Iran Crisis & the 2026 War between Iran and the United States, Gulf States, and Israel - Please focus on news and coverage, not argumentation.

Until we kill at least 51 sand popes, duh.
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Evil, imperialist, wrong Color Revoltions: People turning out in great numbers to be very angry that they will be losing their high-paying jobs because the leader was forced to reneg on agreements because the guy who puppets him is mad his puppet might slip its strings.
Maybe not evil but very gay indeed.
 
First, when you don't have pond scum IQ its not hard to synthesize this information and clown on retards.

Second, railing you mom might not be a traditional job but that's no reason to be rude.

I don't think people understand national elections in the United States. Moderates intentionally vote for whatever maintains the status quo regardless of anything going on. However, they also make sure to prevent 1 party from continuously winning elections and taking over. When a new president is getting elected after the 2nd term of the previous guy, moderates will elect the other party's guy and give that party control over the House and Senate. Then they moderate that party in the first midterm election by voting against it for Reps and Senators. Then they'll re-elect the same president to preserve the status quo and the cycle continues. Its all about preventing either party from having long-term dominance while also keeping the status quo going.

So George H. W. Bush was lucky to get elected due to non-moderate voters overpowering moderates but the moderates made sure he'd be 1-party president in order to stop the Republican party from staying in power much longer. They then replaced Clinton with GWB and replaced him with Obama. Its all about keeping everything in balance.
Are you fucking high?

VP Bush was seen as a continuation of the glory years of Regan. No, Bush Sr. Lost his 2nd run because Perot peeled off his moderates. Clinton was democrat from a red area and had good charisma, and was running on reducing government spending and reducing our foreign adventures now that communism was collapsing. Clinton talked a good game to US industrial base as well.

Clinton hoped to try the same trick Bush Sr. had pulled off with Gore, but his personal scandals, Hildawgs costly and retarded initiatives, decision to get us into even more global conflicts than Regan made him vulnerable, but most importantly the DotCom bubble burst about 6 months before the election - that's what fucked Gore. And even then he almost pulled off a win.

John Edwards having a side chick he knocked up is why we got 8 years of Dubya.
 
Reminder that the Iranian Regime and their IRCG (I think i got the letters right?) are/were not just radical Shia Muslims but another reason they needed to be removed is the variant of Shia Islam they believe in a variety of it that is completely and utterly insane: A sub branch of Twelver Islam (Twelver Islam believes in a Hidden Imam,the Mahdi) which is of a Mahddist ideology. A core tenet of this ideology is that the Mahdi's appearance will be preceded by global chaos, violence, and war. And they specifically wanted to create chaos to create the conditions that would bring back the Mahdi aka they deliberately believe in working toward bringing an apocalypse is a sacred duty
 

"The Israeli Air Force has carried out strikes on the two Hezbollah buildings in the Haret Hreik area of Beirut’s Dahiya district.Since the IDF gave warning not to harm civilians, you can see the guy taking the video was ready for the shot."
 
Well, what would the Euros even do in response? Send a strongly worded letter? Outside of France and maybe Britain, none of them have the capacity to hit back at Iran directly.
Some analysis from my Iranian friend:
He thinks the western air strikes today are preparing for the Kurds to take over as confirmed by recent reports. He says Azeris, Gilakis, Lurs, and Mazanis are in that region. One issue of concern he expressed is the Azeris are staunch enemies of the Kurds which could get messy if they start shooting at each other instead of the IRGC.
Personally, I think it's highly foolish to put the liberation effort in the hands of what are essentially separatist movements. Especially with the Kurds, as they'll just use the regime's collapse as an excuse to officially set up their would be break-away nation, which in turn Turkey will use as an excuse to intervene and invade. It'll make this whole situation even more of a clusterfuck than it already is.
 
Personally, I think it's highly foolish to put the liberation effort in the hands of what are essentially separatist movements. Especially with the Kurds, as they'll just use the regime's collapse as an excuse to officially set up their would be break-away nation, which in turn Turkey will use as an excuse to intervene and invade. It'll make this whole situation even more of a clusterfuck than it already is.
I don't disagree with you, and the #1 contender to take over if the revolution succeeds has stated over and over Iran's territorial integrity is not up for debate/compromise.

But counter point:
-Kurds have proven themselves reliable in Iraq and Syria.
-Its possible the negotiations are about ensuring weapons and supplies can reach anti-government forces should a civil war be necessary.
Additionally:
The Kurds occupy a mountainous region in Iran's Northwest. The are proven fighters with a long history of beefing with the Mullah. Any US ground-support action is likely to start in the south where the USN can support; things will be harder in the north with Turkey being Steadfast Allies and not allowing their territory to be used.
By arming the kurds now, you prevent loyalist forces from trying to enter the mountains and consolidate, and cut off supplies from sympathizers coming in via Turkey.
 
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