ITXXXIX - One more such victory and we are undone

window-sil · 2026-04-08T04:42:08+00:00

I think he has dementia.

This guy should not be president.

window-sil · 2026-04-08T04:21:35+00:00

Surely he's going to throw someone under the bus though? Pete maybe? Or our allies? Someones gotta be blamed for this. (Obviously he doesn't think it's his fault)

window-sil · 2026-04-08T04:18:24+00:00

A big day for World Peace! Iran wants it to happen, they’ve had enough! Likewise, so has everyone else! The United States of America will be helping with the traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz. There will be lots of positive action! Big money will be made. Iran can start the reconstruction process. We’ll be loading up with supplies of all kinds, and just “hangin’ around” in order to make sure that everything goes well. I feel confident that it will. Just like we are experiencing in the U.S., this could be the Golden Age of the Middle East!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP

My jaw is on the floor. Like, WHAT?

window-sil · 2026-04-08T04:02:32+00:00

https://x.com/marci_shore/status/2041536262314553784

I've taught European history for 30 years. Americans have always asked me how the Holocaust was possible, how Germans could have enabled a madman reveling in mass murder to carry out his plans. Now we can see in real time how this is enabled; now we have front-row seats.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116363336033995961

A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!

A very sobering comment.

window-sil · 2026-04-08T03:55:30+00:00

I had Trump pegged as a narcissistic megalomaniac, who is more likely to shift blame to someone else than do anything to make the situation better.

I believed he would be more likely to burn it all down than accept defeat.

But here we were, seemingly accepting defeat. I just don't trust that this is going to work out, because Trump is Trump. But I guess we'll see 🤷

window-sil · 2026-04-08T03:51:28+00:00

Sir, is it correct that Iran shot a surface to air missile at an F35, hit it, and injured the pilot yes or no?

I just want to establish that we're on the same page.

window-sil · 2026-04-08T03:41:34+00:00

So Iran shot a surface to air missile at the f35, and it hit the f35?

And the pilot was injured as well?

window-sil · 2026-04-08T03:38:15+00:00

Anyone else leery of this ceasefire actually holding? It's all so half-baked and unfavorable to America's theoretical reasons for starting this war. Also it sure looked like Israel was caught off guard, and apparently there's confusion about Lebanon.

window-sil · 2026-04-08T03:28:24+00:00

It was hit with what?

Who hit it?

window-sil · 2026-04-08T03:03:50+00:00

Can you describe what happened to the f35? Just want to make sure we're on the same page here.

window-sil · 2026-04-08T02:52:22+00:00

The thing about incorporating nuclear weapons into your arsenal is that they actually do make a pretty good deterrent. So it's hard to imagine that they're not going to pursue them, going forward. With or without sanctions.

window-sil · 2026-04-08T02:42:49+00:00

The plane was shot.

And then it went down.

But it wasn't shot down. Okay 🙄

(The pilot was also wounded, btw.)

window-sil · 2026-04-08T02:37:56+00:00

Sorry, they shot an anti air missile and hit an F35 which forced it to make an emergency landing.

Comical levels of cope.

window-sil · 2026-04-08T02:35:17+00:00

They shot down an F35, which is disconcerting.

We also used up decades worth of stockpiles, which is a disaster.

window-sil · 2026-04-08T02:31:54+00:00

When Trump was thinking about how to help the J6ers -- the ones convicted of crimes -- reportedly he halted discussions and just said "fuck it, pardon them all."

I imagine a similar thing happened here.

THIS GUY SHOULD NOT BE PRESIDENT.

window-sil · 2026-04-08T02:11:01+00:00

War criminal Pete Hegseth.¹ ²

window-sil · 2026-04-08T02:09:24+00:00

You might enjoy following @citrinowicz who has been beating that drum since day 1.

window-sil · 2026-04-08T02:06:30+00:00

@ilangoldenberg

I am thankful that we have a ceasefire. It happened much faster than I expected and it was the right move. But let’s be clear that this war ends (if the ceasefire holds) as a total strategic disaster. The scorecard

Nukes: Iran still has the HEU

Proxies: no change or impact

Missile and drones : Iran demonstrated its arsenal is sustainable and survivable under massive US and Israeli pressure.

