
Extrommeda
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@TheRealChrisCCI @TheChiefNerd @realDonaldTrump Of course it has some good in it, like Hitler being kind to dogs.
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@extrommeda @TheChiefNerd @realDonaldTrump You don’t believe USA is the force for good in this world?!
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Ffs.
Iran clearly presented grave issues (unless we’ve been mislead or lied to), and 8 POTUS’ (and the world) have stated firmly that consequences needed to be had by the Iranian regime’; and this fella @realDonaldTrump does the something that so many have stated firmly, and the world now gasps at the action taken to neutralize the terroristic threats.
GIF
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@RnaudBertrand @chenweihua Iran could also stop doing terrorism
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Trump right now in his live address: "We're going to hit [Iran] extremely hard over the next 2 to 3 weeks, we're going to bring them back to the stone ages where they belong."
Pure savagery. And textbook genocidal: saying the Iranian people "belong" in the stone ages means he's targeting them as a people, which is the definition of genocidal intent.
That's where letting Gaza happen without consequences gets you...
Also pretty ironical to call others primitive while sounding like a barbarian king on bath salts.
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@realericmoutsos 241 marines killed in the barracks bombing are enough for me! Along with the thousands of Americans killed by them and their proxies. Oh and harboring 9/11 terrorists.
They should have been factory reset back to Persia decades ago!
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@realericmoutsos Bullshit from the start. The killing of children accusation is absolutely hypocritical. Iranian people are begging for Trumps intervention. I can’t believe this is given attention. Pity us campaign. Iranians made their plea to America so why is a tiranic gov doing this.
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#BOYCOTTUAE… OR SPEND 10 YEARS IN AN EMIRATI PRISON
Did you know that you can face up to ten years in an Emirati prison just for transiting through the country? This is why #BoycottUAE is no longer a moral imperative - it is a safety necessity.
As Iranian drones and missiles rain on the UAE as the former resists US-Israeli aggression, the UAE's carefully curated image as a "safe" global business hub has been shattered.
But in a desperate attempt to preserve that illusion, the UAE is cracking down on video footage of the country's skies through draconian cybersecurity laws that criminalise the simple act of witnessing history.
According to advocacy group Detained in Dubai, sharing, posting, or even receiving footage of Iranian drones or missiles in Emirati skies is now a one-way ticket to a desert prison.
Over 80 nationals from the Global South are behind bars for simply documenting the reality of the war. A Western passport does not offer any protection either, with approximately 70 British citizens also imprisoned and facing up to a decade in prison.
But the most dangerous aspect of the UAE's cybersecurity laws is that they also apply to actions committed outside its borders.
If you have interacted with, liked, or shared footage of the Iranian response on social media at any point in the last five years, you are a target.
This means that if your flight has a layover in Dubai, you could be pulled from the transit lounge and disappeared into one of the world's most opaque and unjust legal systems before you ever reach your destination.
It does not matter if you are an activist or a journalist. Even for a casual traveller, the UAE is a trap. Would you risk a decade in the prisons of a country that is known for torture just for a transit stop?
This is why, for the sake of safety, it is necessary to #BoycottUAE.
@venanalysis @VoxUmmah @qiaocollective @ProgIntl @blkagendareport @OrinocoTribune @KawsachunNews
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@ApacheWarProf @AjAqrabawi @Jvnior This is where many gazans came from. Would you suffer that without fighting back?

