In a series of messages from his Truth Social account, President Trump notes IRGC officials continue to fire weapons into the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to disrupt commercial shipping lanes.
The leadership of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps are in a zero-sum status. Any change to the power structure of the country will likely mean the end to their power, life and status. The IRGC will not accept any terms and consistently portray themselves as martyrs for the regime.
The U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and shipping is creating a serious economic problem for the regime in Tehran, and the IRGC is trying to stop the situation of commercial vessel transit for anyone except Iran. (VIA Politico) – “Iran’s Supreme National Security Council issued a statement calling the blockade a violation of the ceasefire and said Iran would prevent “any conditional and limited reopening” of the strait.”
PRESIDENT TRUMP – “Iran decided to fire bullets yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz — A Total Violation of our Ceasefire Agreement! Many of them were aimed at a French Ship, and a Freighter from the United Kingdom. That wasn’t nice, was it? My Representatives are going to Islamabad, Pakistan — They will be there tomorrow evening, for Negotiations. Iran recently announced that they were closing the Strait, which is strange, because our BLOCKADE has already closed it. They’re helping us without knowing, and they are the ones that lose with the closed passage, $500 Million Dollars a day! The United States loses nothing. In fact, many Ships are headed, right now, to the U.S., Texas, Louisiana, and Alaska, to load up, compliments of the IRGC, always wanting to be “the tough guy!” We’re offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY! They’ll come down fast, they’ll come down easy and, if they don’t take the DEAL, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done, which should have been done to Iran, by other Presidents, for the last 47 years. IT’S TIME FOR THE IRAN KILLING MACHINE TO END!” ~ President DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT TRUMP – “Today, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA, nearly 900 feet long and weighing almost as much as an aircraft carrier, tried to get past our Naval Blockade, and it did not go well for them. The U.S. Navy Guided Missile Destroyer USS SPRUANCE intercepted the TOUSKA in the Gulf of Oman, and gave them fair warning to stop. The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engineroom. Right now, U.S. Marines have custody of the vessel. The TOUSKA is under U.S. Treasury Sanctions because of their prior history of illegal activity. We have full custody of the ship, and are seeing what’s on board!” ~ President DONALD J. TRUMP
The Touska might make a nice artificial reef somewhere?
About the killing stopping…someone asked, earlier today if anyone knew if the female protestor had been executed…a brief AI search said that the ‘execution date’ had not been set/ or carried out.
Am thinking that a wise move might be to change the sentences to something of a far more humanitarian nature…we can hope and pray.
The Regime won’t allow the women protestors, of whom I believe there are four in custody, to die a virgin. According to several outlets, the Revolutionary Guard is raping them repeatedly, before execution to die in disgrace.
thats why, in the end,there needs to troops on the ground.kill every one of these barbarians.
Seems to me that our military “intelligence” would be able to locate these women and attempt to rescue them. And while they’re at it, kill as many of these barbaric heathen animals as possible. Maybe I’m a little naive or just expect too much. We’ve put up with this evil regime for far too long. It’s time to cut off the head of the snake once and for all. Quit pussy footin’ around with these liars.
It is supposedly against the Quran to execute a virgin. So these goat humpers rape them before executing them. Disgusting savages!
Horrible if true
three holes.
I saw the one video with the warnings…
Sal, and his is only one opinion, reports that apparently the ship in question had already been under sanctions…and that in tis instance, she had been given six hours to comply…
The video brings up issues of offloading the containers after a tow her to port…not an easy task…from what little I know, again am just an an aging keyboard warrior who works in health care).
It’s easy at the right port. Where the danger is here is a trap set on one of these ships intended to take out a US vessel. IED of the sea if you will.
Seems like there was some other Iran disparate news out there that hasn’t been confirmed or denied.
It sure seems like a hammer, somehow, needs to be dropped. Far be it from my walnut-sized brain to know how to drop it, but it needs dropping.
Ya think?
BS, (you don’t mind me calling you BS do you?(we’re all friends here). Besides, I’m one of likely only ten people who knows what your stage name means.
Don’t feel bad about Ray’s short reply; he’s just trying to be cute which is an inner rhyme with rude (the ‘U’ Ray; that’s the inner rhyme Ray).
Yes BS, the Iranians need a hammer dropped a KO punch, not a TKO, but a Mike Tyson punch in the face. Iran had a plan until they were punched in the face.
I think it should be slow motion though… one power plant and one bridge per night until the Iranians agree to all of Trump’s terms.
That way, the 90 million prisoners of the regime don’t all suffer because of the regime.
They’ll never agree to anything. You assume they’re rational actors, they’re not.
