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Trump tells Iran ‘make a deal or it’s war’

Awww, more personal attacks and zero evidence! Way to fail… again.

A blockade is an act of war and a serious investment of resources dude. Hilarious you apparently can’t grasp that.

Gee, seeing as the U.S. military apparently trained the Contras and other death squads to rape and murder as many civilians as they could and run away if someone started shouting, judging by their actions, it’s pretty clear Cold War American doctrine was worthless ;)
But is also vastly different then attempt to invade or conquer. That you don’t seem to understand that is hilarious. And the US military put a very small percentage of it its forces into that effort.

More delusional nonsense. It’s all you ever have.
 
I guess you need to ask Saddam about our military capabilities, Oh wait he is dead.
And the Iraqis keep killing Americans decades later.

Hmm. They don’t seem to agree with your claims ;)
 
But is also vastly different then attempt to invade or conquer. That you don’t seem to understand that is hilarious. And the US military put a very small percentage of it its forces into that effort.

More delusional nonsense. It’s all you ever have.
The U.S. sponsored, trained, armed and equipped an invasion… which failed miserably. US personnel died during said invasion.

And, as Vietnam proves, nothing would have changed had the U.S. gone “all out.”
 
And the Iraqis keep killing Americans decades later.

Hmm. They don’t seem to agree with your claims ;)
We ousted Saddam in a month. That is our military might. Everything after was politics and more "hearts and minds".
 
No people with actually experience in military matters can understand that the superiority of western military equipment is a large part of what has allowed Ukraine to hold off the vastly numerically superior Russian military. That it hasn’t allowed them to drive them out of Ukraine doesn’t change that fact.

Poor poor tiger. You butt hurt is showing again.
Oh really? The western equipment that didn’t show up in any meaningful amount until well after the war began supposedly “played a large part”?

Maybe in a fantasy world. The dozens of wrecked Bradleys and other western vehicles show otherwise in reality 😂

Fascinating how this western equipment apparently only matters at all on the defensive though ;)
 
The U.S. sponsored, trained, armed and equipped an invasion… which failed miserably. US personnel died during said invasion.

And, as Vietnam proves, nothing would have changed had the U.S. gone “all out.”
Yes we failed to win the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese and that is what doomed us to leave. Again nothing to do with our military. There was nothing to win there if the Vietnamese people did not want us to. The irony is that we finally have the hearts and minds of the Ukrainian people and we are chickening out there. Politics is what always defeats us.
 
We ousted Saddam in a month. That is our military might. Everything after was politics and more "hearts and minds".
Which mattered about as much as Hitler occupying France or Norway. Occupying a country doesn’t matter if the locals refuse to accept your “victory”.
 
Yes we failed to win the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese and that is what doomed us to leave. Again nothing to do with our military.
The military fought Vietnam as if it was another World War Two campaign, and was badly outclassed and outthought by the NVA as a result.
 
War with Iran means a ground invasion, right?
 
The U.S. sponsored, trained, armed and equipped an invasion… which failed miserably. US personnel died during said invasion.

And, as Vietnam proves, nothing would have changed had the U.S. gone “all out.”
You forgot to add the most important part, which is take any meaningful part in.

No vietnam does not prove that but nice try though.
 
The military fought Vietnam as if it was another World War Two campaign, and was badly outclassed and outthought by the NVA as a result.
Again we spent millions training an army of Vietnamese who had no desire to fight for us. Same as happened in Afghanistan. We had nothing to win in either of those wars so we left. It was the only way to "win". That war was nothing like WWII. There were no helicopters in WWII.

The Huey (Bell UH-1 Iroquois) was incredibly important in the Vietnam War, becoming a workhorse of the U.S. military due to its versatility and mobility. It was used for a wide range of missions, including troop transport, medevac, air assault, and close air support. The Huey's ability to rapidly move troops and supplies, along with its role in evacuating wounded soldiers, was crucial for the success of ground operations.

https://www.google.com/search?q=how...AgiwAgHxBZH8uoGwOrxm&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
 
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Oh really? The western equipment that didn’t show up in any meaningful amount until well after the war began supposedly “played a large part”?

Maybe in a fantasy world. The dozens of wrecked Bradleys and other western vehicles show otherwise in reality 😂

Fascinating how this western equipment apparently only matters at all on the defensive though ;)
The Ukrainians sure think it does. But hey I am sure you know more than them right. What with all your experience and all.

