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epsters

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    Comment #48850026

    They may also want to replace the Supreme leader with a CIA, Al-Qaeeda, ISIS and Nusra-Front veteran to get taken off the State-Sponsor-of-Terror list.

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    Comment #47919309

    But Trump literally did those things in that order : - Ripped up the JCPOA in 2016, freezing Iranian assets while imposing maximum-pressure sanctions; not even lifting them during …

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    Comment #47523862

    I am not sure getting a million people killed in another decades-long middle-eastern war (one whose scale and tragedies will likely overshadow all the previous wars we have seen so…

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    Comment #47523705

    Joe Kent [1] offered a possible way out of this - however slim the odds might be. Trump's one quality that may save us all from this quagmire is his ability to do a complete 180 on…

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    Comment #47431477

    Please don't go there. This is a deadly serious matter.

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    Comment #47431346

    A part of the problem is that the complicit media and politicians diverts the public's attention and energies away from relevant things like weapons-transfers, monetary flows, tech…

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    Comment #47430895

    Israeli Defense Minister said earlier today that “Significant surprises are expected today across all arenas that will escalate the war to a new level.” And now they have targeted …

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    Comment #47430871

    Israeli Defense Minister said earlier today that “Significant surprises are expected today across all arenas that will escalate the war to a new level.” And now they have targeted …

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    Comment #47196236

    There is zero likelihood of that. The IRGC and Iranian forces are a million strong and have a loyal base of support among the population. Without boots on the ground, relying on ai…

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    Comment #47196048

    > The point is preventing another North Korea style nuclear blackmail state. North Korea aspires be to be a Israel-style nuclear blackmail state.

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    Comment #47192555

    Why are we even talking about this? As if this is being done for the 'protestors'? Netanyahu didn't visit the White House 6 times in the last year to advocate for the welfare of th…

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    Comment #47192176

    A lot of them were armed as well based on the death toll for security forces. Again where is the evidence for all this. The Iranian government published the names and details for t…

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    Comment #47191957

    More specifically, seems to be driven by Netanyahu's political accounting. Starting a potential major war going into mid-terms is pretty inconvenient for Trump who could be looking…

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    Comment #47191801

    > 30,000 in 2 days - half the 2-year death toll of Gaza ; With no artillery , air-strikes or heavy weapons, without million-man armies facing off in pitched battles, without health…

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    Comment #47191715

    Trump launching bunker-busters on his midterm chances. Which depending on how bad it goes, potentially means impeachment and prison. Whatever it is the Israelis have on him, it mus…

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    Comment #46891000

    Iranian official figures[1] put the final death toll at ~3111 for the entire duration of the protests (about a month). They have supposedly published names and identification numbe…

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    Comment #46890417

    *purported officials I am very skeptical tbh seeing all this unfold. The propaganda push from media over this is off the charts on this. A counter-perspective on these figures and …

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    Comment #46890272

    >Iranian Ministry of Health officials have put the number at ~30k. Iran official figures put it around ~3k actually. https://x.com/araghchi/status/2014688298472460563

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    Comment #46890058

    > Credible reporting puts the number somewhere between 30-40k among the intelligence community The same intelligence community bragging that they're embedded among the protestors a…

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    Comment #46783852

    > You worked backwards from your conclusion that "Israel = bad" I did work backwards. from the evidence. I didn't start with "Israel is responsible for everything". In fact i used …

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    Comment #46783539

    I don't think they're stupid and i don't fault them. I made extraordinary claims and it took me 20 years of seeing extraordinary evidence to face reality.

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    Comment #46783310

    >Israel opposed the war knowing that it would be damaging rather than beneficial Here's a video of Benjamin Netanyahu doing the opposite of opposing the Iraq war in front of Congre…

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    Comment #46782850

    >To think one tiny country is controlling and directing all world events is just laughable. No. i think one tiny country directs American foreign policy in the MENA region, and Eur…

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    Comment #46782489

    I mentioned many conflicts and many countries so this is very broad to cover in one comment but i will try, briefly. I have heard many theories given over the years to justify thes…