cubsfan

Of course you are right about enforcement. We know a Democratic President never will enforce it. Neither will Europe or the UN. They would NEVER risk enforcement because they are not capable of making hugely difficult decisions. Just look at Ukraine. True leaders with courage are rare. Tell that to Mershiemer! IF it turns out to be Iraq or Afghanistan - I'll be happy to buy you dinner at your favorite spot and you can trash me all night! Peace Change!

No need to worry about useless allies, like China Carney. He's your problem.

You're hilarious. Yeah, the entire Iranian leadership knew until Trump & Israel smoked them on Feb 28th. You kill me! They knew!

You are too smart for this. You know the difference, which is enforcement. It's obvious what Iran thought of Obama when they saw him deliver "red lines" to Russia in Crimea and then do nothing. 'Oh great, another agreement by our friend Obama that we can violate any time we like - he doesn't have the guts to enforce JCPOA' Pretty simple: Actions, not talk are meaningful to Iran. Same with Biden: He cuts & runs on Afghanistan like a scared dog, lots of people killed, and leaving them with $80B in the finest military equipment around - along with Bagram AFB. Why in the world would Iran be scared of Biden or Obama? They were laughing their asses off. Trump has always been totally different, which Iran has found out sadly.

If Israel ended up to be our only ally, that's just fine by me. Imagine, a country of 10M with more courage and fight than an entire continent of 550M, with a GDP larger than the USA that won't fight for Ukraine. Like many of the Arab nations, Israel makes Europe looks sick. I feel for Europe and hope they get their act together.

You probably should let Israel and the USA conduct the war to its conclusion instead of trying to micromanage every date and event like Mershiemer. - No military capabilities- success - No manufacturing of military capabilities- success - Destroyed nuclear capabilities- success - Regime change - would be icing on the cake - SOH opening - US will force it open Keep trying to force the dates with something as unpredictable as war. My bet: it's solved earlier rather than later. If you're so sure - maybe short the market

I love how critics dump on Kushner & Witkoff, while the flunky team of John Kerry, Anthony Blinken and Ivy League clown car got totally taken to the cleaners by the Iranians. Boy, does the IRGC wish they had those suckers back: "Yeah, we'll be good, we promise - no nukes or ICMBs"! Hilarious

As soon as you start talking about the JCPOA - I tune out unfortunately. That reasonable people can not see the JCPOA as the greatest blunder of Obama's foreign policy is beyond me. Here- let's fund terrorism and nuclear ambitions of the country that screams Death to America & Israel. Let's fund their proxies and call it a Shia Crescent meant to offset the Sunni Crescent and Saudis. Only a cockamamie policy like that could be cooked up by Harvard Obama and his Kennedy School flunkies. Only for the next President with half a brain, to come in and have to destroy the threat to the rest of the world and the Gulf State allies. And yes, it may cost him the mid-terms and some economic growth. Better than a nuked Israel and full scale war with Iran. Now the threat has been removed with minimal American casualties. No thanks to Europe, NATO or the UN.

^^ You are indeed a wealth of energy knowledge! Excellent explanation.

Once again, you have overdosed on your buddy Mershiemer, which is just fine and why we don't agree. OF course oil is a global commodity, $5 here, $10 bucks in Europe. Thanks for the help Europe - it's your economy. OF course Trump took a risk for the midterms. Your position has always been Trump is losing. My position is the US/Israel is clearly winning. Like I would ever believe the idiotic WSJ article which acknowledges zero credit to the spectacular military campaign DOD has conducted. So we start bombing again - big deal - the loser is Iran. Only on CoBF -- a completely untouched and unscathed military is losing the war against a totally destroyed nation. Can't make it up!

Why in the world would you leak your battle plans to countries that are deathly afraid of their radical Islamic populations? Shit - in the US, we can't even trust our Democrats or RINOS. Can you imagine giving Congress a preview into your direct actions, only to have Ilhan Omar or Rashida Talib call their buddies in HAMAS. That's why the POTUS issued threat after threat since he was elected to Iran and Proxies. They certainly did not got the message. That's why the US entrusts POTUS with the military and not Congress. If Europe was dense enough to NOT understand what was possible, then they surely are being led by a bunch of losers. Not here in the USA fortunately.

More power to wind and solar if it can be done without bankrupting their countries. Good point on SNR's Sharper - I didn't quite get that point. I'm all for alternative energy in the right situation.

Oct 7th - Iran pushed their luck a little too far this time. A reluctant US ally eventually comes to help. Europe sits silent, deathly afraid of their radical Islamic immigrants. Ok - good enough... But when the war spreads to their core interest, energy lifeline with the Gulf States, Europe really shows their cowardice. No wonder Europe wants nothing to do with Ukraine, but does everything possible to get the USA to do their dirty work. Talk is cheap, actions reveal intentions. Europe: talk, talk, talk - no action. We all know it.

No - it was started by Iran

I do hope we see a big swing back to nuclear.

You MUST be kidding. The US doesn't need a drop of oil from the Gulf States - that oil is for Europe. The Gulf States have been left out to dry by their "friends and allies" in Europe. No help coming from those losers --- but get me that oil when I need it! So sorry Iran is bombing you more than Israel! Are they providing air defense systems or anything to their "allies"? Hell no! It's NOT about the USA anymore - it's about the Gulf States allies - who Europe depends on and chooses to do NOTHING to help.

^^^ We're getting there Kid! Just don't count on the UN, NATO or Europe for any help - they're all more than useless...

Right - mine free path cleared along coast with Oman and is now open and available with escorts. It just reported that 4 US ships exited today. Iron Dome is now in place in the SOH. Apaches, SeaHawk helicopters destroyed Iranian fast boats. A-10's on call. Multiple drone patrolling inside Iran near coast permanently to destroy Iranian drones & missile launches. US bombing campaign looks like it will start soon again.

For sure! If you are dumb enough to trust the Iranians like President Obama did. I think those results are self evident - at least to me. But, regardless of what anyone thinks, all that matters NOW is what POTUS thinks, as he controls Iran's future for the next couple of years. IMHO - that is a non-negotiable point for him.

$10B for a little bootstrap! LOL

That is frickin' hilarious! "Hey look, it's Jeanine Piro - this must be the Black Tie event for Jan 6ers!"

That's all we need to right the immigration ship. It's a very good thing when it's measured, legal and meritocratic.

Well Blake - you're 100% right on that one. IF YOU have the ability to predict those events - you will be a multi-millionaire. Unfortunately, mere mortals like myself - try to properly weight such events with little success. I'll assign some probabilities, but usually there are about 5 or 10 other conditions/factors that will influence outcomes - that I just don't understand or am aware of - but if you can do it - more power to you.

I totally get your sentiment. Totally. Value add LEGAL immigrants in the right number is wonderful for this country. Fixing the system is not easy, but locking the border has been a spectacular success. The brutal part is getting out the people that should not be here - look how difficult it is to get out the violent criminals and fraudsters. That is a large problem that still is NOT solved. All I can say is, given time, we will get back to the right level of assimilation and immigration, but not until these other problems are solved. I mean if you let 20M+ in illegally, and have only seen 2-3M leave - you still have a big problem.

Not to sound like a Hallmark card - but this is a wonderful viewpoint. People from all over the world have been breaking down the door to get into this country - because they get it - and they are not stopping. In most cases, you will make your own luck, but there are no guarantees except your willingness to give it 100%.