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The state of New York did not indict Maduro, nor did Venezuela send drugs to the u.s., they come from Mexico and colombia.

You have a glamourized view of what a u.s. attack on Iran would look like. Iran is huge and strategically prepared, hence the underground nuclear sites. Why was the u.s. fighting Afghanistan for 20 years, a country with no legitimate military. Iran has the 14th strongest military in the world, Afghanistan 2001 had 50,000 soldiers, one u.s. aircraft carrier has 5,000 sailors. Iran has a million. There's a specific dynamic being overlooked. The u.s. would be the offender, Iran defender. When you're a defender you have no reason to reserve missiles or jets for instance, Iran has a massive stock pile, they will fire indiscriminately, at ships, bases, everything that moves, they will hit, hence Israel's "Iron Dome" shattering to pieces in a MILD volley. When you're an offender, you're more reserved "China will take taiwan and Phillipines if we deplete or lose equipment, BRICS will take south america, Russia will take the Arctic".

Imagine Iran downing say even 1 bomber and 3 fighters, this would be a devastating blow to the u.s. military's reputation, which is the most important part of the u.s. military. NDTV https://www.ndtv.com Houthi Group Says Its Attacks Led To Shooting Down US F-18 Fighter Jet May 1, 2025 — Yemen's Houthi group has said it had shot down a US F-18 fighter jet during an earlier assault on the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman AL-Monitor https://www.al-monitor.com US loses second F/A-18 jet in week of Houthi campaign May 7, 2025 — Two US Navy pilots were rescued after ditching their F/A-18 fighter jet during a landing mishap on the USS Harry S. Truman off Yemen's coast on Monday Are the houthis more sophisticated than the u.s.?

Well, obviously the bombs you drop and missiles you fire. The u.s. used half it's bunker busters in June on Iran already. And Iran would take out all kinds of fighters and bombers, possibly even ships. Iran has a serious military and defenses. The Economic Times https://m.economictimes.com US can spare only limited Tomahawk missiles, likely no major impact on ... Oct 14, 2025 — The United States could provide Ukraine with only 20 to 50 long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles, the Financial Times reports Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org Tomahawk missile Tomahawk missile ; $3.1 million (FY1986) · $1.87 million (FY2017) (Block IV); $2 million (FY2022) (Block V); Export cost: $4 million (FY2023) · 2,900 lb ( The Venezuela hit was a sucker punch, like the June nuclear site hit. Even the u.s. is vulnerable to such an attack. Like, Luigi can walk up behind a ufc champ, kill him and run to the next state.

It's not really true though, we can't take the losses we would sustain and maintain our defense let alone everything else we're defending in the world.

The U.S. military is overestimated, by design, just how China and Russia like to bluff about theirs. This is why the U.S. won't take military risks and suicide missions, why the largest strike group in the world went to 3rd world Venezuela. Any exposure of weakness or fragility is huge. The houthis, a rag tag paramilitary have recently shot down American fighter jets, the u.s. denies this and says they fell into the ocean. Iran has a military that the u.s. cannot overthrow. U.S. used microwaves and mass fake drone deployment to disable Venezuelan defense, would not work in Iran, would get shot down by fighters. U.S. is not prepared to attack Iran even if 2 strike groups were in the area. The June attack used half of the U.S. stockpile of bunker buster bombs. "Abraham Lincoln" strike group is headed to the middle east. A week out. The West is not invincible. We rely on sophisticated stuff which is impressive and scary but also a dependency and vulnerability. We do not have infinite supplies.

