US and Israel attack Iran.
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It does. And most first world countries seem at least begrudgingly in favor of the strikes.
I'm saddened to hear this morning if the loss of 3 US troops.
This will also signifcantly weaken both Russia and China, as it's been Iran that's given Russia the drones and drone technology they've used against Ukraine, and it's also been Iran that has been supplying China with much of its oil.
"... in neighborhoods across Tehran, the capital, pockets of exuberance emerged. In video calls with The New York Times, three residents of Tehran showed the scenes unfolding in their neighborhoods: Large crowds of men and women dancing and cheering, shouting, “Woohoo, hurrah.” Drivers passing by honked their car horns. Fireworks lit up the sky and loud Persian dance music filled the streets. Many residents, from their windows and balconies, joined in a chant of “freedom, freedom.”
Sara, a 53-year-old resident of Tehran, who like others interviewed asked that her last name not be used for fear of retaliation, said in a phone call that when she heard on the news that Ayatollah Khamenei had been killed, she let out a scream and jumped up and down. Her husband started pacing and they hugged, she said.
“Then we bolted outside and shouted from the top of our lungs and laughed and danced with our neighbors,” Sara said. Just a month ago, she, her husband and daughter were among protesters who took to the streets in an uprising against the government. Security forces beat her and her husband with batons and sprayed tear gas in their eyes, she said.
Ayatollah Khamenei, who had the final say in all government decisions in Iran, personally ordered security forces to use lethal force against protesters in January, leading to a massacre that rights groups say killed at least 7,000 people, with numbers expected to rise.
“Khamenei went to hell,” one man shouted from his rooftop on Saturday, according to a video posted on BBC Persian.
For families whose loved ones were killed or jailed under Ayatollah Khamenei, the news felt cathartic, many said. Dr. Mohsen Assadi Lari, a former senior official in the Iranian Ministry of Health, lost his son and daughter, both in their early 20s, when Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps shot down a Ukrainian Airlines passenger plane in 2020. On Saturday, he posted photographs of his children on his social media page with a message about freedom: “We will endure the winter, spring is near.”
Iranians Take to Streets to Celebrate Khamenei’s Death - The New York Times
We will see how it goes but odds are weapons manufacturers and DOD contractors are gonna make money hand over fist and our populace is going to pay the fiscal bill. A lot of innocent people will pay the human bill. It will be what, 2050 when we have finished paying the interest on the debt from Iraq 2.0? We’re dropping 40ish million a day right now for this. The regime was without a doubt bad news and needed to change. Ends don’t always justify the means. I’ve real reservations as to whether our admin has truly thought this out and there is a legitimate plan in place based on the conflicting information from Gov officials in leadership positions. Shoot first and aim later is their typical MO. Looks and feels an awful lot like the tail wagging the dog. I could be totally wrong though, wouldn’t be the first or last time. Only thing to do is see how it plays out and hope for the best yet my optimism wanes easily. We don’t have a good track record for stabilizing countries/regions.
“War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious".
"It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives".
S D Butler
“War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious".
"It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives".
S D Butler
Going to unlock this because the Iran war is obviously a massive world event and can be discussed here. However, the rule against political posts will still be in effect, so keep that in mind.
WAR, …Edwin Star
” it ain’t nothing but a heartbreaker
friend only to the undertaker
Peace, love, and understanding, tell me
is there no place for them today ?
they say we must fight to keep our freedom,
Lord knows there’s got to be a better way
say it, say it, say it
WAR (huh), good God y’all
what is it good for…
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING “
” it ain’t nothing but a heartbreaker
friend only to the undertaker
Peace, love, and understanding, tell me
is there no place for them today ?
they say we must fight to keep our freedom,
Lord knows there’s got to be a better way
say it, say it, say it
WAR (huh), good God y’all
what is it good for…
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING “
