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calico said:
"And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brother. And you will know My call sign is Sandy 1 when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

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Whatever could have made him think that...

I'm so disappointed you got caught in 4K falling for fake news like this.
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Bro ..

"And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

The above is part of the quote from Jewels in Pulp Fiction, you can clearly see where Hegseth changed one or two words from it. He's not quoting the actual bible verse, he's quoting the movie line and trying to pass it off as the actual bible verse and asking people to pray on it. :messenger_tears_of_joy:

Just say Hegseth fucked up and move on.
 
Critical Hit said:
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Iran's new challenge to US, Israel: Will rebuild faster than you can destroy

Iran War News: The US and Israel have hit bridges and railway tracks to cripple Iran's transport infrastructure. Tehran, however, has claimed it restored key rail links within days, signalling a resilience and highlighting the devotion of its engineers. The rebuilding might outpace the...
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Donkeys and camels on overtime, I guess!
Hoping it wouldn't be a real-time whack-a-mole, but I guess if the bombing starts again, it would come to that.
 
calico said:
"And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brother. And you will know My call sign is Sandy 1 when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

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Whatever could have made him think that...

I'm so disappointed you got caught in 4K falling for fake news like this.
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The meaning between the two is very different. The original verse from the Bible is a proclamation from God, the latter a derivative focused on earthly judgment by men. The whole point of the New Testament and Jesus' teachings is about grace. You know, love your enemies, turn the other cheek, etc? Jesus emphasized that vengeance is the domain of God, not man.
 
LegendOfKage said:
A military official from Iran appeared on their local television a while back and publicly admitted the goal of Iranian enrichment of nuclear material has always been to build nuclear weapons. I've seen the clip.
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Idleyes said:
Nice, what military official? What clip? Source.

Thanks,
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The only thing I can seem to find now is a 2022 with the former Iranian Deputy Speaker, but I don't think that's it. I thought I saw a different interview as well from more recently, but I can't find it anymore. In that clip, the host says something like "aren't you concerned about admitting this on national television?" And then the guy responds that he doesn't think anyone would be paying attention to his interview. I'm guessing it was posted earlier in the thread. Anyone happen to know which clip I'm talking about?
 
LegendOfKage said:
The only thing I can seem to find now is a 2022 with the former Iranian Deputy Speaker, but I don't think that's it. I thought I saw a different interview as well from more recently, but I can't find it anymore. In that clip, the host says something like "aren't you concerned about admitting this on national television?" And then the guy responds that he doesn't think anyone would be paying attention to his interview. I'm guessing it was posted earlier in the thread. Anyone happen to know which clip I'm talking about?
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I do, I posted it back in February.

Meicyn said:


Wheeeeee~
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Idleyes said:
If you're going to quote it, quote the whole thing.
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I quoted the only part required to prove what he said he thought was the case to be correct.

adamsapple said:
He's not quoting the actual bible verse...
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We have already established this.

adamsapple said:
...he's quoting the movie line and trying to pass it off as the actual bible verse
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Both false. He is quoting 'CSAR 25:17', which someone in the military presumably shared with him, and his introduction makes it abundantly clear he is not trying to 'pass it off' as an actual bible verse. Ofc, your original tweet (because the writer is attempting to mislead rather than inform) chooses to misrepresent it as 'He even tweaked the ending to reference a military rescue unit', as though he hadn't just explicitly introduced the whole thing with that context.

It is always fascinating to me, seeing people get successfully tricked like this, and how their response is not 'Huh, I wonder how many times I was tricked like this before? I'll be more skeptical next time.', but instead to convince themselves they were not tricked at all.
 
calico said:
It is always fascinating to me, seeing people get successfully tricked like this, and how their response is not 'Huh, I wonder how many times I was tricked like this before? I'll be more skeptical next time.', but instead to convince themselves they were not tricked at all.
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Oh absolutely, some people don't even see the irony making statements like that in the first place. 🙏


Anyway

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A prayer is a prayer. Frankly, it doesn't matter if it is from or inspired by a film. Military people often quote or adopt film quotes. You know, what with films often being cool, so they want to say something cool. Or poignant, as films can be art too.

Some of you tools here have even got me, someone who doesn't believe in these sky fairies, to defend those who do.
 
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Liljagare said:
What is up with all the religious crap?
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Another distraction that is really a head scratcher. That is the one rail I didn't think he would piss on.

edit.. If its in regards to Hegseth, while I respect others religious beliefs, I have issues with them being preached from a government position. Particularly coming from the military arm of the state.
 
