US military has launched 'major combat operations' in Iran - Trump

Trump says the US military has launched “major combat operations” in Iran, saying the country had attempted to rebuild its nuclear programme.

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[–] 101 points 8 months ago (12 children)

He literally called for Israel to attack Iran first so that it would be easier for the US to support them. That was yesterday, I believe? Dude's been calling an attack on Iran for days now

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  • [–] 41 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    That's his only good characteristic: how dumb and transparent he is.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Dunno, look at the Trump-Epstein-gate cover-up.

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  • [–] 24 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Gotta claim a state of emergency somehow. How else is he gonna stop the election?

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

    Honestly, this feels like a good thing for democracy (or at least the illusion of a democracy we have in the US), in a roundabout way.

    If the US military is stuck in an Iranian quagmire, it becomes harder to use it to terrorize citizens on the domestic front. I wish they'd send the donut eaters from ICE to the front.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    This is fair, and I apologize.

    My country has been at war everywhere for so long that I'm desensitized to it. What I wrote above was meant as an objective hypothetical, but was wildly insensitive.

    I do not support war. I am just powerless to stop it, so it's easier for me to speak insensitively about it, and I shouldn't.

    If I had any power whatsoever to stop this, I would.

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