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.
