fall, Trump resigns after 1/20/2027?

Interesting.  I can see him resigning which would leave us with Vance and likely a very DEM House and Senate.  Vance will likely name DeSantis or Rubio as his VP.  They are the two strongest options. Whether either of them can withstand the control of the new DEM regime is questionable.

This is all hypothetical of course but I am truly hoping (though doubtful) that Trump finishes what he started in Iran. Otherwise, we as a country are toast; both politically and a target for Iran.
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #97 on: April 21, 2026, 09:33:12 pm »

https://twitter.com/MichelleMaxwell/status/2046745165134733727

Please,  let's stop with the Trump is a 3D chess  player.  He certainly isn't playing chess  these days.
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #98 on: April 21, 2026, 09:34:40 pm »
It appears Trump is waiting for Iran to self-destruct, which may very well happen.

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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #99 on: April 21, 2026, 09:42:37 pm »
It appears Trump is waiting for Iran to self-destruct, which may very well happen.

That may be but the U.S. still needs to control the Strait of Hormuz AND collect the uranium.

Hopefully when we wake tomorrow, we will learn that Trump actually has a plan and isn't exiting Iran as some of us think.

After watching a few minutes of an interview this morning of an ex-Navy seal, he in short stated that to win this, boots on the ground  will be  necessary along with U.S. mass casualties.

Prayers for the safety of our country and troops and prayers that God grants Trump the wisdom and courage to do what is right for the U.S.A.  :patriot:
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