Marcus McAurelius

@silver41398 @smellygoosefoot @TheQuartering I do have friends there, who do not support the regime. One of whom has had her house blown up in the course of this. These people do not view this war as being a liberation war against an oppressive government. They think you’re trying to destroy their country and their culture

@MMcaurelius @smellygoosefoot @TheQuartering Who is "they" you mean the 1% with the weapons pointed at their own people? 🤣

aaaaaaaaaand he's dead

Every week, when markets open, Trump makes these kinds of statements to drive down oil prices. Even his five-day deadline aligns with the closure of the energy market. But in reality, there are no negotiations underway, nor does Trump have the capability to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's firm threat has once again forced Trump to back down.

@BelleDreamer7 @TheQuartering If you’re fighting a war with someone, you should care how they think. In addition, because they kill their own citizens, should you join in and kill them too? Strikes me as odd

@MMcaurelius @TheQuartering It’s odd you think we care what people who slaughter tens of thousands their own citizens think. My greatest hope is that the people of Iran who hate these monsters take control of their nation and squash all the remaining regime.

@DanNtheLionsDen @BPSPro @Dontwor39926430 @TheQuartering Deranged. What I hate is getting involved in stuff that is nothing to do with us, and only benefits foreign countries. I don’t care about the strategic goals of the Israelis. I care about resolving problems in OUR country

@BPSPro @MMcaurelius @Dontwor39926430 @TheQuartering Yes you do, ypu hate that the west has stood up against the insane regime that sends proxies terrorist all around the world to murder people. That upsets you. We dont care. Speak into the void.

@ZachMil14823924 @TexasLucha @TheQuartering “Remember when your country was invaded in the 1300s? This is reason enough for you to want to bomb Iran”

@MMcaurelius @TexasLucha @TheQuartering Remember brave heart? Man did Scotland become pussified.

@MahiFischer @TheQuartering You think they’ll be better off without power and drinking water in certain areas? What about after their cultural heritage sites are bombed and damaged?

@MMcaurelius @TheQuartering We can help them right along, and then the 90% of the population who hates them will be better off.

@TexasLucha @TheQuartering Do you think that’s what’s happening?

@MMcaurelius @TheQuartering Because we don’t. We view it as them shutting the fuck up.

@dahkelor @Dontwor39926430 @TheQuartering The American government is killing the ones who could have been worked with. The people taking their places are going to be increasingly radical

@MMcaurelius @Dontwor39926430 @TheQuartering It does when the janitor is the only guy left out there. Because he's sensible and can be worked with.

@smellygoosefoot @TheQuartering Are the Iranians currently running? Or are they refusing to give up. You aren’t dealing with random 19 year old rubes who have been told they’re getting 72 virgins. You’re dealing with a 3000 year old civilisation which has suffered worse than this.

@MMcaurelius @TheQuartering That’s funny, ISIS said that same thing, yet they ran in combat just like normal humans do when scared/face with losing situation

You’re close to figuring it out but you’re still never going to figure it out.

@Dontwor39926430 @TheQuartering No. What I’m saying is that their government members being killed doesn’t win you the war. It inflicts damage on them, but it doesn’t lead to American victory

@MMcaurelius @TheQuartering So the flex is even if they are dying they are still winning. That's called cognitive dissonance

@Pirougemon @IranSpec You are a complete lunatic and idiot. “There’s an easy off switch” 🤣 I don’t like them either, but I do not want my Iranian friends to get bombed, and have their civilian infrastructure bombed, because the USA and Israel doesn’t like their current government. It’s just evil

@MMcaurelius @IranSpec There's an easy off switch to this happening. Iranians taking their government back. We're not doing it for them. We're there to stomp the Islamist Regime into the dirt. They need to cut the throats.

I can’t believe I’m saying this. But the Islamic Republic cannot afford to weaken deterrence now If Iran’s critical infrastructure (power grid, etc.) is targeted, there must be a strong proportionate response. You don’t get to plunge 90 million Iranians into darkness and walk away. No justification for attacking civilian essentials — doesn’t matter who is in charge. What’s next? Poisoning Iran’s lakes and rivers? Bombing hospitals? Collective Punishment has consequences…

I’m trying to avoid posting for Lent, but I want to be clear about my position, as it seems we may be on the brink of decisions of historic consequence: The US & Israel were the ones who launched a sneak attack against Iran. Trump himself compared it to the attack on Pearl Harbor. We opened the war with an attack that killed nearly 200 little girls at school. If the Japanese had done that at Pearl Harbor, it would still be on page one of every history book recounting the attack to this day. To then punish the civilian population of Iran by destroying power and water infrastructure, which can only be intended to cause mass civilian suffering and death, simply because they have not capitulated, is a war crime of the highest order. Soldiers, sailors, and airmen are under no obligation to follow such an order, and shame on any officer who orders them to do so.

My column in The Mail on Sunday today

@rozpersian I don’t want to take it hahaha I also don’t think any women should be expected to take it either, btw. I always found the “just get the pill” argument to be quite weird and a bit dodgy.

Sadly you just cannot trust men to take it especially every single day and the exact same time everyday. I will not put my choice of reproduction at the mercy of man.

@hippyygoat @AcademicAgent_X This video looks like AI to me, even though the claim is true

NATO has announced the end of its presence in Iraq…. THIS IS THE END OF WESTERN DOMINATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

@elonmusk No it doesn’t

This slaps 😂

@AaronBastani I feel really bad for her and for all of them. However, there is not something deeply wrong with “all of us”. It’s not a poll, but I haven’t met a single person in my daily life who is in favour of this war

This Iranian woman shouldn’t blame Europeans. In Britain they’ve been systematically misled by the media: a popular comedian from 20 years ago, whose never been to Iran in his life, was on bbc newsnight every other day as the voice of the nation! All just utterly bizarre.