That’s why all negotiations with them have failed. That’s why they always negotiate in bad faith. They are religious zealots who took the rest of the Iranian population hostage.
They could’ve taken the deal, kept selling oil, stopped terrorizing everyone, and lived a reasonably stable life like the UAE, Kuwait, or even Saudi Arabia.
You cannot negotiate with Muslims. They are liars, and their ideology (not religion) commands them to lie. The only way to resolve this conflict is by annihilating the Muslims in charge of Iran, in other words, the Iranian National Guard and their civilian allies. Talking with would-be successors to the Ayatollahs is a waste of time. If the IRGC is not completely eliminated, this conflict cannot be resolved successfully.
I wasn’t expecting this conflict to occur during this second Trump Administration, but since it has, I back my President – and only hope that he stops trying to make deals with these Muslims and just finishes them off. Do whatever you have to do to eliminate these bastards, right now, and then everyone can move on.
President Trump MUST keep trying to make deals; he knows what we know, what the world knows about the Iranian regime.
He’s not proposing deals for the zealots, however, he is proposing deals for the people of Iran. The people who will eventually run the country..
He has a plan, the plan has been unfolding before us daily.
‘If the IRGC is not completely eliminated, this conflict cannot be resolved successfully.’
So many presume to know the goals, thus the definition of success, of the conflict.
But all signs point to this conflict joining many other mechanisms driving “managed decline” of nations other than China and Russia.
Which implies that “success” is not what many assume.
Here is one outcome that may be considered “success” as part of a larger Plan:
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/70-us-farmers-say-they-wont-be-able-buy-all-fertilizer-they-need-2026
Step back from the trees, behold the forest.
You will never write anything but propaganda.
Our USA with its Israel controller launched a surprise attack on Iran during negotiations. But you call Iran irrational.
Cleanup on aisle three!
You people are desperate and it shows.
Like I asked Ray, what was the most thought provoking part of the PW protected article?
Seek help.
That’s right, Ray. They are not rational actors. It’s not in their DNA.
That’s right. Dead on.
Bridges first, power plants second. The belt and road can’t be the only focal point but as fast as they rebuild, it needs to be landscaped into oblivion. JMO. A total cut off of any entry/exit point exterior/interior!
I can’t get over thinking; it doesn’t matter what they agree to.
Trump keeps saying, oh they better sign the agreement, blah blah blah.
But they will NEVER abide by any agreement, so what’s the point?
Maybe he is giving them ample opportunity to demonstrate to the world that whatever drastic measure that gets taken against Iran was fully earned and all other lesser options exhausted
🎯
Your one bridge/one power plant at a time is a decent idea, IMO.
I say that because many (perhaps most) of the regular people in Iran have been dominated by the hardliners for years. They have no freedom.
I am not saying that the regular people aren’t sympathetic to the Muslim religion, because they probably are due to their upbringing. I don’t believe they are sympathetic to the radical side of the aisle.
One bridge/one power plant might be worth a try.
Iran is not a muslim-majority country. Currently, the fastest growing religious denomination in Iran is Christianity.
I do not believe Iran was ever a Muslim Majority Country. There have always been Christian and Jewish populations as well as Zoroastrianism which is a belief originating in Persia the former name for the country, Iran.
The idea that these very rich men ruling Iran today are the “people’s choice” because of identical religous belief is just wrong. The women who were living in LA from Iran certainly did not appear to be covered up.
Anyone over 55 lived a better life and they have likely taught their children and grandchildren. POTUS Trump understands the time to act is before those who lived it pass away and take the memory of free Iran with them
In the following 2 hour film, they lay out how the Ayatollah’s are the greatest Christian evangelist in Iran because they have thoroughly discredited Islam in the eyes of the people. The Ayatollah’s promised the people that Allah would bless them (Iran) with status and material wealth if they followed their commands. 47 years later, well they see what has happened.
All Trump needs to do is let his zionist handlers (Levin, Shapiro, Graham, Netanyahu) tell him the next step.
What needs to be done for USA interests is to back off. But USA interests are secondary at best.
We’ve been “backing off” for 47 years and look where it’s got us.
You must be French
I am very sick of this term for anyone the left doesn’t approve, Zionist. If used to describe everything under the sun it is useless.
Yabba dabba do!
This isn’t going to stop until the IRGC, as the late great Rush Limbaugh would say, assumes room temperature.
Thanks for the memories.
That’s a great analogy. I sure do miss Rush.
