Piggy's messaging continues to be bizarre.
The framing of the conflict is clarifying.
Oh and something people need to get clear in their head about the Strait of Hormuz.
To say the strait is closed really isn't accurate. The truth is that Iran controls the traffic through the strait. Ships are passing through it and reportedly paying tolls to Iran. If Iran can control who goes in and out in the long run that will be the true death of our power in that area. the gulf states would be at their mercy. And again, there is no realistic military option to prevent Iran's actions.
So, congrats not only did we not defeat Iran we left them far more powerful than before.
The effects of the war are being felt, especially in the far east. Fishermen are unable to fish due to a lack of fuel. Workers are being sent home in India for lack of power.
Piggy continues to waffle between insulting our allies and begging them for help. And he insulted the conservative Japanese PM to her face. And the bitch canceled his meeting with Xi-what was supposed to be the most important trade meeting in his term.
To keep score here, despite Piggy's pronouncements Iran is
Increasing its bombing
Answering tit-for-tat on strategic bombing-oil infrastructure, nuclear facilities
Pounding Israel
Getting support from proxies in Iraq
Unleashing missiles that have far greater range that was previously thought they were capable of
Increasing its rate of missile and drone firing
Hitting American and Israeli aircraft (including the allegedly stealthy F-35)
Meanwhile the US is using 5,000 lb bombs to blow up buried speedboats and launchers
Again, while the US and Israel are degrading the Iranian military, without a doubt, this attrition warfare, with the economic damage underway is decidedly not to our advantage
I remind people Iran lost anywhere from 200,000 to 700,000 people during the Iran-Iraq war. This is existential for them. They are very unlikely to quit
Thanks a great deal magat scum. You have ---- America, likely irredeemably.
I grew up in NE Texas, third county to the left. My Dad's older sister, born and grew up in the same county, was married to an Army officer. They spent quite a bit of time in VA. When they came home they had noticeably different accents.
Over the course of my career, I've spoken with I don't know how many thousand people. I've noticed an homogenization of the accent and dialects of urban persons. I don't know how many times someone has commented on my NE Texas accent which I consider mild by local country standards.