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Ramadan War: From domestic Iranian Protests to US and Israel Bombing Iranians

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Ubiquitin, Dec 29, 2025.

  1. DaDakota

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    Really, it was a beachhead and staging area if war broke out in the Middle East, we don’t need that anymore.

    DD
     
  2. Ottomaton

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    The reason we got involves with Israel in the first place is that the Soviets sold weapons to Egypt.

    Once that happened JFK started selling Hawk AA missile systems to Israel in 1962, and it took off from there.

    The US was very much about not chosing one side or the other prior to that. Every decision the US made on Israel in the 1950s was about staying a neutral 3rd Party.

    In the late 1940s, a bunch of Americans were arrested and tried for, among other things, selling war surplus bombers to Israel (b-29's I think?).

    In the 50's/60's, once the Soviets got involved, the US reflexively without much real thought chose to support the other side anywhere in the world. We kind of stumbled or were pushed into our initial military support for Isreal.
     
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    I don’t know what the off-ramp is, but there needs to be one. This war really sucks. It hasn’t solved anything and has already created new, bigger threats. Iran may now pursue a nuclear bomb just to survive. It could also lift its self-imposed ballistic missile limit of about 2000 km, eventually reaching Europe and maybe even farther.

    They’re already using the economy as a weapon, cutting off oil transiting through the Strait of Hormuz to pressure the world and the U.S.

    If there’s no off-ramp, how does the U.S. handle this? Prolonged war with boots on the ground? It’s a mess that keeps getting worse.
     
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  4. Ottomaton

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    Its pretty clear Donald, who doen't read or care what anybody else has learned from experience, thought he had "war" totally figured out and this was going to be Venezuela 2.0 and he was going to have a neatly wrapped up good little obedient client state in Iran by now, and he had not given a single thought about contengency planning.
     
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    What r****ded point are you trying to make.


    That has never been the case. The partnership was based mostly on culture and political lobbying. Israel although not exactly the same has a closer culture than anything else in the region. Our alliances with the Arab states is mostly based on mutual economic interest but we have little in common with them otherwise.
     
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    Okay, meme guys. I have a challenge, replace Vader's head with Trump's and Obi Wan face with the former Ayatollah.
     
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    I think trump thought he could do a few days of bombing, claim victory and then do a victory lap with his team. It seems Iran is locked in and wanting to have American boots on the ground, you can only hit so many targets from the sky. What's the next logical step? trump has the attention span of a 2-year-old and will quickly tire of this because they won't surrender (it appears)

    at the end of the day what did this accomplish as we were told last year that they destroyed their nuclear program...............I guess when BiBi tells us were good, then we can get out, BiBi is a pimp and trump is his most valuable HO

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    The draft dodger trying to be macho.
     
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    There is nothing macho about him. The guy is just a grown up spoiled brat who has been pampered and catered to his whole life because his daddy had money. Can you even picture him doing any type of physical labor? I bet he's never even taken out the trash, mowed the yard, or changed a tire, let alone done any type of maintenance or repaired anything that was broke. Now he's just a crazy old man in a suit spewing threats because he has secret service protecting him and a military with a brown shirt leading them more than ready to blow away anyone he chooses.
     
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    Let’s hear it for our heroes. The mightiest military on earth. You woke shiiheads in here can go suck a donkey…yeah that’s you Baghdad Bob and that confused deb chic who claims that she’s a vet but got infected with TDS.
     
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    one assumes you know this photo is from 2020.
     
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    The woke shiitheads in here are going out of their way to root for us to fail. I have bad news for you losers, we have already won. This is what happened when you hate someone so much that it is distorting all of your reality.

    King Trump is the new ruler of the world now and there isn’t a single thing you rhesus monkeys can do about it except to submit to the king.
     
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  16. tinman

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    Would you let her take care of your cat or dog ?
     
  17. CrixusTheUndefeatedGaul

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    Oh hell no. That’s a negative breh. Lol
     
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  19. tinman

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    She might transgender your pets
     
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    That dude was lame and part of the establishment. There is only one king now and that is king Trump to you.
     

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