If are you of a certain age, you remember the shame of the Iranian hostage crisis that lasted for over a year. The military suffered one of its worst humiliations ever with the Desert One disaster. Little remembered is what the savages did afterwards.
The Mullahs took the bodies of the eight men who died during the operation and put them on display for the whole world to see. A true exhibition of their nature if there ever was one. Something to remember as we fight Iran.
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History matters.
As much as I hate $4.00 gas, I will pay it to reset the middle east to include a no Nuke Iran. Carter should have done years ago.
I remember that crap very well.
Thank the Lord, Trump is the first real man to confront these radical extremists.
This should have been done fifty years ago.
Thank you Mr. President
Yet the blue-haired nose rings who go apoplectic over any perceived micro-aggression will not hesitate to march in support of that regime.
I thought LBJ was the most incompetent president until Carter came along. That is, until the senile old beach bum got elected. I think I'm just going to have to call a three-way tie.
to this day i have never figured out why ronbo Reagan didn't bloody those stinking mullahs.
Canada smuggled US diplomats out ot Iran ....... today not so much
A little trivia question: what popular TV program sprung from the Iranian hostage situation?
I remember the 1979-1980 situation very well. I did not feel "shame" any more than a store owner should feel 'shame" over some thug robbing them. As to who should have gotten sporty with the Ayatollah(s) in Iran, it was as much on Reagan as it was on Carter. But that has very little to do with the situation Trump and Co. have created. From a pretty knowledgeable perspective, Trump and Co. have F'ed up badly. It isn't that the "Iranian regime" doesn't need to go, it's the ill-conceived methodology. At the end of the day, who F'ed up probably won't matter a great deal after the elections in November as it will be a completely different situation as far as the US role in the "war."
The Democrats want to sit back and wait til Iran hits us with a nuke. The first thing out of their mouth would be why didn’t Trump do something about it!
If only the CIA hadn’t staged that coup in 1953 because the Iranians wanted to nationalize their own oil reserves this entire timeline might be different.
9:52, aside from hating Trump, please tell us how he “F’ed up” this “war”. Seriously. He has completely neutralized the worst rogue nation in the world and a prolific spreader of terrorism. He has, for the foreseeable future, eliminated their chance of developing nukes. His blockade is very effectively choking Iran and pushing them towards the critical point when they run out of oil storage capacity and have to shut down wells, which would be a huge logistical nightmare for them. All this has been accomplished with relatively little pain on our side. And please don’t whine about paying a few extra dollars at the pump, especially when I’m sure you said nothing when it was higher under Biden (or whoever was running the country for him at that time).
Make sure to take your meds tomorrow morning.
"9:52, aside from hating Trump, please tell us how he “F’ed up” this “war”. Seriously. He has completely neutralized the worst rogue nation in the world and a prolific spreader of terrorism. He has, for the foreseeable future, eliminated their chance of developing nukes. His blockade is very effectively choking Iran and pushing them towards the critical point when they run out of oil storage capacity and have to shut down wells, which would be a huge logistical nightmare for them. All this has been accomplished with relatively little pain on our side. And please don’t whine about paying a few extra dollars at the pump, especially when I’m sure you said nothing when it was higher under Biden (or whoever was running the country for him at that time)."
Among our numerous investments are oil and gas interests, so a high price per bbl is a blessing and a curse. However, it isn't just the price "at the pump" of gasoline that $100-plus barrel crude affects. Trump & Co's blathering, and the parroting of that blathering, shows a complete lack of understanding of just about everything related to "oil," in-ground, produced, or production. But let's put "oil" aside for the purposes of this reply, even though it is a very large factor in Trump & Co's F'ing this up.
He/they have done none of what you claim, and Iran was not "the worst rogue nation in the world" by any reasonable measure. Iran was no (existential) threat to any nation except Israel, but even with a nuke or two, they could not eliminate Israel (and it is unlikely any of the then or current leadership would attempt to do it). Certainly, Israel is an "friend and ally" of the US, and the leaders in Iran and of the IRGC were "heated" in their rhetoric, but the actual, on-the-ground threat was not as large or immediate as the rhetoric implied. On top of which, the Arab nations were neither friends or supporters of Iran (both leaders and as a nation/people). Iran was akin to a feral cat in the garage - yes, it could cause some damage as well as piss and shit on the floor, but it was contained - it wasn't tearing up the living room, bedrooms, etc. As to nukes, none of what was or now is the ruling class (and it was a fairly large group) would fire a nuke even if they had one because they all knew and understand it would be an instant, massive, and rule/nation-ending response from what would have been a largely unified group of powers, including the US, Europe, China, (probably) India, much of Asia (certainly Japan, S. Korea, Taiwan, etc.), obviously Israel. Maybe - maybe - an largely-impotent Russia might - might - have not joined, but since it is largely impotent, it wouldn't have mattered anyway. The bottom line is that this "war" will cost the US 100s of billions of dollars, all-in, and cannot produce the results Trump & Co have claimed. "Cannot" is the correct term because much of what has been claimed but has not occurred is in the past.
