Sadly, a lot of people have fully internalized the propaganda. Even when the white house says the reason is “fuck you, that’s why”, some people still tell me it’s about how oppressed Iranians are.

Please resist reducing all of this to Putin or Trump. Iran has been a target of western interests for 80 years, with plenty of bipartisan warmongering in the last 25.

Somnolent?

I can definitely relate to this question. The tension between self-improvement and self-acceptance. The older I get, the more I lean towards the latter. I’ve spent waaayy too long beating myself up over my faults, but never managing to correct them. Why continue feeling bad?

This dude is like a lab-grown dem politician.

They’re moving at least one from S Korea to replace one of the destroyed ones. Hopefully it gets blown up too.

I’m sure Turkey will appreciate that.

Iran has been on the menu forever.

That shit never worked either.

Goebbels gets hanged as well.

Since when has international law protected the enemies of empire?

I support Palestine Action. From the river to the sea, Palestine must be free.

There: I’ve broken British and Australian laws.

Yeah, we can’t. The ultra rich make all the rules. They aren’t going to reform themselves.

Every time I see someone complaining about .ml it’s because they can’t engage with reality.

He’s not a king, dude. I don’t love their system of government, where they give any share of power to religious representatives… but it is their system. They also do have elections for parliament and president. I don’t know much more than that, but it’s not like the ayatollah is an absolute monarch.

Yes, he was elected by the council who’s job it is to elect that position.

I don’t blame you for feeling that way. However, from my perspective very little of Trump’s foreign policy is a major departure from historical US strategy. I know it can seem like Trump is singlehandedly driving the US down, but I think he’s more of a symptom than a cause.

And now, the son of the hated shah, who lives in the US, is hoping to reclaim the throne.

The Yemenis got the US to back down by credibly threatening their naval assets. Does it seem like Trump is concerned about having to “bolster the case for more destruction”? You think he wants to be the guy to lose a modern aircraft carrier? Those bases are actually important to US empire. With enough damage, it could mean a real shift in the power dynamics of the region, especially if Iran manages to keep themselves together. I also don’t think we can discount the risk of US puppets getting overthrown in places like Jordan and Egypt. Even in a gulf state or two. All the footage of US bases getting hit have crowds of locals cheering.

If you allow attacks to be launched from your territory, then you are a party to the war.