Can the US withstand the Straits of Hormuz being closed long enough to assemble a credible ground force to attack Iran? Can the network of US vassal states last that long? Would the US let its vassal states economies go into devastating depression to assert dominance in Iran? Would the outer empire crumble and dissolve if it did so?

1. Do you think Trump tells the same lies to Putin and other world leaders that he tells to reporters and the public? 2. Do you think any of them believe him? 3. Do you think the USA's allies/vassal states in the gulf really believe what they are telling the world about support for Trump's war? 4. Related, do you think this war will end with the USA being evicted from the gulf by the vassals?

I have a question about Ukraine. The Western media is constantly saying that the Ukrainian army is holding its own on the battlefield, but is there some validity to that at this current time? The Russian army hasn't done anything dramatic since Christmas. The front lines are pretty static. Both sides claim enormous losses for the other side. Even if they are suffering huge losses, the Ukrainians seems to be able to maintain their lines. Your thoughts?

With all of the attacks on Russia; Nord Stream, Putin assassination attempts, seizure and attacks on Russia's shipping, the Kursk insurgency, the terrorist attacks on the music venue, the attacks on the bridge, now more Storm Shadows in Bryansk, it's time Russia did Tit for Tat on the NATO perpetrators. If NATO retaliated with full scale war due to article 5 what could NATO do about it? The only country apart from Ukraine with any capability is Poland, are they going to war with Russia if Russia sinks an LNG tanker ship in a German or French harbour? They will make lots of noise and do nothing. By now they will have realised the US won't be any use to them too busy in Iran. Look at Iran. Iran is standing up for its rights Russia is not. The Europeans are threatening war on Russia, but if they actually experienced some physical consequences would their populations suddenly want war with Russia over a retributive tit for tat? Bad behaviour needs punishment not acquiescence.