Patriots Directive
Link to quote: Hegseth’s 'Stupid Rules of Engagement' Line and What ROE Actually Do | Military.com
The war currently being waged against a religious fanaticism which has become a universal threat is being led by some very devoted American patriots. The Secretary of War is a man of tremendous courage who volunteered for the Iraq war in 2005. Although he served with distinction in a war that seemed to be about bringing democratic ideals to a place in the world which had never known them. Now that he gets to shape policy Hegseth seems to recognize the fact that the fanatics in Iran have prepared for this war since the day they took power in 1979, and they seem prepared to fight till the end. Hegseth's policy has taken these facts into account and thus, the policy is not about "nation building" or teaching western ideals. It is about killing the fanatics. On Tuesday he said: “This is not 2003. This is not endless nation-building.”
It is about bringing an end to something that should have been ended long ago.
General Dan (Razin) Cain, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Then there is the former F-16 fighter pilot and U.S. Air Force officer with extensive Middle East operational experience, who quickly rose through the ranks to become the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. The man who gave President Trump all the negatives involved in a war with Iran. Some say he was against it. It doesn't matter because he did what he was supposed to do. He told the President things the President might not want to hear and now that the President made his decision, General Cain will serve the President to the best of his ability. That is what a General is supposed to do. Trump became fond of Gen Cain in his first term when he set out to destroy ISIS.
Admiral Brad Cooper: Commander of US Central Command
That brings us to the man who quietly destroyed the Iranian Navy and may now have the most difficult task of the entire two-week campaign: Keeping the Strait of Hormuz open. As Iran's counterattacks have slowed down to a trickle, the war has shifted. That leverage that Iran has always held over the world: the free flow of oil through the strait of Hormuz - is the last viable threat it now holds. The straight is only about 20 miles wide, so putting US warships into it is extremely risky.
Currently Iran's arsenal of weapons seems to be drastically depleted. Oil tankers are now being targeted across the Persian Gulf region. Iraq suspended all oil terminal operations this morning.
The US will release 172 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserves.
Meanwhile the President has begun a tour of the country in order to talk about his economic plan. Yesterday he was at the Verst Logistics facility in Hebron Kentucky. During his speech there he announced the launch of "TrumoRX.Gov," a direct-to-consumer drug site intended to lower drug costs for "hard working" Americans.
And believe it or not lawmakers in the state of Washington agreed to create what has been described as a "Millionaires Tax," which is likely to drive all those meeting the requirements for such a tax to flee the state.
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gee, remember when maga scum would lose their shit and wail in unison whenever a democrat POTUS ever did this?
No but I do remember Biden releasing it for purely political purposes. Not an emergency situation like today as the reserve was designed to do.
Too many on the left are too blind and stupid to remember that I guess.
Trump is already talking about having won the war. And the reemergence of the 'religious fanatic' rhetoric can only mean one thing. The war planning to rely on strikes from a distance was inadequate to achieve the declared objectives (choose one from many).
Changing the regime, leading a popular uprising, securing the Iranian nuclear program, securing the oil infrastructure, appeasing the desires of Israel's Netanyahu would all require boots on the ground. Just like Gaza. Nation building is a necessity for the long list of war objectives Trump has been touting. Trump's pledge to not fight on the ground in Iran isn't any different than Biden's pledge not to fight on the ground in Ukraine.
What made it a bit tougher than it should have been was resisting the impulse to destroy infrastructure which could harm the Iranian people. For instance the Iranian oil stockpile wasn't destroyed.
My hunch is the end is near:
“People of Iran,” he writes in English on the Prime Minister of Israel X account. “We are waging a historic war for liberty. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for you to remove the Ayatollah regime and gain your freedom.”
“Together with the United States, we are hitting the Tyrants of Teheran harder than ever,” writes Netanyahu, promising that “we will continue to hit with growing force the tyrants who terrorized you for decades.”
Netanyahu says that “in the coming days we will create the conditions for you to grasp your destiny.”
“When the time is right, and that time is fast approaching, we will pass the torch to you,” he writes.
