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US military has launched 'major combat operations' in Iran - Trump

Trump says the US military has launched “major combat operations” in Iran, saying the country had attempted to rebuild its nuclear programme.

Edit: Gift link to the NYT live coverage

Edit2: updated headline

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[–] pet1t@lemmy.world 100 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He literally called for Israel to attack Iran first so that it would be easier for the US to support them. That was yesterday, I believe? Dude's been calling an attack on Iran for days now

[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 25 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Gotta claim a state of emergency somehow. How else is he gonna stop the election?

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (3 children)

Honestly, this feels like a good thing for democracy (or at least the illusion of a democracy we have in the US), in a roundabout way.

If the US military is stuck in an Iranian quagmire, it becomes harder to use it to terrorize citizens on the domestic front. I wish they'd send the donut eaters from ICE to the front.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

i do not think this will stop them from attacking the statesian citizenry, i think it merely opens a new front in the war on civilians

[–] hector@lemmy.today 8 points 18 hours ago

Not really, when we are at war the rah rah crowd that believes these pieces of shit gives them more leeway, and is less likely to buck on something like pretti's execution.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 40 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That's his only good characteristic: how dumb and transparent he is.

[–] pet1t@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yeah, gotta hand it to him

and yet I'm always a strange mix between dumbstruck, surprised and unsurprised

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 4 points 22 hours ago

it's the Mr. Magoo of politics. It's bewildering to witness.

[–] rayyy@piefed.social 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Dunno, look at the Trump-Epstein-gate cover-up.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, imagine if they were smart how much more they could have hidden.

[–] highjayhawk@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

The ones making the most money are smart enough that you don’t know about them.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And yet, some people still think he's playing 4D chess