U.S. Politics

[John Corbett]

So Trump has not finalized a deal within a few weeks that has eluded American presidents for 50 years.  Wow.  I guess he is a failure.  Maybe he should have just let Iran develop a nuclear bomb and use it as they see fit.   What would gas prices be when they do that?  There will be a deal soon.  If it takes another week or two, so be it.  The problem here is not Trump or the US but the Iranians.  They are fanatic murderers.  The real type and not those of the imagination of our leftist loons.  Dress up like a giraffe in Iran on "no king's" day and see how that works out.

Well said. The civilian leadership in Iran seems to have the good sense to know they have to cut a deal. The people with the guns, the IRG, are fanatics who would rather see Iran destroyed than capitulate. They are the ones who vetoed the opening of the Strait. They are the ones who won't let their negotiators even fly to Islamabad. It appears we need to use our intelligence to locate and kill those people. We need to kill as many layers of IRG leadership as needed until is we get down to someone who knows they have to cut a deal. There's an outside chance of subordinate officers coming to their senses and staging a coup, but I wouldn't count an that.

Then we have scum on our side of the pond like Senator Chris Murphy who cheered when he thought 26 Iranian ships had run our blockade. He tweeted "AWESOME". Then he found out it was a hoax. He deserves the Jane Fonda Award for traitorous conduct. 

[Royell Storing]

  We sent troops in to nab Noriega and we are gonna have to do that with Iran. Dating way back, Trump has always had the mantra of, "Take the oil". This is why Trump keeps giving these terrorists more time. Trump wants the USA to be cut in on the oil action. Maybe also a % of the strait fee. If the infrastructure suffers serious damage for any reason, the USA ends up spending a ton of $$ and getting nothing back. Trump's a "bottom line" guy with everything. 

[John Corbett]

As tempting as it might be and as easy as it would be to do, we don't want to destroy Iranian oil infrastructure. By shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, 20% of the world's oil supply has been shut down, sending oil prices skyrocketing around the globe. Since 3/4 of that oil is Iranian oil, crippling Iran's oil production would mean a loss of 15% of the world oil supply on a long term basis. It would take years for them to recover keeping oil prices high in the interim. We should continue to blockade Iranian ports and starve their fractured regime of revenue which will keep oil prices high but only in the short term. If Iran isn't willing to make a deal on our teams, we should target their bridges and power plants and cripple them even further. If our intelligence can locate the top brass of the IRGC (with help from Israel), we should take them out. Keep killing their leadership until we somebody takes command who isn't willing to be a martyr for the cause. If that means killing all their generals until the colonels are in charge so be it. If that doesn't work, kill all the colonels and deal with the majors. Keep chopping of heads until we find someone willing to capitulate. Maybe eventually we'll find a second Louie who is willing to make a deal.

I'm wondering what weapons Iran has to threaten shipping in the Strait. Sounds like it is a combination of mines, gunboats, missiles and drones. We have the means to clear the mines. If we can target and destroy drug boats in the Gulf of America, we should have no problem eliminating their gunboats. We should be able to locate and take out their missile launchers. That leaves the drones which aren't that easy to defend against. I've read they are using fairly new technology weaponizing lasers. Maybe that is the answer. Zap the drones before they can reach their targets.