39 Replies to “Thank You For Your Attention To This Matter”

  1. Here’s an idea! America becomes the gate-keeper of The Straits! That would offset our $cost for making the world a safer, more prosperous, place. Think of it like the Panama Canal …

    The cost of passage through the Panama Canal can range from $12,000 to $100,000 for reserving a passage, with total expenses potentially reaching up to $300,000 or more, depending on the size and type of vessel and cargo. Additional fees may apply based on various factors, including the number of containers carried.

    Or the Suez Canal …

    Suez Canal Transit Costs
    The cost of transiting the Suez Canal varies based on the type of vessel and its net tonnage. Here are the key categories and their respective fee increases:
    Vessel Type Fee Increase
    Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) 10%
    Chemicals and Other Liquid Bulk 10%
    Vehicles, Natural Gas, General Cargo 7%
    Multipurpose Vessels 7%
    Oil Tankers 5%
    Dry Bulk Vessels 5%

    Damn it feels good to have a businessman as POTUS!

    1. see what l mean kj? ‘primarily a successful BUSINESSMAN, distant 2nd a politician . . . .’

    2. L – Yes indeed, a businessman loyal to his nation-state of America in charge! This instead of a glorified bank bureaucrat. Who being a globalist, has no loyalty to the nation-state of Canada. But has formed a “strategic relationship with the Communist Party of China, international organized crime, political Islam and every enemy of Western Civilization. A study in contrasts.

    3. Here’s an idea. If the regime still controls the strait the regime is still in power. If the regime can control whether or not shipping can go through the strait Trump hasn’t finished off anything.

      1. Patience. Trump doesn’t leave projects unfinished. That’s not what builder/developers do.

      2. Anger and frustration that Trump hasn’t toppled the M.E.’s most powerful regional player in just over 2 weeks is rather foolish. The regime controls nothing that they aren’t allowed to, is the point Konrad was making..
        “What is seen, and what is unseen”..
        On the surface, the Iranian regime *must* maintain the appearance of ‘defiance’, and more importantly, ‘strength’, as they surely know through their history that any show of weakness, either domestically (especially amongst their ‘hardliners’) or internationally would weaken their bargaining hard, and leave them and their families vulnerable to being picked apart and/or slaughtered. They remember all too well exploiting the Shah’s concessions to the student protests in 78-79 as weakness, which led to his fall.. They know that the other gulf states will tear Iran into little pieces, should they show any weakness, and have their apostate regime leaders slaughtered if they can. This is likely partially they drone the other M.E. countries.. now only for fear and coercion of the weaker Gulf states, but not unlike Lieutenant Christian burned his boats after the mutiny on the Bounty, there is no going back now.. the regime cronies have nowhere to run to now, and no way to betray the regime without suffering a terrible fate at the hands of the other Gulf states, they are committed to the defense of the regime. Their fates are now all tied together.. for better or worse. That is what is seen.. but, what is unseen? The negotiations behind the scenes, away from the focused eyes of both domestic and regional enemies. They are certainly happening.. the surviving regime leaders are neither stupid, fanatical, nor willing to be ‘martyred’ as selflessly as they project, and are desperate to retain some semblance of power in post war Iran, to save their lives, and the lives of their families.. The reality is that the surviving regime heads are in constant fear for their lives, and the lives of their families (whom they likely have to avoid for their safety and survival).. You can bet your ass they are negotiating right now. If they continue much longer asking for unacceptable concessions, there won’t be enough living to bury the dead, and they know this.. Perhaps, the ease of which the Israelis have been targeting and assassinating regime leaders was intentional, facilitated by internal betrayal, removing the more.. obstinate.. negotiation hurdles so that the more ‘rational’ actors can reach a negotiation consensus.. Time will tell if “Trump hasn’t finished off anything”, but I wouldn’t so casually dismiss it.. I would rather be holding Trumps hand of cards right now than the Iranian regime’s.. I suspect it will all unravel soon enough, one way or another..

  2. If this is all just a distraction from the Epstein list, it’s the greatest and most entertaining distraction of all time

    1. I can’t help wondering why people keep saying Trump wants to distract from the Epstein files when he’s one of the few world leaders who never went to the island—and who, according to some accounts, Epstein actually detested.

    3. Again?
      Marx Carnage was mentioned 69 times in the Epstein Files.
      Trump kicked Epstein out of MaraLago in 2003, and, assisted the FBI in having him prosecuted.
      The files also shows Epstein hated Trump.
      Your talking points are stupid, based on hallucinations.

    5. Yes, Trump’s diabolical plan is to distract from a dead pedo’s (D) incriminating files.. before the mid-terms.. which absolve him at every credible level.. after both the victims, and even ‘Bubba’ himself has absolved him under sworn deposition before congress.. Yeah, the war in Iran was his master-stroke at distracting from all that, but you have unmasked him through deductive genius.. Absolutely brilliant.. I award you the coveted blueanon™ ‘Tinfoil Hat’, wear it proudly!

    6. Funny you should mention Epstein in a thread about Iran.
      Who was one of the Epstein victims’ attorneys?
      https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/j-stanley-pottinger-official-who-discovered-identity-of-deep-throat-dies/

      He and dear Jeffery shared an office for a time…interesting…no?

      And besides both Epstein and Watergate, what else was Mr. Pottinger, esq. known for?
      https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/05/25/Stanley-Pottinger-head-of-the-Justice-Departments-Civil-Rights/3173454305600/
      Oh yes, that’s right, a little thing involving the Iran-contra scandal.
      Mr. Pottinger was a very busy man; let’s all give him a big Rest In Peace, shall we?

