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The big picture: The U.S. has helped Israel intercept missiles, but made clear Israel is acting alone in attacking Iran. The U.S. message is that if Iran attacks Americans in response, it will be crossing a red line.

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[–] possumparty@lemm.ee 86 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Ah, so we're going to see a false flag any day now, got it.b

[–] joekar1990@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Either going to be the Nimitz since it's going to be decommissioned or LA since he's got national guard and marines there already.

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

And these people are incompetent so it'll almost immediately be apparent

[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Someone has been sounding the alarm that a false flag attack is planned for a few days now

[–] dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Among others but I think that's the original source

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago

That's a bingo

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 months ago

We might get another USS Liberty incident to try to fool the US it was attacked by Israel's enemies.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 5 points 8 months ago

Why bother... Does the truth even matter at this point?

[–] SlothMama@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Truthfully I've been hearing murmurs of false flag for this month specifically, so I'm expecting this. I've been hearing this for weeks, for June specifically.

[–] CocaineShrimp@lemm.ee 29 points 8 months ago

And so the US sends a fuck tonne of planes and troops eastward just to make it a little easier to be "accidentally" dragged into WW3

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

And the word of Trump and his flunkies is worth what, exactly?

[–] CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 months ago

Could totally see this as just laying the ground work; placing American soldiers in obvious danger, practically begging for retaliatory fire, then when (not if) anything happens… they claim justification

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago
[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It was totally fine all those times Israel targeted Americans though... Just sayin'

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 8 points 8 months ago

Good thing there isn't a place full of settlers with other nationalities many of whom are dual-american citizens nearby there. That could get dangerous

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 8 points 8 months ago

There's probably a few Palestinian Americans still left in Gaza, Isreal would be happy to sacrifice some or all in the name of war

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So the long history of Israel targeting American citizens means what then?

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 8 months ago

Real friends let each other genocide a bit, OK?

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 months ago

"Trump does not speak with precision."

[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So... is that why you are surrounding Iran on all borders? Are they hoping that Iran messes up and hits them by getting in front of their rockets?

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

False flag attack he then blames on Iran is my biggest fear, and seems pretty likely.

[–] atticus88th@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Don't even need a false flag attack. Israel will probably just kill a couple U.S. sailors then Trump will ask Netanyahu what he can do to help.

[–] Alexander@sub.community 3 points 8 months ago

The war enthusiast is pretending :)