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at140

(6,256 posts)
9. First Iran attack on USA goes back to
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:37 PM
3 hrs ago

1979 during president Carter. Hundreds of innocent Americans working in Iran were taken hostages for 444 days.
From then on our military personnel stationed in friendly middle-east countries have been attacked and killed regularly. Death to America & Israel is daily slogan from Iran leaders. Why does Iran need long range ICBM's to reach USA Along with nukes? Why did 911 hijackers visit Iran before the attack?

Eddie Haskell 60

(105 posts)
12. Nope. Go back further and don't ignore the other history
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:55 PM
3 hrs ago

Republicans replaced Iran's elected leader with a dictator in the 1950s.

Republicans gave chemical weapons, financial assistance, tech, intelligence, etc. to Iraq after they attacked Iran who lost hundreds of thousands of people in 1980s during the Iraq-Iran war thanks to US support.

Now Republicans started unconstitutional war and committing war crimes while crashing our economy with the rest of the world.

MOST of 9/11 attackers were Saudi, who are Sunni. Not one was Iranian, who are Shia.

Iran can easily make chemical and bio weapons but never used them on US/Israel. Fear of Iran having nukes is based on bigotry and politicians instilling that fear over decades. They are not backwards. They know if one molecule of mustard gas hit Israel that they would be turned to glass. They are fully aware of mutual assured destruction. It's also why they haven't completely unleashed with conventional weapons on surrounding regions.

magicarpet

(18,556 posts)
4. This is why - by Constitutional mandate,...
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:19 PM
4 hrs ago

.... the executive is to consort/in partnership with and receive approval of congress before actions of war.

War is serious business that inflicts serious repurcussion on the welfare of the citizenry. Our representative in congress should provide the White House with the authority to be able to commence costly and expensive wars.

Our lives and treasure finance these military excursions. In a representative democracy we should get a say too, so the country does not become involved in boondoggle military expeditions that enrich the warmongers, Military Industrial Complex, and Security & Intelligence Industrial Complex.

Justice matters.

(9,809 posts)
6. That's what the founding rebels who won wanted.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:56 PM
4 hrs ago

And they created.

Not the effin fake-jeebus-freaks the Pope said their God will reject their hands full of innocent blood.

BattleRow

(2,469 posts)
7. Hmmm.Im thinking...werent the Crusades a holy war?
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:06 PM
4 hrs ago

Amd the Spanish Diaspora?

Werent these sanctioned by Rome?

History isnt my strongest suit,I will readily admit.

Martin68

(27,776 posts)
8. That's the simple and obvious truth, nd the reason every one person knows diplomacy and sanctions were the right path
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:11 PM
4 hrs ago

forward. But Trump thought a war would improve the midterms election results and distract from the Epstein files. He also wanted people to admire his strength and courage. He is failing on every front.

Seinan Sensei

(1,557 posts)
10. I don't think Krasnov wrote that fuckin' email himself
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:51 PM
3 hrs ago

Correct me if I’m wrong, but replacing the *g* with an apostrophe, at the end of “fucking” is not Krasnovian writing-style

Is that how he speaks? Yes

Does he agree with that statement? Absolutely

But I’m guessing that Nosferatu Miller is behind that phrasing

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