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Just a recommendation which I've mentioned before 

Watch Bitter Lake by Adam Curtis 

It's the closest explanation I've seen to our relatively modern fucked up world

I see the war is going brilliantly...

The New York Times reports that President Donald J. Trump has, for now, paused plans to significantly expand U.S. strikes against Iran after senior military leaders warned that doing so could dangerously deplete Patriot interceptor and other air defense missile stockpiles needed to protect U.S. forces in the Middle East. According to the report, the administration is weighing those military constraints alongside the risks of broader regional escalation, while continuing economic pressure and leaving the door open to diplomacy. If accurate, the decision highlights how limited stocks of critical air defense munitions are increasingly shaping U.S. military options as the conflict continues.

Behind the paywall link below

Trump Holds Off on Major War Escalation Against Iran as Advisers Raise Concerns - The New York Times

15 hours ago, deeane Koontz said:

So that's a yes then. Searing wit as ever.

Can never be sure if it's jest or the dreaded 'typo' with you. Fanny.

Shaven or bushy? With clit or without?

Phillips Payson O'Brien (born 1963) is an American historian and professor of strategic studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He was formerly at the University of Glasgow where he ran the Scottish Centre for War Studies.

Phillips O'Brien - Wikipedia

30 minutes ago, Sluffy said:

Phillips Payson O'Brien (born 1963) is an American historian and professor of strategic studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He was formerly at the University of Glasgow where he ran the Scottish Centre for War Studies.

Phillips O'Brien - Wikipedia

So much winning 🙄.

This lack of munitions seems a real factor as seems to have been reported in several places. Amazing really.

Joking aside about the orange buffoon, it is hard to see how this can be brought to a conclusion quickly, for the benefit of the global economy and hence all of us. Trump doesn’t have an off-ramp to save face (whichever way you look at this it’s a disaster for the US), the US can’t win militarily, Iran know they now have the upper hand and are 100% motivated to make this as hard as possible for the Americans in any negotiations (as evidenced by the failed MoU and closed SoH).

A complete yet avoidable mess.

Edited July 27Jul 27 by Bertie

45 minutes ago, Sluffy said:

Phillips Payson O'Brien (born 1963) is an American historian and professor of strategic studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He was formerly at the University of Glasgow where he ran the Scottish Centre for War Studies.

Phillips O'Brien - Wikipedia

He's managed to stick himself in the middle of an escalation trap. He's now only got two real options. Capitulate or put boots on the ground.

And the second option would likely mean horrific losses to an extent that the US public wouldn't accept.

He's fucked this up so badly it'a untrue.

Still - go the Don! 🙄

24 minutes ago, kent_white said:

He's managed to stick himself in the middle of an escalation trap. He's now only got two real options. Capitulate or put boots on the ground.

And the second option would likely mean horrific losses to an extent that the US public wouldn't accept.

He's fucked this up so badly it'a untrue.

Still - go the Don! 🙄

He's what the world needed, apparently

The USA showing once again they are shit at war

6 minutes ago, Zico said:

The USA showing once again they are shit at war

They even lost the war on drugs.

Edited July 27Jul 27 by jmjhb

They were literally bombing nothing. Wasteland that had already been bombed minutes earlier, because Hegseth and Trump wanted to break a record for the most bombs dropped in a day.

So they could brag about it.

9 hours ago, Sweep said:

It's what the world needs, apparently

Ground incursion. Completely obliterate these evil cunts.

4 hours ago, Zico said:

The USA showing once again they are shit at war

...and where do you think you'd be without them?

There's some fucking crazies on here.

1 hour ago, bolty58 said:

...and where do you think you'd be without them?

There's some fucking crazies on here.

speaking german?

late to the game in WW2 and since then get involved where they shouldn't, leaving places in a worse, or certainly no better, state than when they arrived

feel free to share some "wins" or "success stories"

8 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Ground incursion. Completely obliterate these evil cunts.

I agree it's the only way that this thing ends now, If the rest of the world had joined in initially, then I think boots would already be on the ground. I'm not sure the US will have the balls to go it alone though, because no way now will anybody else be offering up troops to assist (apart from Israel).

