Recent content by Batt Boy

but clash report, as relayed by folks here, says the US is hitting the tankers?

Israel and the US have different, although overlapping objectives (despite Trumps constant confusing mumblings). There difference between the two translates to how the war ends. I feel at the end of it, we will have spent billions, depleted military and political reserves and little will have...

Clash Report? Really. Even Turks laugh at it. Reminds me of the George Strait song, Ocean Front Property in Arizona.

I view ultra-leftists as inherently Marxists that are maximally anti-authoritarian. Might even call them max gauche.

Agreed. Much like I have the smartest guy in the multiverse who likes to talk about his sexual prowess on ignore. Don't know what he says.

Preussische Feldmarschälle meutern nicht

I got front and back, side to side...then I let the Alpine play....

Over half of the Iranian population is non-Persian. I wonder about the borders as the security apparatus is degraded, particularly the Arabs and the Azeri.

"you need to hold multiple thoughts in your head at the same time" tough for the MAGA crowd...

Not excusing the Iranians and I continue to get a kick out of the folks who like to post the Iranian dead but ignore the Israeli dead yesterday in a Synagogue bomb shelter, but you do realize we have 3 elementary schools and 2 middle schools INSIDE Fort Bragg? EE Smith High School is 3 miles...

I'm not suggesting it was liberal. I don't think many countries then were, including us. But to equate the Shah's regime to the Islamic Republic is telling.

Partly true. While SAVAK was wicked, the educated pushed for a pre-Islamic identity that emphasized Persian heritage and secularity. This greatly disturbed an element of the population. There was a real effort to "westernize". Women right's were fundamentally expanded and many of those...

Should have known when she was fired, that her dad would be the real power left https://emorywheel.com/article/emory-no-longer-employs-daughter-of-top-iranian-official-20260125

only $98million apiece

The problem is the high-end assets. We only have 8 THAAD and we aren't taking them out of Guam or South Korea. Not sure the directed energy options are reliable yet.