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JohnT's avatar

I don't believe much, but the rumour that Trump doesn't read, I can believe.

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Pietro Wislon's avatar

God save America from Zionists ( both jewish and christian)!

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Sim1776's avatar

'Twas a good read, Mr. Barbarian!

One thing people fail to understand seems to be that Jews have factions too. A significant portion are Atheist Bolsheviks and at the other end are Yahwehist Zionists. Now most of the Zionists are in Israel but wield influence through the Christian Zionists and Dispensationalism. The Atheists are the Diaspora largely and make their presence known by the dysgenic groups/ideologies that they support.

My money is on the Iranians having a bomb already or in the process of acquiring one. It would make sense with performative bombings and retaliation over the weekend. One person noted that the Iranians received concessions from Trump while the Israelis only got a cessation in an ass whipping.

I don't see a solution for Gaza except the Israelis tossing Bibi and his corrupt coalition out of power. Be a shame if Bibi dies in prison. I may shed a tear...NOT!

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Shagbark's avatar

Is there a subtle implication in your statement that religious Jews are Zionists and atheists are peaceful? Sure seems like it.

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Sim1776's avatar

Have you ever known Bolsheviks to be peaceful? The Russian Revolution. The Bavarian Revolt. Here in the US, it's much more of an infiltration operation. Would you call undermining a society with gay race communism a good thing?

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

Gay race communism is not a good thing because it's not a thing at all. None of that ID politics or transgender shit is Marxist in any sense that Marx would recognize.

He'd call it bourgeois distractive rationalization or something.

I know there were people who called themselves Marxists who started a lot of this garbage back in academia back in the 70s because I was there, and there was a lot of effort by people like Rupert Murdoch to paint everything left with that brush. The transgender thing the ultimate ick factor when it comes to American politics.

It's like in Risky Business: "It's all bullshit, Joel." But it's not Marxist.

Perhaps I should call myself a classical Marxist. I think Marx analyzed capitalism correctly, I find his dialectical materialism very useful when it comes to the material world of money and power, but I would have been with Emma Goldman if and when she told Zinoviev, "If I can't dance, then to hell with your Revolution!"

And, if memory serves, the Russian Bolsheviks weren't exactly tolerant of gay people, much less any of the other initials.

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Kaveh Ahangar's avatar

The IR dictatorship is a de facto Western-backed pawn. The utter pointlessness of this recent war proves it. All for show, and to preserve the status quo

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Sim1776's avatar

I think this is highly likely with how the American strike and the Iranian counterstrike were highly orchestrated. The Greater Israel Project will proceed

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Kaveh Ahangar's avatar

The Zionist and Khomeinist regimes pursue the same strategy: distract from domestic crime and failure with foreign wars. Sometimes they butt heads, but usually they keep it mutually reinforcing.

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

That's why I said it was choreographed. This whole thing was an act, like Trump was going for great TV ratings or something.

I wouldn't be surprised if that's how somebody sold it to the schmuck, either.

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David Lentz's avatar

According to the Council on Foreign Relations the empire must have kinetic war with China this year ie 2025

So only 6 months left

The lackeys Trump and Hegseth need to step up the pace

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

Yeah, let's wage war on the country that makes most of our stuff! THAT will help the economy!

Right into a Great Depression. Russell Dobular had a point when he called the Trump Administration a government of criminals and crackpots.

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Kaveh Ahangar's avatar

Iran regime change was never on the table, so the whole nuclear weapon controversy is a charade.

The main objective is to keep the Khamenei theocracy in power and Iran weak, much like the British and Russians propped up the unpopular Qajar dynasty in the 19th century.

A strong, free Iran means higher oil prices and neighboring Arabs starting to demand democracy for themselves again. These things must he prevented at all costs.

Our solidarity remains with the Iranian people, not their de facto Western-backed dictatorship.

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

If you are correct, then the US Empire succeeded brilliantly! There's nothing like bombing civilians and calling for regime change to make the surviving civilians rally around the flag of the regime which you want changed. The theocratic state has more popular support now than it's had in years, I bet.

All I know is that if I were in the Iranian government, ANY Iranian government, I'd make like North Korea and develop a nuclear weapon ASAP.

Eventually the US Empire will collapse, and so will the current Iranian regime(I've known too many Iranians not to have faith in the Iranian people and one of the oldest cultures on the planet), but in the meantime MAD is the best friend Iran can have.

Then, if they're really serious about nuclear weapons being frowned upon by Allah, they can offer to disarm if Israel does.

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Kaveh Ahangar's avatar

From our contacts on the ground in Iran - dozens of people - no one is rallying around any flags. They’re simply exhausted with a gang of thugs who won’t allow them to live normal lives.

As triumphal as Khamenei’s statements have been, I believe we’re now seeing his state at its weakest since the early 80s. And then of course there’s the fact that he’s older every day, at a spry 86. When he's gone, all heaven breaks loose.

The IR currently can't guarantee the safety of a single 'general' or nuclear scientist, much less make useable bombs. They're also no more serious about 'Allah' than the Zionists are about 'Yahweh'

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

OK. I have no way to independently confirm that, but thanks for the info. I’m pretty ignorant of internal Iranian politics.

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MrMickeysMom's avatar

Don't bet that social security check, OB... The MIC surely is full force until everyone wakes up. Inflation, as you surely know, is higher than the government says it is. I suspect that inflation will go much, much higher unless the credit market collapses and we enter deflation, where we'll get to see Trump's big beautiful retreat from all the U.S. wars we've created.

What do you think that surviving kitten should be named, or IS named?

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

Oh, please gods, bring on deflation! The last time that happened it was people on fixed incomes--mostly teachers and civil servants at the time--who made out very well. Bankers relying on credit debt being paid are the ones who get clobbered by a deflation.

Which is why they tell us it is so horrible that it is literally unthinkable, much less printable.

As for the kitty, I don't know. Cal the Lucky?

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MrMickeysMom's avatar

Lucky Meowchiani! Deflation would actually be better in the long run, but there's gonna be some pain... I'd live to talk about it later, if we entered deflation, my friend.

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Jack McCord's avatar

Also:

Israel demands Iran hand over the enriched uranium that was 'obliterated.'

- Leaked DIA assessment confirms BDA analysts' skepticism on X (Armchair Warlord,

Will Schryver, Simplicius, Thomas Keith). Iran's fictional nuke program set back by only

months, meaning Iran's still just 'months away' from the nuke that it would now be suicidal

not to make and still has the means to.

- Caveat: 'Thomas Keith' X acct may be an anti-Israel psy-op. IRGC? China?

Trump is big mad re 30,000-lb DIA leak that obliterated his obliteration. IF WE'RE VERY LUCKY, the performative strike disarmed domestic Zionists. Bizarre, endless 'Free Bibi' tweet on Truth Social? Hopefully also performative jiu-jitsu. But ... Trump & 'jiu jitsu'? Ugghhh.

Good rundown here, as always: https://sonar21.com/israel-suffered-extensive-damage/

Iranians are celebrating victory in the streets. Israelis not so much. IDF would do well to stage counter-victory celebrations in less-damaged areas, but may have bigger fish to fry.

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

Take a look at Tel Aviv before-and-after pictures. It's impossible for the Israeli government to hide the fact that they got shellacked from a public that was there for the shellacking.

Where IS Netanyahu, anyway? In Israel, or still living in isolated luxury in Greece? It's a wonder he's still in power.

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