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Tams said:
A prayer is a prayer.
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The Bible disagrees. And I understand that you don't believe. I don't either, I've been agnostic for quite some time. But I grew up Baptist and took my lessons seriously.

Matthew 6 outlines the correct way to pray and practice your faith. A large number of "Christians" do not adhere to that, because many of them don't read the Bible. They passively absorb whatever their pastor tells them on Sunday akin to letting social media algorithms determine what you see and hear. The distinction between Christians and the hypocrites who call themselves "Christian" is blatant when you are familiar with the source material. This is further reflected by the absurdity of folks like JD Vance lecturing the Pope, with the consequence of this perversion of religious faith creating further dissent in the MAGA coalition. Look at how quickly POTUS took down his "Red Cross" post, it was massively stupid and unpopular with his own base. Religion is a triviality for you, but not for folks who believe in it.
 
Liljagare said:
Naw, just following agreements made and upholding promises would be nice though.

Like, hey guys, give up your nukes, that you cant really use anyway, and we will protect you!


This really worked out wonderfully for some places.
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It's not that simple. Iran didn't just wake up one day and decide not to trust the West. The U.S. and U.K. literally helped overthrow Iran's elected leader in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état (because he had the nerve to nationalize their oil) and backed the Shah, who ruled as an authoritarian. That eventually blew up into the Iranian Revolution leading to the current leadership. So yeah, from their (edit: The Ayatollah's) perspective, "trust us, give up leverage and we'll protect you" isn't exactly a comforting pitch. :messenger_tears_of_joy:
 
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Now that it's become apparent there will likely be no real change for the people of Iran who want the regime gone, I hope this is over very quickly. Already talk of imminient recessions, stagflation and multiple interest rate hikes because of the oil disruption and hopefully things getting back to normal ASAP can mitigate that somewhat.
 
Nothing is getting "back to normal" until people stop voting like it's team sports and start voting for people who actually know what the fuck they're doing. Until then? Enjoy the clown show. Every last one of you bought the ticket, now sit your ass down and watch the fucking circus.
 
Idleyes said:
It's not that simple. Iran didn't just wake up one day and decide not to trust the West. The U.S. and U.K. literally helped overthrow Iran's elected leader in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état (because he had the nerve to nationalize their oil) and backed the Shah, who ruled as an authoritarian. That eventually blew up into the Iranian Revolution leading to the current leadership. So yeah, from their perspective, "trust us, give up leverage and we'll protect you" isn't exactly a comforting pitch. :messenger_tears_of_joy:
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From what I can tell a lot of the details in this story are fishy or misleading. The oil industry issue in Iran was actually successfully negotiated in the 1970s when the country was more stable. But earlier on the so called "democratic" seizure of the oil industry was very controversial in the country. The scene overall then was very chaotic. It is true that Mossadegh is a symbol of national pride and resentment but that is looking back on it as the country was more divided then. The USA itself got involved because it was a move to stop communism, due to the influence of the soviet union there, and the nationalization for them was just a way to get the British on board.
 
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Wildebeest said:
From what I can tell a lot of the details in this story are fishy or misleading. The oil industry issue in Iran was actually successfully negotiated in the 1970s when the country was more stable. But earlier on the so called "democratic" seizure of the oil industry was very controversial in the country. The scene overall then was very chaotic. It is true that Mossadegh is a symbol of national pride and resentment but that is looking back on it as the country was more divided then. The USA itself got involved because it was a move to stop communism, due to the influence of the soviet union there, and the nationalization for them was just a way to get the British on board.
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I was focusing on the current regime, the Ayatollah, for a reason. Going deeper into the history would've just derailed the point. Right now, we're dealing with a government that came to power in part because the West allegedly screwed things up.
 
Idleyes said:
I was focusing on the current regime, the Ayatollah, for a reason. Going deeper into the history would've just derailed the point. Right now, we're dealing with a government that came to power in part because the West allegedly screwed things up.
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They screwed plenty up themselves including allowing an extremist religious government to take control. Okay, maybe the British should have been more chill about the Iranians stealing from them. And maybe the US should have been more chill about letting the soviet union do what they wanted. But in the end it was the Iranians themselves who did the coup on Mossadegh.
 
Wildebeest said:
They screwed plenty up themselves including allowing an extremist religious government to take control. Okay, maybe the British should have been more chill about the Iranians stealing from them. And maybe the US should have been more chill about letting the soviet union do what they wanted. But in the end it was the Iranians themselves who did the coup on Mossadegh.
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That's great, but my comment was responding to the idea that the Ayatollah would trust the West if they said, "hey, give up your nukes and we'll protect you." Given how that regime came to power, does that honestly sound realistic to you?
 
