Iran

[Smokey123]

Fact check: true

 

[DinkinFlicka]

Fact check: true

Clearly they're being forced.

 

[Persian Vol]

The reason we have lost everywhere since WWII is we haven't really fought to win until now, we have fought to contain. If it is worth war, then ya do what ya gotta do. Funny how since we changed the Department of War to Department of Defense, we have sucked. When was that? 1949 and we haven't gone on offense since.
I hear it is the Department of War again. WGWTFA.

What are you compensating for?

 

[Persian Vol]

Fact check: true

The more innocents that Israel or the USA kill, the stronger the regime will be optically externally and internally. It’s hard to expect civilians to support a foreign invasion for regime change that is simultaneously threatening and committing to destroying your “civilization” and civilian infrastructure.

 

[OrangeTsar]

You're going to watch that video and tell me that isn't voluntary?

It's only a war crime if we blow them up. What is wrong with you?

I bet a Revolutionary Guard soldier is at each home of the “civilians” just to keep the rest of the family entertained.
You are sometimes quite the naive one I fear.

You may also wish to research how many German and Japanese bridges, dams, railways, ports, highways, power plants, and radio stations we blew up between 1941 and 1945. And i guarantee that there were civilian casualties.

 

[Orangeburst]

If these civilians are voluntarily being there, then they deserve the gov that murdered 30k of their own.

 

[OrangeTsar]

The more innocents that Israel or the USA kill, the stronger the regime will be optically externally and internally. It’s hard to expect civilians to support a foreign invasion for regime change that is simultaneously threatening and committing to destroying your “civilization” and civilian infrastructure.

So the more innocents that we killed in WWII; the better the Third Reich looked?
My but you are a strange bird

 

[DinkinFlicka]

I bet a Revolutionary Guard soldier is at each home of the “civilians” just to keep the rest of the family entertained.
You are sometimes quite the naive one I fear.

You may also wish to research how many German and Japanese bridges, dams, railways, ports, highways, power plants, and radio stations we blew up between 1941 and 1945. And i guarantee that there were civilian casualties.

You seem awfully sure for someone who lacks any and all tangible proof for your claims. You are also comparing World War II to this. Let that sink in, and thank you for proving my point.

For such a dork, you really aren't great at critical thinking. Sometimes, God doesn't give with either hand, I suppose.

 

[rikberry31]

Currently going back and forth between a Victor Frankl and a Paulo Coelho.

If you read more than I do, I'd recommend a therapist.

Frankl is a very interesting dude and I think he nails a lot of stuff. Attitude is everything, being content and thankful is the key to real peace. Most mental illness is telling yourself lies and believing them.
Coelho not so much.
I read almost zero fiction. The last fiction I remember was about a holocaust survivor, I can't remember he name but it was based on a true story. I read the Ayn Rand books about twenty years ago.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

If these civilians are voluntarily being there, then they deserve the gov that murdered 30k of their own.

I won't disagree with you there.

Welcome to my premise from a month ago.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

Frankl is a very interesting dude and I think he nails a lot of stuff. Attitude is everything, being content and thankful is the key to real peace. Most mental illness is telling yourself lies and believing them.
Coelho not so much.
I read almost zero fiction. The last fiction I remember was about a holocaust survivor, I can't remember he name but it was based on a true story. I read the Ayn Rand books about twenty years ago.

I think your aversion to fiction says a lot about your unwillingness to draw conclusions from metaphors and symbolism.

 

[rikberry31]

Reagan? Who’s azz did he kick? He turned tail and ran away from Lebanon. He was stupid to go there to start with.

Uh, he brought the Soviet Union to its knees. "Mister Gorbachev, tear down this wall."

 

[rikberry31]

Regardless of how this ends, we broke pretty much every conventional rule of how to go about this, in terms of global diplomacy. I don't give a **** if gas goes down to 1.50/gallon as a result of what we did.

We've taken a massive, steaming dump on our diplomatic reliability.

We'll see.

 

[Smokey123]

Politicians spent 4 years trying to get Trump out of office and now that he’s threatening to destroy an entire civilization not a peep

 

[OrangeTsar]

If these civilians are voluntarily being there, then they deserve the gov that murdered 30k of their own.

45k by the reports I have heard.
And I guarantee; there are few if any “volunteers” among them.
The clueless dweebs around here who accuse Trump of authoritarianism are incapable of understanding true authoritarians.

Or to paraphrase George S. Patton….

"The bilious b@$tards who wrote that stuff about individuality for the Saturday Evening Post don't know anything more about real battle than they do about fornicating".

 

[OrangeTsar]

You seem awfully sure for someone who lacks any and all tangible proof for your claims. You are also comparing World War II to this. Let that sink in, and thank you for proving my point.

For such a dork, you really aren't great at critical thinking. Sometimes, God doesn't give with either hand, I suppose.

Coming from you; I count that as a high honor indeed. Thank you.

 

[rikberry31]

What does Venezuela have to do with fentanyl deaths in the US?
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https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/2025NationalDrugThreatAssessment.pdf

What do you think those cigarette boats that we have been blowing up were carrying? China via Venezuela and Mexico. Have you noticed the huge drop in fentanyl deaths since the border was closed and we been blowing up the boats from Venezuela?

 

[Orangeslice13]

Politicians spent 4 years trying to get Trump out of office and now that he’s threatening to destroy an entire civilization not a peep

They’re all in on it. Both parties.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

What do you think those cigarette boats that we have been blowing up were carrying? China via Venezuela and Mexico. Have you noticed the huge drop in fentanyl deaths since the border was closed and we been blowing up the boats from Venezuela?

OD fatalities have been dropping since 2023.

 

[Persian Vol]

If these civilians are voluntarily being there, then they deserve the gov that murdered 30k of their own.

Over 85% of the population is anti regime. There are a minority that are uber religious village folk that will eat up everything the regime says. This doesn’t take away from that >90% of those in Tehran are anti regime.

 

[Delmar]

45k by the reports I have heard.
And I guarantee; there are few if any “volunteers” among them.
The clueless dweebs around here who accuse Trump of authoritarianism are incapable of understanding true authoritarians.

Or to paraphrase George S. Patton….

"The bilious b@$tards who wrote that stuff about individuality for the Saturday Evening Post don't know anything more about real battle than they do about fornicating".

He’s just a wannabe authoritarian. Fortunately we have things in place that prevent that. Not that he’s paying attention to most of them but they are there. Hopefully some of the R’s in Congress will reclaim their missing manhood at some point and do something about him but I’m not holding my breath.

 

[ButchPlz]

Uh oh.

 

[utvolpj]

What do you think those cigarette boats that we have been blowing up were carrying? China via Venezuela and Mexico. Have you noticed the huge drop in fentanyl deaths since the border was closed and we been blowing up the boats from Venezuela?

Weed was recovered. They also ran cocaine

 

[ButchPlz]

The more innocents that Israel or the USA kill, the stronger the regime will be optically externally and internally. It’s hard to expect civilians to support a foreign invasion for regime change that is simultaneously threatening and committing to destroying your “civilization” and civilian infrastructure.

You don't have to be a genius to see this basic truth.

 

[OrangeTsar]

He’s just a wannabe authoritarian. Fortunately we have things in place that prevent that. Not that he’s paying attention to most of them but they are there. Hopefully some of the R’s in Congress will reclaim their missing manhood at some point and do something about him but I’m not holding my breath.

I for one will not vote for him in 2028