Friends, in case you haven't noticed, gas prices have edged a little higher than 28 cents a gallon lately. Oh well. That's the way of the world. The problem is that the public is very sensitive to higher gas prices, and so are a lot of industries, like the airlines, for instance, which have no choice but to pass on their higher costs to consumers. Long story short: higher energy prices are ALWAYS a problem for the incumbent administration -- in this case, for DJT and Friends. To that end, Trump is warning Iran that its failure to come to an agreement with us (and reopen the Strait) will produce unspecified terrible consequences... Oooooo! That sounds serious. Unfortunately, Trump has proven totally unwilling to resume major bombing operations in recent months. What's more, he already threatened Iran with civilizational destruction...and then failed to follow through. If civilizational destruction doesn't get Iran's attention (possibly because they think it's a bluff), then more harsh words probably won't accomplish much either. As I've said before, Iran is indeed suffering from our past airtstrikes and even more so from the shuttering of its oil economy. Iran does, therefore, have a "breaking point", but we don't know what that point is and how exactly to produce it. My best guess is that it will take more bombing, and more economic calamity, to force the mullahs' hand. We shall see.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0myzxjkw99o
Dr. Waddy from Jack: At least we don't have to hear the name of the Saudi Oil Minister (Ahmed Zaki Yamani) every night on the local news along with the weather, rush hour traffic report and the Bills score. We were doing feudal homage to him in '73 - 74 to get our gas back. We " did but it was up to . . . 60 CENTS!. "Farewell forever the tranquil mind. . . ." But thanks to DJT we need not worry about our domestic sources of that gooey stuff.
ReplyDeleteDr, Waddy from Jack: My guess is that Iran's leaders , whosoever they be, do not , in their way , consider our President's threat of civilizational destruction a bluff. They should know by now that he has the means and has at the least manifested the will to use our massive firepower , though not all of it yet that is. Implicit in his declarations that we will never allow them nuclear weapons is this: should they nonetheless ever acquire the nuclear
ReplyDeletemeans , well, we have them too and a hell of a lot more of them. "Go figure , you atavistic savages".
My understanding is that in some Middle Eastern cultures, hyperbolic oratory is standard persuasive practice eg. that of Haj Amin al Husseini, the Hitler loving Grand Mufti of Jerusalem (Jerusalem!); Nasser, Saddam , Khomeini and the present leadership of Iran. Its simply a way of achieving a desired end with often poorly educated and consequently emotionally dominated populations.
The Iranian mullahs may possess multiple degrees in Islamic studies but I don't think they or their IGRC brats are immune to such exposition. I doubt that they take it literally but I think they know it has promise and plausibility sufficient to give them pause. Being vicious and murderous dictators and their dependent punks, they lack the public support say, which sustained the Brits, in their fiery ordeal in WWII.
The Imperial Japanese , another culture motivated by a fanatic doctrine, huffed and puffed well after their defeat was ensured by the reality of overwhelming power in the hands of the good guys.
Yes, our President is sometimes prone to intemperate outbursts but he is proven, I think, full of iron resolve and he can back it up.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: Hey how about this signal defeat of the DSA/Dems in the final success of the Secure America Act , which funded ICE and the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol through Sep't 2029. I really like Speaker Johnson's victory comments . He said words to this effect: "well they threw all they had at us and what did it get them? Nothing!" All House DSA /Dems voted against it and all GOP voted for it. And so it's settled until at least Jan. 2029. Under its present leadership ICE will insolently persist in enforcing our Immigration Law as far as to correct the cynically and cruelly lawless misuse of that law by the Biden administration. I hope this new law enables and encourages very aggressive reactions to physical or state government defiance of our Immigration Law. I hope that it lifts the morale of our dutiful law enforcers with confidence that this Administration backs them fully. That is vital because they know that an appalling number of Americans wish them ALL ILL and yet again proved it with the shameful unanimous House DSA/Dem vote to work all possible unjust restraint and personal disadvantage on them.
ReplyDeleteOur country is divided in a manner approaching the significance of the 1850s. Political power is the deciding factor and our side must continue to be resolved to defend it and exercise it against domestic opposition increasingly led by hate filled Marxists. Those people shun any form of accomodation; let us necessarily do the same.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: Above I should not have exemplified the present Iranian "leaders as typically bombastic Middle East El Jefes. They have to keep their heads down lest the Americans or especially the Israelis treat them to their own medicine.
ReplyDeleteA fair point, Jack: both the West and the Middle East have a rich history of hyperbole. I should think the mullahs care very little for what DJT says. They're much more interested in what he does. One thing he did, for sure, was kill their last Ayatollah. Seems kinda significant!
ReplyDeleteJack, I'm glad that ICE and the Border Patrol will be fully funded, and I implore DJT and his confederates to keep up the momentum and to maintain the pace of deportations. The Dems will whine whether we deport one illegal or ten million...so why not make it the latter?