Comments on: Iranian hardliners

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:02:26 +0000

Kindasorta thought this once upon a time. Now a couple of others have wondered:

The lefts hugeous double standards notwithstanding (not copyrighted) there is a point where they may be caught not watching. And if the Trump deal includes common-sense not-war stuff for both side, and common sense don’t-war stuff from both sides, then when the other side violates one or both and the left forgot to condemn the requirements first, it shows the other really is the Bad Guy and maybe deserves what he gets. That result being baked into the agreement the left forgot to condemn…don’t FA or you’ll FO. Was supposed to apply to us, since the left’s reflexive public ennobling of the other side, however foul, might come to have been believed in a moment of distraction. But Trump knew (?) the Iranians would FA. Couldn’t avoid it due to facts being against them, facts like time. Plus, like the scorpion, it’s their nature. So the left has, effectively, taken themselves out of the FO part. And it may be, midterms involved in the timing or not, too late to complain effectively.

By: SENNACHERIB

SENNACHERIB — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 02:12:22 +0000

Om 96 hour rule is very good. Generally it’ll encompass the rush.of spin by both sides.

By: FOAF

FOAF — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 17:50:10 +0000

AppleBetty: Agreed. Except it’s going to be a lot more than 96 hours.

By: Mike Plaiss

Mike Plaiss — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 16:13:11 +0000

Win the midterms and get back to business?
Wishful thinking is my greatest vulnerability.

By: Snow on Pine

Snow on Pine — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 15:39:32 +0000

My guess is that Trump is very well aware of the fact that the Mullahs will never actually keep to and honor any agreement they might make with the U.S., but, that he has to be seen by the world to have taken every step he could, to try to come to an agreement with them that they will abide by.

Then, when they very obviously don’t keep to any agreement– when diplomacy fails–Trump will have a very good, legitimate reason to finish the job, and to destroy the whole regime.

By: Charles R Harris

Charles R Harris — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:16:57 +0000

About 25 ships exited the gulf last night and mine clearance is still underway. There were about 550 ships trapped in the gulf, so I expect most will make it out in a month or two. Iran closing the gulf is not really a thing anymore. Much of their previous effectiveness relied on perceived risk, and the risks are better understood now.

By: Skip

Skip — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:58:46 +0000

By not ending the war as it could have been, it will continue as soon as they get their resources back in place with any new found money. They can’t help themselves not to continue their global jihad.

By: Charles R Harris

Charles R Harris — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 03:38:23 +0000

now that the US has lifted the blockade We haven't lifted the blockade, it was to be a phased relaxation following on Iranian performance. You think all the ships just went home? We poured resources into the area for months, they aren't going anywhere in 24 hours. Either they mean it Why wouldn't they? They're the old farts of the revolution. I doubt they yet realize how weak their hand is. And maybe they don't care. Who knows how many moving parts there actually are. I think it helps to ask what Trump's end goal is. My guess is that it is much greater than just settling Iran, I thinks he wants to remake the whole region. There are provisions in the MoU that seem aimed at that, and it also explains his actions in Lebanon.

By: ambisinistral

ambisinistral — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 01:37:42 +0000

The problem is we don’t really know what’s going on in Iran. We blew their central government up in the first days of the war and I assume what is left is actually very fragmented.

Trump is negotiating with somebody, but who that is we have no idea. There are obviously other groups all pushing their own agendas. We have no real idea who they are — the IRGC mosaic groups who are probably still a bit fragmented, the regular army, the Kurds and other ethnic subgroups.

And then there are Iran’s neighbors all pushing their own interests. It is all very opaque. Who knows how many moving parts there actually are.

By: Geoffrey Britain

Geoffrey Britain — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:52:15 +0000

When you go to war with a fully committed, monstrously evil and absolute mortal enemy… you don’t let them get back on their feet after being knocked to the ground. You end them…. permanently because given another chance they’ll end you with no chance of mercy.

Islam like ALL totalitarian ideologies, shares the dialectic of the Left; “When I am the weaker, I ask you for mercy because that is YOUR principle.
But… when I am the stronger, I show NO mercy because that is MY principle.