Military Strikes on Iran Imminent

UrHuckleberry

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There are some protests. It's not widespread and they are currently being drowned out by the Iranian rallies to appreciate President Trump.
Where are the protests?

I am mainly just tired of the dichotomy of “you support these actions 100% OR you like love Iran and the Ayatollah”. It’s ridiculous. I can be against getting in the middle of another Middle East quagmire and not be pro-Iran.

Just lamenting the loss of nuance I guess. But I really haven’t seen a single protest, especially for Iran or anything, just people disagreeing with certain actions or justifications, lack of congressional involvement etc.
 
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TigerGrowls

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Where are the protests?

I am mainly just tired of the dichotomy of “you support these actions 100% OR you like love Iran and the Ayatollah”. It’s ridiculous. I can be against getting in the middle of another Middle East quagmire and not be pro-Iran.

Just lamenting the loss of nuance I guess. But I really haven’t seen a single protest, especially for Iran or anything, just people disagreeing with certain actions or justifications, lack of congressional involvement etc.
There is no nuance. TDS is real and a lot of the far left has lost it literally. I'm not saying you are that way of course.
 

scotchtiger

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I member in 2002 being told it was an asskicking... you member?

Not really. I was 18-19 and in college. I was probably partying or slipping out of some dorm in the horseshoe.

But I can look at the total air dominance, total sea dominance, complete elimination of several layers of leadership, zero aircraft shot down by Iran, etc and confidently say this is a special kind of asskicking.

And it couldn’t happen to a more deserving group. The most evil major country leadership in the world. Huge funders of terrorism. Oppressors of women. A country living in fear of terrorist leadership, desperate to be free.

The world will be a better place because of this. We should all be celebrating like the Iranians and Persians are.
 

LafayetteBear

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Lets work on helping the nation and quit having fantasies of revenge on Trump for imagined crimes bear.
Great sentiment, TG. Too bad Trump himself won't pay heed to it. His DOJ makes conservative complaints about Biden's DOJ look hilariously quaint.
 

LafayetteBear

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Judaism teaches he was a heretic and is burning in hell.
I'm not so sure about that. Judaism seems to be a bit wishy washy when it comes to both Heaven and Hell. Viz.:

Judaism does recognize concepts of an afterlife, traditionally termed Olam Ha-Ba (the World to Come), but it differs significantly from popular, eternal heaven/hell narratives. It emphasizes life on Earth, viewing the afterlife as a temporary, spiritual, and corrective process rather than eternal punishment.

Key aspects of the Jewish afterlife include:
  • Gan Eden (Heaven): Considered a place of spiritual pleasure and closeness to God where the soul is refined.
  • Gehinnom (Hell/Purgatory): Not a place of eternal damnation, but a temporary, rehabilitative period—usually lasting up to 12 months—where the soul is cleansed of sins and reflects on past actions.
  • Focus on Action: Beliefs are less focused on dogma and more on how one lives; Judaism focuses on moral actions (mitzvot) over specific, rigid afterlife expectations.
  • Diverse Views: Beliefs range from literal, traditional interpretations of reward/punishment to more mystical and modern interpretations, where heaven and hell are viewed as present, internal states of mind.
While some, particularly secular or liberal, Jewish viewpoints may not focus on a literal afterlife, the concept of a "world to come" is a part of traditional Jewish theology
 

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TigerGrowls

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Where are the protests?

I am mainly just tired of the dichotomy of “you support these actions 100% OR you like love Iran and the Ayatollah”. It’s ridiculous. I can be against getting in the middle of another Middle East quagmire and not be pro-Iran.

Just lamenting the loss of nuance I guess. But I really haven’t seen a single protest, especially for Iran or anything, just people disagreeing with certain actions or justifications, lack of congressional involvement etc.
Here's something.



#OPINION: China’s propaganda machine went into overdrive as the first U.S. and Israeli missiles started hitting Iranian targets early Saturday. In fact, China’s foreign influence operators started organizing marches in U.S. cities 10 minutes before President Donald Trump announced the operation.

The reaction involved such interest groups with ties to China as the People’s Forum, the ANSWER Coalition, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, CodePink, and, yes, the Democratic Socialists of America (which has begun to co-brand with the PSL), to name only a few. All swung into organizing street mayhem or at least condemning the attacks.

STORY: trib.al/svneoUp
 

TigerGrowls

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THE DONROE DOCTRINE JUST WENT LIVE AND IT’S A ******* MASTERCLASS IN LETHAL AMERICAN SUPREMACY.

While the world was hypnotized by bombs and headlines, President Trump dropped the hammer:

Effective IMMEDIATELY, the U.S. Development Finance Corporation is underwriting cheap political risk insurance for EVERY maritime trade route through the Persian Gulf...energy first, no exceptions.

Navy escorts through the Strait of Hormuz on standby. Free flow of oil secured by American guns, American capital, American will.

This isn’t “diplomacy".

This is the Donroe Doctrine...Trump’s iron-fisted evolution of the Monroe Doctrine, but projected across the planet’s most critical chokepoint.

No more foreign powers...Chinese proxies, Iranian fanatics, or London parasites...dictating terms in America’s economic sphere.

The Gulf isn’t their playground.

It’s our leverage.

GEOPOLITICAL KILL-SHOT BREAKDOWN:

I. China’s oil jugular sliced clean.

Beijing sucks down 90% of Iran’s crude exports...discounted barrels paid in yuan under their pathetic BRICS de-dollarization fantasy.

Hormuz carries the lifeblood of their economy. Disrupt that artery with Houthi/Iranian threats and insurance rates explode?

Trump just nationalized the insurance game.

U.S. guarantees at “reasonable prices” flood the market, Lloyd’s of London...those smug UK globalists who own 40% of marine war-risk coverage...get eviscerated.

China’s 20% oil lifeline? Starved.

Their refineries scramble, their stockpiles burn faster, their “unlimited partnership” with Tehran turns into a noose.

II. Pathology exposed.

The CCP’s entire strategy is built on parasitic dependency...gobble cheap sanctioned oil from failing states, launder it through shadow fleets, fund global chaos...hello, campus riots and proxy militias...while pretending they’re a superpower.

This doctrine reveals the rot:

Xi’s regime is one energy spike away from domestic implosion.

Their people already seethe under zero-growth hell.

Watch the psychological fracture...panic buying, internal purges, the “peaceful rise” lie collapsing as their economy chokes on American terms.

That’s not strategy; that’s the pathology of a paper tiger addicted to other people’s oil.

III. War by other means...pure Sun Tzu with American teeth.

No endless occupations.

No trillion-dollar nation-building. Just precision dominance:

Underwrite the risk, escort the tankers, control the insurance premiums, and pocket billions while adversaries bleed revenue.

Iran’s threats? Neutered.

Houthis? Starved of relevance.

Russia and China’s non-dollar schemes? Dead on arrival...because tankers still need U.S.-backed security to move.

This is hybrid warfare at its apex: military muscle meets economic strangulation, all while restoring U.S. energy leverage and pricing out foreign middlemen.

The old order is pathology incarnate...British insurers profiteering off chaos they can’t fix, Chinese communists weaponizing dependency, Iranian theocrats hiding behind proxies.

Trump sees it. He doesn’t negotiate with weakness.

He exploits it.

Donroe Doctrine in one sentence:

The world’s energy arteries run through American-controlled waters now...or they don’t run at all.

China is reeling. The UK is sidelined. Iran is isolated. America is back...ferocious, lethal, and in total control.

This is what winning looks like when a real leader wields power without apology.

🗡️💀🦅🗡️