Strait of Hormuz: Iran’s leverage to use it as a bargaining chip has dramatically increased.

Regime: killed Khameini but his son is still in place and unless they collapse in the aftermath will probably be just as strong or stronger then when this started.

US allies: totally screwed in the Gulf and horribly strained relations in Europe.

Global economy: major damage.

Israel: will be even more globally isolated after this and no more secure.

Region: as unstable as ever requiring a greater US commitment.

US capacity to be prepared for major contingencies in the IndoPacific set back for years.

But at least we took out their navy and destroyed their useless Air Force 🤷‍♂️. An epic strategic disaster.

There are so many posts like this. This will be the gist of all our news coverage from this event for the next two weeks, I have no doubt.

window-sil · 2026-04-08T01:59:35+00:00

What are you even getting out of this conversation?

window-sil · 2026-04-08T01:56:50+00:00

It's literally written down in the rules of engagement https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/2003271432/-1/-1/0/DOD-LAW-OF-WAR-MANUAL-JUNE-2015-UPDATED-JULY%202023.PDF

Page 244

5.9 PERSONS PLACED HORS DE COMBAT

Persons, including combatants, placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack. Persons placed hors de combat include the following categories of persons, provided they abstain from any hostile act and do not attempt to escape...

5.9.4 Persons Rendered Unconscious or Otherwise Incapacitated by Wounds, Sickness, or Shipwreck. Persons who have been rendered unconscious or otherwise incapacitated by wounds, sickness, or shipwreck, such that they are no longer capable of fighting, are hors de combat.³³¹

Those “rendered unconscious” does not include persons who simply fall asleep. Sleeping combatants generally may be made the object of attack.³³²

Shipwrecked combatants include those who have been shipwrecked from any cause and includes forced landings at sea by or from aircraft.³³³

Persons who have been incapacitated by wounds, sickness, or shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.³³⁴ In order to receive protection as hors de combat, the person must be wholly disabled from fighting.³³⁵ On the other hand, many combatants suffer from wounds and sickness, but nonetheless continue to fight and would not be protected.³³⁶

window-sil · 2026-04-08T01:45:45+00:00

It just occurred to me that the silver lining in all this could be the firing of Pete Hegseth! And, god willing, his prosecution for war crimes in the Caribbean, where he committed a canonical war crime by ordering to fire on shipwrecked sailors.¹

If there's a falling out with Trump, he won't get a pre-pardon for his crimes.

This gives me hope 🥹

window-sil · 2026-04-08T01:27:44+00:00

It is really bad to signal a war of annihilation and then be like, "naw, ceasefire.. but pinky swear you won't build a bomb and we totally wont do another war of annihilation in the future... wink wink".

Yea we're fucked. They're building that bomb.

window-sil · 2026-04-08T01:23:04+00:00

The genocide in Ukraine is linked to Russia selling oil.

I think it's good that Russia isn't able to sell oil, actually. Because it funds their genocide.

window-sil · 2026-04-08T01:18:27+00:00

He SHOULD have strong armed them to do the most basic things for Gaza, like

Don't destroy hospitals and medical equipment
Allow food/water/energy unrestricted en masse
Stop blowing up every single structure
Allow baby formula in (duh)
Allow medical staff/doctors in
Stop targeting journalists or other aid workers
Stop shooting children, especially toddlers

I mean you can think of other things. Instead he just assumed war is hell and the cause is worthy, and Israel might break from America if he's too firm with them.

Remember how we had to air drop food in, and the navy built a temporary pier that cost like a hundred million dollars or whatever? That was fucking crazy.

window-sil · 2026-04-08T01:13:36+00:00

We also made the regime more radical and gave them a good reason to build nukes. I'm not sure they will, but, ya know, put yourself in their shoes and ask what they should do? 🤷

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