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@DickMissle @bonchieredstate That's like saying a man threatening to kill you with a knife isn't dangerous... ... Then because he isn't 'dangerous', you want to disarm the police pointing guns at that man.

@bonchieredstate More evidence that Iran isn’t a threat to us. Why hasn’t a single American city or state been hit with a missile since the war started? What a massive waste of money and retarded way to fuck the economy.

Very, very few. The best loss ratio in the history of aerial warfare. (You could argue the IDF in the 12 Day War was better, but that was a far more limited operation)

@houssam_eddin @USronaldcarter They'd just use it. Standard terrorist playbook. Kill a bunch of people. Get publicity, and with it recruits. US wages war in 'retaliation', but this actually GIVES resources to terrorists if the military industrial and foreign aid 'mismanages' things right.

@USronaldcarter So assuming Iran gets a nuclear bomb, what would it do with it? Throw it at Israel knowing that the US would nuke it in return? That would be suicide. Claiming that once Iran get a nuclear bomb doomsday woud arrive is just nonesense. Nuclear weapons r just a deterrent.

I just got off the phone with someone who works in defense policy in Washington. What they told me should end every "Trump is reckless" argument permanently. "Every single president since Clinton received the same intelligence briefing on Iran's nuclear timeline. Every single one was told the window was closing. Every single one chose to kick it down the road because the political cost of acting was higher than the political cost of waiting." Trump got the same briefing. 60kg of 90% enriched uranium. 4 weeks to breakout. Material for 2 bombs. He chose to act knowing it would tank his approval to 35%. He chose to act knowing his own base would split. He chose to act knowing NATO allies would refuse to help. He chose to act knowing gas prices would spike. A senior analyst I know at a major think tank put it this way: "The difference between Trump and every president before him isn't intelligence. They all had the same data. The difference is courage." Read that again. Every president had the same file on their desk. Only one opened it and did something. I'll keep you updated. Turn on notifications. 🚨

@RauschHQ @WhiteHouse Ah, but if the war isn't theirs, then neither is the oil. It's fine either way, so long as a terror regime who chants 'death to -' ANY nation isn't the one profiting from said oil.

@WhiteHouse Not every country is going to sign up for a war that isn’t theirs.

“All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you…” - President Donald J. Trump

@AlliOlabisi5 @WhiteHouse 1) Dec 2011, Iran closed Hormuz in response to EU sanctions. Many more examples with US. 2) ? 3) March 2020, blocked access to nuclear inspectors. July 2022, removed IAEA monitoring. 4) No more or less true than last decade. 5) No more or less true until fraud is handled.

Before the war: 1) Iran didn't control the Strait Of Hormuz, now it does. 2) Iran oil was sanctioned, now it's not. 3) Iran was not building a nuke, now it will. 4) US bases in the Gulf were assets, now liabilities. 5) Inflation was declining, now increasing. Yeah, Iran has been decimated. Get over yourself, mörön.

@WadeFlavor @WhiteHouse I notice that all the replies are: "You're observations are irrelevant." Not: "You're observations are false." I don't think many people understand what it means when a regime declares blanket genocide on an ENTIRE country, with no caveats for civilians or peacetime.

I think the comments here are strange. Maybe I’m just too empathetic. If I’m not mistaken, which I very well could be as I have a day job and may not have all the details because I’m not a paid politician, but wasn’t this started because women stopped wearing hijab and then Iranian leaders and military went on to kill like 30,000 protestors? Correct me if I’m wrong but weren’t we the only country to stand up for those protesters against a country(Iran) that has been trying to Destroy us(America) for as long as I’ve been alive? So we ask for help against a regime that may or may not have nuclear weapons and is killing women and protesters. We ask to be able to land plans and fly over land far as hell away and get denied by those countries. Then, decimate the leaders and ask the people that actually need the oil to go get their own stuff? And people are mad at us? That is absolutely crazy to me lol.. I mean if I’m not wrong of course. But what pussies you are for not wanting to stand up to a country killing women and trying to build nukes to kill us. Like; am I missing something?? I have to be.

@TorstenProchnow @WhiteHouse Trump said no 'NEW' wars. Iran already declared 'Death to America', and makes good on that threat routinely. Venezuela insisted on waging drug war despite many attempts at diplomacy, and declared 'Come and Get Me'. This is what we call Casus Belli.

