DiabloWags said:
Welcome to Dumberica.
Where people are easily conned.
How much does the Wall Street Journal charge you to read their content?
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How much does the Wall Street Journal charge you to read their content?
DaddyLegend said:DiabloWags said:
Welcome to Dumberica.
Where people are easily conned.
How much does the Wall Street Journal charge you to read their content?
Maybe Wags can provide everyone here with the free version of this article.
By squeezing the Strait of Hormuz, both the U.S. and Iran expected to outlast their foe, believing time would work in their favor. Now, it looks like the trend is moving against Tehran. https://t.co/nJQJxoDqyC
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 5, 2026
TLDR; Iran is losing.
Sure. Not the conclusions you were projecting.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/time-is-no-longer-on-irans-side-in-the-battle-of-the-blockades-e47b657d?st=wtSdwG
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/time-is-no-longer-on-irans-side-in-the-battle-of-the-blockades-e47b657d?st=wtSdwG
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cal83dls79 said:
Sure. Not the conclusions you were projecting.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/time-is-no-longer-on-irans-side-in-the-battle-of-the-blockades-e47b657d?st=wtSdwG
Absolutely the conclusion I was projecting. You're missing the point. The fact the WSJ even published an article with this title would have been blasphemous even a month ago.
cal83dls79 said:
Sure. Not the conclusions you were projecting.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/time-is-no-longer-on-irans-side-in-the-battle-of-the-blockades-e47b657d?st=wtSdwG
Agreed.
Nothing really new in this article for those that have been paying attention. Never mind the fact that Brent crude oil is at $96 a barrel. It was $71 a barrel on July 1st.
Yawn.
BearlySane88 said:cal83dls79 said:
Sure. Not the conclusions you were projecting.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/time-is-no-longer-on-irans-side-in-the-battle-of-the-blockades-e47b657d?st=wtSdwG
Absolutely the conclusion I was projecting. You're missing the point. The fact the WSJ even published an article with this title would have been blasphemous even a month ago.
Great article. I thank you and Cal83 for sharing. I appreciate this as a valid counter of the repeated myopic insistence that Iran must be somehow winning because the price of oil is high. Thank you very much for the truth. It is sad how folks spam negativity because they hate the administration. The administration sucks in many ways but that doesn't mean Iran somehow has control of the Strait or whatever the next made up thing is going to be.
No regime change.
No unconditional surrender.
No control of Iran's plutonium.
Highest diesel fuel prices on record.
Yield on 10 Year Treasury Bonds highest in nearly 3 years.
SO MUCH WINNING!
No unconditional surrender.
No control of Iran's plutonium.
Highest diesel fuel prices on record.
Yield on 10 Year Treasury Bonds highest in nearly 3 years.
SO MUCH WINNING!
DiabloWags said:
No regime change.
No unconditional surrender.
No control of Iran's plutonium.
Highest diesel fuel prices on record.
Yield on 10 Year Treasury Bonds highest in nearly 3 years.
SO MUCH WINNING!
This is the truth. It's sad but this is how our country is led.
Fast food and failure
VOTE BLUE AND VOTE GAVIN
"I Abide by Old and New Rules, and I Never Personally Attack. Gambling is illegal at Bushwood, sir, and I never slice."
cherry pck all of the "good" stuff you want, there are PLENTY of caveats and really bad outcomes that are still very much on the table laid out in this piece. What it fails to mention what the mission was, the cost of the mission and the aftermath. Basically, "hey, our screw up isn't bad bad as some might say it is" is your rally cry this point…. which is laughable and sad.BearlySane88 said:cal83dls79 said:
Sure. Not the conclusions you were projecting.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/time-is-no-longer-on-irans-side-in-the-battle-of-the-blockades-e47b657d?st=wtSdwG
Absolutely the conclusion I was projecting. You're missing the point. The fact the WSJ even published an article with this title would have been blasphemous even a month ago.
Priest of the Patty Hearst Shrine
cal83dls79 said:BearlySane88 said:cal83dls79 said:
Sure. Not the conclusions you were projecting.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/time-is-no-longer-on-irans-side-in-the-battle-of-the-blockades-e47b657d?st=wtSdwG
Absolutely the conclusion I was projecting. You're missing the point. The fact the WSJ even published an article with this title would have been blasphemous even a month ago.
cherry pck all of the "good" stuff you want, there are PLENTY of caveats and really bad outcomes that are still very much on the table laid out in this piece. What it fails to mention what the mission was, the cost of the mission and the aftermath. Basically, "hey, our screw up isn't bad bad as some might say it is" is your rally cry this point…. which is laughable and sad.
Yeah, it's telling that all these guys want to talk about is how the Hormuz Strait is not as bad as it was when Iran first closed it down. Not about how we as a nation are actually better off now than when the war started, or how we will be when it ends. Because there isn't really a good answer for that.
