If BBC’s reporting is correct, what we are seeing in Iran right now is the same playbook Israel used in Gaza.
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If BBC’s reporting is correct, what we are seeing in Iran right now is the same playbook Israel used in Gaza. They aren’t sticking to military targets. They are targeting society, and the country’s culture and heritage. To what extent US targeting is following their lead is unclear, but hospitals, schools, historic landmarks, and civil infrastructure are being destroyed with the clear intent of collective punishment. It is abhorrent, heinous, and criminal.
@mcnado Add to this that POTUS has said that Cuba is next, without the merest ripple of condemnation from the “international community”. After that? China? Nigeria? Canada? Spain?
The USA must be stopped. The only questions are when and by whom. I suspect USians themselves won’t do it. Their “allies” have shown their complicity. The contemporary Axis is much worse than the WW2 version. The UN needs to step up quickly.
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If BBC’s reporting is correct, what we are seeing in Iran right now is the same playbook Israel used in Gaza. They aren’t sticking to military targets. They are targeting society, and the country’s culture and heritage. To what extent US targeting is following their lead is unclear, but hospitals, schools, historic landmarks, and civil infrastructure are being destroyed with the clear intent of collective punishment. It is abhorrent, heinous, and criminal.
@mcnado However with the Russians (and probably the Chinese) backing Iran, there will increasingly be a proxy war with the west - and particularly Europe. The west will starved of oil the lifeblood of economic activity.
Once the gulf states are destabilised due to their inability to rely on the income from oil and tourism their populations will revolt.This is likely to be a huge turning point in the world order which is exactly what Putin wants, and the Americans & Israelis are playing straight into his hands.
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@mcnado Iran is not Gaza. Iran is a theocratic dictatorship that will and has retaliated against soft civilian targets. They have been preparing for a US attack for 50 years.
Gaza is ethnic cleansing, a crime against humanity, of a small civilian population without a standing army or advanced technology or a massive asymmetric arsenal of drones and cyberweapons.
The US and Israel picked a fight like Putin did with his smug blitzkrieg invasion of Ukraine they were sure was going to be a cakewalk.
Iran isn't Gaza. Trump has learned nothing.@pattykimura @mcnado that’s who’s making the calls on this, is it? He has a voice in his ear and trump does whatever the last voice he heard told him to do. Until someone else worms him out this is Israel unfettered. Netanyahu doesn’t need to answer for another countries attack, he also gets free armaments, and non “special” soldiers to throw away. Trump gets to prove he answers to no one and he gets another Epstein distractor.
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If BBC’s reporting is correct, what we are seeing in Iran right now is the same playbook Israel used in Gaza. They aren’t sticking to military targets. They are targeting society, and the country’s culture and heritage. To what extent US targeting is following their lead is unclear, but hospitals, schools, historic landmarks, and civil infrastructure are being destroyed with the clear intent of collective punishment. It is abhorrent, heinous, and criminal.
@mcnado The entire Republican Party and a decent number of Democrats need to be referred to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.
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@mcnado Add to this that POTUS has said that Cuba is next, without the merest ripple of condemnation from the “international community”. After that? China? Nigeria? Canada? Spain?
The USA must be stopped. The only questions are when and by whom. I suspect USians themselves won’t do it. Their “allies” have shown their complicity. The contemporary Axis is much worse than the WW2 version. The UN needs to step up quickly.
I don’t think that’s gonna fly.
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@mcnado that’s the old familiar satanic theocracy
@Kierkegaanks @mcnado The US is not that old...
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If BBC’s reporting is correct, what we are seeing in Iran right now is the same playbook Israel used in Gaza. They aren’t sticking to military targets. They are targeting society, and the country’s culture and heritage. To what extent US targeting is following their lead is unclear, but hospitals, schools, historic landmarks, and civil infrastructure are being destroyed with the clear intent of collective punishment. It is abhorrent, heinous, and criminal.
Israel--and ISIS--and now the USA. Same demented, destructive, fanatic-fueled playbook.
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@mcnado However with the Russians (and probably the Chinese) backing Iran, there will increasingly be a proxy war with the west - and particularly Europe. The west will starved of oil the lifeblood of economic activity.
Once the gulf states are destabilised due to their inability to rely on the income from oil and tourism their populations will revolt.This is likely to be a huge turning point in the world order which is exactly what Putin wants, and the Americans & Israelis are playing straight into his hands.
@MikeFromLFE @mcnado Everyone can see the real villains are the US and Israël , with most europeans following their lead. To Blame Putin is deflection, and also lazy.
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If BBC’s reporting is correct, what we are seeing in Iran right now is the same playbook Israel used in Gaza. They aren’t sticking to military targets. They are targeting society, and the country’s culture and heritage. To what extent US targeting is following their lead is unclear, but hospitals, schools, historic landmarks, and civil infrastructure are being destroyed with the clear intent of collective punishment. It is abhorrent, heinous, and criminal.
