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gab13by13

(28,554 posts)
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 09:57 AM Friday

Thousands Of Iranians Have Taken To The Streets

They aren't protesting against Khamenei, they are protesting against Israel. The bombings have united Iranians, there are 92 million people living in Iran and a lot of Iran is mountainous.

As far as Krasnov saying he will negotiate with Iran, Iran has publicly stated that it will not negotiate until Israel stops its attack. Iran further stated that it will not negotiate with Krasnov but will negotiate with European leaders.

All of the news is saying that Iran is ready to fall, then why does Israel need our help?

If Krasnov drops the big bomb those marines stationed in LA better get ready to be redeployed. There are 40,000 American troops stationed in the ME.

Fuck what the MSM is saying, soon it will say that we will be greeted as liberators and Iranians will shower our troops with rose petals.

Listen to what people in the know are saying, like Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson.

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Walleye

(41,200 posts)
1. Remember Paul Wolfowitz? He testified with great confidence that the Iraq war would "pay for itself"
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 10:13 AM
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They were never held accountable for these lies and now look what we have

Igel

(36,861 posts)
4. It's Friday. They went to religious services.
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 12:05 PM
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There, the state religious apparatus had the state issued sermon/message read to the faithful, to rile them up.

Who knows what was said? Last day or two most outside sources of information have gone dead. What what was the content? True or false? If true, what was omitted, if anything? A rally-round-the-flag, remember the battle of Khayber, the lesson from the Battle of Badr and seige of Banu Quraysh, kind of message?

Hardly spontaneous, in any event.

It's why so many protests occur mid-day in Muslim countries.

Crunchy Frog

(27,713 posts)
5. I hope that nobody is crazy enough to be contemplating a ground invasion there.
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 12:16 PM
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If they do, I'm going to have to figure out how to hide my sons.

Crunchy Frog

(27,713 posts)
7. They're only 16 right now, and one of them is autistic. Neither is very mature.
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 01:05 PM
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I can't see just sending them off to a foreign country.

modrepub

(3,866 posts)
8. Bombing People Into Submission
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 01:06 PM
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Usually doesn’t work, unless you’re dropping nuclear devices (Japan).

The only way we “control” Iran is we send a significant number of foot soldiers, which we currently don’t have.

Alternatively, we could gain control if the Iranian people spontaneously rise up and replace their government with a more westerly aligned one. With as much oppression as Iranians are subject to, I’d say this is possible. But Israel and US bombings would probably not lead to such an outcome.

Just my thoughts

karynnj

(60,349 posts)
9. The echoes of 2003 are definitely there
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 01:31 PM
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The neo con dream that regime change in one country could lead to a successful democracy that would lead to a reset of the troubled MiddleEast never made sense.

Iran is even tougher. It is bigger than Iraq, more homogeneous, and unlike many countries in the Middleeast, it has a distinct culture that even people who hate the ayatollah hold dear.

darkstar

(5,690 posts)
10. Wouldn't it be great
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 01:45 PM
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if there had existed a more secular and adversarial Muslim nation that bordered Iran that had “the 4th most powerful military in the world” all these years?

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