At some point soon, I expect the US Marines to invade, capture, and take control of Kharg Island. When that happens, it’s time for the first line of the tune made famous by Willie Nelson, and repeated by Don Meredith on Monday Night football, “Turn out the light, sweet darlin’, the party is over.”
Absolutely no need to do that. Kharg is neutered just by the blockade. If more needs to be done, eliminate all electrical power transmission lines to it from the mainland.
Not much need to rush or take the terminal.
Wait another week or so and their oil storage will be full. Once that happens they will have to shutdown oil wells for want of storage. When that happens future production after a restart of those same wells will be permanently crippled limiting future extraction and thus revenue.
If it would help speed it up by making it sit idle, Im all for it!
That is a bad idea. We would get hit very hard.
Is this an idea from some John Wayne war movie you watched?
White flagged
I’ve been called a traitor, even labeled a Democrat, for predicting this outcome.
The problem is that no one takes his rhetorical threats seriously anymore. One moment it’s ‘total destruction,’ ‘civilization-level devastation,’ and the next, he goes ‘ah, maybe I won’t this time because they asked me nicely.’
It’s like pulling a gun on someone in a biker bar and then saying, ‘I’ll give you another chance — maybe tomorrow.’ It turns into a comedy routine.
Since when has anyone in human history won a war by making constant, exaggerated threats and then quietly backing away from them?
You don’t point a gun at someone unless you intend to use it. That’s how it always worked.
One dimensional negotiators like you are a dime a dozen. Always easy to spot. mislead and outmaneuver. Even in the schoolyard.
Again, get it through your thick skull — Iran isn’t a country like France, Germany, Russia, or even China. It’s a terrorist regime structured to survive our Western stupidity in treating it as if it were a normal state. It’s organized more like a terrorist network, bound to a single ideology, not a conventional country.
They don’t respond to incentives the way normal, rational actors do.
That’s why negotiations fail. You can’t bargain with someone who believes compromise with you is immoral.
its not going to survive shit.
Seems to be doing OK after 13,000 sorties or whatever it is…
I guess some people are just plain born followers and cheerleaders. “No new wars” turned into “put Iran into the stone age” and the followers do not even blink.
Not a fan of ideological purity tests. If there’s a threat, the President has a duty to deal with it.
How does invoking excrement enhance your “argument”?
All of this softy negotiation talk is for western sensitivities. The over the top threat was just for Iran.
Come now, Trump’s method of diplomacy would not work with any nation. Trump failed Diplomacy 100. This is not a game.
The Sundance worshippers here such as you are easy to spot.
Reasonable people know that the attention hound Trump has ruined diplomacy. We see that you were unable to refute anything, so you diverted.
Who paid you to come here and agitate? A good alinski-ite you are
I won’t call you a traitor. I will call you ignorant 😎
Last June Trump gave Iran a couple weeks to deal. They refused. Midnight Hammer.o
Couple months ago Trump begged Iran to deal. They refused. Epic Fury.
Now Trump is agin begging Iran to capitulate on nukes and uranium and the Strait. Some in Iran look like they want to deal. But the IRCG does not. If the ones who want to deal can’t — or won’t — get control of the IRCG, then Iran is going to lose the ability to have a functioning economy as their oil, electric, and transportation infrastructure is going to be destroyed.
Trump is trying to win WITHOUT having to destroy everything. But he is perfectly willing to wreak destruction if the evil fanatics won’t surrender.
Contrast with Russia’s SMO to liberate the 5 oblasts.
Just look at Gaza. Hamas is already rearming and regrouping. I remember Trump making the same kind of threats he’s making now, and here we are.
You can’t negotiate with terrorists. And this regime is a terrorist regime. They don’t negotiate in good faith. They don’t honor agreements. They use negotiations to buy time, regroup, and rearm. That’s the pattern.
But most importantly, they’re not afraid to die for their cause. They’re religious zealots. We’re not dealing with rational actors here.
This isn’t two real estate guys in New York or Chicago trying to squeeze out a better deal.
The difference here is that the ones currently in power have to simultaneously suppress a native population of some 90+ million and still manage to resist external forces. They don’t have enough resources to do both for any considerable length of time. Not after all the military assets destroyed by the US and Israel prior to the ceasefire.
Question is, for the common Iranian (or maybe I should call them Persian) what better opportunity do they have to free themselves of such cruel oppressors?
All military assets destroyed? Not even close. They’ve lost maybe 30% of their capabilities. The IRGC is organized like a network of terrorist cells. You eliminate one, and there are ten more behind it. That’s why you can kill a hundred more IRGC commanders, and they’ll be replaced in less than 24 hours. It’s not about quality or IQ. They’re all easily replaceable.
