(03-04-2026, 03:04 PM)babushka Wrote:(03-04-2026, 02:49 PM)Kenzo1 Wrote:(03-04-2026, 02:11 PM)quintessentone Wrote:(03-04-2026, 11:51 AM)Kenzo1 Wrote: Presidential Spiritual Adviser Paula White
Tell me again , what`s the difference between Iranian theocracy and United States religious uh..oh ....what the hell is this ?
I see your spiritual advisor speaking for God and raise with a Professor's prediction.
Nice analysis from Professor Jiang .
The economic side of this is also scary as Jiang descripes .
why don't you just say you hate white men and especially Christians and get over it
Simmer down.
I f you have issues with the videos, address those, not the poster.
For example - and this happens to be a true story here - even my favorite Christian Nationalist Fundamentalist heard the video of the blonde lady going off, and said "That woman has lost it! Is she being fitted for a straight jacket yet? She needs to be..."
In the second video, the one with the Nuttyy Professor (he even looks a bit like Jerry Lewis!), hte professor is betraying his deeply Leftist academia background by putting forth arguments that hold no water. For example, he gives us the very central flaw in his own analysis when he says "Iran is threatening the existence of the GCC states" True enough as far as it goes, but then he extrapolates from that by claiming the GCC states will pressure the US to stop fighting, because of the threat to their existence. That's not logical when human psychology is taken into account. People whose existence is threatened by an opponent who cannot be placated DO NOT continue trying to placate them. Instead, those people gird their loins for war and join the fight while the fighting is good.
He also makes the bold claim that the war started because of "hubris". I agree with him there, but differ on the source of that hubris. He says it was hubris from the US, but I now know that the hubris came from Iran - they miscalculated their own position vs. the US position during the Oman negotiations and made a too bold move that has blown up in their faces. Literally, blown up in their faces.
What happened during the Oman negotiations was that Iran entered the chamber full of arrogance and hubris, and made the bold statement that they had bypassed sanctions and controls, and were now in possession of 460 kg of 60% enriched fissionable uranium, then followed that statement up with the comment that they had enough uranium already to build 11 nukes. They further contended that meant THEY were in the position of negotiating from strength, and that the US had no strength in the negotiations to negotiate from. Therefore, Iran was not going to concede to ANY demands, they were going to dictate terms.
The US response was "oh. I see. Well, if you're not going to concede anything,then that's not a negotiation. Therefore these negotiations are over. Have a nice day then." and walked out of the talks, since there was nothing left to talk about.
A few hours later, stuff started blowing up in Iran.
So, yeah, hubris DID play a large part in it, just not from the direction the Nutty professor claims.
ETA: in the last minute of the video, the Nutty Professor REALLY drops his gloves and exposes his true face - that is one of the most batshit crazy screeds in a single rant that I have heard in quite a long time. It sounds like he is trying to synthesize a Grand Unified Conspiracy Theory from all of the bits and pieces he can pull out of his ass!
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
