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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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Author: wzambon 🐝 BRONZE
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Subject: After the deluge
Date: 07/14/26 11:39 AM
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After all is said and done, Trump can’t even cobble together a deal with Iran that is as good as the one Iran signed with Obama.

Hundreds of billions of dollars in military spending

Hundreds of billions in damage to military sites in the region and to allied infrastructure.

Thousands of deaths…
For what?

The right to be a pirate and interfere with free navigation by charging a toll on shipping in and out of the Persian Gulf???

(Somali Pirates R-Us)

Iran is even laughing at that one.

Maybe that’s what it’s all about- establishing an American toll booth in the Persian Gulf so Trump can open up another revenue stream.

Iran begs to differ. They want the money that they showed no active interest in pursuing before Trump started his war.
So now they are shooting holes in ships that don’t pay THEM the toll.

Seems the whole war hinges on the difference between HAS and IS.

Trump wants the world to think he HAS a big dick.

While the world just sees proof that he IS one.
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