That’s something the West doesn’t seem to understand. The IRGC is not a conventional military. Their so-called government is a puppet show. The religious zealots will never agree to any “deal” because a compromise with unbelievers is “immoral” and against “Allah’s will.”
You seem to be missing the point. Those loyal to the regime are outnumbered by the rest.
They have to defend against everything and be successful every single time. Their opponents only need to win a handful of those occasions to end them.
They’ve been outnumbered for the past what five decades… Iranians are a peaceful people. As long as they have running water, electricity, and enough food to get by, they won’t risk being shot in the streets by these religious nutjobs.
How do you explain locals painting targets for drones to hit in recent weeks prior to the ceasefire?
Basij militia and IRGC could not muster in numbers to man roadblocks or other without locals noticing and purposely giving their positions away to the eyes in the sky.
The locals are not stupid. They know we are watching.
No, the Persians are not stupid. Never said that. 50 percent or more are not Muslims or simply secular.
“As long as they have running water, electricity, and enough food to get by, they won’t risk being shot in the streets by these religious nutjobs.”
Pretty soon Iran WON’T HAVE “Running water, electricity, and enough food to get by with!”
Only 30%; everyone, Ray has access to confidential info it seems.
FFS, you make decent points then top it with BS.
This information is in the public domain. These are guesses, but they didn’t stop launching missiles when Trump was telling everyone, “We won.”
Shhh, let the mouth breathers drool on themselves. They want to sound smart. If they were staring at you, their smart glasses would let you know; instead they are online and have to talk a lot.
I won’t call you rational. Last June Trump said Iran’s nuclear program was completely destroyed. In March he say we have to destroy its nuclear capability.
Program and capabilities are two fundamentally different things; go back to X.
Boring.
Tedious.
Enjoy $4,00+ at the pump in an election year.
Maybe if you take a few deep breaths and close your eyes for a few minutes you’ll feel better.
I feel great. Big star. Blowing solar flares out of my rear end. I can afford $4.00. Many GOP voters cannot.
CA would go red if $4.00. Try $6.50.
Wah!!!! You just exposed yourself.
you must be kidding.
Look at the result.
what result? pull a gun? we have flattened the effing place.
When dealing with crazy people (Hitler/Khomeini) you must keep them off balance, as they think they have everything under control… Chamberlain was one dimensional and focused on “peace on a piece of paper” and held no cards…
Hitler just laughed… and lied and invaded Poland….
By the way, if you still can’t predict Trump’s “unpredictability” by now, you shouldn’t be talking about one-dimensional thinking.
This is a ridiculous and inaccurate statement. No one on planet earth ever predicted Trump would go in and capture Maduro, and no one ever expected Trump to actually attack Iran.
Big fail here. Iran will never survive this blockade. Trump doesn’t have to do anything but continue to bleed the crazies.
You know what, I’ll be happy to be proven wrong on this.
What are your thoughts on the password protected article the other day? What point made was the one that got you thinking the most?
I see what you did here
Exactly; it’s why on that article’s comments I said pay attention to who posts here…then look at the ones that require no PW. Ray’s not on that one nor are many of the Panican commenters like The Prisoner and others.
Of course I read it. It was password-protected for a reason though.
It was password-protected for a reason. Sundance didn’t want to discuss it in an open forum. What’s the matter with you?
Hitler offered the Poles much more favourable terms than his Weimar predecessors in exchange for relinquishing control over the (90% German) city of Danzig, unjustly handed to Poland after the Great War, but perfidious England said “resist”…
“making constant, exaggerated threats and then quietly backing away from them?”
Our VSGPDJT is doing that to screw with the “world economic control” algorithms, just like we can mess with the YouTube algorithms on each of us by going onto YouTube and playing CNN or MSNBC (instead of our usual newsfeed), or something else that is totally opposite of what we would normally watch or listen to*. If you do that, YouTube does not know exactly what to offer you with their “suggestions”.
That is why PDJT is dropping the “F” bomb on Easter morning, etc. Because the results reverberate through the systems. There is a systematic plan and sequence of events planned. However, to the unknowing it appears that PDJT is an unhinged, impulsive lunatic.
*- while we are off doing something else, of course
Trump’s Cryptic “The End Is Near” Post Sends Internet Into A Frenzy
Tyler Durden
Sunday, Apr 19, 2026 – 03:10 PM
“… Media speculation ran hot then, much as it has with today’s cryptic post….”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trumps-cryptic-end-near-post-sends-internet-frenzy
3D chess… Yeah, right.
Trust the plan and let the man work….
“….This isn’t just a series of personnel moves. It’s the endgame of a long chess match.
