War in Iran : Trump's latest misadventure

Oil market is now absolutely bizarre. In reaction to Trump’s brilliant speech, WTI has surged past Brent. The only reason I can think of for that is a large part of the oil market is piling into acquire North American oil for shipment, expecting Brent supplies to be erratic.

For Trump, that is a disaster, because price at the pump for American consumers is a direct function of WTI. It started this week below $4/g, now at $4.08.

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Hegseth just fired Army CoS, so I guess the war isn’t going that well after all. Replacement is in due to his loyalty to Trump. I am sure it will work out well

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Yes,about 4 times in the last four weeks, maybe the imbecile.would point that out to Iran,they don’t seem to be aware of it.

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Seems a jet has been downed over Iran. Some conflicting reports as to what exactly it was so won’t post any of them until it’s known, I suppose. Iran says F-35, others say F-15. Enough to suggest that the likelihood of a combat loss is fairly high.

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I really doubt that an f35 could be shot down though

https://x.com/Archer83Able/status/2040028287737479550
https://x.com/Archer83Able/status/2040033893739282943

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Seems to be a Strike Eagle.

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Flying really, really low !
https://x.com/Archer83Able/status/2040065336351875325
Yeah, F-15
https://x.com/NotWoofers/status/2040045543527719406
https://x.com/Faytuks/status/2040040821844574658
https://x.com/Faytuks/status/2040040974731153795
https://x.com/Faytuks/status/2040041457914888608

Absolute spectacular film material considering where this is.

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https://x.com/FaytuksNetwork/status/2040059962911555760
https://x.com/Faytuks/status/2040038406932021256
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2040060994781601841

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Meanwhile, away from the hunt for the pilot, we have
https://x.com/Faytuks/status/2040043148408156464

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He’s living in an echo chamber.

Is there no provision whatsoever for the sitting senators and representatives to pursue a vote of no confidence?

There is no ‘no confidence’ process, just impeachment or removal by his own Cabinet.

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https://x.com/Faytuks/status/2040051398549688350

Which is never going to happen considering the bootlickers he’s kept

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Which is politically impossible, which again is bonkers, but here we are :frowning:

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And again , a vote of no confidence only works in coalition based democracies not in the 2 party system that’s there in US right now.

The crew members underscore the political cynicism of Trump not seeking legal authority to make this conflict a war. Their status as prisoners of war should they be captured is no clearer than the status of Guantanamo detainees as PoWs.

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So much for the Iranian air defenses being wiped out. Looks like some of them are still operational.

Is assassination the only viable way to take down that pile of Orange Shit?