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@AjAqrabawi @Jvnior Because the world knows Gaza deserved it. Palestinians islamists murdered citizens from over 40 countries
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@realstewpeters Not just Trump. President Kamala would have done the same, but used nicer words. Two cheeks of the same arse.
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@actparty It needs to be a media commentator pointing out problems but having no regulatory power.
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𝗕𝗦𝗔 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗯: 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗵
ACT MP Laura McClure says today’s Broadcasting Standards Authority ruling shows a regulator scrambling to stay relevant by grabbing power it was never meant to have.
McClure is the sponsor of the Broadcasting (Disestablishment of Broadcasting Standards Authority) Amendment Bill.
“The BSA has taken a law written for rabbit-ear TV and tried to stretch it over podcasts and livestreams on the internet. That’s not credible, and Kiwis won’t buy it. This decision makes it clear the BSA isn’t just out of date, it’s out of control.
“The Authority is now claiming the internet counts as ‘broadcasting’. By that logic, anything online could be dragged into its net. That should concern anyone who values free speech.
“Kiwis already vote with their feet. If you don’t like something, you switch it off. We don’t need a panel in Wellington deciding what people are allowed to hear.
“What we’re seeing is a bureaucratic empire trying to expand because it knows its original job has disappeared.
“The BSA openly says its role is to limit speech. Extending that mindset to the internet is a huge step in the wrong direction.
“We already have laws for real harm like defamation and incitement. We do not need a taxpayer-funded taste police for online content.
“Taxpayers and media are footing the bill for a regulator that no longer serves a purpose.
“Millions in public money, plus levies on media outlets, all to fund a body now trying to regulate the internet. It’s hard to think of a clearer example of waste.
“This is exactly why I’ve lodged a bill to scrap the BSA, and today I'm writing to the Broadcasting Minister urging him to adopt it as Government legislation.
"The answer to a regulator that’s outlived its usefulness isn’t to give it more power. It’s to shut it down."
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Dear Rosemary,
Thank you for posting this piece explaining this important parallel to the current Iran war. But does the argument against the US/Israeli attack on Iran prove too much?
Other than isolationism and risk aversion what is the argument that America should have continued to allow a mass-murdering government which is the biggest exporter of terrorism and death around the world, and whose avowed goal for 47 years is the destruction of America and the death of Americans, to become more and more militarily powerful until it achieves deterrence invulnerability -- and then can blackmail America and the West and threaten to destroy American and European cities?
Thank you.
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This great piece by @ishaantharoor, in which I'm quoted, gets the 1956 Suez War history right and explains its echoes for the Iran War.
Increasingly I fear that Trump's massive strategic error will damage U.S. power and prestige far more than Suez hurt Britain and France.
The UK/France gambit to take the canal backfired spectacularly. The *war itself* prompted Nasser to block the canal -- the outcome the UK/Fra was trying to prevent. It heralded the final decline of Britain from great power to "has been" status.
The analogies to Trump's Iran debacle are legion. But an especially overlooked similarity is how the Suez War dramatically strengthened Nasser's power and influence throughout the region -- much like Trump how Trump's war has perversely *strengthened* the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The war has provoked an entirely predictable (in fact, predicted) nationalistic response among many Iranians -- including those who hate the regime but now hate the U.S. and Israel more for bombing universities, threatening the electric grid, and blanketing Tehran with toxic rain following the explosion at a nearby refinery.
Not only has the regime consolidated power, but it is now filled with hardliners after Israeli assassinations have killed off relative pragmatists like Ali Larijani.
Courtesy of Trump, Iran has also discovered it can paralyze oil shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and collect "tolls" in exchange for freedom of passage. Iran is now trying to institutionalize its newfound leverage, which could be a lasting unintended consequence of this foolish war.
I've argued before that Trump's Iran war is already the U.S.'s "Suez Moment" in terms of signifying U.S. strategic decline -- especially a decline in our ability to make sound national security decisions.
But the Iran War could turn out considerably worse than Suez because the US has no one to check us from our own strategic excesses. This war will unfold as badly as Trump decides to make it, and the indications are that he intends to escalate, making it worse.
Russia and China are sipping champagne while they watch the U.S. self-destruct from the sidelines.
In 1956, both the U.S. and the USSR leaned heavily on Britain and France to withdraw. The Soviets even made blatant nuclear threats to compel UK/Fra to quit Suez.
In 2026, there is no higher power. Only the U.S. itself can course-correct before making a bad situation even worse with further escalation.
But Trump's impenetrable hubris and poor decision-making don't inspire confidence that the U.S. will retrench.
@defpriorities @NewYorker
newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…
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@Robert_Patman You are a soppy leftist shill Robert.
There is no rule book for combating terrorist regimes…
Shut up
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Should New Zealand rethink its approach towards the Trump administration after the illegal US/ Israel attacks on Iran? I discussed this issue with Kevin Norquay in the Sunday Star Times:
thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360974…
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@AlinNiklad @FurkanGozukara What genocide? There are thousands of Jews living in Arab countries.
Would you watch your home and country being destroyed without fighting back?

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@FurkanGozukara Since 1948 those half billion arabs have tried to erase Israel from the map by constant military attacks.
Arabs have for 75 years tried to comit genocide but did'nt succed.
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Alex, the regime in Tehran has spent decades building nuclear sites, arming proxies, and slaughtering its own people—including thousands of protesters. These strikes target military/IRGC infrastructure that's embedded in urban areas, not random civilian homes. Iran started this escalation with attacks on Israel & the region. Trump paused power plant hits and pushed a 15-point ceasefire because he wants a deal, not endless war. Calling defensive action a 'war crime' while ignoring the mullahs' crimes against humanity is backwards. Free Iran from the regime—the people there know who's really oppressing them.
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Video of Trump delivering civilian aid to Iran released..
I reality this is a war CRIME!
Shot by a resident in Tehran the video shows the systematic destruction of civilian infrastructure and obvious mass DEATH!
Now Trump’s publicly preparing a massive ground invasion.
Welcome to a New World war….
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@RealAlexJones @Selkis_2028 Iran has been an evil threat since Carter. Time to end it.
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@TheWatcherX1 @DD_Geopolitics To give a moral base to the people's actions, rather than the terrorist actions of their enemy.
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🇮🇶🇮🇷 IRAQIS GATHER OUTSIDE SISTANI'S HOME DEMANDING A FATWA
Crowds flood the streets outside the home of Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani in Iraq chanting "Soldiers of al-Sistani!" in a direct appeal for a religious decree to join the fight alongside Iran.
Sistani's 2014 fatwa mobilized hundreds of thousands of Iraqis against ISIS, forming the Popular Mobilization Forces. Today's crowds are sending the same message, answer the call.
"Iraq today is the brother of the Iranian! No negotiations! Don't give it up!"
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@MyLordBebo Tisza having a wealth tax looks like another party fomenting base emotions to get votes.

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🇭🇺🇺🇦 Zelensky was sending the Hungarian opposition Tisza party €5MIL in cash weekly! — Tenyek, Hungarian media
Funds were sent from Nov., 2025
Total campaign was planning to receive €50MIL

Lord Bebo@MyLordBebo
🇺🇦🇭🇺 "We hope this one person [Orban] in the EU will not block €90 billion aid. Otherwise, we will give this person's address to our armed forces" — Zelensky casually threatening Hungary's Orban
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@TRHLofficial Public school is how you turn immigrants into citizens instead of colonizers.
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@eatclipsleep @Republicfwis @TheChiefNerd Some people might not like killing other people to sustain their lifestyle.

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@Republicfwis @TheChiefNerd What if the people don't want to be a superpower?
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@TheChiefNerd Has no idea of geopolitics of the situation… this isnt about just the oil… its the Abraham accords, stifling China, brics and securing energy dominance for the United States so we can remain the worlds super power for the next 100 years
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