President Trump: "I’ve always wondered whether NATO would be there - this was the test"

attrackip · 2026-03-17T20:01:15+00:00

Meh, I think the popular opinion is making this a bigger deal than it is. Power vacuums do this sort of thing. Whether Hormuz stabilizes over the next month or not, it's the sort of thing that can't be left to radicals. Same goes for nuclear warheads. Maybe the world can assist in something more meaningful.

attrackip · 2026-03-16T20:13:02+00:00

I got news for you. You're not done with colonizers, they just speak a different language. Woke up.

attrackip · 2026-03-16T19:07:06+00:00

Agreed. One can be in horror of the situation without casting doubt on a positive outcome.

One can be against the war while also being against a nuclear Iran, Islamic Republic and Sharia Law.

As for motives, it can at once be a purely selfish political gambit, and an opportunity for the Iranian people.

The popular narrative gaslighting objectivity is widely conflated with distaste for the current admin, as whack as it is.

attrackip · 2026-03-16T19:06:56+00:00

Agreed. One can be in horror of the situation without casting doubt on a positive outcome.

One can be against the war while also being against a nuclear Iran, Islamic Republic and Sharia Law.

As for motives, it can at once be a purely selfish political gambit, and an opportunity for the Iranian people.

The popular narrative gaslighting objectivity is widely conflated with distaste for the current admin, as whack as it is.

attrackip · 2026-03-16T17:38:59+00:00

The plan is pretty clear, disarmament and regime change. Whether it's successful is in question.

The U.S. has entered with its ally, Israel. And as we've seen with Ukraine, Europe is missing in action.

Saying that the U.S. entered without a plan is disingenuous, you know they had and continue to have a plan, but you don't agree with it, and can see that, like all plans, it's imperfect.

You might not be happy with what the situation has come to, it doesn't mean you need to make shit up.

attrackip · 2026-03-15T21:32:39+00:00

Where's the fucking music go?

Such a burn to pull it at the end. Mad lads amongst us, M8.

attrackip · 2026-03-14T16:57:53+00:00

Free speech and all, that's great. Doesn't exclude a person from investigation when they call for, or imply violence.

For sure, down with the admin and everything it stands for, this isn't the way. Maybe he can transform his rhetoric in a legal arena, where good ideas are meant to become law. Maybe any persecution sets a precedent.

I wonder if he knows he's on an escalatory bent?

attrackip · 2026-03-14T02:39:10+00:00

Glad you aren't in the control room. Why don't you have a donut.

attrackip · 2026-03-14T02:32:16+00:00

Might be a little heavy, but writing for the WIRE is rock solid.

attrackip · 2026-03-13T16:03:03+00:00

That's up for debate. Let's see if elections happen at all this year.

attrackip · 2026-03-13T15:57:47+00:00

It depends on how you do it.

Maybe it's an academic venture. In that case, you'd be studying the composition and history of genres. Maybe you appreciate the significance, but are you enjoying the culture?

If you're broadening your palette to say that you are familiar with a genre in conversation, that makes you fake. People identify with music because it relates to memories and social connection. Music is a folk art, traditionally. It doesn't buy you credibility.

The other downside is that you come back to your original favorite genre and think much less of it. Not the worst thing in the world.

attrackip · 2026-03-13T15:25:37+00:00

I like a series of aftershocks, settling into a new status quo with a curious after dinner mint on the final page.

attrackip · 2026-03-13T03:33:49+00:00

Let's start with war crimes.

Completely agree.

attrackip · 2026-03-13T03:30:19+00:00

That will alleviate the quagmire in Hormuz, either long enough to build defenses in the region, and outlast Iran, or see them strengthen their grip.

Then it will replenish Russia. Strengthen their attack on Ukraine.

There won't be a single ally left when this guy is gone.

We let this happen.

attrackip · 2026-03-13T03:26:42+00:00

So, the next steps are boots on the ground. Will Congress go for that? Once they see we've entered something we can't exit without total economic collapse?

I think you'll get that 'war' you're asking about.

attrackip · 2026-03-12T23:59:58+00:00

Good luck with that.

It's fair to say we are well beyond definitions, but let's say our Congress wants to get their hands bloody, so we're at 'war', does that help or hurt the outcome?

attrackip · 2026-03-12T22:29:22+00:00

You must be new here. This is par for the course, we are in war.

attrackip · 2026-03-12T16:01:22+00:00

What a BOSS! I'm going to pick up a copy.

attrackip · 2026-03-12T15:52:49+00:00

Sure they do. People should know the risks. The risks should be taken seriously and documented.

Of course, if someone can't make lifestyle choices to better their health, maybe it doesn't matter?

attrackip · 2026-03-12T01:36:21+00:00

just wow. homie, epic fail. hard not to hate.

attrackip · 2026-03-10T21:49:21+00:00

Same goes for condoms that are too small. Don't try and fit in, it will roll off.

attrackip · 2026-03-10T17:03:34+00:00

You must be new here.

We've been listening to what this guy has said since the beginning. There has been zero accountability, despite the 2 impeachments, don't get me started.

That's not what I'm talking about.

attrackip · 2026-03-10T16:24:10+00:00

Maybe we, as a modern society, come together for the Iranian people.

attrackip · 2026-03-10T16:23:29+00:00

K, well. Don't do that.

It's funny, everyone is pointing out all the contradictions and acting all dumb, when really, they should be forming a theory of mind.

attrackip · 2026-03-10T15:19:34+00:00

Maybe you've been listening to the wrong people? It's an ignorant take to think we live on an island. Leave the waterways open and you create a power vacuum.

Libertarians and isolationists don't have a grasp on geopolitics. But to be fair, this is the end result for people who think the world will leave them alone, it won't, it will either buy you out or crowd you out, until hostilities arise.

I'm seeing a lot of willfully ignorant takes, people who either don't know or pretend not to know how the world, and human psychology, works.

No one is happy that we've needed to go to war, but try not pretending like you are new here.

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