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druidity33

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33. Yes. To them they are still winning...

Tue May 12, 2026, 08:09 AM

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and i think Americans find that inconceivable because they don't understand Shi'ite society. Your last line needs editing:

"Stop or we will bleed on your more!!"

I've been reading Juan Cole over at Informed Comment for years. He has been instructive for helping me understand the attitudes there. He wrote up something at the beginning of the conflict predicting it would all go horribly wrong and why but i'm having trouble finding it. I'll keep looking. Here is a recent article from the Middle East Monitor via Informed Comment:

https://www.juancole.com/2026/05/israeli-iranian-collapse.html

Also, my understanding is that our own illustrious CIA has determined Iran still has 70% of its stockpile of missiles and launchers... so there's that.

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