@Raze @Kid A let's play out your mental charade What EXACTLY, give a specific thing that Democrats should have done to convince more people to buy happy meals? Here's things they should have done differently -Biden never run in 2024 -no vaccine mandate -kept student loan forgiveness more quiet, not celebrate it -something very hard to predict, they should have waited on the bipartisan infrastructure spending, they over compensated to dampen the recession. This contributed to inflation, although probably marginally. -cut defense spending Here's things they should NOT have done which I believe you're implying - promise fantastical socialist programs(not going to happen, even if mamdani becomes president) These empty promises, like we will all get the joy of publicly humiliating about with Mamdani, BACKFIRE and cause long term distrust and you get another Trump in 10 years. You're suggesting LYING to win "Get ya hot dog!" ...... "hey mother fucker, there's no hot dog in this bun", yelp review still 10 years later 0 stars for Raze's Dogs Socialists think they're playing 5d chess by shitting in the middle of the chess board, a 5 year old child "I win!". You guys are so super-intelligent that you can't defeat a 90 year old alzheimers patient that in YOUR words can't sell crack to crackheads. The only thing that's been offered in this thread is a nebulous pseudo-intellectual "dEmOcRaTs aRE dA wOrStEst!!!!" It was suggested let Cory booker lead and adopt an fdr message, those are the silver bullets that break the rust belt voter eh? 🙄"we need a better mommy to promise to mommy us" . And this thread is posted anew by the same users every month, since back before the election, like Russian bots.

"Democrats lost because they're weak" "socialists lose because democrats are too powerful" More like basic denial 'Socialists just need to sell it better!' "Hot dog, get your hot dog!"

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So, you admit socialists like sanders are even more incompetent.

To think, AT ALL. To take their date to Martinellis Steakhouse vs McDonalds. Do you think Democrats didn't advertise and campaign, are you on drugs?

If I take a girl to a McDonald's, I MYSELF failed, not Barney's 5 star bistro.

This is what we're arguing. The voters FAILED.

Ya, being a bad fucking legislator and president vs being a better one, Because the VOTERS AREN'T 5 year olds buying happy meals

McDonalds winning is the CONSUMERS fault, not Michelin star restaurants faults.

You talk out of both sides of your mouth. Lying socialists

DUDE this means Americans need to wake the fuck up, not that other restaurants need to focus only on advertisement and shit food. SERIOUSLY? Democrats are winning every election, you're the one not in reality.

You breaking up has nothing to do with how good you are, that's up to her whether it's good enough or not for her. She may definitely grow. If you end on a good note, your paths may cross again.

WRONG. Elections are when the VOTERS are to work, discerning candidates. No. It's like you eating at McDonald's vs a good restaurant that doesn't advertise. The voters are the ones that profit or lose from candidates they choose. It's not the good restaurants responsibility, that's asinine to say that, the good restaurants responsibility is good food, the CUSTOMER should filter restaurants. Jesus christ you socialists want everyone to be your mommy, you don't reward fucking MCDONALDS for advertisement over a good restaurant, seriously!!!???

NO IT'S NOT, it's to legislate, to work for the VOTERS. Voters are adults. Jesus christ.

I hope you guys are screaming at your representatives to fuck America NOW. "reported that President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Iceland Billy Long joked in Washington that Iceland will be the 52nd U.S. state and he’ll be governor."

Most people just cheat or start a fight, to try to avoid the pain. You're a great person for not doing that, it's so loving to her and yourself.

Ya, it sucks, REALLY sucks. And it's okay to be there for each other during it, and cry.

You may be thinking of other women just because you're dissatisfied in your relationship, it's why a lot of people cheat. Imagine you had your dream girl, would you want to sleep around more? No other woman would even exist! It's okay to breakup even if you're not certain you should. "I think we should break up. I'm not comfortable with some things in our relationship.". When she asks, just list the reasons you did, good and bad like you did here, and tell her this is a confusing and hard decision for you. You don't have to understand perfectly, tell her what you like and don't like, but that you're not comfortable. Breaking up is a very loving thing to do, loving to her and yourself. Do not wait for a fight, that suggestion by the other users is horrible. Do it out of love, I promise you. You're a great person for trying to navigate this well.

They don't strike like that without them. "Need" is a very misleading word to use. Any lone bombers could easily be shot down. They usually don't do suicide missions. Shooting a couple missiles and then running doesn't seem very plausible either. A strike on Iran would be crazy without 2 strike groups let alone none.