Iran is exploding

[Flavius Maximus]

Oh my! We do have a few regime supporters even here! Anyone who supports that evil regime & that getting rid of it is a bad thing needs to have their heads checked.
Anyway, in any case, straightshooter does bring up a good point about the Shah. This reminds me of what i learned about the French Revolution, the Napoleonic wars, & what happened during that time when the frenchies briefly brought back the monarchy, only to be reminded of why they got rid of them to begin with. For the Iranians, perhaps there's a lesson to be learned here. Either way, we should all be wanting what's best for the Iranian people, & acknowledge that it's ultimately up to them to decide. We aussies may well be treated like children by our government, but we must still treat Iranians as adults

[bigrich]

So here we go, the pretend governments in NSW and VIC have these terrorists on their plate..
I saw just now that at least 5 "Mosques" are openly mourning the death of that monster Khamenei.

These terrorist supporters and evil infiltrators to our country are there unmasked now and SHOULD be dealt with and the pretend places of worship - really anti-Australian cesspits set up for spreading evil in our country and ruining our success with their primitive ideals.

Come on MInns, these people are cut from the cloth of the scum that shot innocents at Bondi, show you really are a man and a true leader. Try and show the country you are trying to make up for your massive failure in December.
I doubt you will, because it's something you are not, a man and a leader.
Vic? Well, we know that government is deliberately ignoring this.

I remember when 9-11 went down, people in south west Sydney burning American flags and celebrating over the 3000 American civilians killed. Hmm, do we really want people like that migrating to our country ?

[Wapiti]

The Iranian people are cheering and celebrating in the streets, so the Trump-hating armchair experts again read the room wrong. Surprise.
Shame their failures don't stay in their armchairs.
On the many avenues Iran could take politically after this, well, that's up to them. Do they pick up the ball and run with it?
I expect that some people do not understand this man's persuasive and calculated strategies here, but how many it's disturbing.

[Billo]

The Iranian people are cheering and celebrating in the streets, so the Trump-hating armchair experts again read the room wrong. Surprise.
Shame their failures don't stay in their armchairs.
On the many avenues Iran could take politically after this, well, that's up to them. Do they pick up the ball and run with it?
I expect that some people do not understand this man's persuasive and calculated strategies here, but how many it's disturbing.

You need to change your media feed if you think the majority of Iranians were celebrating.

Wapiti you may revere a convicted rapist and abuser of women and teens, I find that stuff a bit distasteful.

I don't see any upside for the US in their behaviour and if anything, they have just shown they're just lap dogs to Israel in their attempt to expand Jewish Supremacy in the Middle east. And old Bone Spurs doesnt have the mettle to put american skin on the ground in Iran if they truly want regime change, that would be a slaughter

[straightshooter]

It looks to me from some of the posts here that if one isn't a Trump man loving fanboy then one must therefore be a Trump hater, there being no possibility of any middle ground.
That is a position usually held by the extreme left, that is the extreme left of the IQ curve.

[bigrich]

It looks to me from some of the posts here that if one isn't a Trump man loving fanboy then one must therefore be a Trump hater, there being no possibility of any middle ground.
That is a position usually held by the extreme left, that is the extreme left of the IQ curve.

i agree with your assessment , although i think i'm of a middle ground view on trump . trumps done a lot of good for america from what i can tell, but oh boy , does he have some haters . the guys human , he can make mistakes . haven't heard boo from the "free gaza" rabble about iran in australia . guess they only protest when they can spew hatred against israel . figures i've seen are 30,000 iranians killed and i don't see any protests about it .

the left are definitely "useful idiots" to quote a cold war phrase of westerners who undermine their own countries . who wants to end up like the UK ?

[NTSOG]

bigrich: "who wants to end up like the UK ?"

Well Labor is certainly trying to copy the UK's mistakes. Mind you Starmer is so weak he makes Albo look nearly competent.

[Billo]

bigrich: "who wants to end up like the UK ?"

Well Labor is certainly trying to copy the UK's mistakes. Mind you Starmer is so weak he makes Albo look nearly competent.

It might surprise you that the Nationals and the Liberals gave us that extra 500,000 Indians. Between 2013 and 2023 the Indian born population doubled to just under 1 Million.

Might be time to acknowledge the Elephant in the room

[Wapiti]

It looks to me from some of the posts here that if one isn't a Trump man loving fanboy then one must therefore be a Trump hater, there being no possibility of any middle ground.
That is a position usually held by the extreme left, that is the extreme left of the IQ curve.

i agree with your assessment , although i think i'm of a middle ground view on trump . trumps done a lot of good for america from what i can tell, but oh boy , does he have some haters . the guys human , he can make mistakes . haven't heard boo from the "free gaza" rabble about iran in australia . guess they only protest when they can spew hatred against israel . figures i've seen are 30,000 iranians killed and i don't see any protests about it .

the left are definitely "useful idiots" to quote a cold war phrase of westerners who undermine their own countries . who wants to end up like the UK ?

