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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 91 points 2 months ago (47 children)

They can just hold the world’s supply of oil, ammonia and helium to ransom. Breaking an Iranian blockade by force would require a WW2-scale effort, with the US, Europe, China and the gulf states fighting alongside each other to take Tehran and impose some kind of regime change all parties find acceptable.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Isnt china and Iran allies and already have agreements for discounted oil trades?

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[–] brownsugga@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

China and Russia would be fighting against the EU and US in that hypothetical wwiii scenario

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[–] fizzle@quokk.au 41 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Honestly I give the iranian disinformation team 1 of 5 stars, a pathetic job really.

I mean, they don't actually need to have the Epstein files, they can just start sharing stuff that seems plausible.

[–] CPMSP@midwest.social 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They are making Lego memes that are pretty fire though.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are they though?

It would be pretty easy to eviscerate Trump.

The videos and memes I've seen are a bit vanilla. More about trying to make Iran seem righteous and wholesome than trying to embarrass Trump.

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[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fuck that, trade it for Trump dead or alive

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

or alive

No no, let's keep it simple.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 months ago

They already released most of the victims names, they can't really pretend they care about them anymore.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (5 children)

why would they want the US regime to change? It's a poor long term strategy, you want the useless idiots to ruin their country, not have them replaced by competent people.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think they would prefer people who weren't bombing their country with Israel.

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[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 months ago

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake” - Napoleon Bonaparte

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[–] testaccount372920@piefed.zip 22 points 2 months ago (12 children)

I've been seing stuff like this a lot lately, but it seems detached from reality to me. How does Iran benefit from the Epstein files?

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

Because Trump is 100% willing to start a war so people stop talking about it. So he'll have to start another war somewhere else...

[–] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The reasoning would be: You're right. They don't care. But he will never voluntarily release them and it results in maximum embarrassment.

It wouldn't be a sincere negotiating tactic but it works because they don't need to negotiate.

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

This. Imagine a condition for terms of surrender is to unredact and release all files. And the Trump administration openly says "no" to that?

That would be a TERRIBLE admission by the administration

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[–] fizzle@quokk.au 7 points 2 months ago

I think the thinking is that if you released the epstein files in their entirety Trump would be impeached.

Or maybe that's not really it. If you wanted to harm the US, then releasing the full unredacted epstein files is probably the easiest way to achieve maximum chaos.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Because the whole world's leaders are in there, including a shit ton of bank execs. Trump will stop bombing before he lets the files get out. It truly is a solid plan.

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[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a typical American problem centre of the universe and all that.

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[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I honestly don't understand how you Americans still seem to believe that anything in the Epstein files could possibly harm Trump. It was known before the 2016 election, that he was peeping in dressing rooms at Miss Teen contests. Before the 2016 election he bragged about sexually assalting women. Before the 2024 election he was convicted for sexual abuse.

And people did vote for him, not despite of that, but because of it. Because they are misogynistic assholes who adore and envy him for doing stuff like that.

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[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Demanding Epstein files would be a sure shot way to get bombed.

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

As if they're not already?

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

The issue with this is that Iran wants to strait open eventually, its a huge financial gain.

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