Iran's New Conditions to End the War..

[Lantern2814]

Take control of Kharg Island and cut off the money supply and the mullahs will roll over fairly quickly. It's a simple concept really.

[1blackman1]

So simple

[Unique_Carpenter]

Shouldn't this be titled

Iran's conditions for continuing the war?

[lustylad]

Originally Posted by rooster

As the recently departed... and much beloved... Country Joe McDonald said...

(sing it with me now!)

"Be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box!"

Hey Roo! Dontcha miss good ol' Country Joe already?

Here's the rub - when we sang that ditty back in the 60s it was tongue-in-cheek. Today when they sing it in the streets of Tehran, they mean it!

Martyrs R Us!

[Salty Again]

Originally Posted by Lantern2814

Take control of Kharg Island and cut off the money supply and the mullahs will roll over fairly quickly. It's a simple concept really.

... Agreed... And SHUT OFF Iran's power.
No lights - no electricity - no cellular phones - NO NOTHING!

... Just Iran's "leaders" and the citizenry who hates them
ALL in the dark.

Now THAT will be a new condition for Iran to END the War.

##### Salty

[Yssup Rider]

TACO

How bout “Sorry for blowing your asses up, not sorry. We’ll take the W and go home.”

[royamcr]

Originally Posted by Lantern2814

Take control of Kharg Island and cut off the money supply and the mullahs will roll over fairly quickly. It's a simple concept really.

Seizing Kharg Island which is mostly civilian oil workers is going to be a war crime. Trump probably doesn't care as he is used to being a criminal. Attacking power grid, same thing, most all civilian installations.

UN officials have stated that threats to target vital civilian infrastructure in Iran violate international law and could be considered war crimes.

[lustylad]

Originally Posted by royamcr

Seizing Kharg Island which is mostly civilian oil workers is going to be a war crime.

Wait... you're telling us it's a "war crime" to cut off the main source of funding for the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism?

You can't be serious!

[pxmcc]

if i was to get indicted in the Hague for war crimes, i'd much prefer explaining seizing Kharg Island than explaining taking down Iran's entire electric grid..

i'm not saying taking Kharg Island isn't a war crime; it might be, i'm not sure, but far more defensible than Trump's idea of bombing all of Iran's civilian power stations. instead of postponing that op for 10 days, he should postpone it indefinitely..

the irony of all of this is that the U.S. is currently in a worse position than before the first bomb was dropped on Iran. Trump got overconfident and greedy after his successful Venezuela op, and that is the kiss of death. for one thing, Iran is no Venezuela..

i learned that lesson-getting overconfident and greedy-the hard way shooting dice at the casino, with a 100k bankroll and 150k in my rails lol..

as soon as you think you're all that, you're fucked..

and right now, to an extent, unfortunately, we're all kinda fucked lol. thanks, Trump!

Originally Posted by royamcr

Seizing Kharg Island which is mostly civilian oil workers is going to be a war crime. Trump probably doesn't care as he is used to being a criminal. Attacking power grid, same thing, most all civilian installations.

UN officials have stated that threats to target vital civilian infrastructure in Iran violate international law and could be considered war crimes.

Originally Posted by lustylad

Wait... you're telling us it's a "war crime" to cut off the main source of funding for the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism?

You can't be serious!

[royamcr]

Originally Posted by lustylad

Wait... you're telling us it's a "war crime" to cut off the main source of funding for the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism?

You can't be serious!

Yes

Seizing the island would be viewed as an unlawful act of aggression in violation of the UN Charter, and any subsequent violations of the laws of war during the occupation would constitute war crimes.

Targeting it solely to bankrupt the Iranian government or as economic leverage constitutes a war crime, as it is primarily a civilian economic asset.

[Why_Yes_I_Do]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

No.

... it just doesn't know it is dead yet. When it finally does, the country and it's surviving people will move on.

[Yssup Rider]

Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_Do

... it just doesn't know it is dead yet. When it finally does, the country and it's surviving people will move on.

In January of 2027

And they will stand trial for their crimes against the Constitution and humanity.

[VitaMan]

Several of the EU nations said they would control the Strait. How does that figure in to all of this ?


The "gift" that Trump referred to was Iran letting a handful of ships go through the Strait unhindered.

[pxmcc]

^^i think he's lying. i bet none of the "enemies's" ships got through.

now Iran has a tollbooth in the Strait of Hormuz..

https://apnews.com/article/iran-horm...64b3c2c67eec07

ya, we're gonna need those 10,000 troops. shit is fixin to get real..

and, we have killed all the diplomats..

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/can-a...ach-cease-fire

look to the Houthis to close a 2nd strait, Bab el-Mandeb. this whole thing is an effing clusterfuck..

[Why_Yes_I_Do]

Originally Posted by VitaMan

Several of the EU nations said they would control the Strait. How does that figure in to all of this ?...

USA is a net exporter of oil.
So the stuff ain't coming here, but it is going to Europe and Asia.
Besides, we gots us a side piece with Venezuela.