Meicyn said:
The Bible disagrees. And I understand that you don't believe. I don't either, I've been agnostic for quite some time. But I grew up Baptist and took my lessons seriously.

Matthew 6 outlines the correct way to pray and practice your faith. A large number of "Christians" do not adhere to that, because many of them don't read the Bible. They passively absorb whatever their pastor tells them on Sunday akin to letting social media algorithms determine what you see and hear. The distinction between Christians and the hypocrites who call themselves "Christian" is blatant when you are familiar with the source material. This is further reflected by the absurdity of folks like JD Vance lecturing the Pope, with the consequence of this perversion of religious faith creating further dissent in the MAGA coalition. Look at how quickly POTUS took down his "Red Cross" post, it was massively stupid and unpopular with his own base. Religion is a triviality for you, but not for folks who believe in it.
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The Bible, like all religious texts, is a contradictory mess.
 
Idleyes said:
That's great, but my comment was responding to the idea that the Ayatollah would trust the West if they said, "hey, give up your nukes and we'll protect you." Given how that regime came to power, does that honestly sound realistic to you?
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I think that regime change is more of an existential issue for them than getting nuclear weapons. As for if America is trustworthy that's a much broader problem. If the US is deciding to bypass the UN entirely then a lot of things could get murky.
 
Idleyes said:
It's not that simple. Iran didn't just wake up one day and decide not to trust the West. The U.S. and U.K. literally helped overthrow Iran's elected leader in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état (because he had the nerve to nationalize their oil) and backed the Shah, who ruled as an authoritarian. That eventually blew up into the Iranian Revolution leading to the current leadership. So yeah, from their (edit: The Ayatollah's) perspective, "trust us, give up leverage and we'll protect you" isn't exactly a comforting pitch. :messenger_tears_of_joy:
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It's not that simple.

Look up who Khameneh was.

Anyway, the tale of Iran is similar to that of Lebanon. Conservative Islamists worked with the liberal left to gain power until the left were no longer of any use.
 
Tams said:
The Bible, like all religious texts, is a contradictory mess.
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So is Trump, yet you and many others trust his judgment. Thats just how the world goes.

I mean, there's things in the Bible that are up for interpretation and a variety of different conclusion, and there's things that are very black and white.

This thing about prayer is one of those black and white things. Theres little to no leeway room about whether the Bible endorses self aggradizing public prayers like this
 
Idleyes said:
Nothing is getting "back to normal" until people stop voting like it's team sports and start voting for people who actually know what the fuck they're doing. Until then? Enjoy the clown show. Every last one of you bought the ticket, now sit your ass down and watch the fucking circus.
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Based.

My current advice is "stop voting for rich people". If they're in the top 15% (in my country, at least) they're not fit for office because by and large they have no clue what life really is like for the other 85%.
 
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More than 110 oil-laden tankers and over 15 carriers loaded with liquefied natural gas are waiting in the Persian Gulf and could help ease the energy crisis if they could escape through the Strait of Hormuz to world markets, Birol said, adding: "But it is not enough."

Even with a peace deal, war-damage to energy facilities means it could be many months before preconflict levels of production are restored, he said.

"Over 80 key assets in the region have been damaged. And out of these 80, more than one-third are severely or very severely damaged," he said.

"It will be extremely optimistic to believe that it will very quick," Birol said. "It will take gradually, gradually, up to two years to come back where we were before the war."
 
"And I will say the war in Iran is going along swimmingly. We can do whatever we want. And it should be ending pretty soon. It was perfect. I mean, it's perfect. It was the power we have. Our military — we have the most powerful military anywhere in the world. I built it four years — my first four years. And we're still building it. We're building it. We have the best military. We have the best equipment in the world, the best rockets and anti-rockets.

You know, if you look at the way we shoot — they had — we had 111 rockets shot at one of our ships. I won't name the ship, but it was a beauty. And out of the 111 rockets shot, all 111 rockets — and these things move at about 3,000 miles an hour. You know, it's not like — you have plenty of time to think about it. Every single one of them, 111, were all shot down. Think of that. Shot down. They're laying at the bottom of the sea. So needless to say, it was a ship that they were shooting at. But we've had it. We had one — 101. We had 101. And then, two days later, we had 111. Every one of them was hit. That's — the equipment that we have is incredible. There's never been anything like it."

