Well hopefully this is short, minimally lethal, and leads to regime change for all those involved.
There is no such thing but I guess the US still has not learned this after so many conflicts.
The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran
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#902What are the chances that HN is getting astroturfed these days? Are mods strict about it? I lots of relatively new accounts coming with what seems to me extreme, but altogether pop-culture acceptable opinions
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#903Israel and the US told Iran "Don't try to develop nukes or else." Iran tried to develop nukes and got bombed. Then Iran tried to develop nukes again. PotUS told Iran "Don't shoot the protestors or else." Iran shot the protestors. Iran chose to FAFO; "Or else" has now arrived. I don't like Trump and based on past bad experiences I'm not sure it's wise for the US to start a war in the Middle East. I feel sorry for the…
> Then Iran tried to develop nukes again.
Do we know that for a fact? or is it a lie just like Saddam's WMD.
> PotUS told Iran "Don't shoot the protestors or else." Iran shot the protestors.
Do you think Trump genuinely care about the protestors in Iran?
> I don't agree with people who think this war is illegitimate or Iran isn't the bad guy here.
Things can be more nuanced than the "good" versus the "bad" guys and bombing countries isn't always the best solution.
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#905Nothing like a war to boost your popularity just before the elections
The popularity aspect is irrelevant. Trump can literally do all the things that the epstein files accuse him of doing, right on camera in front of everyone, and Americans will still vote for him all because he isn't a "woke" black woman.
because it’s more comfortable than admitting the people who run the show are scumbags.
because it’s more comfortable than admitting they were wrong.
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#906I 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…
You’re mistaking the packaging for the product. Religion is the language leaders use. Power, territory, oil corridors, regional dominance, and domestic political survival are what they’re actually fighting over. Tehran isn’t calculating missile ranges based on sutras. Washington doesn’t position carrier groups because of metaphysics. Israel’s security doctrine isn’t a meditation retreat. Spiritual narratives make cle…
IMHO you're still making it too complicated; knives out GOT, titans of industry..
Sure, but it's even simpler.. The Ayatollah Regime funds regional terrorism. It destabilizes the region, gets people killed, and holds back progress.
Also, they are always seemingly always almost done building a nuke.. Which frankly nobody wants(not even them because they know they'd be obliterated the instant the world thought they actually had one or were about to for-reals have one).
They are BAD FOR BUSINESS both private AND PUBLIC.
As long as the rest of the region was developing eventually their number would be up. The recent uprising and massacre was the signal their number is up. Time to go, honestly signed all their neighbors.
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#907> Iranian media now report 40 killed and 48 students injured following the strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, as rescue and recovery efforts continue. Congrats America!
Why would you believe this statement any more than a statement from Putin, Likud, Trump... or anyone like that? The Iranian regime recently admitted to shooting thousands of their own people who were protesting.
Without some confirmation, everything is propaganda, isn't it? Jeez... there is no greater force that that to have one's bias confirmed, is there. That is going to destroy us.
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#908I think I should refrain from commenting political posts, but this one has a possibility of being something major.
However, looking at how the US president has abused power, silenced those who are against the draft dodging crybaby and his league of human trafficking millionaires, I feel this is yet another try to move focus from US domestic probs to something else. I see no honesty or greater reason for this attack or justification for it. While I'm no fan of Iran's autocratic regime, US is slipping towards into being one, as well.
US president has now active war operations in Venezuela, soon lightning the Cuba situation on fire as well, not to forget planning to take Greenland and Canada, too.
That's honestly not bad for the president of peace. Nobel committee should take a look at nominating this guy for a peace prize
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#909https://bsky.app/profile/70sbachchan.bsky.social/post/3mfwas...
Does anybody can trust andnegotiate with USA?
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#910What are the chances that HN is getting astroturfed these days? Are mods strict about it? I lots of relatively new accounts coming with what seems to me extreme, but altogether pop-culture acceptable opinions
language question: what does astroturfed mean here? (i know that astroturf is artificial grass.)