I am getting the feeling Iran was preparing for this very contingency for decades!
I'm shocked! Shocked!
I have like 5 favorite surprise meme images and I use them every chance I get. Even if it's gratuitous.
Preparing for contingencies? That's for communists. Stable geniuses react randomly to events as they occur by throwing unqualified yes men at them.
Wait I thought we destroyed all their missles? 🤡
Their entire military capabilities were completely destroyed 7 times a day for the last couple months. Iran now has -392 militarys.
They now have 1000% less missiles.
Their whatsles?
MISSLES!
Like measles with only one eye.
To the surprise of who (with a brain) exactly?
Country that spent the past 50 years planning for exact thing, having watched exact thing happen to their neighbors, and major ally of 2/3rds of the world's military superpowers, shockingly undefeated after 2 months.
I think donnie boy and kegsbreath dont understand what 'decimated' actually means.
Maybe they do but by ignorance as it originally was used as a punishment for a Roman legion that failed. Every 10th man was executed hence “decimate”.
We made them shoot 30% of their missiles. That’s 3 decimations.
As long as they keep shooting missiles, we keep winning 😎 . Trump is playing 3d chess ♟️, weakening his opponent’s fists with his face.
As our economy weakens, so too does Iran’s weapons stockpiles. A Devil’s bargain or the art of the deal? How many moves ahead must we be for Trump to halt Project Freedom just so that Iran can save face?
That's the historical meaning but it can also mean this (according to Merriam Webster):
3 a: to reduce drastically especially in number
An outbreak of cholera decimated the population.
Kamieniecki's return comes at a crucial time for a pitching staff that has been decimated by injuries.— Jason Diamos
3 b: to cause great destruction or harm to
A fire decimated the city.
An industry decimated by recession
FAFO Donnie.
Unfortunately I want this to keep going and gas prices to skyrocket. So my countrymen will get a punch to the mouth. Since apparently the only thing that can break them out of a cult is gas prices and suffering.
How do you say Art of the War in Persian?
Ironically I think this self made oil crisis is the kick in the nuts the world needed to adopt more clean energy options. Even if oil is being burned more now, the high price is pushing many to use green tech. I hope that oil prices skyrocket for the average person so we do something positive for global warming.
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