The people who understand the brilliance of the man's tactics are not rabid Trump fans, what a ridiculous statement.

What I see is a man who is deliberately unpredictable, throws out smokescreens very subtly, works like the incredibly successful businessman he is proven to be and looks and talks as if everything is a business decision, either good and bad, which it is when running a country.
What I see from the people who denigrate him is that they have no idea what he is doing and understand that way of getting results - they are too used to the lying, slimy trickery of the professional politicians... here is a perfect example.
A classic case of looking at the colour of the paint on the machine and not understanding of what the purpose the machine is doing really is.
The bloke is not a slimy, polished bullsh*t artist career politician. He is a sly, calculating achiever, without the fake veneer on top to try and trick those who don't see it.
A man like that has disdain and no time for the blind fool.

[bigrich]

bigrich: "who wants to end up like the UK ?"

Well Labor is certainly trying to copy the UK's mistakes. Mind you Starmer is so weak he makes Albo look nearly competent.

Yeah , horrible situation over there. The amount of illegal I migrants is mind boggling. Heard a statement recently that the country areas in Britain are “too white “ . That statement leaves me dumbfounded. Does that mean that some parts of Africa are “too black “
The left are out of control with radical ideology overriding truth and common sense. The silent majority must stand up and politically destroy these fools at the very next election, in our country and the UK

[bigrich]

It looks to me from some of the posts here that if one isn't a Trump man loving fanboy then one must therefore be a Trump hater, there being no possibility of any middle ground.
That is a position usually held by the extreme left, that is the extreme left of the IQ curve.

i agree with your assessment , although i think i'm of a middle ground view on trump . trumps done a lot of good for america from what i can tell, but oh boy , does he have some haters . the guys human , he can make mistakes . haven't heard boo from the "free gaza" rabble about iran in australia . guess they only protest when they can spew hatred against israel . figures i've seen are 30,000 iranians killed and i don't see any protests about it .

the left are definitely "useful idiots" to quote a cold war phrase of westerners who undermine their own countries . who wants to end up like the UK ?

The people who understand the brilliance of the man's tactics are not rabid Trump fans, what a ridiculous statement.

What I see is a man who is deliberately unpredictable, throws out smokescreens very subtly, works like the incredibly successful businessman he is proven to be and looks and talks as if everything is a business decision, either good and bad, which it is when running a country.
What I see from the people who denigrate him is that they have no idea what he is doing and understand that way of getting results - they are too used to the lying, slimy trickery of the professional politicians... here is a perfect example.
A classic case of looking at the colour of the paint on the machine and not understanding of what the purpose the machine is doing really is.
The bloke is not a slimy, polished bullsh*t artist career politician. He is a sly, calculating achiever, without the fake veneer on top to try and trick those who don't see it.
A man like that has disdain and no time for the blind fool.

I like this assessment even more! lol

[Flavius Maximus]

bigrich: "who wants to end up like the UK ?"

Well Labor is certainly trying to copy the UK's mistakes. Mind you Starmer is so weak he makes Albo look nearly competent.

Yeah , horrible situation over there. The amount of illegal I migrants is mind boggling. Heard a statement recently that the country areas in Britain are “too white “ . That statement leaves me dumbfounded. Does that mean that some parts of Africa are “too black “
The left are out of control with radical ideology overriding truth and common sense. The silent majority must stand up and politically destroy these fools at the very next election, in our country and the UK

Oh, they're also saying the countryside isn't crowded enough, & that it must be crammed full of people to make the migrants "feel more welcome". Yes, let's make the whole country feel miserable at all times with no hope of taking a break even for 5 seconds! As a claustrophobe i have one word: Yuck!

[Flavius Maximus]

The whole pro-regime arguement can be summed up as this; "let's let 90 million people suffer under a government that rapes & kills them just to stick it to the Yanks & the Jews".

[Billo]

I love how Trump campaigned for re election on a platform of NO new wars, how did that work out, the shingle riddled rapist fooled all the Maga types

[Billo]

[markg]

