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Culture War Roundup for the week of November 2, 2026

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It’s not a victory because as I and everyone else here told told you over and over again the war wasn’t actually over and when the Democrats blow out the Midterms, Trump will have to cut an embarrassing and humiliating deal. The Iranian regime is still around and the US accomplished almost none of their stated war aims (only sank their blue water navy). The best case scenario is now the pre-war consensus. Nobody will ever be dumb enough again to try to topple this regime, so it completely backfired. They will almost assuredly keep their nuclear material. It was a national humiliation.

Hm. Maybe you and I have gotten off on the wrong foot too many times or something. And I apologize if I’ve been rude to you. So you’re welcome to get your licks in.

But I’m also not a dumb or mean guy and we’ve had this argument many times now and I think you know what I think. And I hope that in the new year, let’s say, we can have more productive conversations.

Trump will have to cut an embarrassing and humiliating deal.

How will they be able to force this?

Like what pisses me off the most is that the rest of the world is now going to have to pay a Hormuz toll for however many next decades because of this crap. And if things get worse, we may also end up having to pay a Bab Al Mandeb toll to Yemen. The US is effectively insulated from this becuase it's literally on the other side of the world but the rest of us all have to suffer

the rest of the world is now going to have to pay a Hormuz toll for however many next decades because of this crap.

Maybe the rest of the world should have done something about it then, instead of sitting around and dunking on Trump.

Do what? Every time USA doing something bad, the response of civilized world is just wait and hope it ceases to do bad.

Trump is the whole reason that's happening, if it is. "Dunking on" him is entirely appropriate.

Maybe, but it won't help them resolve their situation at all

Maybe if Trump hadn't started bombing Iran in the first place we'd still have no tolls on Hormuz.

Yeah but so what. If the rest of the world would rather have tolls than lift a single finger, then they deserve it all the more.

This kind of mentality is why the right just lost Texas, South Carolina, and friggin' Mississippi.

Ideology is a hell of a drug, and some people just have a hard time letting it go. Not targeting anyone in particular, but at some point you have to ask yourself why you bother having these conversations when it gets to this point; and just walk away.

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