no, this is idiotic. power generation is not a valid military target in a war like this and the iranian state does not care about the well-being of its own citizens. this is just helping the irgc oppress the population.

it is completely predictable that the iranian state will say "let them blow up the power plants, then. our regime officials will have power at the expense of the basic needs of the people, who will be more reliant on us and less likely to revolt.".

for that reason, it's obvious this won't work and trump doesn't appear to get it: you cannot negotiate with the faithful. he is continuing to dangle carrots and continuing to try to make a deal, and he's running out of time, with his fucking around. all he's doing is giving the chinese an opportunity to move in. 

the insistence on trying to negotiate is very, very stupid.

the liquidation of the iranian state was the right thing to do, but the americans need a better decision maker as commander-in-chief. they're fucking this up.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-threatens-to-obliterate-irans-power-plants-if-strait-of-hormuz-not-opened-in-48-hours/

the united states should not be trying to sell any oil it captures, it should be stockpiling it in it's strategic petroleum reserves.

this is utterly absurd.

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2026/03/21/funding-the-enemy-trump-rolls-back-sanctions-on-iran-without-any-guardrails/

the russians are of absolutely no threat to us whatsoever and a foreign policy rooted on seeing russia as a threat is a mistake, and potentially a catastrophic one.

canada's biggest threat is religious extremism, and particularly the threat of islam. 

if we don't adjust to prepare to meet our actual threats, rather than fight imaginary ghosts, we will find ourselves struggling when they actualize, and we aren't ready for them.

should we rely on france for deterrence?

somebody needs a history lesson.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nuclear-france-us-trump-greenland-9.7136790

this is why nato enlargement to any slavic-speaking country, with the exceptions of bohemia/czechia and slovenia, which is basically italy, is a mistake.

the slavs will eventually realign with moscow, leaving western europe with a giant bill and the us with a pile of forfeited technology. 

if the americans are smart, they will get as much technology out of poland as they can now, before it's too late.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/03/19/fact-check-is-polexit-really-on-the-cards-for-poland?dicbo=v2-MPbxei2

that would suggest the chinese likely moved something in. i warned them that would happen if they fucked around, trying to negotiate.

rome and berlin are both less than 4000 km from tehran. paris and london would be further.

and, yes, it is the chinese that would target this base, as it would be a chinese military objective.

https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/21/iranian-attack-on-the-diego-garcia-military-base-its-location-and-strategic-role