Is the regime in Iran soon to be toast?
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Is Regime Change Possible? Niall Ferguson vs. Richard Haass
Coleman Hughes
Mar 10, 2026 Full Episodes
Is war with Iran necessary, or a catastrophic choice? Two of the West’s most prominent foreign-policy thinkers clash over the defining geopolitical questions of our time: Should the United States go to war with Iran? Historian Niall Ferguson argues that the greater danger is allowing Tehran to obtain nuclear weapons. Former diplomat Richard Haass warns that preventive war risks unleashing a conflict far worse than the threat it seeks to eliminate.
Iran incentives to keep the war going .. USA wants this a short war
Coleman Hughes
Mar 10, 2026 Full Episodes
Is war with Iran necessary, or a catastrophic choice? Two of the West’s most prominent foreign-policy thinkers clash over the defining geopolitical questions of our time: Should the United States go to war with Iran? Historian Niall Ferguson argues that the greater danger is allowing Tehran to obtain nuclear weapons. Former diplomat Richard Haass warns that preventive war risks unleashing a conflict far worse than the threat it seeks to eliminate.
Iran incentives to keep the war going .. USA wants this a short war
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Its a clusterfuck and everyone knows it.
mat200
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hopefully John Mearsheimer is wrong .. we'll see
John Mearsheimer: U.S. Already Lost Iran War - No Off-Ramp in Sight
Mar 10, 2026
Prof. John Mearsheimer explains why the war against Iran has already been lost, and why there is no off-ramp. John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982.
John Mearsheimer: U.S. Already Lost Iran War - No Off-Ramp in Sight
Mar 10, 2026
Prof. John Mearsheimer explains why the war against Iran has already been lost, and why there is no off-ramp. John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982.
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Iran War Outcomes
The Daily Signal
Mar 9, 2026 Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words
Critics have hounded the Trump administration for supposedly not clearly stating to the American public their most favorable outcome in the ongoing conflict with Iran. With the midterms less than eight months away, the pressure is on this administration to get the job done.
And it can happen in one of three ways, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words:”
The Optimal Choice: What’s left of the Iranian military and Revolutionary Guard will capitulate, opening the doors for a Western-supplied transitory government made up of exiles to lead the nation until elections can be held.
The Impalpable Solution: The “Venezuela solution,” i.e., appoint a lower-tier, secular, dissident member of the former regime, like a general.
The Worst Choice: Allow the mullahs to “stew in their own juices.” Bombed their nuclear and military capabilities off the face of the earth and then leave.
The Daily Signal
Mar 9, 2026 Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words
Critics have hounded the Trump administration for supposedly not clearly stating to the American public their most favorable outcome in the ongoing conflict with Iran. With the midterms less than eight months away, the pressure is on this administration to get the job done.
And it can happen in one of three ways, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words:”
The Optimal Choice: What’s left of the Iranian military and Revolutionary Guard will capitulate, opening the doors for a Western-supplied transitory government made up of exiles to lead the nation until elections can be held.
The Impalpable Solution: The “Venezuela solution,” i.e., appoint a lower-tier, secular, dissident member of the former regime, like a general.
The Worst Choice: Allow the mullahs to “stew in their own juices.” Bombed their nuclear and military capabilities off the face of the earth and then leave.
Only Iranian tankers or tankers heading to China.
They have a underground base. Trump said they hit stationary mine laying boats.Nice try USA but Iran said they don't need boats anyway.
US destroys Iranian navy vessels — including 16 minelayers — near Strait of Hormuz
The strikes came amid reports that Iran had already begun laying mines along the vital shipping lane — which carries about 20% of the world’s oil supplynypost.com
Arjun
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Looks like a bunch of private yachts
while their people suffer, the supreme leader reigns
Arjun
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Time for them to wake up and become energy independent. They don't even know the surplus of energy resources residing under their feet. They will always be dependent on other nations until they finally tap into their own ground. The collision of the Indian subcontinent with the Eurasian tectonic plate produced large swaths of natural resources useful for producing energy. What are they waiting for?
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India’s LPG crisis has a surprise beneficiary; it is 'sold out' on Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart | Today News
Induction cooktops are out of stock in major cities amid consumer panic over potential LPG supply disruptions stemming from the US-Iran conflict. Platforms like Blinkit and Zepto show many models sold out, particularly in areas reliant on LPG.
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IRGC said they will allow ships of countries that expell Israel and US diplomats to pass through.
US banks in middle east are now a target. Iran said US/Israel strikes target a Iranian Bank. At this point having US bases and entities in middle east is a liability for those countries.