How’s your fuel prices

You are correct. Iran did not agree to any new terms. There wasn't even a meeting to discuss it.

The general public has no idea what’s being discussed behind the scenes.
Iranian leadership couldn’t be more fractured.
That’s the reason some crazy bastards are shooting at ships, yet a comprehensive deal is likely being created as we type.

Short term pain, long term gain.
 
yet a comprehensive deal is likely being created as we type.

There's just no evidence to suggest that. Sure, there are Truth Social Posts -those so far have a terrible track record of reflecting the truth, mostly serving the purpose of market manipulation without a shred of shame. There are the Hegseth pressers where he uses phrases such as "death and destruction", "bottom of the sea", "negotiate with bombs" etc, but the Pentagon's own intelligence assessment rebukes these claims. The intelligence assessment states that Iran maintains a "significant" portion of their missile capabilities and as much as 60% of their naval assets. And, infer a bit further. Is firing generals during a war usually a sign that a war is going well? As of just now, the Secretary of the Navy was either fired or forced to resign. Compound that with the firing/forced resignation of the Army Chief of Staff earlier this month. There's no reality where you can point to these examples and convince me that these are signs that things are going well.

I mean, sure, all we can do is interpret what information we have to work with, but your optimism on this matter seems like blind trust based on Truth social posts. I'm not sure what other sources of information that you may be looking at that "guarantee" short term resolution. Objectively analyzing the situation, top military leaders are being fired/forced out and the Pentagon's intelligence agency report rebukes the claims of the administration that oversees it. And, as posted above, if conflict should resolve tomorrow, we're looking at months of minesweeping. Oil prices are going to see some real pain in the coming months and diesel in particular is going to surge to crisis prices which is going to effect everything. Best case scenario, we're looking at medium term pain that may in fact be severe pain.

 
There's just no evidence to suggest that. Sure, there are Truth Social Posts -those so far have a terrible track record of reflecting the truth, mostly serving the purpose of market manipulation without a shred of shame. There are the Hegseth pressers where he uses phrases such as "death and destruction", "bottom of the sea", "negotiate with bombs" etc, but the Pentagon's own intelligence assessment rebukes these claims. The intelligence assessment states that Iran maintains a "significant" portion of their missile capabilities and as much as 60% of their naval assets. And, infer a bit further. Is firing generals during a war usually a sign that a war is going well? As of just now, the Secretary of the Navy was either fired or forced to resign. Compound that with the firing/forced resignation of the Army Chief of Staff earlier this month. There's no reality where you can point to these examples and convince me that these are signs that things are going well.

I mean, sure, all we can do is interpret what information we have to work with, but your optimism on this matter seems like blind trust based on Truth social posts. I'm not sure what other sources of information that you may be looking at that "guarantee" short term resolution. Objectively analyzing the situation, top military leaders are being fired/forced out and the Pentagon's intelligence agency report rebukes the claims of the administration that oversees it. And, as posted above, if conflict should resolve tomorrow, we're looking at months of minesweeping. Oil prices are going to see some real pain in the coming months and diesel in particular is going to surge to crisis prices which is going to effect everything. Best case scenario, we're looking at medium term pain that may in fact be severe pain.


I don’t read truth social posts, or really any other social media stuff.

The blockade not only is crushing the Iranian economy, but it’s got china by the balls, too.

The regime, or what’s left of it is completely fractured.
The press secretary said the ships the radicals fired on and apparently seized, doesn’t break the ceasefire because of the nationality of the vessels.
So you’ve likely got some radical terrorists trying to extort money from those ships, because there is no more money coming in whatsoever.
They’re loosing a half a billion per day. Thats unsustainable.
My guess is Trump was counting on the irgc to close the straight, so the blockade could then be good to go for the stranglehold.

I dare not predict an hour or day with this crowd, (dare I be 12 hrs late again) as to when the next round of negotiations lead to a resolution, but I’m confident one is in the works already, despite what some media outlets are reporting.
 
I don’t read truth social posts, or really any other social media stuff.

The blockade not only is crushing the Iranian economy, but it’s got china by the balls, too.

The regime, or what’s left of it is completely fractured.
The press secretary said the ships the radicals fired on and apparently seized, doesn’t break the ceasefire because of the nationality of the vessels.
So you’ve likely got some radical terrorists trying to extort money from those ships, because there is no more money coming in whatsoever.
They’re loosing a half a billion per day. Thats unsustainable.
My guess is Trump was counting on the irgc to close the straight, so the blockade could then be good to go for the stranglehold.

I dare not predict an hour or day with this crowd, (dare I be 12 hrs late again) as to when the next round of negotiations lead to a resolution, but I’m confident one is in the works already, despite what some media outlets are reporting.
Has your last prediction come true yet? How late were you in the end?
 
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I'm excited to see what high prices all summer do for tourist and hunting demand. I didn't see anybody in the turkey woods last weekend and I would definitely pay higher gas prices for that to continue.

Based on my driving it would cost about $1200 more a yr in fuel based on current price escalation. Burn it down.
That may be some old timers last chance to get out west and see them bugle. Some kids first and only chance to get out west and see what real wilderness looks like.
 
Seems a stretch to think an extra $100 would stop either from accomplishing their goals.
That wasn’t the context of his original statement, though. He insinuated that he hoped high gasoline prices kept people out of his preferred hunting grounds.
 
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