War with...Iran?

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Trump is trying to convince the markets that it will end soon, but actions talk louder than words, another 3 B-1 Lancers landed at RAF Fairford today.
Is it bad I really want a 'shopped version of W's "mission accomplished" but with Trump and the banner saying "Mission pretty much complete, well mostly" or whatever his previous word salad of the war's over for realsy was.
 

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I guess Iran is learning the ways of the meme now. One of the state run News agencies released an animated Lego video depicting the events of the war. I know it's laughably easy to makes these types of videos now but I'm still oddly impressed.
 

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Vessels that are transiting the strait are requesting Iranian approval.
So I guess the next step in this buffet of stupidity is for the navy to start boarding and seizing these ships as enemy combatants? Clearly they are working for the enemy if Iran is allowing them through.
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We have so many data points saying that Republicans are bad for the economy and yet people keep falling for it.
I mean for certain tax brackets it seems to be accurate. The 1% seem to make bank while the rest of us suffer.
 

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Why mention S&P over the past year, when the war hasn't been for the whole past year? Isn't the obviously better comparison be to just talk about what the markets have done since the start of the war?
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Same as the invasion of Ukraine—the autocrat who ordered it cannot afford to be perceived as losing. Iran turning the Strait into a toll road is unquestionably a loss compared to the status quo ante.

It’s still possible that Trump could hang this war around Hegseth’s neck, throw him overboard, and call it a day. But I am not optimistic.
Sure looks like he's angling to do that. Trump is infallible of course so this is so either Hegseth's fault or common information that no one could have possibly known.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5796691-trump-hegseth-iran-war-support/
 
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