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I don't know who all I have conversed with on this topic or in the entirety of the odds and ends department but I must say its been a pleasure. Upon reflection on these threads I have decided to hang it up here. I participate in several forums and generally speaking there is a consensus within the forum on certain subjects, especially politics. That is nowhere more apparent than the odds and ends section of BMT. Any thread brought to the floor is an echo chamber of the general consensus usually consisting mainly of memes or reposted content from MSM. It is rare to see people inject real objective scrutiny that runs contrary to the dominant opinion on these forums. It is certainly tolerated, however, posting a differing view, or calling out blatant hypocrisy that cast the dominant opinion a bad light is dismissed, laughed at, or in some recent cases results in name calling. Based on what I have seen, I get the impression real objective discussion on the topics created here is not actually desired. To that point it made me question why participate at all. Truth be told the odds and ends section was the main reason I logged in frequently. With the antique section mostly dried up of meaningful content there's not much left here of interest to me. It will probably be years before I will make any real progress on my R model or have enough progress to make a build thread. I'll probably be selling my RD soon so I might be back to post it for sale here and possibly one of my Rest Rite bunks if anyone here is interested. Until then everyone have a good one. Again, its been a pleasure.

But what do they say it? I don’t think any of us could find any US citizens that support the Iranian government. Supporting the Iranian government and acknowledging US’s history with Iran while also acknowledging the current conflict will only make things worse are not remotely the same things

I guess one could say that if you were a corrupt US politician looking to exploit a developing country for your benefit. Take their natural resources. Sell them military hardware. Back door deals to line your pockets with. It probably did work extremely well. History has shown people don’t take kindly to someone coming into their country and “helping” them.

Why did a radical faction make a power grab? Why have I never heard “death to Portugal” from the ayatollah?

This statement is true, however, not necessarily where I was going. The term "Eisenhower Republican" has a pretty specific meaning related to how he viewed certain issues. He was not a war monger having seen WWII first hand. He also was very adamant about the dangers of having an enormous military and is quoted many times on the record warning US citizens that defense contractors will coax politicians into looking for reasons to use the military abroad. He may have coined the term "military industrial complex".

Up until it didn't. The reasons for which were the regime change itself. So no. It obviously didn't work out extremely well. The USA is not righteous. It is not the US CIA's place nor in the best interest of the US citizen to be out corrupting other countries with regimes we think are righteous.

I don't think its possible to. Just more of the same failed foreign policy making the average US citizen and the world less safe. The USA and others created this problem from 1953-1979. To think the USA is innocent or somehow justified in their current actions is laughable. I think this administration is now in way over its head at this point with no plan or real path forward. I think it thought after killing Ali Khamenei the remaining leadership would submit to the USA like Delcy Rodriguez did. Moreover, I think it is too chicken to insert ground forces and finish the disaster it started with the convenience of strategic bombing. Even if troops were sent in I don't think they would be successful. It would only embolden the Iranian citizens to fight a gruella war against US and Israel. Look to any past US exploits in the Middle East for evidence. A ground war in Iran, on Iranian soil would make the Iraq War look like a golf outing. My guess is the continual pressure on oil prices will become too much to bear and Trump will get on national TV and say the campaign was a success and leave behind a destroyed country, many dead, instability in the region, and an even more pissed off Iranian government which will be under the same leadership as he sought to topple. I think attacking Iran will have very serious long term consequences, none of which are in the US citizens' best interest. Iran will forever be aligned with China, who we are told is the "real enemy". Thinking the USA can squeeze them by toppling two countries that supply them with oil is not 3D chess. Its an embarrassing display of aggression that reaffirms to the world the bully the USA has been for the last 80 years. Nothing screams failed foreign policy and culpability like carpet bombing the the country your CIA corrupted for the previous 3 decades....... If true I only expect it to get worse and more frequent. Iran knows they are severely outclassed militarily. They will fight in unconventional ways against the US citizens and economy. I wouldn't rule out acts of terrorism by Iran or its proxies on the US mainland now.

Is Gulfway still a thing? A while back they were popular but I haven’t heard anything about them in several years. I'm honestly not sure it they are / were a broker of the actual underwriter. Looks like they are still around and have ties with ATHS. Gulfway Insurers - A Leader in the Specialty Insurance Industry

I didn’t know where else to post this but I’ll just put it here. 1995 STOTU. Enjoy.

I wonder if its time for Democrats to start putting these stickers on the fuel pumps 😅 Or maybe this version:

Same spot. 5 days. +$0.20. Arby's Valuebox is still $7.99 😆

Well Joey said progressive liberal. That is not not remotely the same thing as a Democrat most old teamsters would identify as. Could you imagine if Dwight Eisenhower arose from the dead and saw the state of the Republican Party? He would most likely rather be dead again.

I don't think there would be much commentary. I highly doubt there are any progressive liberals that frequent or even come to this site. I joined in 2020 and can't recall ever seeing any progressive or liberal ideology cast from a morally or politically correct point of view. If such a thread were created it would most likely just end up being anti Trump memes. My guess is there is no shortage of those to be found. I frequent another forum for a topic that is not trucks or politics. Like here there is an odds and ends section that political discussion is permitted. However, the difference there is memes, GIFS, any type of name calling, and the like are strictly prohibited and enforced. IMO there ends up being much more insightful discussion and commentary there than here.

You better make these suggestions through PM. She Could could be getting on here and seeing what Joey has been up to. Joey its been 15 hours since your last transmission.....You OK? 😁

When I was a kid my mom always said when someone was dressed inappropriately in church or at a funeral that "his heart is in the right place".