President Trump’s MAGA base is diametrically opposed to foreign wars, which is exactly why they backed him so overwhelmingly. Trump promised to end existing wars, with or without U.S. involvement, and not start new ones. Yet even staunch Trump supporters now have to face a simple reality: Trump and his closest allies, including @JDVance and @SecRubio, have failed to deliver on both promises. The Ukraine war is the clearest example. Trump repeatedly said, “I will end that war in one day.” More than a year into his presidency, the war is still ongoing with no end in sight. The human cost continues to rise, and the global economy remains under pressure from inflation, high interest rates, and strained public budgets across supporting countries, including the United States. The second promise has also been broken. Limited actions like the one in Venezuela may have been tolerated by his base, but the current Iran war has crossed a line. Trump has burned through a massive amount of political capital by escalating into a full-scale war. The deployment of thousands, and likely tens of thousands, of ground troops is already triggering comparisons to Afghanistan, and for some even Vietnam, given Iran’s geography. Whether this turns into a military disaster remains to be seen. Politically, the damage is already done. For Trump, this has become a Vietnam-style quagmire in terms of perception. A significant part of his own MAGA base has turned against him. The justification that Iran was close to nuclear weapons does not convince many. Comparisons to past U.S. claims about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq are being made again. Within the MAGA movement, criticism is particularly strong among those skeptical of Israel. Trump’s close ties to Israel and the joint action against Iran are seen by some as prioritizing foreign interests over American ones. That accusation alone is enough to deepen the divide. At the same time, there are arguments from a national security perspective for confronting Iran that go beyond nuclear weapons. Ballistic missiles, long-range capabilities, support for terrorism, and broader regional threats are often cited. From Trump’s point of view, these factors justify action. The problem is that a large part of his electorate does not see it that way. Polling reflects weak support. Only a minority of Americans back strikes on Iran. Even within the Republican base, approval is limited, and a significant share signals declining support if casualties increase, which is not a theoretical risk once ground troops are involved. This has split the Republican Party at the worst possible moment. Issues that previously unified the base, such as border security, immigration, election integrity, voter ID, and economic policy, are now overshadowed by a fundamental divide over war. One side supports the Iran campaign, the other rejects it entirely. Bridging that gap will be extremely difficult. The administration insists the conflict will be short, measured in months, not years. That reassurance has had the opposite effect. The mere mention of a longer timeline has raised alarm. What was initially framed as a matter of days or weeks is already being redefined, which is why skepticism toward official messaging is growing. History adds to the concern. Initial troop deployments in past conflicts often started small and expanded dramatically. The current situation inevitably invites those comparisons, as the initial troop deployment in Iran last week was 3,500 soldiers, which was also the exact size of the first troop deployment in Vietnam. Unless Trump manages to secure a negotiated outcome, the political consequences will be severe. The GOP and the MAGA base are already deeply divided. Even a quick resolution may not fully repair the damage. With midterms approaching, this internal fracture could prove decisive. In that case, this conflict may go down not as a strategic move, but as a self-inflicted political disaster.

@RickKoeppen @TheRabbitHole Already has. Most homeless have smartphones, public wifi, and unlimited potable water. Not as a government program, but because society is so filthy rich they give away their excess for free. In what other age has life been this good? Not perfect, but better than ever?

@TheRabbitHole So when does this part start happening?

Capitalism creates so there’s more for everyone. Socialism is the weaponization of greed and envy making everyone worse off.

@PopeJudahI1 @TheRabbitHole All other systems are a compromise between free market, which is an ideal anarchy but vulnerable to exploits, and stagnant government, stable but subject to tyranny... aka capitalism and communism. Even barter is arguably a form of capitalism.

@TheRabbitHole There were a zillion economic and monetary systems (mostly free market based but NOT capitalist) in history and youre still stuck at "either community or capitalist". Even Musk 😭

@calderwa @TheRabbitHole 50 years ago the 'poor' didn't have smartphones.

@TheRabbitHole 🤣 Clueless The gap between the rich and the poor ever widens. So your diagram is 100% BS.

@St_Hadrian @TheRabbitHole The best of these graphs so far. "The scariest words in the english language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"

@TheRabbitHole So that is the reason why governments promote socialism.

@BrianCh70046490 @TheRabbitHole The better way is civic participation, personal responsibility, etc. We suffer what we tolerate. At the end of the day, we can only force ourselves to be good, and even there we need the humility to ask for help. Forcing others always backfires.

