He Invited the Chinese into the Persian Gulf?
- with Iran at an opportunity of maximum leverage. But you don’t know what the Houthis will do until they do it. They are not beholden to the Ayatollah and may decide not to take the economic and military hit.
This has been mischaracterized. The Houthis have re-stated their March 5th position of being ready to strike. There is some intelligence that they are engaging in individual attacks in neighboring states. This cannot be confirmed. I share the contrary view that they are holding back to coordinate -
- with Iran at an opportunity of maximum leverage. But you don’t know what the Houthis will do until they do it. They are not beholden to the Ayatollah and may decide not to take the economic and military hit.
This has been mischaracterized. The Houthis have re-stated their March 5th position of being ready to strike. There is some intelligence that they are engaging in individual attacks in neighboring states. This cannot be confirmed. I share the contrary view that they are holding back to coordinate -
This is the last sea route that does not involve the Cape of Good Hope.
You could read any number of specialist or even non-specialist articles and understand that the West has not waged war in Iran since 1979 because once Hormuz is closed there is no practical way to open it. Or you could simply bet like a rube on his first night in Las Vegas.
[inaudible] that goddamn business with the elephants… bend over backward for a nickel on the Brooklyn Bridge…
The woke what?
We are unable to see it.
Sanchez and Chourio may be the two biggest bargains in baseball.
Fix that before he sues you.
I think if he said that in combat, one of his sergeant's fingers might develop an itch.
Vance leaking his doubts on Iran. Well, sure.
That “Editorial Board” fellow is not a serious person.
Oh yes?
A lot of good politicians—Casey, Brown—liked Fetterman and were ready to do business with him. Whatever his faults all along, he’s different since the stroke. People often are. If you don’t like Platner, do it for the cards on the table rather than lazy analysis.
Again: if you didn’t like Fetterman then or now, fair enough, but he ran to Biden’s left when it was popular, against Lamb (who Biden called a stepson) and Kenyatta, who is Black and gay. And in the general he ran against Oz, who is like every surgeon joke you’ve ever heard.
There's half a dozen things a day you've never seen before, but what I can't get over is starting a war on total lack of political credit.
The thought of 38yo Rev. so-and-so going through pictures from the event & saying 'Il capo ne sarà entusiasta!' is hilarious
I intend to be the last one standing.
Butterfield is dead. I'm still here.
Florsheim used to be a good shoe.
A senior military officer describes to us three schools of thought. The gung-ho, which is minimal; the autopilot, which is general; and the general feeling of acting on whims without political or strategic sense, which is widespread.
He stood over the coffins wearing a baseball cap?
You appear with Cheney is certain counties and so forth. You do not barnstorm across the country with her.
That is in fact the job of a candidate. As we have discussed, Harris lost due to factors both in and out of her control. In this case, the inability to turn away from Biden turned people off. She couldn't help that. But campaigning squarely to the disaffected Trump voter is very much her fault.
A disc jockey who took a job and in doing so became an example for education, curiosity, precision, and conducting yourself in a gentlemanly way. He funded full scholarships to Fordham for the underprivileged, gave money to libraries, schools in Canada, etc.
When Hegseth got in I said there are three types who join the Guard: the former active duty who want or need to keep a hand in; the warehouseman and so forth who wants the extra money and education; and people who want to play soldier. The latter group is small, but you should be afraid of them.
The way the US Navy is deployed is a tell that you’re right. They weren’t expecting to have to possibly fight their way into Straits of Hormuz and open that vital waterway back up. Had they expected a longer campaign more many ships would be in the area.
