| | :Trump's done it again. To much fanfare, Trump announced the glorious [[patriotic]] American sounding "[[Operation Freedom]]", only to have it shut down hours later. [[Saudi Arabia]] denied use of its airspace to carry out the operation. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-reportedly-paused-hormuz-operation-after-saudi-arabia-denied-use-of-its-airspace/] Trump evidently believes, as [[Biden]] did when he promised to blow up the [[Nordstream pipeline]] in front of [[German]] Chancellor [[Olaf Scholz]] and the whole world, that the [[American]] [[President]] is a [[dictator]] and doesn't have to consult [[allies]] before doing any action, and that the "allies", or [[vassal]]s, automatically have to follow. Any 12-year-old can see the flaw in this [[policy]] and [[thinking]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Abnormal is fine. Stupid isn't.]]</sup> 13:01, May 7, 2026 (EDT) | | :Trump's done it again. To much fanfare, Trump announced the glorious [[patriotic]] American sounding "[[Operation Freedom]]", only to have it shut down hours later. [[Saudi Arabia]] denied use of its airspace to carry out the operation. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-reportedly-paused-hormuz-operation-after-saudi-arabia-denied-use-of-its-airspace/] Trump evidently believes, as [[Biden]] did when he promised to blow up the [[Nordstream pipeline]] in front of [[German]] Chancellor [[Olaf Scholz]] and the whole world, that the [[American]] [[President]] is a [[dictator]] and doesn't have to consult [[allies]] before doing any action, and that the "allies", or [[vassal]]s, automatically have to follow. Any 12-year-old can see the flaw in this [[policy]] and [[thinking]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Abnormal is fine. Stupid isn't.]]</sup> 13:01, May 7, 2026 (EDT) |
| | + | :::Given the Islamic Republic atrocious behavior for so long, I was surprised hearing a anyone in our government claiming Iranian blockade was unexpected.[[User:LaMarina|LaMarina]] ([[User talk:LaMarina|talk]]) 18:27, May 7, 2026 (EDT) |