-President Trump
 
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Unknown Soldier said:


It wasn't that long ago in this thread that people were having heart attacks about Iran "charging tolls" to pass the Strait or some other bullshit
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The tolls were headline news worldwide. The world was having concerns about them. Iran's lack of ability to carry it out takes nothing away from the sentiment.
 
The sentiment was (if we are being generous) unwarranted hysteria based on looking at (and failing to understand) a single square of the board, coupled with a lack of appreciation for the fact that President Trump is looking at and understanding the whole board, directly controlling most of the best pieces on the board, while understanding every motivation influencing every move of his opponents.

If we are being less generous it was just another symptom of the constant desire to create a false 'the sky is falling' narrative around President Trump.

The result will be the same regardless: the match ends with President Trump's opponent in checkmate, America in a superior position to when it started, and doubters left scratching their heads wondering how it happened after they were repeatedly assured it was going so badly for him.
 
DenchDeckard said:
The tolls were headline news worldwide. The world was having concerns about them. Iran's lack of ability to carry it out takes nothing away from the sentiment.
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Except anybody with some functioning brain (journous do not have one) would see that Iran had no way to enforce it (not to mention their dumb idea to mine the strait). Iranian statements - like AI videos - should have always been treated like "Sure, Jan".

It is just a usual media brainrot where they push Iran's statements as absolute truth, completely believing them due to their own TDS. It is the same reason why a lot of thinktanks and economists cannot predict anything these days either.
 
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calico said:
It is always fascinating to me, seeing people get successfully tricked like this, and how their response is not 'Huh, I wonder how many times I was tricked like this before? I'll be more skeptical next time.', but instead to convince themselves they were not tricked at all.
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Meicyn said:
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More than 110 oil-laden tankers and over 15 carriers loaded with liquefied natural gas are waiting in the Persian Gulf and could help ease the energy crisis if they could escape through the Strait of Hormuz to world markets, Birol said, adding: "But it is not enough."

Even with a peace deal, war-damage to energy facilities means it could be many months before preconflict levels of production are restored, he said.

"Over 80 key assets in the region have been damaged. And out of these 80, more than one-third are severely or very severely damaged," he said.

"It will be extremely optimistic to believe that it will very quick," Birol said. "It will take gradually, gradually, up to two years to come back where we were before the war."
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Never underestimate extreme amounts of money and urgency. They'll throw all they have to get them back up to operations. Much faster than proposed.

Contractors are eating their hearts out right now, the bids must be insane
 
AJUMP23 said:
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Trump says Iran has agreed to hand over its enriched uranium supply

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Iran has agreed to hand over its store of enriched uranium and that the two sides were "close" to a peace
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Hopefully we end it soon.
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The next day and this news has yet to be confirmed by any other sources. Haven't been able to find a single Iranian source/rep confirming anything like this.

Sounds like it was just some more bluster so far.
 
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The Iran simps are now so distraught that oil prices are under $100, the USA blockade has worked, and a ceasefire is fully in place, that they have now taken to… laughing about food served on a naval vessel… as their consolation prize I guess. They seem so sad that the war hasn't escalated to WW3.
 
Meicyn said:
The Bible disagrees. And I understand that you don't believe. I don't either, I've been agnostic for quite some time. But I grew up Baptist and took my lessons seriously.

Matthew 6 outlines the correct way to pray and practice your faith. A large number of "Christians" do not adhere to that, because many of them don't read the Bible. They passively absorb whatever their pastor tells them on Sunday akin to letting social media algorithms determine what you see and hear. The distinction between Christians and the hypocrites who call themselves "Christian" is blatant when you are familiar with the source material. This is further reflected by the absurdity of folks like JD Vance lecturing the Pope, with the consequence of this perversion of religious faith creating further dissent in the MAGA coalition. Look at how quickly POTUS took down his "Red Cross" post, it was massively stupid and unpopular with his own base. Religion is a triviality for you, but not for folks who believe in it.
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Priests and vicars here make up their own prayers all the time. In fact, they are proud of their ability to do so and often get a bit competitive with each other over it.
 
Ive always find funny how they close the strait by mining the territorial waters of another country and how the other country is so passive about the situation.
 
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Isn't this what Iran has been saying since the ceasefire? It's open*

*just kindly check in with our military, email us your manifests, pay up, and travel along our mine-free corridor



 
winjer said:
Let's hope this mess is truly over.
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Israel and Lebanon ceasefire and getting ready to talk.

Iran and US are reportedly meeting again in PK (the security is so high that some are speculating that Trump himself might be visiting Pakistan soon).

The strait (looks like) it's about to open to pre-war levels again.

Oil prices are (finally) going down.


Bernie Mac Day GIF
 
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