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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 keernan »

Rep Raskin said his search of the unredacted Epstein files found Trump listed more than one million times.[1]

And just days ago it was discovered that documents involving FBI investigations into allegations by one or more victims against Epstein and Trump were not released by the DOJ.[2]

I trust Trump still has time to testify to Congress about his connections to Epstein like others have been doing.

Meanwhile yesterday:

>>>the U.S. designated Iran as a “state sponsor of wrongful detention” and demanded that the country release any Americans in its detention.[3]

You just can't make this shit up.

1: https://www.axios.com/2026/02/10/trump-epstein-files-jamie-r...

2. https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723968/epstein-files-t...

3. https://au.news.yahoo.com/us-designates-iran-state-sponsor-0...

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

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Post by heraldgeezer »

epolanski wrote: post #351

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.

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

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Post by throwpoaster »

righthand wrote: post #507
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 livestreamed” is not used correctly and not what “will be televised” means. You are using it in the opposite manner actually.

Op made an evocative point but then immediately betrayed it.

It is interesting to think about the difference of livestreaming versus television.

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

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Post by nixon_why69 »

ozgung wrote: post #599
epolanski wrote: post #351

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 don't want to insult you but your president is a populist and a TV personality. He is not a policy maker, he is more like an actor. So your country went into war mode by changing the name of the Department of Defence to Department of War. This was not a cosmetic change. This means peace times are over and you are in war. Your government acts accordingly. Since you are still a democracy find those people who make yo…

I'm not disagreeing with you but "Dept of War" is ENTIRELY a cosmetic change. It's literally just a name. There are people, mostly with desk jobs, who really want to feel like badasses and they really want the Dept of War. The real human consequences of this are unimportant to them and sadly unimportant to the rest of us also.

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

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Post by yoyohello13 »

Bender wrote: post #557
yodsanklai wrote: post #396

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 will let him...

Lol, 'let'. Whose going to stop him?

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

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Post by cosmicgadget »

Bender wrote: post #555
adverbly wrote: post #341

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

Well hopefully this is short, minimally lethal, and leads to regime change for all those involved. That would be ideal but unfortunately not likely. Nobody will like this comment but US ships are sitting ducks. They have minimal ammo per the pentagon and no oilers. No oilers and low ammo means no prolonged conflict. Only two of the ships are nuclear powered not counting submarines. Most of Iran's military and weapons…

I can't imagine a world where the US military only has the logistics for a five day offensive.

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

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Post by trenning »

ozgung wrote: post #599
epolanski wrote: post #351

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 don't want to insult you but your president is a populist and a TV personality. He is not a policy maker, he is more like an actor. So your country went into war mode by changing the name of the Department of Defence to Department of War. This was not a cosmetic change. This means peace times are over and you are in war. Your government acts accordingly. Since you are still a democracy find those people who make yo…

Ukraine’s TV personality leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy seems to be doing alright. Also went into war, but not of their own doing, and he has been measured, insightful, aware, throughout this whole war.

There’s more to it than Trump being a TV show personality. Far too complex and insidious than a simple quip.

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Post by throwpoaster »

phendrenad2 wrote: post #606
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…

I'm surprised such a superstitious reply is so highly-upvoted. There's no "WW3" any more than there is time travel or blue smirfs. It's a hypothetical, but you're talking about it like it's an inevitability. That's just not logically-sound thinking.

WWII, contemporaneously, was thought of as several small regional wars: “wow, that Hitler guy has started a bunch of small limited conflicts.”

It was only when one stood back to regard the whole picture that it became clear that something larger was happening.

OP is making the same point.

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

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Post by JanisErdmanis »

tlogan wrote: post #548

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.

This is unlikelly because Iranian regime is going to execute false flag operations against their people to steer public opinion in their favour.

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Post by throwpoaster »

asah wrote: post #362
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 ab…

“A bunch of localized conflicts” is what contemporaries thought WWII was before people realized the larger pattern.
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