Bondi Was the Rook, Not the Queen…”
https://tierneyrealnewsnetwork.substack.com/p/eating-the-elephant-one-bite-at-a
Thanks for some rare reasoning here. Trump’s social media theatrics are the worst way to conduct diplomacy. His bragging and exaggeration indicate his need for attention.
Please see my post to Mr. Bach regarding that.
In addition, the radicals inside Iran do not respond to traditional western style diplomacy.
X misses you.
World War II was won in 3-1/2 years. We had a mission and we executed it. Unconditional surrender was the only option.
The difference, er problem is, that was Total War. A different rule set because anything less means you Will Lose.
Nowadays, kill/maim an innocent civilian or bomb the wrong building and you’re accused of war crimes.
Unconditional surrender unnecessarily prolonged/exacerbated the war.
CENTCOM tweet with video of the US Navy stopping the Iranian cargo ship with 3 shots to its engine room.
Guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) intercepted M/V Touska as it transited the north Arabian Sea at 17 knots enroute to Bandar Abbas, Iran. American forces issued multiple warnings and informed the Iranian-flagged vessel it was in violation of the U.S. blockade.
After Touska’s crew failed to comply with repeated warnings over a six-hour period, Spruance directed the vessel to evacuate its engine room. Spruance disabled Touska’s propulsion by firing several rounds from the destroyer’s 5-inch MK 45 Gun into Touska’s engine room. U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit later boarded the non-compliant vessel, which remains in U.S. custody.
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2045969284690788615
How does the Touska now navigate? Is it adrift?
who cares?
I care, we’re on it.
Tug boat.
Negotiating with Iran is like negotiating with the Black Knight………………………………
…or Obama…
monty python.
😂🤣😂 thanks for the belly laugh!! It applies on so many levels!!
In my opinion, the reason it’s a mess is because the people he is negotiating with DO NOT control most of the remnants of the IRGC. Simple as that.
Pressure on those we are talking to needs to be massive: either they get control OR they tell us where the remaining IRGC leaders are so we can eliminate them.
By design. Iran is not a country and IRGC is not a conventional military. It’s a network of terrorist cells.
Similar to the situation in the U.S. where we deal with representatives in government but the deep state runs the show.
This is some real Art of the Deal stuff here.
What’s the definition of insanity again?
I’m sure some “lucky” folks will be making a $ billion+ this week playing the oil futures game.
Oh, heck. I hope it is all investigated at some point.
While everyone else’s paying ~$4.00 at the pump.
$4.00 a gallon gas for a time is nothing if it is to be the cost for freeing 90 million people from the mullahs and IRGC.
Freeing the world from a rabid regime.
Yes, saving the free world from a fanatical, nuclear-armed Iran is definitely worth a temporary bump at the pump. (Duh).
President Trump’s art of the deal teases out the remnants of Iran’s fanatical regime, demonstrating to the world exactly who we are dealing with and what these zealots are truly capable of.. before it’s lights out, zealots.
Then who with a straight face can argue against the necessity of eliminating the (equivalent of) the Knights who say NEET? Who could possibly want these murderous fanatics to gain nuclear capabilities?
Genius!
It is truly laughable that the ENEmedia and their TDS crowd believe our President “negotiates” from a position of weakness.
And they call themselves WOKE?
Best observation in this entire comments thread!
It could be worse. Once upon a time gas was rationed because of nonsense in the ME. A few weeks of higher prices is bearable especially when it will end terrorism once and for all.
You still here, stupid? You’re a low-grade troll, with little talent. You have a few sock puppets, but your content is unoriginal and boring. You have zero effect here, and I predict you’re on borrowed time. Go play the oil futures game and let the adults handle global reality.
When the strategic oil reserves run dry, we are all going to fry. Time has come today. Give your heads a shake before it is too late. Seriously.
Wait, I thought windmills and solar panels are all the world needs? That’s what Gavin Newsom and AOC tell us. Just stop eating hamburgers because… cow farts.
You do realize we don’t need any oil from the ME, right?
Did you also know the US is the largest producer of oil and natural gas?
Who do you think runs the oil and gas business, Jethro Bodine? Your insularity is due for a weality check.
Panican much?
We don’t need anyone for oil or energy. We produce more than anyone in the world. Stop listening to propaganda.
Iran is not continuing the military operations and hasn’t from the start it’s China and been China from the beginning.
China is the biggest loser and in the most pain from the conflict and they can operate systems from China and have absolutely no problem Killing Americans be it fentanyl or military equipment.
we have lost people in one place. china can’t do shit either. i have no doubt that we will lose more people. when this is over the world will be a better place. thank God.
