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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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I hope this war will be short. And that the result will be Iran becoming a democracy that fully joins the global community. The Iranian people (Persians, Azerbaijanis, Kurds, and others), deserve better. It would benefit the entire world to see Iran integrated and engaged internationally.

the drones just have to fly slower for the kids and schools…”Easy, you just don't lead 'em so much”

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

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The president of peace btw. I'm baffled at the lack of calls to boycott the Fifa world cup in US. And at the double standards applied to Russians and Israelis in their wars of aggression. I guess Israel can play the "October 7th" card at least which was an insane horror.

>I guess Israel can play the "October 7th" card at least which was an insane horror. If October 7th is an "insane horror", what words will suffice to describe the decades of far worse crimes committed by Israel? Considering the scale of suffering caused by this conflict, October 7th was just a small blip.

Can you provide some support for your moral position? You’ve also put “insane horror” in scare quotes, which honestly I find troubling.

Does your moral account provide some justificatory, non-antisemitic framework based on colonialism or oppression that allows us to sidestep the issues with Gazans’ support of Jihad, other extremist doctrines, and the extermination of Jews?

It’s kind of a rhetorical question, but it’s the least I would expect for someone to argue credibly about the morality of the conflict.

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

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Nothing like a war to boost your popularity just before the elections

You sure? Seems like a war for no reason is hardly going to get popular support.

From a man who campaigned on No New Wars.

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

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I am just befuddled by how much of this violence is directly motivated by religious concerns, both on the side of Iran and on the side of Israel and USA. I have been reading on the topic of shunyata or emptiness in Mahayana Buddhism, and have been uncomfortably observing just how much of the artifacts we take to be real and substantial in the world are just "made up". They don't have an inherent reality of their own…

There is also point of view that remembers that always right behind US military there is a team building next oil pipeline. US tried to used China as cheap labor, lost a lot of intelligence and now - look at how much oil Iran has and who is it exporting to and what is the percentage at the destination. The numbers add up and only the funny (?) thing is - China is (going to) be most eco country, because they already use nuclear power a lot and were forced to work on that.

What a time to be alive, again! And please, downvote me, comment that US is fighting for some country’s civilians freedom. It’s fun too.

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

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Nothing like a war to boost your popularity just before the elections

Nothing like a war to boost your popularity just before the elections Congress will not let him have a third term regardless of what he says or thinks.

Congress seems to be quite toothless lately.

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

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Again, little to no information for the US public. No approval from Congress.

Calling for the people to rise up. You can't bomb your way into regime change. Are we supplying arms to groups?

Is there a plan beyond pointless death and regional chaos the president would like to share?

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

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The take home message from this is that the only way for any country to be secure is to have nuclear weapons.

On another note, Canada is the only country that ever decided against having them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_and_weapons_of_mass_des...

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

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I am just befuddled by how much of this violence is directly motivated by religious concerns, both on the side of Iran and on the side of Israel and USA. I have been reading on the topic of shunyata or emptiness in Mahayana Buddhism, and have been uncomfortably observing just how much of the artifacts we take to be real and substantial in the world are just "made up". They don't have an inherent reality of their own…

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Hey there I'm Israeli and I'm quite politically informed and moderately religiously educated and I have never heard of this "curse of the eighth decade" thing you've heard of.

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

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At this point, no country in the world will ever again 'make a deal' with the US, because while pretending to negotiate with you they try to ram a knife into your back.

I hope you’re right but not too confident that will be the case. I wish EU leadership wouldn’t be as spineless as it is. I’m afraid they will accept any opportunity to make things feel as if they are back to the old normal if they are given the opportunity. And that would of course backfire, but long term thinking hasn’t been our strength over the past 3 decades or so…
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