Iran Catch-All | US-Iran talks begin

[mpaer]

Bibi is such a fucking prick.

Too bad General Westmoreland isn't still around to advise him

 

[gtyellowjacket]

I have no intention of getting involved in the merits of this dispute, other than to hope for the least possible loss of life, but I am exceptionally grateful for the opportunity to test our anti-ABM systems, which seem to be coming along very well.

True that. Amazing really. They've had iron dome for a while which shoots down rockets from surrounding countries. Basically artillery. But shooting down ballistic missiles is a whole different kettle of fish.

 

[uncsig]

True that. Amazing really. They've had iron dome for a while which shoots down rockets from surrounding countries. Basically artillery. But shooting down ballistic missiles is a whole different kettle of fish.

Good grief, gt. Did you double post this response when you saw your identical post ended up being the last post on the previous page?

 

[RaiGuy]

I’m surprised there is no outcry about Israel using human shields. Mossad headquarters is in a densely populated area of Tel Aviv

 

[gtyellowjacket]

Good grief, gt. Did you double post this response when you saw your identical post ended up being the last post on the previous page?

Yep. My bad

 

[RaiGuy]

Lebanon, Syria, and Iran have also bombed Israel in the past few years. I find it interesting that you always seem to be quick to justify the actions of whatever entity (or terrorist group) is attacking Israel.

Israel attacked first, but it’s ok because Israel was preemptively defending itself.

 

[2ManyBlueCups]

Israel attacked first, but it’s ok because Israel was preemptively defending itself.

Israel didn’t attack first. Hezbollah has been launching missiles into Israel for quite some time. Iran has been launching attacks via proxies.

 

[Geisterfahrer]

In 2024, wanting mass quantities of people to die because they don’t believe a certain way to only tied to one extreme of one religion.

Say what?

 

[RaiGuy]

Israel didn’t attack first. Hezbollah has been launching missiles into Israel for quite some time. Iran has been launching attacks via proxies.

I’m not going to keep going back and forth with you. You can keep believing their propaganda.

I remember I was visiting Beirut in 2002 and Israel was flying jets setting off sonic booms to try and scare people. They’ve been the bullies for years but always play the victim to the terrorists when in actuality, they’ve killed way more civilians in that region than anyone else.

 

[2ManyBlueCups]

I’m not going to keep going back and forth with you. You can keep believing their propaganda.

I remember I was visiting Beirut in 2002 and Israel was flying jets setting off sonic booms to try and scare people. They’ve been the bullies for years but always play the victim to the terrorists when in actuality, they’ve killed way more civilians in that region than anyone else.

So you support Hezbollah and Iran? I mean you have essentially stated as much already. Why not just embrace it?

 

[sringwal]

You both have such disingenuous takes. It’s exhausting .

 

[RaiGuy]

So you support Hezbollah and Iran? I mean you have essentially stated as much already. Why not just embrace it?

You have reading comprehension issues.

Let me play your game. So, you hate Iran?? Why are you an Islamophobe??

 

[2ManyBlueCups]

You have reading comprehension issues.

Let me play your game. So, you hate Iran?? Why are you an Islamophobe??

Well, that wasn’t a no…

 

[wmheel1287]

You both have such disingenuous takes. It’s exhausting .

Agreed

 

[RaiGuy]

You both have such disingenuous takes. It’s exhausting .

What do you mean?

 

[Mundial]

CNN just showed what looked to be cylindrical objects hitting the ground in Israel and exploding, about 6-7 or so, and they all looked the same. That did not appear to be shrapnel. If that is correct, it appears at least some of Iran's missiles impacted on Israeli territory.

 

[TarSpiel]

You both have such disingenuous takes. It’s exhausting .

The relative disingenuousness of their takes are not remotely comparable

 

[Caribou]

 

[TarSpiel]

I’m not going to respond to BattBoy’s dumb point because I know his position on this is unmovable. Curious to hear from you what makes you think this conflict is about religion?

The Houthis, Hezbollah, and Iran have all said that their attacks on Israel are directly because of Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank.

I agree with you...it's not about religion. It's about land, money and power.

 

[Caribou]

This is about settler colonialism, not religion.

I understand why critics of Israel want to ignore the Islamist ideologies of Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah which drive basically everything they do because it's an inconvenient aspect of the "Israel bad" mantra, but just because you ignore it doesn't mean it isn't true. Likewise, the settler movement is also based around the beliefs of Jewish Supremacists, who distort their religion as a way to give themselves permission to use violence for their ultimate goal of ethnically cleansing all Arabs from Palestine.

To say what's happening in the region (and what's been happening for hundreds of years) isn't about religion is just nonsensical.