To all the TACO folks, Trump clearly doesn’t like to kill innocents. All other presidents who have launched attacks had no issues taking out dual-use infrastructure. Trump is the only one who hasn’t. It’s amazing they’ve decimated Iran at the level they have without destroying these things.
With that said, he’s giving Iran and the IRGC every chance to make a deal. He doesn’t want to do anything that will cause widespread suffering to the average Iranian. I think he’s running out of options and time though and the next step is complete obliteration. Honestly, I think Iran’s plan is to drag this out as long as they can to get to the midterms. I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve had back channel conversations with leading Democrats, getting advise from them.
count on it.
He never had too many options. If you understand Iran and understand the IRGC, you understand why.
Iran is not a country. Their clergy are devout Muslim zealots who will never yield. That is why negotiations fail. You cannot bargain with someone who believes compromise with you is immoral and against their version of god.
The IRGC is not a conventional military, they are organized like a terrorist network. Like rats: you hit them, and they scurry. Then reappear somewhere else.
In case anyone has not been paying attention, the US AI race is currently consuming every piece of electric grid equipment possible to build data centers and power plants. If Trump goes into Iran with the intent to destroy civilian electrical infrastructure, there may not be replacement parts for 6-9 months, which would be fatal to great swaths of civilians. It is humane to preserve the infrastructure to save lives, and to preserve it for the next government.
Trump does not TACO / “chicken out” as the left wants to meme, he constantly adjusts his plans for the greatest benefit. He threatens, then adjusts when the target capitulates; there’s no need to destroy a surrendered enemy.
If I were writing a movie about this, I would’ve had my people on the inside preemptively plant c4 explosives under all the bridges and after the umpteenth time they broke the agreement have all the bridges simultaneously implode like those controlled demolitions. At like 3am so no civilians are killed.
I love my President….
NO MERCY!
Well said, totally agree.
I’m still looking forward to bridge and power plant day!
The worst part is this: the Chinese and the Russians are watching our next move. That’s why destroying Iran’s infrastructure is the only option at this point.
Every day Trump hesitates and rants on social media, he’s emboldening them. China will get its oil and gas from Russia if it can’t get it from Iran. It’ll buy from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, and Qatar.
Both the Russians and the Chinese understand that negotiations with the radical Muslim regime will fail. They understand Iran negotiates in bad faith.
Me Too!
No, we obviously didn’t. We did some serious damage, but the regime survived. They retained their capabilities to launch missiles and control the street.
You can declare the war is over, but that’s what it is — a declaration. It’s meaningless if the enemy is not defeated.
You keep trying; no one is listening to you.
Try harder.
Actually, try smarter.
Wait you mean a radical Islamic middle eastern country is acting extremely irrational? Notably after they were attacked by their two most hated countries that openly shared images of the death of their leader? So was it Netanyahu that convinced President Trump this would be easy?
I’m pretty sure it’s clear to Trump that a country enriching uranium to weapons grade isn’t doing it to heat swimming pools or save the environment…
Unfortunately, some people like you, Tucker et. al have deluded themselves into believing that a nuclear weapon only works on Israelis — which they don’t actually mind seeing in action — and that we’re somehow immune to that threat.
I especially liked the part about the US Navy blowing a hole in the engine room of the Iranian ship that refused to honor the blockade. lol. I bet they really enjoy their job sometimes.
On this glorious 4/19 251st anniversary of Patriots Day and “The Shot heard ’round the World”, I celebrate that we have Donald J Trump for POTUS ! None of the other pearl-clutching Unitards in government would ever lead an effort as boldly as this. And we have certainly seen what hapless cowards and backstabbers the NATO “allies” are. I like it that President Trump’s administration means business. I especially like General “Raisin’ Caine.”
I realize President Trump has to play politics with all the America-hating swamp creatures in our government, but I hope he will soon come to the conclusion that it is impossible to negotiate with this Iranian regime, that he will carry on with the war despite their hand-wringing, and that he WON’T STOP until this brutal regime is A MEMORY. No one else is EVER going to do this. Even if the Iranians behave themselves until Trump is out of office, this is going to start all over again as soon as he’s gone. Next time we are likely to have another weak-kneed Unitard in office at best. Or worse, it could be another Islamic terrorist supporter like Obama. And sure as shooting, the Iranians will soon have another nuclear weapons program.
