Now they’re claiming Iran was planning to strike first. After months of the USA beefing up its military presence there. And this morning Trump tried to claim it was because of election interference.
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If (big if) Trump actually manages to enact a regime change in Iran, he'd basically be a shoe-in for 3rd term.
Honestly. It would singlehandedly negate any all bad things about him.
WHY someone does something matters, as it affects the aftermath. Everyone agrees the Iranian regime needs to be dead. What happens next depends on a lot of things.
Trump isn't doing this to free the Iranian people. He could easily say so if he was.
Most Americans could give a #### about a regime change in Iran.
I don't think regime change is their goal at all. I think they would be fine if it did change, but as long as the next leader is more agreeable to the U.S., that will be good enough. Just like with Venezuela where the regime stayed in place and is scared enough now that they don't resist American pressure, that's all that matters to them.
It will be up to Iranians will and capability to change the regime from within, which might be an impossible task.
As a side note, Trump could be opening a padora's box with the Maduro kidnapping and the Khamenei assassination by normalizing decapitation strikes (Maduro wasn't killed, but it is essentially the same thing). I'm not sure I have a problem with that per se (I'd have to really think about the pros and cons where countries settle their differences that way), but it was usually more of a taboo thing,
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Yeah, special military operations to take out any country's leadership without things like congressional approval can't be normalized.
The precedent being set may provide these momentary wins but open up a whole can a worms going forward.
If no consequences exist for breaking said international laws and a leader of a nuclear power can justify such operations of their own accord without anything holding them in check, you'll eventually find yourself down a path of chaos.
While trumpers may find it cool that he's going out and dohng whatever he wants without transparency (just a trust me bro of "noble causes"), he's recklessly breaking international and domestic pacts that exist to ensure order and security. It takes every one honoring it for that system to continue to work.
Not sure thats a norm/trend we want to introduce and it certainly doesn't perpetuate peace when you go around violating everyone's sovereignty without even the go-ahead of your own government.
And this whole regime change thing will not go off as cleanly as people think. Iranians are trying to warn us of that.
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If (big if) Trump actually manages to enact a regime change in Iran, he'd basically be a shoe-in for 3rd term.
Honestly. It would singlehandedly negate any all bad things about him.
First, It's nsane that some people are willing to entertain Trump's dictatorial fantasies like this.
Second, what does murdering a bunch of people in an airstrike have to do with legitimizing breaking the constitution anyway?
Third, it's just plain stupid to think a 3rd term for Trump is in any way on the table, his health is not going hold this term.
Fourth, it's good to know you're so fully supportive of am extremely openly corrupt well known child rapist that is actively trying to destroy the rule of law and turn his country into a fascist dictatorship and has made opposing democracy a main goal of his foreign policy. You clearly just don't have any moral standards whatsoever.
Hey guys, I'd advise you to check your sarcasm detectors, or at least have a running note of the standard operating procedures of some posters. Lots of unnecessary reactions to that post by Looch.
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Hey guys, I'd advise you to check your sarcasm detectors, or at least have a running note of the standard operating procedures of some posters. Lots of unnecessary reactions to that post by Looch.
Including the lone thanks it got… one of his best, evidently.
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Lol yes that post was entirely in jest...but with a little bit of truth as well.
I have many Iranian American family members all across US. All of them, unequivocally, are thanking Trump left and right for this action.
They completely understand that this is not the end. But a lot of people on the outside don't truly realize the true murder and mayhem by this regime in January. The regime headed by Khomeini.
Khomeini's death is a just a little bit of justice for that massacre. A massacre that was forgotten in the media after a couple weeks but the momentum continue with Iranians abroad everywhere to bring awareness.
And for that reason alone, that is why they thank Trump. Even if his motives were (and definitely are) selfish in the end.
This situation is not black and white at all.
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It's weird that the mainstream media keeps talking about approval ratings and the support of MAGA being threatened by foreign wars.
Donald Trump was done with the MAGA base the moment he stepped into the WH. He used them, they served him, and now they can be disposed of.
There aren't going to be any more elections where Trump runs. It's just about the administration enriching itself as much as it can.
It's absolutely worth talking about his falling approval ratings and support.
Even if there are no elections, popular support is still important for a wannabe dictator on the rise. Even the Nazis were constantly worried about their popularity and image, and so is Putin.
However it's less about their actual popularity, but rather the image of their popularity. A popular fascist dictator feels a lot more impossible to take down than an unpopular one. This is why people like Putin is obsessed with taking down any signs of people being against him. It's important for people being against him to feel isolated and alone, instead of being in the majority.
Yes, way too many people still support Trump, but it is increasingly obviously a minority, and it's important to keep reminding everyone of that fact.
