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Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by gosub100 »

pjc50 wrote: post #88
gosub100 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My hope is that this will show weaknesses in our supposed "checks and balances" that can be patched later. If that means it takes an act of congress to even fire a single military weapon, so be it. That's just one example, but basically "they" need to backtrack and find every "hack" trump used and plug it so this never happens again.

Checks and balances mean nothing when the same party controls house, senate, president, and supreme court.

I disagree. Plenty of republicans are vociferously disagreeing with Trump over Iran and Epstein. But even if your premise is true, what if the two-party system were constructed or manipulated by a foreign government with the express intent on dividing us? Maybe that should be addressed as well?

Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by KellyCriterion »

e2le wrote: post #16
jghn wrote: post #5

Last week the US stated they didn't need any of the oil, and that if other countries wanted it they could go figure it out themselves. Looks like they have. And yet the US is now back to threatening Iran if they don't open up the oil.

We are 1 Year and 3 months into this current administration, 2 years and 9 months remain. Despite the short period in office, so much damage and chaos has being caused by one individual and the sycophants who surround him. It is a fact that the reputation of the USA has being damaged, perhaps not repairable for decades or more. This will have consequences. Perhaps, I hope, Americans will take action to save the democ…

> take action to save the democratic

Im beting 1000 USD that Trump comes up with whatever story/issue/incident to "manipulate" all upcoming elections to his favour

Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by selimthegrim »

ted_bunny wrote: post #41
thyristan wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> What if it doesn’t? What if all of this is a symptom of an underlying deterioration that extends deeper and beyond the current administration? It’s not Trump that made Americans A-OK with wars of aggression; Obama blew up as many kids using drones as Trump put into cages. What if the next few are the same, or worse? What do we do if this isn’t a temporary excursion but the new normal for the US and A? In the cold w…

None of that is new or imported from the Asiatic Hordes. It's just more visible now.

Funny that you use those words; Trump seems to be champing at the bit to bring back the Asiatic Barred Zone

Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by ceejayoz »

Jensson wrote: post #118
kdheiwns wrote: post #105

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Dems have tried the strategy of pandering to republicans for decades. That strategy in 2024 backfired and made Dems not care about the election. The whole time republicans ran a campaign saying that blue haired democrats are harming kids and they're burning down cities and someone needs to lock them up all up. Republicans had a great election year. Again, one sided. People are tired of it. More importantly, people ar…

> That strategy in 2024 backfired and made Dems not care about the election Are you saying democrats didn't vote for Kamala since Kamala didn't call Trump voters evil? What are you on about? I see no reason why you should call Trump voters evil. As I said its fine to call Trump evil, but why call the voters evil? What purpose does that serve?

> Are you saying democrats didn't vote for Kamala since Kamala didn't call Trump voters evil?

Dems were disillusioned by the Biden administration's lack of meaningful effort to nail the previous administration's criminals to the wall. Merrick Garland was an absolute failure.

Add in things like cozying up to the Cheneys, and the incorrect assumption Trump II would be similar to Trump I.

Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by ceejayoz »

Jensson wrote: post #124
Arubis wrote: post #68

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My strong suspicion is that the current POTUS will leave the White House in a box. My hope is that this precedes the next election cycle.

The standard dictatorial takeover of a democracy is to keep the elections and the presidency, but to add a supreme leader above the president, similar to what Iran or Russia or China is doing. So Trump would no longer be president, he would be supreme leader joining what the other world powers are doing.

> add a supreme leader above the president, similar to what Iran or Russia or China is doing

This is trivially debunked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Russia

Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by jibal »

ronnier wrote: post #29
iJohnDoe wrote: post #17

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Worst case there will be another Republican president from the same tribe. We could be in for the same exact chaos and damage for another four years. This could go on for a long time. Remember, Republicans get out and vote. They would rather suffer and destroy America just so the democrats don’t win.

I think a large part of why they do this and vote the way they do is because of comments like yours. Hacker news, Reddit, award shows, movies, universities, etc all have a constant drum beat of disdain and hate towards them. I think this motivates them into voting even if the vote is against their own interest.

That's a completely intellectually bankrupt argument that blames good people for the actions of bad people. It doesn't have a shred of fact or logic to support it.

Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by ceejayoz »

Jensson wrote: post #15
soared wrote: post #10

This seems like one of the first very clear indications that separating your country from the US can be beneficial. The first stone unturned - will we see more countries aligning with other powers?

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> France and Japan never distanced themselves from USA here.

Trump sure seems to think France did.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/trump-attacks-uk-france-x-po...

"President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned the U.K. and France that the U.S. “won’t be there to help you anymore,” as he vented his frustration over the close allies’ refusal to join military action against Iran."

Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by jibal »

Jensson wrote: post #99
kdheiwns wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think we're beyond the point of "you can't criticize them. That's mean and motivates them." At what point is the line drawn? Should it be in bad taste to criticize Orban supporters because it makes them support him more? What about Erdogan? Putin? Kim Jong Un? And why is it one sided that they can't be criticized, but it's all fair and good for their own leaders to demonize everyone? It's a silly double standard an…

If you want to win elections, yes. You never convince voters by telling them that they are evil people. Its fine to say Trump is evil, its not fine to say Trump voters are evil because those voters will now be much less likely to vote for you. They can't take back their votes, they already voted for Trump before, so they will just not vote for you when you attack them like that.

I'm not about to bite my tongue for this absurd cowardly fallacious reason.

Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by jonplackett »

Jensson wrote: post #15
soared wrote: post #10

This seems like one of the first very clear indications that separating your country from the US can be beneficial. The first stone unturned - will we see more countries aligning with other powers?

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Maybe do some research before just dispatching random thoughts

https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/europe/2026/04/03/franc...

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