Hey James how ya doin -<div><br /></div>+1  MAGA<div><br /></div>regards baby rooty<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br>-------- Original Message --------<br>On Jan 9, 2020, 3:34 PM, < jamesd@echeque.com> wrote:<blockquote class="protonmail_quote"><br><p dir="ltr">On 2020-01-04 13:27, Razer wrote:<br>
&gt; I think it speaks volumes about how many of this list's posters work for<br>
&gt; US intel agencies and contractors by the lack of any commenting on your<br>
&gt; new war with Iran.</p>
<p dir="ltr">This comment has not aged well.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I have confidence in Trump, and waited to see. Lots of people have<br>
underestimated Trump, and it has seldom worked out well for them.</p>
<p dir="ltr">He responded to Iran's response as I expected and hoped.</p>
<p dir="ltr">And Iran's response (symbolic escalation covering actual de-escalation,<br>
revealing that the killing of Solemieni was successful in deterring them<br>
from the war effort that they have been escalating ever since Obama's<br>
nuke deal) was what I had hoped it would be and doubtless what Trump<br>
expected it to be.</p>
<p dir="ltr">It takes two to make peace, only one to make war. Iranians are not<br>
chanting "America should get off the bloodstained sands so that we can<br>
make them even bloodier". They are chanting "Death to America".<br>
Similarly, read the comment section of internet articles that appeared<br>
about Khamenei's response to Trump's threat, shortly before Trump nailed<br>
Solemeini.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Lots of Iranians in the comment sections promising to kill us,<br>
confidently telling us we are weak and will be destroyed.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The comment sections have fallen silent about our weakness and their<br>
prospects for destroying us.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The timeline of events was Twitter diplomacy:</p>
<p dir="ltr">Trump on New Year's day:<br>
&gt; Iran will be held fully responsible for lives lost, or damage<br>
incurred, at any of our facilities. They will pay a very BIG PRICE! This<br>
is not a Warning, it is a Threat.</p>
<p dir="ltr">To which Khamenei responded on Twitter:<br>
&gt; You can&#8217;t do anything.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Comment sections fill with Shiites gloating "Death to America", telling<br>
us America is weak, that they will destroy us.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Whereupon Trump kills Khamenei's buddy and top general.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Comment sections fill with rage, but optimism that we are weak and that<br>
they will destroy us evaporates.</p>
<p dir="ltr">That is a mighty good outcome. We have no alternative but to make those<br>
that hate us, fear us. Where the comment sections were full of gloating<br>
at our weakness, now fear at our strength.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Obama's nuke deal was seen as weakness, and escalated their messianic<br>
expectation that they would conquer us, however absurd that expectation<br>
seems to some of us.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Shiite Messianism has suddenly gone out of fashion.</p>
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