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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/politics/trump-iran-war.html A very interesting article. Seems like the reports were true: Israel did oversell their plans for Trump on this war, and Trump himself was hawkish enough to dismiss the cabinet's initial concerns. Following that, the cabinet...

Sure, but I didn't mention a lack of C17 or such planes being the reason the US is strained in Europe or East Asia. I said America does not have the logistics to occupy Iran without abandoning Europe and E.Asia to some degree. Maintenance of Aircraft carriers takes a long time. Training a crew...

Imu should be a tier above Shanks, but I doubt he will be spared here. Like you said, even Joyboy's haki, strong enough to remove the Gorosei from Egghead, was compared to Shanks' haki. So a comparison that is favorable to Shanks will be made, even if Imu is undeniably stronger.

Wow, a deep analytic post by Harashima how unexpecte- :Shadow_Unimpressed: why are you like this?

They were almost never serious opposition. The only thing that would happen is balkanization of Iran if the current government falls. While Russia's military failures since 2022 are clear, it still has a big production capacity. Shooting 500 drones every other day is something Iran cannot do...

You mistake US power on paper with its power in reality. I've already linked articles showing how US is pushing its missile power to the limit in Iran, and that goes for the Navy as well with deploying the third US aircraft carrier out of four operational ones. The US is not holding back its air...

In other news, President Donald Trump melts down on social media and converts to Islam on Easter Sunday. https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116351998782539414

Also, you guys hype up the Gulf states when they aren't a good addition to the war at all. They've been bluffing about joining but they cannot do anything that Israel and America aren't doing 100x times better already. Its like asking Chopper to help Luffy and Zoro fight Kaido.

I am not disputing what international law says. Its just a question of whether Iran will go back to abiding by this law or not. This war escalated a lot already. Strikes happened on petrochemicals, energy stations, bridges, datacenters...etc. I doubt things will go back to how they were...

Lately Japanese and French ships passed, so I doubt Pakistan will make a lot of money if they consider that move lol Check the picture I linked in my first post, Hormuz has no international waters since its so narrow, in fact it has an overlap between Oman and Iran's water. Still, international...

afaik Pakistan has no intention or capability to toll Hormuz. Since Hormuz is quite narrow, ships pass through Iranian and Omani territorial waters. Yesterday I read that a new protocol has been made by Iran and Oman regarding transit fees that splits countries into three groups: 1- Friendly...

Like others mentioned some of these topics were already present very early in the story and are core to the story. I cannot say that I like how Oda approached them however. No twists or subversion of those plot points at all.

None of these people will specifically affect the midterms though. Bondi isn't the one up for election, and the bad optics she has are all related to Trump, who is going nowhere and who has been central to the republican identity since 2016. This administration has also removed an...

Purges of the military and the political cabinet during wartime are not a good sign imo. I think he's filling it with yes-men who will approve his ground operations, which may be a disaster for us. I believe its a story about human agency, even in the face of the omnipotent God, and God's...

I am specifically talking about the Levant's population. Genetic studies show an ancestral continuity going back to the Bronze age. There is some European and African admixture and a component from the Arab peninsula, but they are rather mild considering the history of the region. The beef with...

Twerking for Ashkenazis by attributing them something they didn't do is not being honest with oneself. As for our local Phoenicians/Canaanites, they are the same people even if their language changed with time. Quite amazing that despite the many foreign groups that came to the Levant, its core...

Not sure what point you're trying to make here, plenty of Ashkenazis voted for the law, Liberman and his party crossed the aisle to vote for it. The break is based on ideology where most right wing voted for it while most centrist/left wing and Arab parties voted against it. That being said...

https://www.france24.com/en/france-confirms-oil-crisis-says-30-40-gulf-energy-infrastructure-destroyed 30-40% of the energy infrastructure in the Gulf has been destroyed, which would take years to rebuild. And today Israel struck Iran's two biggest steel plants, which probably means more...

The IDF has given the settlers a blank check and helps them in displacing people. https://www.timesofisrael.com/settlers-drove-an-entire-village-into-exile-palestinians-say-the-state-is-keeping-them-away/