I find this all a little concerning. The only way for the US to secure anything like a victory is through a regime change and that's it. More worrying is the amount of ordinance Iran has stockpiled, being drones, missiles , rockets etc. The Iranians recently closed a deal that had been on the table with the Chinese for CM302 Anti ship missiles. These are supersonic and are nearly impossible to shoot down or detect because of the sheer speed they are capable of , and even if detected at close range are designed to avoid by zig zagging the radar targeting of the Aegis systems the American fleet uses. Ditto for new anti aircraft missiles they have gotten from Russia. These use a totally new targeting system not reliant on heat seeker technology. The amount of missiles that the US and all the other nations who have been coming under attack have used in just a few days is beyond what the US is capable of replacing in response. Consider too the amount of hardware that the US and many NATO countries has sent to the Ukraine conflict, this alone has had a major effect on weapons stockpiles in many countries not simply the US. I hate the Iranian Govt as they have been the biggest supporter and financial backers of terrorism for decades but they won't be a push over. This conflict could be a disaster for both Israel and the US, and could push the Israel into a very tight corner and who knows what might come of that. People need to realise this is not the US of the 2nd world war anymore and much has changed geopolitically and technologically. Drones alone can be devastating, look at the Russian Ukraine conflict. If the US puts boots on the ground things will be a whole lot worse. The straight of Hormuz is a death trap for the careless, and Iran by it's sheer geography is a hard nut to crack or invade.

[Billo]

Thanks Donald for the 35 cent price jump in 2 days for diesel, you're the man !!

[Wapiti]

The fuel stocks held in this country haven't been refreshed yet from any imported refined product that STILL shouldn't be price affected, so the only people raising the prices are profiteers who are sneering at tge consumers. It hasn't cost them an extra cent yet.
Yet, there are people who again, fall for the bullshi*t and the lies... it's either that they are considering everyone reading their gibberish as fools to be tricked with their narcissistic personal agendas, or they are just peanuts. Hmm.

[Flavius Maximus]

The fuel stocks held in this country haven't been refreshed yet from any imported refined product that STILL shouldn't be price affected, so the only people raising the prices are profiteers who are sneering at tge consumers. It hasn't cost them an extra cent yet.
Yet, there are people who again, fall for the bullshi*t and the lies... it's either that they are considering everyone reading their gibberish as fools to be tricked with their narcissistic personal agendas, or they are just peanuts. Hmm.

Thing is, we don't even get our oil from the Middle East. It all comes from another dictatorship known as singapore

[straightshooter]

The fuel stocks held in this country haven't been refreshed yet from any imported refined product that STILL shouldn't be price affected, so the only people raising the prices are profiteers who are sneering at tge consumers. It hasn't cost them an extra cent yet.
Yet, there are people who again, fall for the bullshi*t and the lies... it's either that they are considering everyone reading their gibberish as fools to be tricked with their narcissistic personal agendas, or they are just peanuts. Hmm.

Thing is, we don't even get our oil from the Middle East. It all comes from another dictatorship known as singapore

The above may be true but there is a risk that some other country might offer a premium and then what does Australia do.
Australia currently has about a 30 day reserve. We should have 90 days reserve but in his great wisdom Mr. Morrison decided the bulk of our reserve should be held in the US.

[mchughcb]

I have no idea what the end game is or what constitutes victory.

Rubio said America attacked first because Israel was going to attack first and Iran would attack USA bases if that occurred.

Then I was told regime change.

Then something about uranium enrichment.

Then I was told democracy.

Then I was told chaos.

I've got no idea what the mission is.

[Flavius Maximus]

The fuel stocks held in this country haven't been refreshed yet from any imported refined product that STILL shouldn't be price affected, so the only people raising the prices are profiteers who are sneering at tge consumers. It hasn't cost them an extra cent yet.
Yet, there are people who again, fall for the bullshi*t and the lies... it's either that they are considering everyone reading their gibberish as fools to be tricked with their narcissistic personal agendas, or they are just peanuts. Hmm.

Thing is, we don't even get our oil from the Middle East. It all comes from another dictatorship known as singapore

The above may be true but there is a risk that some other country might offer a premium and then what does Australia do.
Australia currently has about a 30 day reserve. We should have 90 days reserve but in his great wisdom Mr. Morrison decided the bulk of our reserve should be held in the US.

Hmm, yes, there is that point that i, too, have brought up at work. We may get our oil from singapore, & the US actually produces a lot of it's own, plus they got access to more in their own region. But with the mid-east blowing up once again, there's more demand for singapore oil, so up go the prices. Kinda makes electric cars look tempting. Not teslas though, yuck!

[mchughcb]

So looks like Albo has deployed troops and they have already been targeted. Have we learned nothing from 20 years in Afghanistan fighting camel jockeys for no particular reason.

I'd rather they went to Russia and get a good gas price because sure as hell can't we get it from WA north west shelf.

[alexjones]

Thanks Donald for the 35 cent price jump in 2 days for diesel, you're the man !!

I’m up 17 grand on my oil longs. So yes thanks trump for making me money.

[alexjones]

See a Kuwait f18 shot down 3 American f15s?

All 6 crewman survived. 2 from each plane.

The f15 has a 104-0 kill ratio against the enemy but friendly fire got them. So does that change the kill ratio or not considering it was friendly fire and not enemy fire?

100 million each they cost.

[mchughcb]

Are you sure it was friendly fire? 1 maybe, 3 im not so sure about.