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The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran

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Re: The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran

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Post by replooda »

shusaku wrote: post #192
r721 wrote: post #77

Feb 25: >White House officials believe ‘the politics are a lot better’ if Israel strikes Iran first >As the administration mulls military action in Iran, officials argue it’d be best if Israel makes the first move. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/25/white-house-politic...

I’m honestly perplexed. I had anticipated a scenario like “the US feared Iran was unstable and attacked to protect nuclear material”. It seems this would give them reasonable cover. I don’t see how Israel going along helps

> Israel going along

Honinbo-sensei, you seem to have failed to recognize puppy-go for what it is and also to identify the player.

Re: The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran

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Post by asah »

papaver-somnamb wrote: post #328

I recall someone (name escapes me at the moment) defining WW3 as ignition in 5 flashpoints between belligerent groupings: - Eastern Africa esp. Sudan, which we all nearly universally ignore - Israel Iran - Russia and a neighbor which we know today is Ukraine - Pakistan Afghanistan India - China Taiwan Plus Plus Attributes that distinguish WW3 from previous world wars were IIRC: Contained conflagration, short targeted…

hmmm - but is it really "world war" 3 if it's a bunch of localized conflicts?

I'm a little disappointed that the internet and social media had little impact on universal disclosure about geopolitical matters. My sense is that governments updated their playbooks to both defend against them (e.g. minimize leaking) and leverage them (e.g. bury inconvenient information with propaganda). By comparison, I'm more hopeful about cellphones and bodycams generally reducing excessive police violence and discrimination (emphasis on "reduce").

prediction: the nuclear threat will look quaint compared with disposable million-drone swarms on land and in the air, targeting anything remotely interesting via onboard AI.

Re: The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran

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Post by sva_ »

dastuer wrote: post #276

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You're getting lots of downvotes etc. I find it weird that people find it too surprising that Iranians are fed up with the Mullah regime.

I have some (female) student friends from Iran, and they're all happy about this intervention. They want the Ayatollah to be gone.

All Iranian people I've met so far absolutely hate the regime. But then again, I'd probably not get into contact with islamists.

Re: The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran

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Post by gambiting »

Zealotux wrote: post #352
adverbly wrote: post #341

Well hopefully this is short, minimally lethal, and leads to regime change for all those involved.

>leads to regime change for all those involved Including for the U.S. and Israel?

We can only hope.

Re: The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran

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Post by AreShoesFeet000 »

papaver-somnamb wrote: post #328

I recall someone (name escapes me at the moment) defining WW3 as ignition in 5 flashpoints between belligerent groupings: - Eastern Africa esp. Sudan, which we all nearly universally ignore - Israel Iran - Russia and a neighbor which we know today is Ukraine - Pakistan Afghanistan India - China Taiwan Plus Plus Attributes that distinguish WW3 from previous world wars were IIRC: Contained conflagration, short targeted…

The revolution will be notably public, but not live-streamed. It will come as a swift and decisive reaction to a shock-and-awe deployment that will de-stabilize the state apparatus of a big nation outside of the “west”. The movement will be initially localized but it will spread until a perimeter of containment is setup around developed nations. Much more will come after.

Re: The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran

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Post by TiredOfLife »

makingstuffs wrote: post #282

I really do not even want to understand the mental gymnastics which one has to undertake to justify the actions of the US and Israel in recent years. Nor do I even know how to begin to grasp the enablement displayed by Europe as a whole. People constantly cite China’s “human rights abuses” (which seem to pale in comparison to all this) and rightly so, but continue to enable this blood thirsty and power hungry tag tea…

There is no need to gymnastics. Iran materially supports russian war against Ukraine.
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