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Been saying since the start: Iran is in on all this.
Edit: Okay, clearly many of you have not thought this through:
IRGC Coup -- The IRGC has LONG been wanting to make a move over the Ayatollah. Now the new Ayatollah is a sockpuppet and the IRGC has completely taken over by way of coup.
Quelled Civil Unrest -- Prior to this conflict, civil unrest in Iran was heavily mounting. Thousands upon thousands out on the street. Now Iranian dissidents hopeful for being rescued were baited out of their homes, only to be slaughtered the first time Trump left them hanging, and the second time Israel and USA suddenly became the new threat and rallied the masses around while also indicating nobody was actually coming to save them from the tyranny within.
Superficial Damage -- Most damage done to Iran has largely been superficial for media optics. Even their nuclear program has largely remained intact.
New Cashflow -- Not only has this massively benefitted Russia with lifted oil sanctions, the IRGC got a massive injection into their own economy, both with the new toll system but also the literal cited fucking article above.
I stand by what I said: Iran, or rather a certain faction in Iran, was likely in on it. This makes worlds of sense when you realize how tight Iran, Russia, and Republicans are together.
Everything is a conspiracy when you’re dumb as rocks.
The Iranians closed one of the most important trade routes for several months and then bombed US bases, destroyed aircraft, and deployed drones while holding position. They used a strategic advantage and decades of preparation to cow down a world empire.
In a month we will be feeling this conflict even worse because of the delay in oil production - we’ve been drawing from established strategic supplies that we spent years filling and rotating - and having to buy in a world that’s producing less.
Explain to me why you believe this in any way goes counter to what I wrote. Edited my previous comment, by the way.
Let's explore this together and see who truly hasn't been looking at this further than a puddle's depth, shall we?
Thinking everything was manufactured by the US and Iran is ass backwards.
Question: Who wants the US to go to war with Iran?
Answer: Israel
Israeli lobbyists ask American politicians to fight Iran for them and plenty of presidential candidates have stated that they would love to start a war with Iran, but they never do. Why?
Once a candidate gets into office they get advised by the Joint Chiefs of Staff that Iran is in a fortified position and the military would be unable to invade.
They get told that a war with Iran would disrupt global trade (and it has).
They get told that Israel always asks us to go to war with Iran and that the United States wouldn’t get enough benefit from it.
Trump is the first President to ever fall for Israel’s plot to send the US to war with Iran. That’s the conspiracy. Trump got played and he’s pissed at Israel. And the Israelis are mad that they didn’t get a ground invasion and are now trying to sabotage the peace negotiations.
Screaming Israel over and over does not preclude coordination with Iran and Russia. These things are not mutually-exclusive. This should be abundantly obvious when all parties are lead by psychopaths, and when each and every single one benefit.
This is what you're missing in your obsession over Israel.
Really quick - do you acknowledge Russia' actions in Ukraine are illegal and morally wrong and unjustified?
Thanks for showing your hand. I don’t engage with purity tests, as they’re often used in disinformation campaigns.
Don't usually do the "no u" thing, but it genuinely applies here. Right back at you ;)
Tagged, "Russian simp."
They did game theory and bet on trump being stupid. That's probably as much as them being in on it was.
Occum's razor is a useful tool. As well as the saying "don't attribute to malice to what can be attributed to ignorance"
This can be referred to in short hand as Hanlon's razor
Whether it was Trump being stupid, Trump sabotaging the country, or Trump coordinating with them directly -- I'm not even sure that matters so much, but it is very clear that Iran, Russia, and Israel are all better off now than they were before the strikes. Which to me tracks for Trump selling off America.
Also can we stop pretending that Trump is actually making these decisions and isn't a sock-puppet letting his administration run things? Did we not see the article where JD Vance was running the show in the Situation Room? Do we not yet understand that this administration is being run by the surrounding psychopaths?