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Replying To Tirchonaill1:  "All you educated chaps on here that know everything about everything hadn't the wit to know that once Iran was attacked the Strait of Hormuz was going to be blocked and the price of oil was going to sky rocket.
I bet that great man in the White house and his cronies as you call them were well ahead of the game and made a monetary killing from it, also the Russians are profiting big time selling their oil at higher prices now.
These fellas you all love to hate may just be very smart men behind the bluster that confounds the woke types."
I think you are either deliberately missing the point, have your head in the sand, or just click baiting. The truth is, the dogs in the streets knew that the Straits of Hormuz would be endangered by Iran if attacked. They have never denied they would do it. After all, it's their key trump card, if you will pardon the pun. We will never know who decided to kick it off - probably Israel. Just can't believe anything out of the White House anymore. Suffice to say, we will all be living with the consequences for years.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2172 - 24/03/2026 14:18:52    2662872

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So, the Saudis now see a chance for themselves to become top dog in the region. They have been angling towards that for a while.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2172 - 24/03/2026 15:18:41    2662895

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We seem to be experiencing two different realities at the moment. POTUS is convinced we are on the verge of entering dreamland and the Iranians continue spraying the region with missiles - which we were told were all "gone". With the rumours of boots on the ground, could it be that there is the emergence of an organised opposition internally who have promised all things that Mr T wants and the old regime committed to standing firm. Time will tell.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2172 - 25/03/2026 09:57:58    2663031

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Replying To Freethinker:  "We seem to be experiencing two different realities at the moment. POTUS is convinced we are on the verge of entering dreamland and the Iranians continue spraying the region with missiles - which we were told were all "gone". With the rumours of boots on the ground, could it be that there is the emergence of an organised opposition internally who have promised all things that Mr T wants and the old regime committed to standing firm. Time will tell."
That's a good point. There is a separation between the Revolutionary Guard and the day to day government. The former would be more militant but there are undoubtedly people in administration who would probably do one the famous deals Trumps revels in.

Israel has no interest in such a thing. They will decide what to do themselves and usually the only beneficiary of that are themselves as they clearly couldn't care less about anyone else including their "allies."

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4108 - 25/03/2026 14:20:00    2663094

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Iran are really playing Trump at his own game. Sean Hannity and Jesse Watters (two morally corrupt journalists if ever there was) are going to self combust and it will be hilarious to watch.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11980 - 25/03/2026 15:27:06    2663127

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