Iran: the collapse

I’d settle for neutral, and not being disruptive to the region.

 

None of it will matter unless he's impeached and removed from office. Everything else is just shouting into the wind.

Same comment as above.

 

That he gets to install the next leader. That's what he wants.

 

Actually, I don't think he really cares. He has no goals in Iran that he wants to achieve. He just wants to be seen as a global strongman now that he's discovered the joys of being commander in chief and the toys he gets to play with in that role. Trump breaks, he doesn't build. His plan will be to somehow "win" in Iran and then head off to Cuba for another decapitation.

 

He absolutely cares, because he wants someone who bows to him. That's the end goal. He doesn't care if they are democratic or a theocracy. As long as they now to him at all times.

He will sell it as being friendly to America, but he means him ultimately.

 

The interesting thing is Grant only required unconditional surrender once — at Fort Donelson. At Vicksburg and Appomattox, Grant engaged in negotiations and agreed to terms, paroling the Confederates rather than taking them as POWs.

In World War II despite the Casablanca Declaration, the only true unconditional surrender was Germany (though Goebbels, Himmler, and Goering all attempted negotiations). The Japan surrender though called unconditional did have assurances that the emperor would remain on the throne. Japan though occupied also retained a civilian unlike Germany (where soon after the surrender the Flensburg government was arrested and its members put on trial). Italy’s surrender was not unconditional.

 

Oil surges 35% this week for biggest gain in futures trading history dating back to 1983
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/06/iran-us-war-oil-prices-brent-wti-barrel-futures.html

What did I just tell you guys about the other shoe that's gonna drop?

 

It's a good thing the Trump administration is aggressively pushing all those green energy initiatives the Biden administration put in place!

Oh, wait ...

 

You're forgetting the important thing - he and his friends are probably going to make a lot of money off of oil prices spiking! What could be more important than that?

 

The Nobel Peace Prize...errr...or something

 

Yep and the US stock markets dropped too.

Up until today the oil and stock markets weren't that bad considering there was a war on. Felt like they were giving the powers that be the benefit of the doubt. Seems like patience is running out. A week in and we are no closer to knowing how it will end, or what the end could look like.

If oil keeps rising and stock markets falling I wouldn't be surprised if the White House doesn't declare a unilateral "Unconditional Surrender" next week.

 

So both the Russians and the Chinese provide Iran the eyes in the sky by giving information of the whereabouts of the US forces (not of the Israeli forces?)

What use is that, if you don't deliver the missiles, capable to hit them.

 

Lie down and be strangled without fighting. Choke on it and don't bite.

 

Thinking about that...why hasnot that mock nobel prize institute grabbed the opportunity to "award" him with something like that.