An unnecessary war, that is lasting much longer and costing far more than I'm sure whichever clowns in the US thought it would

7 hours ago, Zico said:

speaking german?

late to the game in WW2 and since then get involved where they shouldn't, leaving places in a worse, or certainly no better, state than when they arrived

feel free to share some "wins" or "success stories"

1983, Operation Fury

When they taught the mighty Grenada a lesson, they proper put them in their place

2 hours ago, Sweep said:

1983, Operation Fury

When they taught the mighty Grenada a lesson, they proper put them in their place

Don't forget Panama and Nicaragua.

11 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Ground incursion. Completely obliterate these evil cunts.

Your nurse needs to unlock the Special Meds

7 hours ago, Spider said:

Your nurse needs to unlock the Special Meds

Aye

Has he seen the state of Iran

Nobody is beating them on the ground without many casualties and loads of money

Anyone any idea of the goal in this? It was originally a diversion from the Epstein files. Is that still the case?

8 minutes ago, jayjayoghani said:

Anyone any idea of the goal in this? It was originally a diversion from the Epstein files. Is that still the case?

To stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon silly, they were only a couple of weeks away from it apparently. Which is odd, given that only 6 months before, they'd been set back decades in such a venture.

I suspect only Trump and Bolty actually believe they were just a fortnight away from having a nuclear warhead.

Analysis of the current three Iranian power groups -

Institute for the Study of War

@TheStudyofWar

37m

Iran Update Special Report, July 28, 2026: Three competing groups within the regime are attempting to influence negotiations policy. The group currently arguing for negotiations and total control over the strait is likely guiding policy at this time. This group is likely led by elements of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), including IRGC commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi.

The “IRGC-Vahidi” group is under pressure from a pro-negotiations and pro-compromise group that likely includes but is not limited to President Masoud Pezeshkian, Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi, and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. This group primarily disagrees with the IRGC-Vahidi group over means, not ends. This group also seeks “control” of the strait, though its definition of control may be less expansive.

The third group is an ultra-hardline faction, the Paydari Front, which opposes all negotiations with the United States. This group is a small minority, but its proximity to power through regime insiders like Saeed Jalili, who is currently a Supreme Leader representative on Iran’s top national security decision-making body — the Supreme National Security Council — and previously chaired the council, would likely require Vahidi and other policymakers to take note of its views. Concerns from pro-negotiation corners in Iran over continued US sanctions, the US blockade, and economic damage from the war underscore the risk Iran faces in continuing the war indefinitely. Economic challenges caused by the US blockade were among the reasons why Pezeshkian argued the Memorandum of Understanding’s (MOU) case to the supreme leader in June, according to the New York Times, which indicates that at least some regime actors believe the present situation is untenable for Iran.

Iran continues to reject compromises to Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz because hardline decisionmakers perceive control of the waterway as the regime’s most reliable means of preserving future leverage. Iran is refusing to give up control of the strait in talks with Omani mediators as the mediators have proposed a formal 10-day truce, according to a US official and mediators speaking to Western media on July 27.

On 28/07/2026 at 10:22, Zico said:

speaking german?

late to the game in WW2 and since then get involved where they shouldn't, leaving places in a worse, or certainly no better, state than when they arrived

feel free to share some "wins" or "success stories"

You're off your head if you think the so called 'late arrival' wasn't our salvation.

But for that we would all be speaking German and in an 'homogenised' society too.

You've never been to Grenada have you

21 hours ago, Sweep said:

1983, Operation Fury

When they taught the mighty Grenada a lesson, they proper put them in their place

Beat me to it.

21 hours ago, Sweep said:

1983, Operation Fury

When they taught the mighty Grenada a lesson, they proper put them in their place

Beat me to it.

10 hours ago, Sweep said:

To stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon silly, they were only a couple of weeks away from it apparently. Which is odd, given that only 6 months before, they'd been set back decades in such a venture.

I suspect only Trump and Bolty actually believe they were just a fortnight away from having a nuclear warhead.

You're wrong there smartarse. I thought it was 10 days.

11 hours ago, Casino said:

Aye

Has he seen the state of Iran

Nobody is beating them on the ground without many casualties and loads of money

Without a doubt. Still how it ends.

Can I take it that you would have left them completely alone to do whatever they wanted?

I suppose from your apparent 'allegiances' (more accurately, bias) you would have left them and their proxies alone?