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A country where masked ICE agents shoot other Americans without being prosecuted looks pretty splintered to me.

Australia 0.854. But that's because we are not idiots about guns.

From where I sit, Americans don't do a bad job of killing each other either.

Never saw it. I learn something new every day.

I think you mean $890 million a day. Three days of war at $890 billion would add nearly $3 trillion to US debt, the Fed could not print the paper fast enough to keep up.

Put your dentures in if you want your wit to be biting.

IIRC US politicians exported American jobs. The country has a $38 trillion debt. Debt to GDP ratio is 124%. 4 or 5 individuals control more wealth than about 170 million US citizens. Student debt and house mortgage repayment is a lifetime vocation. If you call that prospering, can I have some of what you are smoking?

Please tell me the relevance of your post to mine, as I just can't see it.

IIRC Vietnam almost bankrupted the US, and caused Nixon to go off the gold standard. A bombing campaign costing $800 million every day. A $38 trillion debt. a $15 hike in oil per barrel. You're right, times are different. This war is about look over there, anywhere but the Epstein files.

35 sqm. I am a minimalist, so I am quite comfortable in that environment. Bigger places just mean more to clean and maintain. My GF has a house in the village, we only go there for 1-2 days.

Really. Shutting down 20% of the world's oil supply is not much? Congratulations. you are clearly leading the field on this thread for the most stupid post.

Bangkok is far too frenetic for me, not to mention being 50-100% more expensive than Chiang Rai. Show me in Bangkok where one can rent a well-run condo with pool for 8000 baht/month.

You have heard of Mutual Assured Destruction? Every nuclear power knows if they use a nuke, everyone else will pile on to destroy them. Israel has had nukes for 60 years. It has never used them. Why do you think that is?

You call Bangkok normal? Wow. Chiang Mai is normal, although the traffic gets worse every time I go there. Chiang Rai is sabai sabai.

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Roosevelt described it as "a day of infamy". It united America. Why the Iranians would think differently about being attacked is beyond my understanding.

There is a hefty premium for additional wartime insurance. IIRC Trump said he would end the Ukraine -Russia conflict in 24 hours. So excuse me for being skeptical about his 4-5 week forecast. I agree completely with your last comment. What on earth is America afraid of? Why does the USA spend more on its military than the next 9 countries combined? Or could it be, as Eisenhower inferred in his farewell address, that the military-industrial complex wants perpetual conflict to sustain it? Eisenhower deliberately left out "political" from the phrase, although he knew kickbacks to politicians on both sides were going on by defense industry contractors.

IIRC Curtis Le May wanted to do that to Hanoi. How did that end?

Khamenei's son is now the Supreme Leader. I suppose one could call that a different head of government. Definitely not regime change. None of the shipping at the Gulf states can get marine insurance in wartime. 90% of traffic is at a standstill. A few ships are getting through by turning off their AIS transponders. No US Navy ships are currently escorting oil tankers through the Strait. Normally, an average of 120 cargo ships of various kinds transit every day. Total US naval forces in the region amount to 30 warships, including 2 aircraft carriers. Do the math, they'd be busier than one-armed wallpaper hangers. What game plan? From where I sit, it looks like another US clusterf**k to me.

Somebody has been watching Landman.

She told you she had no children, and you believe her? After telling you she had a regular job? A bigger question is whether you had unprotected sex with her. If you did, I'd recommend STD testing.

Bignok/Susanlea/Harrisfan and your current nom de plume - have you heard of evolution, or does whatever you worship deny the existence and evidence of scientific fact?

There is only one time in aerial war history that a surrender was brought about by bombing, i.e. the US nuking Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Nothing will go well in this war, just like Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. The Strait of Hormuz is indefensible. Can you imagine the cost of the US Navy escorting each and every oil tanker through there? Boots on the ground won't happen. Trump would be impeached by both sides of politics if he tried, and no ally is going to be suckered into participating either. IIRC it was Curtis Le May who threatened to bomb Hanoi back to the Stone Age. That went well, didn't it?

Iran has just given Trump and Netanyahu a big raspberry, appointing Khamenei's son as their next supreme leader.

You are talking to a person with no concept of decency.

Let's see who has won, shall we? Trump has won, by distracting attention away from the Epstein files. He'll probably need a war with Cuba to keep the ball rolling. Firms like Raytheon and Lockheed are winners, with quadrupled spending on bombs and missiles. The Strait of Hormuz is closed. 20% of the world's oil supply. A torch for inflation -everywhere. Americans are the biggest losers. More paper printing to cover the $38 trillion deficit. A war costing $800 million a day. Every smart investor is fleeing to gold and silver. Countries are shedding T-bonds like fur coats on a hot day. It's always interesting to see how many posters subscribe to the Trump bullsh!t.