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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: well, he's half right
Date: 08/13/26 12:38 PM
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Iran live updates: US 'miscalculated' in war due to intel 'failures,' Araghchi says

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi suggested in a post to X on Thursday that the U.S. had "miscalculated" in its war against Iran due to faulty intelligence.

"The U.S. has long miscalculated due to intelligence failures. Case in point: The war on Iran," the foreign minister wrote.

"Now, an even bigger miscalculation on the Strait of Hormuz. Worse than fake news is fake intelligence. Be careful," he added.


currently.att.yahoo.com - Iran live updates no negotiations

My theory is Israel has been feeding fake, self-serving, "intelligence" about Iran, to the US for years. Trump was the first one to act on it, because it also aided his agenda to enrich big oil. To this day, most seem to think Trump's war on Iran is entirely about fighting Israel's war for it, and completely miss the "energy domination" agenda, that the GOP was openly talking about in 2024.

Notice that, while Israel wanted the US to attack Iraq, it wasn't until the Bush junta, with it's close ties to big oil, was in power, that the war was jinned up, and big oil profited handsomely from the resulting disruption in supply

Steve
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