@TheRabbitHole As we have discovered over the last decade, everyone in power lies. That has to make you wonder about Capitalism, is this the best we can do? There has to be a way that is better..than this

@thesilverhermit @TheRabbitHole That's true of all systems, though. Difference being, capitalism has a non-corrupt variant in the early stages, whereas socialism does not.

This is perhaps true in the early stages of Capitalism. But as it progresses, and some individuals become abundantly rich, they discover that they can game the system, bribe politicians to give them government contracts, or to legislate rules that favor them and destroy the competition. Eventually, there’s nothing left of the free market, and you get socialism for corporations and capitalism for everyone else. This is what we have today, and this why everything sucks, real wages are stagnant, and everyone is poorer than their parents used to be at the same age. Capitalism is great, until it isn’t.

@honasu @TheRabbitHole Everybody having enough to eat I can get behind. Everybody having a $800 dollar smartphone, when a $50 one performs all functions needed to get a job and be lifted out of poverty, is nonsensical.

@TheRabbitHole I think it is better to face poverty first, then work on inequality. Biggest problem of classic socialism and communism looks like they only have inequality, they they tend to make 99% people equally poor but a small elite.

@rajuvamsi007 @TheRabbitHole Kind of a bad example, China got better by becoming more capitalist, not by becoming more socialist.

@TheRabbitHole There is no universal one correct answer for everyone. The USA is a great example of capitalism China is a great example of Socialism that was able to move billions out of poverty. Different countries need different approaches depending on the stage of each country!

@Karmah98 @TheRabbitHole Well put.

@mv_digitaltools @TheRabbitHole That's from government controls via lobbies, not inherent to capitalism. Under free market capitalism, whoever sells cheapest sells the most.

@TheRabbitHole capitalism: 8 men own more than half the planet. insulin costs $300 in america and $8 in cuba. people start gofundmes for chemotherapy. landlords own 40 properties while families sleep in cars. “creates so there’s more for everyone” for who?? 😭

@IronyKumar @TheRabbitHole You're measuring % inequality, not raw quality of life. Under capitalism, quality of life goes up. Even the homeless wind up with drinking water, smartphones, etc. Still an awful state to be in, but better than the streets of Cuba.

@TheRabbitHole Yeah, just look at this chart - clearly shows the poor getting richer:

@lumiontwt Does no-one see the problem with erasing history so descendants can't learn from it? With self loathing? With saying 'some' are good instead of many have good potential in them? With pushing redemption on an abused third party with zero personal work or change?

Caught up with Houseki No Kuni 😼 Overall a really really solid manga, with a great mystery, world building, cast, plot and art style Tho i never really fell in love with it i still would feel bad giving it less than a 9/10 😼😼 Phos is a goat btw the „ending“ was also good imo

@arenb @SaveUSAKitty @Sharon84927465 @dbongino @SilverlochMedia If it was anyone but Trump, there'd be boots on the ground pushing for regime change contrary to local will, only to dump weapons and aid onto molesters who'd become tomorrow's terrorists. Love it or hate it, Trump's better at this. He takes gambles he can actually win.

Fuck off Bongino and all the rest of you mindless sycophants. If anyone but Trump was waging this war you’d be endlessly talking about “no new wars” and “America first” And what do you mean bots? As if actual American patriots couldn’t be against this. Fuck off….I did 21 years in the Marines, multiple combat deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, years and years as a contractor in those same places. Bongino makes himself rich beating the war drum for a war he won’t be anywhere near with his little bitch ass.

Dan Bongino @dbongino with a message for all the bots and losers saying this is “a War for Israel”: BONGINO: “I get it! I’ve seen you! I know what you’re doing! I understand how the whole process with you losers! Paid for propagandists!… If you really believe Donald Trump is getting WALKED into ANYTHING against his will, you don’t know him, you’ve never worked for him, and you REALLY SUCK AT READING THE TEA LEAVES!”

@EnigmaSpectator @yacineMTB Because Israel is 'necessary for geopolitical stability in the middle east'. Read: Israel is necessary because Iran's a problem. Iran not a problem? Hormuz not a problem? After that how much leverage does Israel have - or even need?

@yacineMTB Why all time a USA president becames a puppet of Israel ??

Bruh 💀