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americans want the war in iran to end as soon as possible.
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The Idea that Iran, a country that hasn't bombed a single ambulance or hospital in any country it has targeted during this war, despite their hospitals and schools (120+) being routinely hit, are somehow behind the arson of 4 Jewish ambulances in London, is frankly preposterous.
BBC News (UK)@BBCNews
Police investigating possible Iran link to attack on Jewish charity ambulances bbc.in/3Pw3HQs
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Oh.
The Army is raising the maximum enlistment age to 42, up from 34.
Go join, MAGA.
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A lot of words to avoid saying occupation and land theft
The New York Times@nytimes
Breaking News: Israel said it planned to expand the territory it controls in Lebanon, suggesting it might remain there beyond the fighting. nyti.ms/4bLwgRg
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If you’re a wonk denying the Gaza genocide, I expect a full paper articulating what you think the International Association of Genocide Scholars got wrong and why we should trust you over the most prestigious expert group on earth.
Lindsay Ballant@lindsayballant
Will Stancil—fresh off a week calling anyone publicizing Israeli lobby superpac donations antisemitic—says that your (and the international community’s) use of the word Genocide is a little *too* harsh, needs to see way more dead Palestinians before he’ll revisit this matter
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Obama in particular deserves more criticism. He ran on codifying Roe and had for a time 60 Senate seats.
Briahna Joy Gray@briebriejoy
Very weird to blame Jezebel and not Obama and Biden: The two presidents who could've codified it and didn't!
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Updated number of U.S. troops injured in ongoing combat operations targeting Iran, per CENTCOM:
Approximately 290 wounded (up from 200 last week)
255 have returned to duty
Number of seriously wounded remains at 10.
13 US service members have been killed in action to date
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Ugandan wildlife authorities have reintroduced southern white rhinos into the Kidepo Valley National Park, a remote protected area where they were once poached into extinction. wapo.st/4sXXGum
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Aging well
Alex Kane@alexbkane
Governor Gavin Newsom says he regrets using the term apartheid in relation to Israel, and says he used it the same way Tom Friedman does--as a term that describes where Israel is heading under Netanyahu, not a term describing the current reality. politico.com/news/magazine/…
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The $200bn request by DoD has a pretty clear signal that the US is planning to send in ground forces. That will be just of the first of the checks American taxpayers will be writing.
People really need to understand that the commitment of ground forces cannot be short-term, not just due to the abstract logic of mission creep, but because the overriding objective that it driving the commitment is Iranian control of Hormuz. And that cannot be secured and mission accomplished declared in months; it will take years at the minimum.
The idea that you can just seize coastal beachheads and thereby protect traffic through Hormuz is logically-challenged. Iranian missiles and drones have ranges around a thousand kilometers — that is how deep you must occupy Iran to protect Hormuz.
In fact, a ground war will inevitably turn into a full-scale occupation bc the overriding instrumental and operational objective has to be disarming Iran, making sure it cannot hold US forces and gulf traffic at serious risk. The only way to secure that objective is regime change and full-scale occupation.
But a full-scale occupation cannot work because of the unforgiving division math: even if all the Western powers send all their divisions, there still won’t be enough to effectively occupy half of the territory of Iran.
So this is guaranteed to be a catastrophic quagmire. And a really big one at that. Bigger than Vietnam and Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
Cut your losses, man.
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How can you not find DSA inter-politics entertaining
Left Voice@left_voice
A DSA member made unacceptable comments in reference to the killing of Leon Trotsky by Stalin, which are also an attack against Sawant. We stand in solidarity with Sawant, and join her call to have DSA leadership disavow the comment.
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Outcome of the Iran war if we head for a ceasefire:
- hundreds of children killed in Iran
- regime in Iran emerges as a regional hegemon
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Let's talk reality here: they DO own the Strait now.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla
GEN. MATTIS: “.. Iran right now, if we declared victory, they would now say they own the strait. .. You’d see a tax for every ship that goes through. .. We’re in a tough spot, ladies and gentlemen. .. I can’t identify a lot of options.” @politico politico.com/news/2026/03/2…
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Barring regime change in Tel Aviv they will eventually engage in behavior like this because the mainstream perspective in their society is to view the people of neighboring countries from an eradicationist standpoint. They do not believe in the possibility of politics which only leads to one outcome.
B.M.@ireallyhateyou
"I think there are only two ways to (achieve total victory in Iran). One way, which seems less realistic to me... is an invading army, Normandy-style invasion, or non-conventional weapons" Tal Ornan, formerly of Intelligence Unit 504, calls to nuke Iran, two nights ago on CH14
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We repeatedly warned Pakistan not to allow its land and airspace to be used against us, but Pakistan did exactly that. Now it should wait for our response, we do not forgive traitors.
This morning, an attack was carried out from Pakistan’s airspace on the port of Konarak in...
سردار حسین نجات@HosseinNejat1
Mr. Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian gave a clear warning to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that if any attack on Iran is launched from any base in Pakistan, it will be considered a legitimate target for us. We will put Pakistan in the most severe military and economic situation.
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Nope nope nope. Not remotely acceptable.
Remember that Alex Pretti was murdered by CBP, not ICE. A blank check for CBP and much of ICE would be a disaster.
Hold the line.
Laura Weiss@LauraEWeiss16
Sen. COONS says Dems could agree to fund all of DHS except ICE enforcement and removal operations (like R's are proposing) alongside some of the ICE reforms they're demanding Adds that he believes how broadly CBP and HSI can engage in immigration enforcement around the country would be a key factor Senate Dems emphasizing they need to see how R offer looks on paper
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The US is not under any threat of a “king” nor do I have any sense of what this even means. It is however in the midst of an imperial murder spree and the largest opposition movement in the county, such as it is, should probably center this fact at some point.
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No Kings is planning 3000-events on 3/28 and its 1700-word press release makes zero mention of Iran, only opaque mentions of “illegal wars” (which ones?) I like many of the orgs involved but what’s the utility of these generic “anti-authoritarian” word salads at this moment
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