Wasn't the US supposed to be the beacon of light for free democratic societies in the world? Trying to install it in other nations by the means of anti-communist wars...? Fighting for the "good".
...how's that going? :sweat: — Christoffer
So far, it's not as expected. It's actually a lot closer to what Trump predicted. — frank
You think you're seeing regime change? We've seen America do regime change. This is not regime change. I don't think Israel is doing it either. I think they could decapitate Iran if they really wanted to, but they don't want that. Yet. Israel could be much more ruthless than they currently are. — RogueAI
Nobody messed with N. Korea before they had the bomb. They just kind of fester there, on the Korean Peninsula. — RogueAI
Maybe stop doing stuff like that? — RogueAI
The cost of pursuing a nuclear weapon has just been made prohibitively more expensive and dangerous. — RogueAI
Well, now Iran is truly screwed, because Israel and the U.S. really will decapitate the ruling regime. — RogueAI
Even if Iran successfully tests a nuke, what is Israel's best strategic move? Prevent Iran from getting more nukes. Regime change. And their buddy Trump will probably go along with it. — RogueAI
If you're Iran, isn't the best move to give up on enrichment and take your chances with diplomacy? — RogueAI
Yes, it does. If, after Gulf War 1, Iraq had been completely transparent about the end of it's WMD program and destruction of all it's WMD"s, do you think they still would have been invaded? — RogueAI
If Iran got nukes, otoh, and took out Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and Haifa, could Israel come back from that? There's a case to be made that a nuclear Iran really could end Israel's existence. — RogueAI
They've had many of their top scientists eliminated and whether or not they succeeded in saving some enriched product, their manufacturing base has been hugely diminished. They're already in deep shit economically and isolated politically and militarily. And as much as I dislike Trump, I think the US has the upper hand. If - big if - Iran and Israel do agree to the ceasefire that Trump has (perhaps prematurely) announced, I don't think Iran is going to be in a position to dictate any terms. — Wayfarer
Even if they took out all sites and materials, which they haven’t, Iran still have the knowledge to do so, and now an even greater incentive to start again — with deeper bunkers. — Mikie
Hopefully Iran won't enlargen the conflict by closing the straight of Hormuz. This would put oil prices skyrocketing and force Trump to go to a full war with Iran. Somehow I think they aren't going to be so reckless, if the US stays out of attacking Iran itself. If Trump would join the party, then it's another matter. — ssu
I wouldn’t politicise such a heinous act. Politicising it is the kind of thing MAGA would do, had the shoe been on the other foot. — Wayfarer
Blaming Trump for this is just naive, and distracts from the fact that this war has been long in the making with the Israel lobby and the US neocon establishment basically frothing at the mouth to start it. — Tzeentch
I don't think this problem is coming from Washington. It's Netanyahu. — frank
If the protestors really were able to conduct themselves in the spirit of non-violent resistance, it would take a lot of the wind out of Trump's sails. But, human nature being what it is, the protests will always attract a coterie of those who just want to rumble. They will provide the wedge that Trump needs to justify calling in the troops. — Wayfarer
Trump's bromance with Musk has blown up in his face and here's a useful distraction and a way to make him look like a tough guy. — RogueAI
Anyone who cheers on rioters flying foreign flags and burning the flags of their host country is not a "normal American." If they were, that's the end of our country. — BitconnectCarlos
I guess no one cares? — Christoffer
Now that the genocide is in full flow and there is an acute crisis in which 14,000 babies could die in the next 48 hours*. Will Donald Trump act, or turn his back on them. Again he has been warned, he will not be able to claim he did not know about it. As there is an intense international effort underway today to get the required aid into Gaza. It is sitting on the border and Tom Fletcher is making every effort to get the trucks in today. — Punshhh
When nobody is limiting this moron's actions in the White House, then they are then limited by the markets and the real economy. Still, 10% tariffs and the 30% tariffs on Chinese goods do have some effect... not of an embargo, but still something. Can we still avoid the Trump recession? Let's hope we can do that. — ssu
And anyway, I think Hollywood corporations finally have learnt their lesson. But making movies is a slow process, Snow White was just the disaster waiting to happen and Disney knew it. So the corporation put it out because they did have a finished film and tried to minimizes the whole issue. Now it seems that the woke-era in Hollywood is over. Or if it's not over, then it's saved by Trump just like the liberal party was in Canada. — ssu
I don't think I've ever seen you angry before, and you seem to be. Why exactly? — frank