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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

translation from Russian: they will keep bombing schools and hospitals in Ukraine, but now it's going to be a "reaction" just because they were provoked

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh no. Anyways I still hope he gets the Gaddafi treatment and still don't want America to go to war with Iran.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

America just did go to war with Iran.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Eh, they're still doing the announced tit for tat. Like after soleimani got schwacked, they lobbed missiles at a US airbase and that was the end of it. It's saving face by doing something in response, but also not actually escalating by not inflicting any significant damages.

So, despite how ridiculous it looks calling for peace after an exchange of missiles, that's probably what will happen. The only confounding factor is Israel and that may be the catalyst to sparking more conflict.

The fact that Trump is under the thumb of Israel, who want to obliterate Iran, and putin, who doesn't, is entertaining to say the least. It's a complete crap shoot how this ends up overall.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Creating "terrorists" a couple of planeloads of bombs at a time. This is not geopolitics. It's war. Only the western world could be so crass. It's only a couple of bombs on sovereign soil....meh. I say this as a Canadian. If the US lobbed bombs at us today I'd be on the warpath. I imagine there are some Iranians with those thoughts as well. It won't be a one and done even if it's not all out traditional war.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I'm not justifying the initial strikes, just saying that it probably won't escalate. At least not immediately.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I hate war.

But if daddy Vladdy is mad…

I still hate war.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Personally I would be very pleased if both Putin and Khamenei were beaten to death by crooked sticks by an angry mob of pissed of civilians. That being said, I'm still not a fan of war.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

++reasonsToDoIt

They have an army of donkeys lined up at the border. etc

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

They need the donkeys to combat the antelope invasion though

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Putin has already requested that Chuck Schumer write a strongly worded letter on his behalf.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Schumer said he would do it, but forgot 40 minutes later.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You have to think at this point the White House is just like two armed camps. The people that work for Putin and the people who work for Netanyahu. Few years ago I'd say they were sharing an uneasy truce, maybe even a burgeoning friendship, but now? God I hope they tear themselves apart.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Don't forget the 3rd camp of military industrial complexists, just in it to make money bombing whoever wherever

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Pretty sure that's the Netanyahu camp.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago (2 children)

“Very negatively” as opposed to what? Mild negativity?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Saber rattling, very menacingly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

That's Russia and China in a nutshell. Trump does it too, but that's just because he's mimicking daddy Putin.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

A stern talking down to?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

"Russia is very afraid", Peskov said. "We cannot afford to lose an already weakened partner in a region where Russia is losing more and more influence" he proceeded.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

Oh no are they going to lose another million soldiers about it and crash their economy even harder?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

Killing Khamenei would be a bad move. That's how martyrs are made, and they are already dialed up to 11 in Iran, so there is no reason to pour even more oil in the fire.

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