But it does demonstrate just how inept you vaunted Russian military is.
 
I'm trying to fine in the article where Trump threatened war. The only reference I see to military action links to another article that is paywalled but appears to be an opinion piece.
FCS! This from two weeks ago: "If they don't make a deal, there will be bombing," Trump said in a telephone interview. "It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before."

Sound like the usual bluster, imo.

Trump threatens bombing if Iran does not make nuclear deal - https://www.reuters.com/world/trump...f-iran-does-not-make-nuclear-deal-2025-03-30/

Put the tax returns away for a little while……
 
If they did they wouldn’t still be trying to kill Americans, would they ;)
Random Individuals might be even if the people as a whole agree.
Duh
 
The military fought Vietnam as if it was another World War Two campaign, and was badly outclassed and outthought by the NVA as a result.
No it did not. That is an outright lie.
 
No it did not. That is an outright lie.
The U.S. military had supposedly every advantage on paper, yet never managed to even come close to defeating the North Vietnamese Army or Air Force.

It was outthought, outmaneuvered, and beaten so badly the U.S. invented a whole “stabbed in the back” myth to cope.
 
Random Individuals might be even if the people as a whole agree.
Duh
Gee, in case you hadn’t noticed insurgencies can’t exist as “random individuals”. They need a fundamental level of support from the general population.
 
The Ukrainians sure think it does. But hey I am sure you know more than them right. What with all your experience and all.

But it does demonstrate just how inept you vaunted Russian military is.
The repeated failed offensives say otherwise.

The US military has plenty of experience losing to insurgents, yes.

And those defeats demonstrate how laughable your sputtering is.
 
Again we spent millions training an army of Vietnamese who had no desire to fight for us. Same as happened in Afghanistan. We had nothing to win in either of those wars so we left. It was the only way to "win". That war was nothing like WWII. There were no helicopters in WWII.

The Huey (Bell UH-1 Iroquois) was incredibly important in the Vietnam War, becoming a workhorse of the U.S. military due to its versatility and mobility. It was used for a wide range of missions, including troop transport, medevac, air assault, and close air support. The Huey's ability to rapidly move troops and supplies, along with its role in evacuating wounded soldiers, was crucial for the success of ground operations.

https://www.google.com/search?q=how...AgiwAgHxBZH8uoGwOrxm&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Gee, so the American military blundered around for over a decade without it dawning on them the South didn’t want to fight for them? You realize how spectacularly dumb that makes the U.S. sound…right?
 
You forgot to add the most important part, which is take any meaningful part in.

No vietnam does not prove that but nice try though.
The invasion literally could not have happened without meaningful U.S. involvement. It would not have gotten off the ground on its own.
 
I'm trying to fine in the article where Trump threatened war. The only reference I see to military action links to another article that is paywalled but appears to be an opinion piece.

Easy search found several articles covering Trump's threats and the negotiations taking place in Oman. Strange are the sites sometimes.

Here's a TV station in Shreveport, LA of all places posting an AFP article

US in hurry for nuclear deal, Iran says after high-stakes talks

Though the two delegate leaders did meet briefly, most of the negotiations are indirect with Omani politicians providing translation services
Araghchi, a seasoned diplomat and key architect of the 2015 accord, and Witkoff, a real estate magnate, led the delegations in the highest-level Iran-US nuclear talks since the previous accord's collapse.

The two parties were in "separate halls" and "conveying their views and positions to each other through the Omani foreign minister", Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei posted on X.

How much of the threat is Trump simply playing the Big Bad Boy game? Of course with Hegseth in charge of the military, we may actually see some attack by US air force - or maybe Israeli air force and missiles.
Saturday's meetings followed repeated threats of military action by both the United States and Israel.

"If it requires military, we're going to have military," Trump said Wednesday when asked what would happen if the talks fail.

And the whole shit show is a direct result of Trump pulling out of the agreement put in place when the Black guy lived in the White(man's) House.

First was the Iran nuclear deal framework in 2015, then in 2018, Trump pulls US out in break with Europe allies
 
The U.S. military had supposedly every advantage on paper, yet never managed to even come close to defeating the North Vietnamese Army or Air Force.

It was outthought, outmaneuvered, and beaten so badly the U.S. invented a whole “stabbed in the back” myth to cope.
Russia is losing as many men in 2 months as we did in 8 years in Vietnam. By that measure alone our army was far better back then that then the Russian military today.
 
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