About that so-called Coup. The Prime Minister had dismissed Parliament and was allowing the communists to take over the streets. He was disbanding institutions left and right.
As for Tucker Carlson, don't waste your time trying to post his crap here. He will be treated the same as David Duke or Calypso Louis. After what he said about American troops going on a mass raping spree if there was unconditional surrender, there is no place for his words here. He deserved a good flogging for that one. Then there is his defending militant Islam lately.
"As for Tucker Carlson..."
Herein lies one of the many problems with this "war" - whether it's Carlson, Trump, Schumer, Warren, AOC, etc., and even Hegseth, folks with no military training or experience (or in Hegseth's case, no command experience) attempting to prosecute a war, or attempting to offer guidance on it, without close consultation with those who have at least SOME experience is a recipe for disaster. And before anyone goes singing the praises of Hegseth, his military experience was not as a combat commander/planner/strategist. Being a combat soldier is not the same thing AT ALL and being a junior officer who happened to get near a little hostile fire is not remotely the same experience as a commander. In fact, a career sergeant who had fair actual combat experience would likely make a better "battlefield promotion," especially to Secretary of Defense/War, than a junior officer with Hegseth's (lack of) experience. One particular thing about Hegseth that has troubled me and others since he was first nominated - no sane person who has seen real war is eager to see it again. A military needs gung-ho soldiers, but it needs thoughtful commanders, hesitant, even reticent, to engage in "war," viewing it as the last resort after exhausting all other options.
Where are you getting your information from? Is there a new comic book out that I do not know about? You seem to know what Iran would do. Are you from Iran or a member of its leaders? Who has been giving you information about what was and is going on in Iran?
May 2, 2026 at 11:48 AM, don't expect a reply. That post was written from a very juvenile understanding of the Middle East situation, and how the oil industry really works. They think they will be judged as knowledgeable from their many words, when in fact they haven't said anything.
9:52 won't acknowledge that:
1. Iran, N.Korea, Russia & China officially, militarily allied before our actions against Iran.
2. Iran has declared it's desire to destroy Israel and America steadily and repeatedly for 47 years.
3. If Iran can massacre 40,000 of its own unarmed people, it would not hesitate to nuke us once the weapons were available.
4. Though Iran is struggling to re-establish a power structure now, thanks to Trump and IDF, all of its power seeking factions are fanatic Shia Islamist terrorists who are more than willing to nuke their Islamic neighbors, Israel, Europe and USA.
5. No Democrat in leadership for that party has a plan to prevent nuclear annihilation by Iran, other than perhaps dropping pallets of cash on them and otherwise paying them extortion. Trump is exercising the most practical roadblock to a near-future Iranian sponsored apocalypse of all its perceived enemies, while at the same time, showing mercy to Iran's innocent civilians.
What makes war so bad nowadays is all of the rules countries have to follow. I often wonder who made up all of the rules. I think if you are going to declare war on another country that means you are trying to destroy the other country. But the rules of war makes that impossible. I would like to know if they are so many rules of war why haven't they made a rule that there could not be anymore wars.
Thank you KF. As a former Tucker fan, I can safely say that he is completely off the rails. Candance too.
1:49PM poorly trolled and/or ignorantly blathered: "May 2, 2026 at 11:48 AM, don't expect a reply. That post was written from a very juvenile understanding of the Middle East situation, and how the oil industry really works. They think they will be judged as knowledgeable from their many words, when in fact they haven't said anything."
Oops. Wrong even if for no other reason than here is a reply. In any case, note that there is no rebuttal in the response, only ad hominem "you're wrong!" with no counter-points. FWIW and here it isn't worth much, I have a fair amount of personal experience and knowledge about the "Middle East" and the oil industry but this really isn't the place for an in-depth discussion of this because very few here are interested and even fewer could speak from personal experience. I will point out that is very amusing that would-be critics consider 2-3-4 paragraphs "a lot of words." If you think you are informed and you are using a phone to become what you think is informed, you are...misinformed, and badly so.