The goal posts have been repeatedly moved by Trump.
But they never hold him accountable.
They're too busy cheerleading the "it's not that bad" narrative while diesel prices hit RECORD HIGHS and the refining industry recorded $24.7 billion in profits in Q2, nearly 5x as much as a year earlier.
Oil tankers are "flowing freely" in the Strait.
But Brent crude oil is $96 a barrel.
The delusion is palpable.
The delusion is real.
But they never hold him accountable.
They're too busy cheerleading the "it's not that bad" narrative while diesel prices hit RECORD HIGHS and the refining industry recorded $24.7 billion in profits in Q2, nearly 5x as much as a year earlier.
Oil tankers are "flowing freely" in the Strait.
But Brent crude oil is $96 a barrel.
The delusion is palpable.
The delusion is real.
We need real accountability and our leadership in the White House NEVER provides it.
Vote BLUE and VOTE GAvin
Vote BLUE and VOTE GAvin
"I Abide by Old and New Rules, and I Never Personally Attack. Gambling is illegal at Bushwood, sir, and I never slice."
I must have missed this from our Energy Secretary...
Didn't Trump say we were real close to a deal 3 months ago?
US energy secretary Wright says Iran nuclear deal may never happen
Didn't Trump say we were real close to a deal 3 months ago?
US energy secretary Wright says Iran nuclear deal may never happen
What a mess
"I Abide by Old and New Rules, and I Never Personally Attack. Gambling is illegal at Bushwood, sir, and I never slice."
DiabloWags said:
I must have missed this from our Energy Secretary...
Didn't Trump say we were real close to a deal 3 months ago?
dunno why anyone listens to that *** damned ****** funk**
Stupid is the appropriate word. And anyone who agrees with him and his ilk.
F DJT
F DJT
I guess we never really OBLITERATED Iran's nuclear capability last year as Trump and Hegseth claimed.
Why do they LIE so much to the American people?
'Surge in construction' at suspected Iranian nuclear site, analysts say, as US considers ways to strike deep underground
Why do they LIE so much to the American people?
'Surge in construction' at suspected Iranian nuclear site, analysts say, as US considers ways to strike deep underground
oski003 said:
Great article. I thank you and Cal83 for sharing. I appreciate this as a valid counter of the repeated myopic insistence that Iran must be somehow winning because the price of oil is high. Thank you very much for the truth. It is sad how folks spam negativity because they hate the administration. The administration sucks in many ways but that doesn't mean Iran somehow has control of the Strait or whatever the next made up thing is going to be.
As one of Trump's biggest defenders, I'm glad you finally see how bad this Administration is.
It's a shame that so many have fallen for its propaganda . . .
like when Trump said we have "TOTAL CONTROL" of the Strait back on August 12th.
Brent Crude is + $15 since that statement.
I would suggest that it would not be trading where it is if we had "TOTAL CONTROL" of the Strait.
DiabloWags said:oski003 said:
Great article. I thank you and Cal83 for sharing. I appreciate this as a valid counter of the repeated myopic insistence that Iran must be somehow winning because the price of oil is high. Thank you very much for the truth. It is sad how folks spam negativity because they hate the administration. The administration sucks in many ways but that doesn't mean Iran somehow has control of the Strait or whatever the next made up thing is going to be.
As one of Trump's biggest defenders, I'm glad you finally see how bad this Administration is.
It's a shame that so many have fallen for its propaganda . . .
like when Trump said we have "TOTAL CONTROL" of the Strait back on August 26th.
Brent Crude is + $15 since that statement.
I would suggest that it would not be trading where it is if we had "TOTAL CONTROL" of the Strait.
Yes, the administration sucks in many ways. It also sucks that TDS folks get duped over and over again by liberal bubbles and criticize everything out government does because they hate Trump so much.
Shameful.
Is this your way of admitting that Trump was WRONG about having "TOTAL CONTROL" of the Strait?
By talking about liberal bubbles?
About a week ago, you posted how 40 tankers had traveled thru the Straight with 18 million barrels of crude in one day.
This came out of two unnamed officials of the Administration.
Why would you believe them?
The oil markets certainly don't.
By talking about liberal bubbles?
About a week ago, you posted how 40 tankers had traveled thru the Straight with 18 million barrels of crude in one day.
This came out of two unnamed officials of the Administration.
Why would you believe them?
The oil markets certainly don't.
DiabloWags said:
Is this your way of admitting that Trump was WRONG about having "TOTAL CONTROL" of the Strait?
By talking about liberal bubbles?
About a week ago, you posted how 40 tankers had traveled thru the Straight with 18 million barrels of crude in one day.
This came out of two unnamed officials of the Administration.
Why would you believe them?
The oil markets certainly don't.
The US does not have total control over the Strait, and I never said they did. I don't have to admit anything. Thanks!
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