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Swede

(39,115 posts)
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 03:53 PM Yesterday

Guy predicting the USA will lose this war.

Iran blocks the Strait of Formuz, blows up the Gulf states desalination facilities. No oil and no water. Threatening the very existence of the gulf states. Dominoes start falling…

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Guy predicting the USA will lose this war. (Original Post) Swede Yesterday OP
I can see that. no_hypocrisy 23 hrs ago #1
Not gonna happen ABC123Easy 23 hrs ago #2
And he'll probably move across the globe PatSeg 23 hrs ago #3
Correct, he is obsessed with his effn drapes vapor2 22 hrs ago #7
And he didn't even do the very formal PatSeg 21 hrs ago #9
Agreed! ABC123Easy 20 hrs ago #18
He can declare whatever he wants CanonRay 23 hrs ago #4
That would be where I put my $ Cosmocat 21 hrs ago #15
Seems unlikely to me. -misanthroptimist 23 hrs ago #5
Saudi and Qatari energy installations aren't that far away. roamer65 23 hrs ago #6
Well, since nobody has really defined what "winning" actually means, it seems likely... Wounded Bear 21 hrs ago #8
Iran missile launches down 86%. Melon 21 hrs ago #10
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave 21 hrs ago #11
If they get desperate then they can use unconventional means newdeal2 21 hrs ago #14
Should we sue for peace sarisataka 21 hrs ago #12
Iran's military has been decimated if the reports are accurate PCB66 21 hrs ago #13
Jiang Xueqin progressoid 21 hrs ago #16
He predicted Trump would win the election and that he would go to war with Iran. Swede 20 hrs ago #17

ABC123Easy

(220 posts)
2. Not gonna happen
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 04:21 PM
23 hrs ago

Dump47 has no attention span for a long war. We're gonna bomb the shit out of everything for a little while then he's going to declare victory and be done with it.

PatSeg

(53,036 posts)
3. And he'll probably move across the globe
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 04:25 PM
23 hrs ago

to find other countries to intimidate and terrorize, seemingly at random.

As for the attacks on Iran though, I think his puppet master(s) are making most of the decisions. He doesn't seem terribly engaged at all.

PatSeg

(53,036 posts)
9. And he didn't even do the very formal
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 06:16 PM
21 hrs ago

and serious presidential announcement that presidents do when there is a major story. Instead he posted a brief video on Truth Social in the middle of the night. Normally he likes all the drama of playing president.

Personally, I think some very powerful people pushed him into it and he seems rather ill at ease talking about it. He may not have even known many of the details.

-misanthroptimist

(1,580 posts)
5. Seems unlikely to me.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 04:39 PM
23 hrs ago

What may (or may not) be more likely is China invading Taiwan when we use up our missiles in Iran. If that happens, I fully expect the Pedo-in-Chief to start tossing nukes.

roamer65

(37,896 posts)
6. Saudi and Qatari energy installations aren't that far away.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 04:52 PM
23 hrs ago

1. Drones are quick, easy and cheap for Iran to produce.
2. We are running out of expensive interceptors.
3. Qatari LNG facilities and tankers will be offline because of its highly explosive nature.
4. The Saudi oil refinery at Ras Tanura is easy to keep offline with drones.

The longer this goes, the more it favors Iran.

Wounded Bear

(64,159 posts)
8. Well, since nobody has really defined what "winning" actually means, it seems likely...
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 06:13 PM
21 hrs ago

But trump doesn't doesn't really do plans or preparation or any of that silly shit like picking actual objectives.

Melon

(1,404 posts)
10. Iran missile launches down 86%.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 06:37 PM
21 hrs ago

Iran Navy has lost 20 vessels which is most if not all of their heavy displacement vessels.
2/3 of all missile launchers are destroyed.
They have zero vessels in the gulf of Oman. Straights of Hormuz, or Arabian Sea. They frankly have no access to the water or air.

It’s a weird take to me that they can be thought of as winning at this point or have a route to win outside of politics. They are getting destroyed.

Response to Melon (Reply #10)

newdeal2

(5,244 posts)
14. If they get desperate then they can use unconventional means
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 06:56 PM
21 hrs ago

I don’t think it’s in anyone’s best interests for that to happen either.

PCB66

(107 posts)
13. Iran's military has been decimated if the reports are accurate
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 06:52 PM
21 hrs ago

it is only going to get worse for them in the next couple of weeks.

The Kurds just sent a land invasion force. Probably supported by American Special Forces with intelligence and American/Israeli air support.

The European countries are in the game now.

I don't see Mullah leadership hanging on much longer.

However, it all boils down to what the Iranian people do. If they rise up then fine. If they don't don't then no telling how this will play out but probably not what Trump expected.

progressoid

(53,038 posts)
16. Jiang Xueqin
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 07:12 PM
21 hrs ago

Jiang Xueqin (Chinese: 江学勤[1]; pinyin: Jiāng Xuéqín; born 1976[3]) is a Chinese-Canadian educator, writer, historian, and geopolitical theorist based in Beijing, China. He is known for his contributions to education reform in China—particularly promoting creativity, critical thinking, and global citizenship—as well as for his YouTube channel Predictive History,

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