@mcnado Sigh..... Israel. Yes. It's been their plan since forever to take over Palestine, increase lands 30 kn north into Lebanon, then East and South. They even have what they call the Samson protocol to launch nuclear weapons if their enemies overtake them to kill everyone if they go down.
The fucking place is filled with psychopaths.
Who in their right mind gave Israel nuclear weapons. At what point in time did Israel seem competent or stable enough to hold nuclear weapons. They kill anybody.
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If BBC’s reporting is correct, what we are seeing in Iran right now is the same playbook Israel used in Gaza. They aren’t sticking to military targets. They are targeting society, and the country’s culture and heritage. To what extent US targeting is following their lead is unclear, but hospitals, schools, historic landmarks, and civil infrastructure are being destroyed with the clear intent of collective punishment. It is abhorrent, heinous, and criminal.
the point is the cruelty because the point is showing the world what will happen to them if they are not sufficiently compliant
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If BBC’s reporting is correct, what we are seeing in Iran right now is the same playbook Israel used in Gaza. They aren’t sticking to military targets. They are targeting society, and the country’s culture and heritage. To what extent US targeting is following their lead is unclear, but hospitals, schools, historic landmarks, and civil infrastructure are being destroyed with the clear intent of collective punishment. It is abhorrent, heinous, and criminal.
Yet… Israel is 10 million people and 85 million Iranians is not 2 million Gazans.
That’s not an opinion, that’s counting.
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@MyView @passwordsarehard4 @mcnado
Not all Americans are of the three Abrahamic religions. Not all US Christians or US Jews are supporters of Likud. In fact, most US Jews disagree with the government of Israel, and even more reject Netanyahu.
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@mcnado indeed. They think they can pull a Gaza 2, but the Iranians won’t have it. This war is going to bleed the U.S and won’t have the desired effects for either of the warmongers I reckon.
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@sayonaraminasan I don’t think that will play out that way for Israel. It will just mean they won’t know who to negotiate with when the non-stop terror attacks start.
@mcnado @sayonaraminasan I was thinking that yesterday. If you kill the whole upper echelon of the government in the place you have attacked, who will have the authority to surrender unconditionally? Imagine (...) that someone bombed the Knesset or the White House or Mar a Lago, who would surrender on behalf of Israel/US?
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@mcnado @sayonaraminasan I was thinking that yesterday. If you kill the whole upper echelon of the government in the place you have attacked, who will have the authority to surrender unconditionally? Imagine (...) that someone bombed the Knesset or the White House or Mar a Lago, who would surrender on behalf of Israel/US?
@ArchaeoIain Yep! Leadership has already been for the most part decentralized, there is no hydras head to decapitate so this was a non starter of a plan to begin with. Killing the supreme leader simply has turned him into a martyr for the believers and has more likely than not galvanized a sense of nationalism among the broader population in the very least, even those of non-persian identity. We can hope that the different ethnic groups don’t fall for the bait and realize they while they have their internal differences, that some level of unity is necessary in order to defeat the external threat that is Israeli-American imperialism.
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If BBC’s reporting is correct, what we are seeing in Iran right now is the same playbook Israel used in Gaza. They aren’t sticking to military targets. They are targeting society, and the country’s culture and heritage. To what extent US targeting is following their lead is unclear, but hospitals, schools, historic landmarks, and civil infrastructure are being destroyed with the clear intent of collective punishment. It is abhorrent, heinous, and criminal.
@mcnado War criminals - no better than warlords with child armies - depose those devoid of humanity
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@ArchaeoIain Yep! Leadership has already been for the most part decentralized, there is no hydras head to decapitate so this was a non starter of a plan to begin with. Killing the supreme leader simply has turned him into a martyr for the believers and has more likely than not galvanized a sense of nationalism among the broader population in the very least, even those of non-persian identity. We can hope that the different ethnic groups don’t fall for the bait and realize they while they have their internal differences, that some level of unity is necessary in order to defeat the external threat that is Israeli-American imperialism.
@sayonaraminasan @mcnado *ethnic
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@ArchaeoIain thanks haha
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If BBC’s reporting is correct, what we are seeing in Iran right now is the same playbook Israel used in Gaza. They aren’t sticking to military targets. They are targeting society, and the country’s culture and heritage. To what extent US targeting is following their lead is unclear, but hospitals, schools, historic landmarks, and civil infrastructure are being destroyed with the clear intent of collective punishment. It is abhorrent, heinous, and criminal.
@mcnado The Holocaust was abhotent. And still, we never should have given them nukes.
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If BBC’s reporting is correct, what we are seeing in Iran right now is the same playbook Israel used in Gaza. They aren’t sticking to military targets. They are targeting society, and the country’s culture and heritage. To what extent US targeting is following their lead is unclear, but hospitals, schools, historic landmarks, and civil infrastructure are being destroyed with the clear intent of collective punishment. It is abhorrent, heinous, and criminal.
@mcnado won't hold my breath for them to state that conclusion though