  3. l like how potus Trump puts it, ‘l wonder what would happen if . . . . ‘ heh heh heh!!

    1. Decades of dealing with the NY/NJ construction and sanitation ‘unions’ may have left a lasting impression upon him.. Perhaps we’ll never know..

  5. Here’s a “what if”. What if Iran was really a proxy state for say Tel Aviv, and Bibi’s handlers controlled by the City of London, suddenly flipped to the Trump camp and now Bibi is dancing to DJT’s tune, and a whole lot of people in the world, that have allegiance to no country are not to happy about that, because they lost control of Iran as their proxy state.

  6. A final thought, I see that Ezra Cohen reposted Trumps tweet, I believe he was instrumental in setting up a devolution plan or COG (continuity of government ) after Trump left office at the end of his first term. I always
    take note of anything that he posts, as I believe he is still close to POTUS.

  7. My sense is that Trump’s musings are a way to seek an alternative outcome or some sort of off ramp for a war that’s not going the way he expected. The problem with leaving the Straits of Hormuz closed is that the price of oil and everything that is made from it, such as nitrogen fertilizer, starts to soar. That’s fine for oil producers, but not for oil consumers. Even though the United States is an oil exporter these days, it has lots of industries that are big oil consumers. While the Persian Gulf oil producers can ship product through pipelines to other ports, that’s more expensive than the current scenario with oil wells mere miles from port facilities. Shut down those ports and you’ve just turned off the tap for the cheapest oil in the world.

    1. I doubt Trump is worried about the war not going the way he expected. I see no evidence of that at all.

      1. If the war goes the way he wants the strait opens. This sounds to me like he’s starting to lose, although I have no idea that can be possible. If the regime in Iran can control the strait, they’re still in power and Trump hasn’t won anything.

    2. “Off-ramp”
      Leftist Talking Points™️
      No, this is getting done. This is the end of this regime, whatever it takes.
      A nuclear Iran is not an option.
      As for Hormuz and the oil? Well, if the EU doesn’t want to defend its oil imports, then they run out of oil. That was the ask of them. If their economies tank, they had a choice.
      Sure, we pay extra for our fuel. It’s inconvenient, but we’ll be fine.
      There’s other fertilizer suppliers, and yes, some will be without.
      They ALL had a chance to secure the straight.
      Think the fable of The Little Red Hen. It’s playing out in real life.
      And it ensures that Trump pulls out of NATO.
      Quid Pro Quo
      The leftists in Victoria, who apparently don’t care about gas prices, are lined up for a couple blocks at Costco to save a few bucks on their tank right now. Committed lefty climate change fanatics, but still want cheap gas…….

  8. People often talk about “strategy” when they are really talking about tactics. I think the strategy of the Trump administration is light years ahead of the naysayers. The standard “thinking” of the naysayers is that there was a chess game going on and new players have gotten into the game presumably to continue the same game with all the pieces in place where the last guy left them. BUT THAT’S NOT IT. The chess game has been kicked onto the floor and the pieces are being rearranged.

  9. Ras Laffan petrochemical/LNG facilities in Qatar hit by Iranian missiles.

    Hardest hit Tucker Carlson’s paycheques?

    Since Qatar will have to repair and rebuild some of their energy facilities, and purchase much more anti missile defence systems, it may mean less Qatari money for American universities.

  10. The people that benefit from middle eastern instability are the same that benefit from high oil prices. Where is that set again? That’s always been Iran’s role. Keeping Canadian oil off the market is also an objective and probably Venezuela’s too in the past. And not long ago, most of the US’ oil. The refusal of the EU (or “NATO”) to ensure freedom of navigation through the straight is a little tantrum that will pass. The globalists are losing their grip.

    1. But they’re playing with callups from their Triple A affiliate. Not a bad outcome.

      1. Except before this happened the strait was open, now it apparently isn’t. It’s a bit of a pyrrhic victory at this point.

        1. The straight is open, for Iranian ships.
          For now.
          The US has prepared for this. Just because it’s not on the Panican schedule, doesn’t mean it’s not in the cards.
          The Iranians are being given every chance to stand down and walk away.
          Their threats are nothing but typical, empty, hyperbolic Arabic bullshit.
          It’s their culture to make them, that they can’t back up.

  13. Trump spends a lot of time wondering why he has no allies. Could it have anything to do with his belittlement of his allies in Afghanistan where they all showed and died in another useless American war?

    1. No, all Trump has done is prove the USA really didn’t have any actual allies beforehand. Nato, Australia, Canada et al have all built their socialists welfare states using the money they should have been spending on defence but didn’t have to because they were abusing the US’s kindness. Diplomacy gets you no-where when your so called allies are destroying their own economies with renewables & mass migration while expecting you to carry the can on defence.

    2. If one administration was enough to disassociate all of America’s Euro-peon ‘allies’, after 80 years of alleged ‘rock-solid’ commitment.. they were not allies.. they were ‘all lies’.. parasites, and Trump is right to scrape them off.. They have all laid all their cards upon the table now, and we have seen them. The U.S. was to be their pitiful lumbering giant, with absolutely no independent agency.. a loaded gun on western Europe’s nightstand, that only they could use with any moral authority and consensus. They were allowed this illusion for decades, but I suspect the choices coming their way will .. ‘clarify’ the price of their positions and their place in Trump’s new pecking order rather soon. Building tacitly anti-American socialist ‘green’ utopias was rather easy while they had homogeneous societies, reasonably priced and readily available gas and oil, and almost free sovereign defense.. I wonder what will happen next..

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