• A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
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    3 hours ago

    What a circus.

    One thing I don’t understand: shouldn’t it have been extremely easy to foresee that Iran controling the Strait of Hormuz gives them an unbeatable advantage because oil?

    I also wonder what impact this will have on human and esp. women’s rights violations in Iran, long term. Something tells me this is just what they needed to crack down on Western depravity even more.

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      35 minutes ago

      My understanding is that the whole strategy rested on that initial strike that killed Khamenei would incite the Iranian people to rise up and overthrow the government before they could blockade the Strait

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      My understanding is that the whole strategy rested on that initial strike that killed Khamenei would incite the Iranian people to rise up and overthrow the government before they could blockade the Strait

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      1 hour ago

      Yes, there’s a reason Biden didn’t take the bait from Israel before Trump. Thing is Trump kind of has to listen to Israel to protect himself from consequences so he wasn’t going to tell them no.

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        48 minutes ago

        Trump kind of has to listen to Israel to protect himself from consequences

        I saw people arguing this a few times now and I don’t understand. Could someone parse it for me?