Cheeky Commons

Most political commentary tells you what to think. I’d rather show you how things actually work: Power. Incentives. Systems. And the quiet chaos when they start to crack. 🧵

WHAT THE F*CK Islamic Republic is firing missiles next to its supporters in the middle of the street. They are using human shields to “guard” the launchers from Israel and US.

You’re talking about one incident. Let’s talk about what happened before this war even started. By late February, independent monitors had already verified over 200 children killed by the Iranian regime during the January crackdown, with thousands of civilians shot in the streets. That’s not war. That’s a government killing its own people. So spare the selective outrage. If you care about civilians, it applies across the board, not just when it fits the argument. And none of that justifies targeting civilian infrastructure across multiple countries either.

@CheekyCommons @BinsaeedRashid @zerohedge You're not wrong, but thats the war Israel and the US choose to fight. They started this war, destroyed an elementary school full of little girls day 1. They were the first to target oil and gas infrastructure. Iran is responding to an existential threat with every card they have

Even under your argument, it still doesn’t justify hitting civilian infrastructure. Military bases are one thing. Water and power for civilians is another. And that applies across the board. The US and Israel would also be wrong to hit civilian infrastructure, because it’s the Iranian people who need a functioning country once the regime is gone. If you believe these states are part of the conflict, then there are military targets. Choosing civilian infrastructure instead tells you everything.

@CheekyCommons @BinsaeedRashid @zerohedge Every one of those countries hosts and supplies the US military bases from which the US attacks against Iran has, and continue to, be launched from. They are allies and vassals to the US, complicit in Trumps threats, and thereby parties to the conflict.

@mikamosi @BinsaeedRashid @zerohedge Everyone says “de-escalation” like it solves something. It doesn’t. It pauses things, then the same cycle starts again. The only lasting solution is a transition away from the current regime, led by Iranians, with a path to elections and accountability.

@CheekyCommons @BinsaeedRashid @zerohedge De-escalation is the only fucking answer in this illegal stupid war

@VoteBlueFYou @BinsaeedRashid @zerohedge Even if you accept your premise, it still doesn’t hold. Those neighbouring countries didn’t threaten Iran. So why are they on the list? That’s not retaliation, that’s widening the conflict and targeting civilians. At some point, red lines either exist or they’re just words.

@CheekyCommons @BinsaeedRashid @zerohedge Did you forget that this is in direct response to a specific threat by Trump to destroy Iran's power plants? They are are responding to threats against their civilian infrastructure to do the same in return.

If targeting civilian infrastructure is wrong, it’s wrong whoever does it. I’ve got no issue saying the US or Israel would be wrong to hit power grids, because it’s the Iranian people who need that infrastructure once the regime is gone. But let’s not pretend that justifies Iran threatening neighbouring countries who’ve done nothing.

@CheekyCommons @bator2013 @BinsaeedRashid @zerohedge Are you stupid? US is threatening to strike Iran power grid first. That is also civilian infrastructure. Why dont you criticise US? Utter moron

You’re still framing this like a simple cause and effect. This isn’t Iraq, Libya or Syria. There are already discussions around temporary caretaker options. This is 90 million Iranians, many of whom want their country back. Since December 2025, thousands have been killed in protests, with estimates ranging into the tens of thousands depending on the source  And that’s exactly why so many in the West don’t understand what’s really happening inside Iran. Seeing people in Western cities effectively defend that regime while ignoring what’s being done to its own people is hard to take seriously. Iran’s people, with thousands of years of history and civilisation, are not the regime.

@CheekyCommons @BinsaeedRashid @zerohedge They're a horrible regime with their back to the wall. Yes, it'd be war crimes, but that doesn't change the consequences or that Trump cluelessly blundered into this without a plan to address these consequences. He's a criminal idiot, they are criminals and sadly not idiots.

@felipexrp93023 @BinsaeedRashid @zerohedge Always interesting how quickly it drops to insults. Almost like there isn’t an argument behind it.

@CheekyCommons @BinsaeedRashid @zerohedge Another zionist dumb ass here.

@bator2013 @BinsaeedRashid @zerohedge Didn’t start it is one argument. Actively sustaining and escalating it for years through proxies is another. You can’t ignore one and still expect to be taken seriously.

@CheekyCommons @BinsaeedRashid @zerohedge Iran didn't start this shitshow.

@rickmagill54 @BinsaeedRashid @zerohedge If it were that simple, the region wouldn’t look like it does. Years of proxy activity, threats, and escalation don’t just disappear because you frame it as “don’t attack them.” Reality’s a bit more complicated than that.

@CheekyCommons @BinsaeedRashid @zerohedge Dont attack them and they won't retaliate in kind. Simple. Don't forget US/Israel already destroyed part of their water infrastructure.

@EricLDaugh Dancing the night away in a 5 star hotel while locals sit in darkness, including hospitals relying on power to keep people alive. Hard to square that with the image they try to project.

🚨 JUST IN: Leftist activists CODE Pink, Hasan Piker and Ilhan Omar’s daughter are facing HUGE BLOWBACK for staying in a 5-star Cuba hotel and meeting communist leaders — all while poor residents had NO ELECTRICITY They are TRUE MARXISTS. Pathetic.

@TMT_arabic “Independent media” Community Note says otherwise.

🚨 BREAKING The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps: We have shot down an F-16 Fighting Falcon belonging to Israel in central Iran using a modern air defense system.

@EYakoby “Had no choice but to stay in a five star hotel” That might be the most comfortable hardship story yet.

BREAKING: Hasan fires back at criticism for staying in a five-star hotel during his “humanitarian aid” trip to Cuba—blames U.S. policy. “The government makes it illegal for us to stay where we want in Cuba. We have to stay in five-star hotels.” 🤣

@FoxNews Protesting sanctions, from luxury hotels, while residents have no electricity. Revolution, just with room service.

BLACKOUT BACKLASH: Far-left activists are facing criticism after traveling to Cuba, where they stayed in expensive hotels and met with the nation’s communist leadership while residents suffer in total darkness without electricity. The trip, organized by the activist group CodePink, was aimed at protesting economic sanctions imposed by President Trump on the communist-led island. Among those who joined were Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Omar, and left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, an ally of New York City Mayor Mamdani.

16-year-old Mohammad Hossein is facing the death penalty in the prisons of Iran’s criminal regime! Be his voice. This brutal regime has to fall. Mohammad, you’re not alone we hear you!!

@Osint613 Catchphrases don’t equal credibility.

IRGC spokesman in English to Trump: "Hey Trump, you are fired! You are familiar with this sentence. Thank you for your attention to this matter." 🤣🤣🤣

@giovannigatto77 @GBNEWS Two separate questions here: Who fired it What systems are capable of Even if you dispute the first, the second is what matters for assessing risk.

@CheekyCommons @GBNEWS Israel says Iran targeted “Diego Garcia” and this proves that Iran is a legit threat to Europe… Iran claims they did not shoot this missile. Israel would benefit from Europe being pulled into the war, Iran would not.

'Israel would say that, becasue it wants to draw other countries into its war of choice against Iran... There is no evidence Iran is going to directly attack Britain.' Jonathan Lis on Israel's insistence Iran has missiles capable of reaching Britain.