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Folks, CALM DOWN, this is still in the workshopping phase ok? First we bomb them, then we workshop WHY we bombed them, do you not understand the plan!?

Democrats, predictably, were apoplectic. “There was no imminent threat to the United States of America by the Iranians,” said Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, who had received classified briefings from Rubio. “There was a threat to Israel. If we equate a threat to Israel as the equivalent of an imminent threat to the United States, then we are in uncharted territory.”


Meanwhile somewhere below decks on the Titanic 11:45 PM (ship's time) on April 14, 1912

Well, if we were to equate the threat of icebergs to an imminent threat to our ship, then we would be in uncharted territory! - a well dressed crew member with an officer's hat calmly explains to a passenger.


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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Of the analysis I've listened to over the past days about the war in Iran, I never heard the pundits and journalists mention Epstein.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Its kinda why they did it. This sort of tactic has in the past worked for Trump when he needed to change the news cycle away from something damaging to him. It definitely works to derail mainstream coverage of corporate news.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Going to be a long ass war then. The moment this wraps up we will be right back to Epstein.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I mean we were in afghanistan for 20 years. We're still in Iraq. Idk I forsee this being the first 100 years war.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I've heard they are purchasing a big spinning wheel and suggestions are now being collected to place on the wheel board. Trump will give it a final spin later today and whatever it falls on his cronies will align with.

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 84 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

This is easy one: Trump went to war to get the fact he's child rapist off the front page.

This evil man is just fine murdering Americans to divert attention from his crimes.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 10 points 2 days ago

Bibi has the kompromat.

If Bibi has a problem, Trump has a problem.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 57 points 3 days ago (6 children)

The reason is, and I'll bet a lot of money on this: an LLM told them to.

[–] Wammityblam@lemmy.world 77 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Not quite. Israel told them to.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 35 points 3 days ago (4 children)

You're both wrong.

It's because it's a distraction from Epstein. You're not talking about how trump rapes children. If we go to war, that becomes the focus. No longer putting pressure on trump over how trump rapes children. See, I have to keep typing trump rapes children, because society seems to have the memory of a goldfish, and have forgotten that trump rapes children.

Now, view every action he's done since taking office, and underatand understand that EVERYTHING is a distraction from trump raping children.

Now don't forget this time, ok?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It’s because it’s a distraction from Epstein. You’re not talking about how trump rapes children.

I believe we're now talking about how he murders children

[–] e0qdk@reddthat.com 16 points 3 days ago

I believe we're now talking about how he murders children

Unfortunately, yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minab_school_airstrike

[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Does he murder the children before or after he rapes them?

It's both, isn't it

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

None of you are wrong, this is multiple levels of stupid. The dictator wants a war so he can cancel elections, the other even more genocidal dictator wants more genocide so they cook up a plan. These morons shop it to the white supremacist running the department of WAR, and he gets a raging jesus boner at the idea. So they all sit down and ask mecha-hitler for a plan..

That’s where we are.

[–] Wammityblam@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I get the sentiment, but war is worse than obvious pedophiles trying and failing to hide their crimes

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[–] synae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 days ago

"Actually, Israelis"

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[–] chaotic_ugly@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

You actually blew my mind here. It never occurred to me that they might actually use ChatGPT to run the country. I was thinking unmanned drones, data combing/surveillance.

🤯🤯

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But nothing extraordinary has happened. Just the US started war in the middle east. Happens every 10 or so years

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 10 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Bush spent months trying to convince the world that invading Iraq was justified.

Trump didn't even do that.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago

The Trump War Evading Epstein (TWEE) with no way of telling if we're "winning" or "losing." I'm pretty sure we're losing if we're blowing up elementary schools.

[–] VinegarChunks@lemmus.org 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you state reasons for doing something that gives everyone a thing to look at to see if you are succeeding or failing.

Trump is, above all else, a master in marketing. He has complete confidence that, through marketing skills, he will be able to take credit for anything good that comes, and all failures can be either ignored or blamed on someone else.

But stating reasons up front makes it harder to do this.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

also gives them a totally arbitrary goal so they can keep going or withdraw whenever. we don't know if this will be 6 days, 6 weeks, or 6 months because there are no clear objectives to accomplish

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Why not open source this work to the gig economy? They should have some sort of contrivance contest for whoever can construct the most realistic bullshit excuse for why the US went to war. Winner gets paid for a day and a bag of onions.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The causus belli is probably somewhere in the Epstein files, let's all check them thoroughly!

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

The thing is if these bombings are supposed to be distracting everyone from the tRUMP-Epstein files then why is it called Operation Epstein War?

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago

They are trying to cause an attack on American soil.

Why? Trump has been very clear about his unhinged plan to use martial law as an excuse to scuttle the midterms. The domestic strategies have repeatedly failed, so now he’s going for a 9/11 10/7 gambit.

Americans, you need to take out your political trash now or get out of the country. Gilead is coming.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago

They bombed Iran to get people to forget that Trump and his circle are mass-scale slavers, child rapists, and traitorous foreign agents.

[–] DragonAce@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well they could just tell the truth and admit it was to distract from the Epstein files.

"Operation Epstein Distraction"

[–] Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Project: Epstein Distraction Operation

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Well, there's the standard authoriarian reason: "Because Dear Leader felt like it."

In this case, it's the only reason, with the reason behind the reason being "Because MBS and Netanyahu wanted it."

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They gave a reason, it's just stupid.

Rubio said it was a preemptive strike to preempt their strike after the Israeli preemptive strike.

Kinda WW1 logic.

Further proof trump and the republicans haven’t had an original thought in decades.

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[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Wasn't it because he is anointed by Jesus to be the herald of his second cumming?

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Epitome of "shoot first, as questions later".

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[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Unsanctioned military operation. Not war. Illegal command from a compromised POTUS doing the work of his master.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

That just seems like semantics. It seems pretty fair to call country A bombing the shit out of country B and killing its leader an act of war.

I think a lot of my fellow Americans find it easy to not think of as a "war" because they see no risk of Iran attacking the continental US. They'll just send their thoughts and prayers to whoever deployed over there catches the bullets.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's unfortunately not illegal, but he only has 60 days.

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[–] borQue@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

of course there's something in it which brings in money to the Government. The orange poostainlicker cannot do anything else.

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

There was an article saying it was for religious reasons, military people calling in to a hotline they have to say they were told orders were sanctioned by god or something similar.

I'm not religious (do know a fair but of what pre high school kids tends to learn) but according to the old testament the Christian God(well all same God for participants technically unless I'm misunderstanding my theology) doesn't need help if he wants to wipe out people.

Imagine saying you're on a holy war because Trump says so? That sounds wild even for some of the out there comedies.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Its possible for different people in the same administration to have different motives to do something they both want to do.

I doubt trump is religious at all in any way shape or form. The others though...

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[–] Arancello@aussie.zone 6 points 3 days ago

america is now a vassal state of the israelis. america gives billions to israel. israelis get free education and healthcare. american taxpayers get cancelled healthcare, cancelled foodstamps, cancelled safety nets. why did you vote for this? i really dont get it.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Apparently Israel runs the world now and we are their lapdog. That’s why.

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