Presidents like Donald Trump don’t come along very often. In fact I would say it’s once in a lifetime. We are so Blessed! President Trump has what it takes to make a difference for future generations here, so I hope he will utilize this opportunity to eliminate the Iranian threat, which is on a silver platter for us right now. May God Bless President Trump and may He guide him with His wisdom and strength! May God Bless and Protect America and all Her Patriots. Happy Patriot’s Day to all!
President Trump had to give the IRGC one last chance, he is a man of peace.
Now the picture is clear as to whom me he is dealing with. The previous negotiations were with the Iranian Government officials, hence President Trump’s insistence that there was a Regime change. Now it is clear as to which entity is in charge. It is not the civilian entity, it is the military arm of government, IRGC, and they are not interested in a settlement, only in the defeat of the U.S. This has been their calling for many years.
President Trump now has his answer, it is just a question of how he reacts.
Tousi.TV is a good source as what is going on in Iran.
The negotiations aren’t for the Iranians. The ceasefire isn’t for the Iranians. They are for world consumption. By breaking the ceasefire and firing on ships, the Iranians demonstrated what President Trump already knew, that they could not be trusted to keep their word or negotiate in good faith. Now, President Trump has the defensible go-ahead to bomb the hell outta them. The Iranians will never surrender or back down. But they had to prove themselves totally untrustworthy before we destroyed them. Otherwise, we look unreasonable and imperialistic. That the Iranians couldn’t even keep a ceasefire also proves President Trump’s point that they are crazy enough to use nuclear weapons if they ever get them. They took the bait and exposed themselves.
…because they always negotiated in good faith before and didn’t try to enrich uranium to weapons grade so brazenly that even the UN—a hostile, Muslim-infested body—couldn’t deny it.
Yup, that must be it.
So what’s the story with you? You an Iranian fan-boy or what? Because you sound like one.
The fact he’s trying so hard gives him away; you notice, he’s not commenting on the PW protected article…
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This is a part of your post on that pw-protected article.
“Paul Reveres Horse April 18, 2026 5:59 am
Sunlight reaching the corners is long past due….”
Now that I’ve thrown you a stick, will you leave?
Nuts? I am advocating for Trump to finish the job and move on—destroy Iran’s infrastructure. The regime will be overthrown by an angry, cold, hungry mob.
You know how search functions work: Ctrl + F and type in ‘Ray Bach’
Use of the sarc tag (/s) would help you greatly…
…always negotiated in good faith?
Who is this? Scott Ridder?
I guarantee you if they could enrich to weapons grade, they would have several nuclear weapons already..
I think that was missing a sarc tag?
I tend to look at it more as: (eta, I agree with you)
President Trump is forcing a constitution of responsible workable leadership that can take control of the Iran away from the IRGC, and it takes time to get the layers of people in place in control, across a very large landmass with complex geography and tribal factions.
He is not going to leave a mess like Iraq became, let alone Afghanistan, and he is going to remove the dust.
I am inclined to think the “bridges and power plants” is a decoy. Watch this hand, not the other. Set the bait.
And China slips them missiles in the back door anyway. If China wants a proxy war, then they will have their proxy war… just like the U.S. executes its proxy wars… we’re not special in that regard.
Iranian killing machine needs to be destroyed. These are not rational people and the concept of prosperity with compromise is alien to them. Maybe if their entire clans were threatened, they may be deterred but that requires getting into unconventional warfare. Better to fight fair and destroy the bad actors completely. Every last one of them.
Whatever it takes. That should always be our guiding principle, in any area.
I thought we were supposed to be “saving” the Iranians? My head is spinning… folks should make up their minds…
What, exactly, is your head spinning about? “Fight fair and destroy the bad actors” sums up @ Disillusion’s post regarding our military strategy.
How else would you recommend we save the “good” Iranians from the “bad” mullahs and deliver the free world from the threat of a nuclear armed, Iranian terrorist regime?
We already know what you don’t agree with. What would YOU do instead?
Do YOU have a constructive solution to this problem? It won’t go away by itself.
The IRGC alone are a 200,000+ man army. If you want to neutralize “the regional threat”, then you need to be willing to go kill 200,000+ armed Iranian…uh… let’s call them patriots and fanatics. And that 200,000+ doesn’t include whatever other patriots and fanatics are rolling around in that country.
If you’re not willing to get your hands bloody and go kill 200,000+ armed men… maybe you’re expecting a free lunch or whatever (Shock and Awe, yada yada)… then you’re just p!ssing in the wind, getting your pants wet, and wondering why your pants are wet.
200K+ vs 92M. Maybe some of the 92M can focus on the problem.
.2/92= 0.22%
The real controlling group in Iran is the IRDG. They will never capitulate. They are fanatics, they are corrupt and they are ruthless. I’m even surprised that the negotiators who went to Pakistan are still alive.