"Is there a new comic book out that I do not know about?"
Probably 1000s of them. Maybe check in with another of your fellow travelers, "Krusatyr." I'll allow him? her? it? them? to weigh in on the cape situation. It is clear that you two have all sorts of things in common. Maybe get a room and see where it goes.
A former co-worker of mine was one of the C-130 pilots who flew into "Desert 1." He can tell some stories.
"Nightline" with Ted Koppel originated as "The Iran Crisis: America Held Hostage," which first aired on November 8, 1979.
9:13, you must have asked ChatGPT to reply to my post as Kamala Harris would have - very wordy with no substance. When you even attempted to add something of substance, you were laughably wrong. Tomorrow morning in your middle school world history class, pay better attention.
"9:13, you must have asked ChatGPT to reply to my post as Kamala Harris would have - very wordy with no substance. When you even attempted to add something of substance, you were laughably wrong. Tomorrow morning in your middle school world history class, pay better attention."
KF, you really need to start inviting a better class of troll to these little get-togethers. It's 2026 and semi-literate mouth-breathers just won't cut it anymore. The Trump administration, along with Congress, proves that several times a day. I understand it's hard, with any idiot able to go online with nothing more than a financed phone, but it can be done.
"Cannot is the correct term because much of what has been claimed but has not occurred is in the past.“
9:13, Kamala would be so proud of that statement. I know you hate Trump (and I don’t like the arrogant prick either), but don’t let your hatred force you to take a stand that is contrary to all evidence. Iran IS a rogue nation, would be VERY dangerous with nukes, and HAS been neutralized. You remind me of Monty Python’s Black Knight, who insists his severed arm is “‘tis but a scratch”.
"I know you hate Trump (and I don’t like the arrogant prick either), but don’t let your hatred force you to take a stand that is contrary to all evidence. Iran IS a rogue nation, would be VERY dangerous with nukes, and HAS been neutralized."
A little better, but still weak. IAC, wrong on so many levels. I don't "hate" Trump. I didn't say Iran wasn't a "rogue nation," I said it is not the "worst rogue nation in world" because it is not. Iran would not be much more "dangerous," much less "VERY dangerous," with "nukes" because even if it had them the chances of it ever launching even one are infinitesimally small (and the relative damage they could do directly with what they could produce is contextually minimal). In fact, Iran possessed (and still possesses) enough conventional weaponry to destroy and damage more than it could with even a few low order (in simple terms) "nukes." Which leads to: Iran has not been "neutralized."
The earth and everything on it is in much more danger from the large number of high-order (again, in simple terms) "nukes" possessed by the US, China, and especially and currently Russia than it is by little pissants like North Korea, Iran, etc. The US and China are generally system-stable enough that a loss of effective control is extremely unlikely (although not impossible), but Russia is currently wobbling again. While it is, like after the fall of the USSR, pretty unlikely to result in any "mishaps" prior to controls being reestablished, the Putin dictatorship falling could produce some nail-biters. There are enough sane folks in Russia that it is very unlikely that Putin ordering any type of nuclear strike would be carried out (and he'd likely get the Beria retirement plan if he tried).
Bless your heart, 10:32, but you really need to get your news from somewhere other than MSNOW, Al Jazeera, and The View. You have a rather naive view of world affairs.
@1:24
c’mon man!
your boomer insults are weak. only a boomer thinks anyone under the age of 50 still watches cable news!
GET a GRIP!
The internet is full of news aggregators with diverse viewpoints, community notes, open debate, and unbiased OSINT.
Only someone who can’t defend their beliefs remains only in the shallow pool of blogs like JJ where you can be certain the blogger wont let you see anything that might cause you uncomfortable cognitive dissonance for your (and his) need for confirmation bias.
"Bless your heart, 10:32, but you really need to get your news from somewhere other than MSNOW, Al Jazeera, and The View. You have a rather naive view of world affairs."
Oh, gosh, I'm laid low by a true renaissance...person...of innumerable worldly experiences and vast education. Seriously, KF, and I understand it isn't all on you, but really now...trolling-slash-castigation involving "The View?" That is a clear failure of management. It's a corollary to Godwin, reductio ad TheView if you will, or really, just plain ol' horseshit.
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