US military leaders previously warned Trump that they were 'not ready' to respond to Iran's anticipated retaliation and required additional time to prepare
  • lemmylump@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    18 days ago

    Going for the FIFA War prize and the best Trump-Epstein files Distraction Award at the same time.

    • fortnitefinn@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      18 days ago

      I wish I could see Iranians as some sort of freedom fighters standing up against the Zionist agenda.

      Unfortunately, Iran’s leadership means the country is even worse than Israel.

      • WoodScientist@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        18 days ago

        I don’t really see why Iran is any worse than Israel, other than Iran has brown people living in it. Once you cut past all the crap and bad faith, ultimately we judge Iran worse than Israel because of skin color.

        Both are nominal but deeply flawed democracies. Both hold large numbers of political dissidents on bogus charges as a matter of course. Both are theocracies that make their religion a core component of their governmental structure. Both engage in large scale acts of mass state-sponsored terrorism. Both have or seek to have a nuclear arsenal.

        The only real difference I can see is that Iran hasn’t invaded anyone in the whole modern history of the country. The Iranian government is a bunch of peace-and-love hippies compared to the Israelis.

          • WoodScientist@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            17 days ago

            On what criteria are they worse than Israel? Neither are good. They’re both authoritarian theocratic hellholes. One is a rogue state with a nuclear arsenal, the other is a rogue state seeking a nuclear arsenal. But Iran hasn’t invaded any nation in its modern history, while Israel invades people on the regular.

            You need to open your eyes. You don’t even know why Iran is bad. You’ve just had a lifetime of propaganda calling them evil while our own allies over there, Israel and Saudi, are just as bad if not worse.

            • fortnitefinn@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              2·
              17 days ago

              On what criteria are they worse than Israel?

              Treatment of their civilians.

              You need to open your eyes. You don’t even know why Iran is bad. You’ve just had a lifetime of propaganda calling them evil while our own allies over there, Israel and Saudi, are just as bad if not worse.

              This is rich. If I didn’t think so little of the average internet-user, I’d assume you were trolling.

      • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        18 days ago

        Growing up and forming adult political views usually just means realizing that everyone is fucking evil as fuck.

        We’re in the warhammer 40,000 universe but without the cool capes and swords.

    • floofloof@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      8·
      17 days ago

      FIFA Peace Prize winner and second owner of lightly used Nobel trophy.

  • Paragone@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    17 days ago

    IF Trump does this,

    THEN Iran’s installed-regime IS going to be a Saudi puppet-state:

    Saudi Arabia & Trump are profit-partners sooo deeply, that that would be … ?inevitable?

    Looks it…

    Iran’s people therefore are in for a … continuation of NOT owning their own country…

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  • Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.caEnglish
    9·
    17 days ago

    The US is doing this to Iran, and Cuba. As I think about the fuel and food crisis in Cuba, I wonder, can we do this to the US to force regime change there? Just cut off all exports to the US until Trump and his cronies are forced out?

  • carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    17 days ago

    While this is believable the last time this “news” source was posted it was insinuating that Iranian protestors were actually being shot by Israel. So I would generally consider this a propaganda outlet