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The US really pulled a Russia with this "special military operation".
both wars are equally unjustified, but the US has lost what, 20 people per hour of his war.
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After America attacked them, sure, and in any case they aren't even attacking America, so again, why is America involved?
Because Iran attacks them relentlessly by proxxy? Hoothis, Hezbullah, Hamas, etc. It also wars with the kurds and had some fun in afghanistan? Iran is not passive - iran is active, a wannabe us (lets call it micro-satan) - that wants to do what russia did along its borders.
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Iran has threatened to destroy water supplies in the Gulf states, which would kill huge numbers of people.
After America attacked them, sure, and in any case they aren't even attacking America, so again, why is America involved?
I remember national state TV in Russia talking about "we are ready to nuke United States if needed" in 2014 [1].
So, domestically, government made sure people believe that the West is the mortal enemy and we were are already at some kind of cold war since Crimea annexation, it's just West didn't notice, seems like.
Then, there were also artifical immigration crisis at EU borders created by Russia and Belarus.
And many other various hybrid and asymmetrical attacks.
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA9mVLomYo8
So, USA recognized the danger and started dismantling the problem piece by piece, to ensure a long term peace and safety of its people. Could it be better organized and coordinated with allies? Probably, yes, but the meaning stays.
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Because Iran attacks them relentlessly by proxxy? Hoothis, Hezbullah, Hamas, etc. It also wars with the kurds and had some fun in afghanistan? Iran is not passive - iran is active, a wannabe us (lets call it micro-satan) - that wants to do what russia did along its borders.
> Because Iran attacks them relentlessly by proxxy? Hoothis, Hezbullah, Hamas, etc Iran doesn't use any of these to attack America. You seem to be confusing Israel for America, a common problem in American politics.
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Wasn’t that in response to Trump posting that he’d hit theirs? https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-hegseth-and... > In a Truth Social post on March 30, Trump warned that the U.S. would obliterate "all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet 'touched.'"
It follows Trumps threats to destroy power plants, but predates the threat you quote. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/22/iran-says-dest... AFAIK there is no exemption that says it is OK to commit war crimes if the other side does. If attacking power plants and oil production is a war crime, then Russia, Ukraine, and many other countries are guilty of it.
The US really pulled a Russia with this "special military operation".
both wars are equally unjustified, but the US has lost what, 20 people per hour of his war.
The US really pulled a Russia with this "special military operation".
both wars are equally unjustified, but the US has lost what, 20 people per hour of his war.
Still, the fact that the US can kill people without any cost because they send drones to do it doesn't sit well with me at all.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Iran has threatened to destroy water supplies in the Gulf states, which would kill huge numbers of people.
After America attacked them, sure, and in any case they aren't even attacking America, so again, why is America involved?
1983 Apr - Beirut, Lebanon — 17 Americans killed (U.S. Embassy bombing)
1983 Oct - Beirut, Lebanon — 241 U.S. military killed (Marine barracks bombing)
1984 Mar - Beirut, Lebanon — 1 American killed (CIA chief Buckley kidnapped, later killed)
1985 Jun - Beirut, Lebanon — 1 American killed (TWA Flight 847 hijacking)
1989 Jul - Lebanon — 1 American killed (Col. Higgins murdered)
1995 Apr - Gaza Strip — 1 American killed (car bomb)
1995 Aug - Jerusalem, Israel — 1 American killed, 100+ wounded (bus bombing)
1996 Feb - Jerusalem, Israel — 3 Americans killed, 3 wounded (bus bombing)
1996 Mar - Tel Aviv, Israel — 2 Americans killed (shopping center bombing)
1996 May - West Bank — 1 American killed, 1 wounded
1996 Jun - Khobar, Saudi Arabia — 19 Americans killed, ~500 wounded (Khobar Towers)
1997 Sep - Jerusalem, Israel — 1 American killed, 7 wounded (mall bombing)
1998 Aug - Nairobi/Dar es Salaam — 12 Americans killed, thousands wounded (embassy bombings)
2001 Sep - New York/Washington D.C. — Iran facilitated transit of hijackers (2,977 total killed)
2002 Jan - West Bank — 1 American killed
2002 Jul - Jerusalem, Israel — 5 Americans killed (Hebrew University bombing)
2003 Aug - Jerusalem, Israel — 5 Americans killed (bus bombing)
2003 Oct - Gaza Strip — 3 Americans killed (diplomatic convoy bombing)
2003-2011 - Iraq — 603 U.S. troops killed (Iranian-backed militia IED/EFP campaign)
2011 - Washington D.C. — 0 casualties (assassination plot on Saudi ambassador foiled)
2019 Jun - Strait of Hormuz — 0 casualties (U.S. Global Hawk drone shot down)
2019 Sep - Saudi Arabia — 0 American casualties (Abqaiq oil facility drone strike)
2019 Dec - Baghdad, Iraq — 0 casualties (U.S. Embassy stormed)
2020 Jan - Ain al-Assad, Iraq — 100+ U.S. troops with traumatic brain injuries (ballistic missile strike)
2021-2022 - Iraq/Syria — ongoing U.S. base attacks by Iranian-backed militias
2023 Oct-Nov - Iraq/Syria — 60+ attacks in Iraq, 90+ in Syria; scores of U.S. troops wounded
2024 Jan 28 - Tower 22, Jordan — 3 Americans killed, 34+ wounded (drone strike)
2024 - Red Sea/Yemen — ongoing Houthi drone/missile attacks on U.S. naval assets
2024 Nov - United States — 0 casualties (Trump assassination plot foiled)