“Be ready to seize the moment!”
Netanyahu to Iranian people: Coming days will bring opportunity to free yourselves, be ready | The Times of Israel
Straight out of the nation-building instruction manual. Trump has lost control of Israeli attacks so more of that infrastructure has been destroyed than we're being told. Netanyahu was prepared to turn Iran into Gaza.
That's my hunch, too, because Trump is beginning to talking about having won. And the usual Republican suspects are shifting rhetoric to 'religious fanatics' and 'Muslim terrorists' tropes. If the US had really won there would be a bigger celebration.
Are you confirming that Netanyahu dragged the United States into war with Iran? Seems like Israel has less to lose if the war fails than does the United States. Is Trump taking a bullet for Bibi?
Trumo said we won the war in the first hour, so why is grinding on for weeks?
Rules like "Don't bomb schools full of children"... I mean, we simply can't afford to have rules or standards anymore, at least not with Republicans in charge.
No school was targeted.
Yes, it was. They just claim to not have known it was a school. But it was targeted and over a hundred children were killed. Rightwing conservative Christians who believe themselves at war with Islam may not give a fuck about Muslim children being killed, but it is another tragedy of religious conservatives making, on both sides. The world would be a much better place if we could just wipe the indoctrination out of all religious conservatives' heads. Hit the resent button on Islam, Christianity and Judaism so that they stopped seeing each other as religious competition where only one will eventually survive.
gather all the blood thirsty radical abrahamics and isolate them in a sword swinging hellscape with no exit ...
That's what these religious conservative zealots are trying to turn our planet into.
Usually, when someone admits that they talk to an unproven invisible being that they believe wants them to harm others, we keep those people away from the rest of society. Sadly, in our world the inmates are running the insane asylum.
No school was targeted.
How hard would it be to observe the targets from satellite imagery to ensure there weren’t children streaming in and out of buildings several days a week before you launch a multimillion dollar lethal weapon with pinpoint accuracy at it? Once again you show your callous disregard for innocent human life just to protect the most prolific criminal on earth.
Just in:
Iran’s new supreme leader , Mojtaba Khamenei, allegedly released his first statement Thursday — after reports circulated that he was in a coma and had his leg amputated after being severely injured in the US-Israeli strikes that killed his father.
The lengthy message, in which the ayatollah vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed to shipping, was read out on Iranian state TV by an anchor as an image of Khamenei was displayed on screen.
“We will avenge the blood of our martyrs,” Khamenei added.
“I would like to thank the brave fighters who are doing a great job at a time when our country is under pressure and under attack.”
The ayatollah also said that Iran would continue to attack its Gulf Arab neighbors, though he insisted Tehran was only targeting US military bases.
Khamenei, who was a no-show at his own succession rally in Tehran on Monday, still hasn’t been seen in public since he was appointed as his father’s successor in the wake of the Feb. 28 strikes.
The statement came after an Iranian source claimed to The Sun that Khamenei was actually in a coma and undergoing intensive care at the Sina University Hospital in Tehran.
Iran's new impotent supreme leader releases first statement — after reports emerge he is in coma, had leg amputated
I thought the Iranian state TV had been destroyed. The IDF announced they had destroyed headquarters of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) in Tehran. The IDF has also reported targeting outlying broadcasting facilities.
I struggle why to understand why Ayatollah Jr being in a coma would be good news. Its not like they have a shortage of new candidates.
They don't have an endless supply either. Eventually they'll all be dead.
As long as we remember this is but an 'excursion' along the lines Jerome K Jerome's Three Men in a Boat perhaps all culture 'wars' will also come to a well deserved demise ... eh?
‘The arms are fair,
When the intent of bearing them is just.’
Henry IV Part 1
At times and at others bestow hommage upon your heroes by not making more. I am sure the vast majority of them would make the same plea to your unsated hunger for vicarious valour. Heed them!
"Angles and ministers of grace defend us..."
Hamlet, act I scene 4
Ever onward for our courageous military men & women!