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/irans-revolutionary-guards
Spin the deal wheel again.
Lots of commentary regarding the necessity of eliminating the Myslim fanatics instead of “negotiating” with them. . .
My goodness people, you don’t think DJT knows this? Get a grip!
He is not negotiating, he is playing out a script–necessary to justify to lesser humanoid that he did everything he could to avoid what these evil bastards are bringing onto themselves. He will send the remaining ones to Hell just like those before them. He knows that that he can’t “negotiate ” with them and he’s not. They are proving his point and will be treated accordingly.
Best President Ever.
Thank you God.
Exactly; the X Panicans come here and do as the do on X, right Ray?
Some people just don’t have what it takes to see what is before their very eyes. Willful blindness. It gets old.
Let’s see the forest for the trees!
I. Short Prelude
II. War against terrorism (labeled as “Iran War”)
Before Operation Epic Fury was launched on 2/28/26, it goes without saying that President Trump was in the know that
III. Failed negotiations
President Trump receives unsolicited recommendations from spectators in the VIP stands who call themselves world leaders to end the war through diplomatic means. Although he is convinced of the futility of these efforts, he conveys to the public the impression of substantial progress, which cannot materialize.
IV. End game
I wish President Trump with God’s help much success in achieving his goals and moving out ASAP, except for one thing: A ‘deal’ with terrorists: Unlike Obama’s 2015 JCPOA agreement , his would be shot down in flames.
[1] The Invisible Coup by Peter Schweizer — Book Summary, Key Themes & What It Argues (2026) – BooksBriefed
IRGC IS A DEATH SQUAD TIME TO END THEME
Dead Enders get dead. Good riddance.
Wow.
Do NOT mess with the US Navy!
Our President isn’t fooling around.
“ IT’S TIME FOR THE IRAN KILLING MACHINE TO END!” ~ President DONALD J. TRUMP”
Amen!!
After Wednesday………. Boom Boom, Out Go The Lights!
But why wait until Wednesday? The Iranians already violated the ceasefire several times. IMHO it is not to our advantage to continue “negotiations.” The Iranians will say whatever they think President Trump wants to hear to stall for time. Meanwhile they are furiously trying to dig out their ballistic missiles, launchers, etc. Plus putting civilians in position to be used as human shields at their energy infrastructure sites, as they have vowed to do. These devils care nothing about human lives and will go on murdering to keep themselves in power while they plunder the country.
“Any change to the power structure of the country will likely mean the end to their power, life and status. ”
100% correct.
There will only be peace when the current control structure in Iran no longer exists. These guys have had 50 years of success being bullies. They are not going to give up now. I hope Pres Trump grants them their martyrdom wish.
Gotta be done.. let’s do it.
Those of the IRGC cannot be stopped with negotiations. They are hardline Shia first, Iranian/Persian second. For the sake of Iran and it’s population wishing for freedom from the Mullahs, the IRGC needs to be dealt a death blow.
Shah Pahlevi Jr is going to have to invade his country at the head of a new Farsi Army, declare the Islamic Republic null and void, abolish the Ayatollah Caliphate and pull off an Ataturk. And establish a new secular Persian Kingdom. Then with thousands of enthusiastic new army recruits, Shah Jr will then need to pull off a Bukele- construct huge new prisons in which to chain together thousands of the Basiji bastards and the Mullah overlords and the entire IRGC-that created this hell on earth and lock them up and throw away the key. Put a bounty on every Basij. Overnight the World will change.
I didn’t realize Iran has basically never been totally conquered in its 2500 year history. A handful of temporary occupations (for lack of a better word).
Your idea is the most humane that I have read. It has a chance of working. Would also need a generation or 2 to continuously tamp down on the rabid supporters of the barbarians.
Regardless, it is worth trying before the only more effective method of nuking them back to the stone age.
One significant issue is how to destroy the targets after Iran has loaded thousands of women and children onto or into them ?
The IRGC will not accept any terms and consistently portray themselves as martyrs for the regime.
Not just the IRGC but the Basij which is the local fundamentalist militia created by the Ayatollah, which is in every town and city. I believe we will eventually see some reasonable people make an agreement but they would likely endanger their lives if they did so.
Just imagine a Persian group ends up in charge and makes some changes like allowing women to dress however they like or declaring the end of Jihad. Likely a third of Iran are radicalized martyr wannabees and they will never go along unless the Persian element is willing to kill as many as necessary before they themselves get killed.
Iran is in for some difficult times and may obliterate their own culture before anything is settled.