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philip964 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 6:32 pm https://english.almayadeen.net/news/pol ... -us-forces

Iraq Parliament votes to kick US troops out of Iraq.

philip964 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:59 pm https://www.the-express.com/news/world- ... -uk-israel

Hamas threatens attacks on US and UK.

I guess another reason to carry.

I guess Blue states and UK will just need to suck it up.

Rafe wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 2:47 pm Ya know, this was probably the most tinfoil-hat post I've made on the forum: viewtopic.php?p=1333345#p1333345

After a whole bunch of bullet points and what-ifs, I ended the tin-foil-hattedness with this:

What happens in the Oval Office if, simultaneously, Russia throws everything it has at Ukraine--and maybe even crosses into Poland--while Xi Jinping actively moves on the military "annexation" of Taiwan? Does the U.S. have any hope of responding to two, simultaneous military crises? And what if "the axis of evil" brings Iran into the picture and there is escalated aggression against Israel at exactly the same time? What if U.S. commitments to its allies has, simultaneously, war in Ukraine and Poland, Taiwan and the South China Sea, and Israel and the Middle East?

I admit I'm a bit more worried about such an outlandish scenario than I actually was months ago. I mean, Republicans are demonstrating they don't have enough cohesiveness to even elect a speaker of the house. We have the Biden/Harris circus in the catbird seat, and it's clear just how much that administration is respected globally. Deterrent, not. Rather than speak softly and carry a big stick, this administration is more like speak unintelligibly and forget where you put the stick. Worse, make sure the stick is sufficiently "woke," recruiting standards are reduced to their lowest bars ever for both mental and physical capabilities, and then still fail to meet recruitment goals. Oh, and spend billions on all sorts of stuff while letting some of the U.S. air and naval arsenals languish. And then forget where you put the stick.

And now it looks very much like Israel might end up fighting three (somewhat) separate wars on three borders, with undoubtedly Iran pulling the strings of its proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah. And we have idiot leftist congress critters who are flat-out anti-American and antifa finding another reason to "peacefully protest" in the streets over the "atrocities" committed by Israel.

You can almost feel Xi Jinping thinking, "Hm... I wonder..."

MadMonkey wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2023 4:59 am

Grayling813 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:30 pm

MadMonkey wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2023 10:16 pm Attacks on US bases by Iran-backed "resistance" groups have increased by a LOT lately. Lots of drones vs the rockets and mortars we're used to.

Yep,the bases in Syria (why does the US occupy territory in a country that hasn’t invited us?) and Iraq (why do we still have bases in a country that’s asked us to leave after we invaded and overthrew their government?)

The Iranians haven’t been happy with the US since we overthrew their democratically elected government and installed the Shah in 1953.

There is no fixing the middle east and central Asia. We need to be out of here, and should have been long ago.

powerboatr wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:19 pm

Paladin wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:44 pm There is some good discussion here about what we are looking at:

An Invasion of Gaza Would Be a Disaster for Israel

In a worst-case scenario, the conflict will not remain confined to Gaza. And unfortunately, such an expansion is likely. A protracted invasion of Gaza will generate tremendous pressures in the West Bank, which President Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority may be unable—or, perhaps, unwilling—to contain. Over the last year, Israel’s relentless encroachment on West Bank land, and the violent provocations of the settlers, has already brought Palestinian anger and frustration to a boil. The Gaza invasion could push West Bank Palestinians over the edge.

But the invasion of Gaza may well be a redline that would force Hezbollah to act. Escalation in the West Bank and Jerusalem almost certainly would be....And should Hezbollah enter the fray with its formidable arsenal of missiles, Israel would face its first two-front war in half a century.

...expanding the war to Iran would pose enormous risks, not only in the form of Iranian retaliation against Israel but also in attacks against oil shipping in the Gulf and potential escalation across Iraq, Yemen, and other fronts where Iranian allies hold sway.

if jumping joe would simply come on and say to the petroleum industry...drill, refine and go forth at maximum speed. we could regain control of world refined product as well as raw crude imports and domestic drilling.

then we blockade iran RIGHT FREAKING now. no ships capable of carrying oil shall be allowed to enter or leave iranian ports. we have done this before and sank a few of their warships

then we break our feet off in the rear end of QATAR and demand or go get the hamas leadership. take them to isreal.


of course this will cause some military actions from the players

In a worst-case scenario, the conflict will not remain confined to Gaza. And unfortunately, such an expansion is likely. A protracted invasion of Gaza will generate tremendous pressures in the West Bank, which President Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority may be unable—or, perhaps, unwilling—to contain. Over the last year, Israel’s relentless encroachment on West Bank land, and the violent provocations of the settlers, has already brought Palestinian anger and frustration to a boil. The Gaza invasion could push West Bank Palestinians over the edge.

But the invasion of Gaza may well be a redline that would force Hezbollah to act. Escalation in the West Bank and Jerusalem almost certainly would be....And should Hezbollah enter the fray with its formidable arsenal of missiles, Israel would face its first two-front war in half a century.

...expanding the war to Iran would pose enormous risks, not only in the form of Iranian retaliation against Israel but also in attacks against oil shipping in the Gulf and potential escalation across Iraq, Yemen, and other fronts where Iranian allies hold sway.

Convoys of international vehicles have also been seen speeding from the areas of unrest, exiting the confines of the Green Zone...Intense security deployment near Baghdad International Airport.

philip964 wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 1:40 pm https://nypost.com/2021/05/17/ap-slamme ... -presence/

Shocked and horrified that the Associated Press would share an office building with Hamas in Gaza and place their employees in such risk.