probably the whole photoshop brigade

I don’t think the US is gonna last that long

yup

Possibly, but it will be very difficult for them to do within the framework of EU.

Realistically, I don’t see Europeans breaking with the US here. But this sort of stuff makes it clear that Iran is able to put real and tangible pressure on the west.

daddy wouldn’t like that one bit

It’s probably a combination of both. They are effectively under US occupation, and they also figured that they were too valuable for the US not to protect them. Now they’re realizing that they’re expendable, and that Americans can’t save them, but it’s too late.

It’s going to be interesting to see if these proxies can even survive now. They all have one dimensional economies built around energy exports, and if this war goes on for any period of time they’re going to start crashing. And I’m sure being allied with US and Israel against Iran isn’t exactly playing well with their public either.

That depends, if they are killed by an Iranian or Russian strike then absolutely. If they’re killed by the Epstein coalition then it’s complicated.

The most disturbing part is that they don’t even understand that they’re evil. They genuinely see themselves as being on the right side of history.

Actually, I think that’s exactly the goal. Iran knows they have to fight asymmetrically, and attacking the economies of the US and their allies is basically the plan that they’ve developed. They’ve demonstrated their ability to enforce the closure of Hormuz, and this is effectively equivalent to what the US has been doing with economic sanctions directed against the west.

They already said they will demand reparations after the war. I’m sure this will be a part of that.

oh I guess not exactly news, I just saw it mentioned

Now that Russia and China no longer care what the US thinks, DPRK can finally have normal trade too.

The Burger Reich finally picked on an opponent that can punch back.

you could even say they were inspired by it

I can’t see any other reason they’d be shipping them across the ocean

Yeah, stronger ties with China is really the obvious way out for Europe. It’s absolutely incredible to me that the EU is still trying to suck up to the US.

with the strait closed, it’s pain for everyone