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Griffin added more details to her initial post, writing, “A senior US official tells me that it was a US military strike on Iran’s Qeshm port and Bandar Abbas moments ago but added this is NOT a restarting of the war or end to the ceasefire.”

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 minutes ago

Once Iran reports on it then I might start to believe it.

[–] stumu415@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 hour ago

This is a new operation: ' Giant Clusterfuck'

[–] CyroSignal@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

Trump doesn't even respect the ceasefire

[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago

At some point, words still need to mean SOMETHING so at least a transfer of information happens. At this rate, by next year they’ll be down to pointing and grunting.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 54 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

but added this is NOT a restarting of the war or end to the ceasefire

What in the fuck? When Iran retaliates, are these people gonna cry that Iran broke the ceasefire?

This is so childish.

[–] cunnililgus@sopuli.xyz 37 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Straight from Russian playbook. Just straight up lie in front of the whole world. Your fanatics will believe you anyways and the doubters won't know who to trust.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

its been the american playbook since at least the gulf of tonkin which brought us into the vietnam war. its nothing new that donny is getting from his bff putin.

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

As a "doubter," I know not to trust a single word ever said by Trump. The only thing that matters are his actions, because those can be read no matter what he wants me to think.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 3 points 6 hours ago
[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 13 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Apparently this was a “live tap”. Only a man with the sexual history of Donny the Demented would think that.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Well he probably thinks Qeshm was asking for it by dressing that way .....

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 200 points 15 hours ago (7 children)

So, is the ceasefire over, or are we just doing an Israel-style ceasefire?

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

You cease, we fire

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

AFAIK the ceasefire ever existing was a myth? Trump just kinda declared it without anyone else agreeing and then everyone kept shooting anyway, Trump included.

[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 20 points 9 hours ago

Actually, what he meant was a seas-fire, hence the bombing of a coastal city /s

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 95 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (4 children)

Toddler logic:

Ceasefire means you stop, I can still do what I want.

People forget trump has always wanted a forever war to cancel elections.

He doesn't want to permanently fix anything, he wants it ready to blow as an excuse to cancel an election.

Don't forget Bibi has canceled like 4 consecutive Israeli elections, it's his bread and butter and he's running this show.

The war won't end while trump is in office.

[–] TaTTe@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I know Bibi is running the country lika a dictator, but has he really cancelled any elections? As far as I can tell, since 2000 there have been Knesset elections 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2019 (again), 2020, 2021 and 2022 with the next one expected in October this year.

Doesn't sound like there have been any cancellations, considering the members serve four-year terms, however, there have been plenty of early elections.

Can you clarify what you meant by him having cancelled Israeli elections?

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

They don't have regular elections, they can happen as often as every year.

Bibi has cancelled due to "war" since 2022, and while there is an election scheduled this year, that has been true for every year since 2022 as well.

Edit:

And the reason they happened twice in 19, then three years in a row is because a lot of Israel blames Bibi for all of this...

Very very slim wins for his parties and his alliance keeps fracturing. If he wasn't canceling elections,the wouldn't be in charge.

And as soon as he's not in charge, his corruption trial starts and he's clearly guilty. Like there's a shit ton of evidence, he will be found guilty.

It's a lot more fucked up than people think, there's a lot of propaganda from all sides that want to make it seem like Bibi has the support of every Israeli, when it's more like America and trump.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 24 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I expect a false flag attack, blamed on Iran, to happen right before the midterms

[–] newton@feddit.online 3 points 7 hours ago

Mar a lago ,may I hope

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 16 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Faux news:

Iran just shit trump's pants!

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 6 hours ago

But didn't Biden shit Trump's pants before that? :O

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 23 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

He’s also likely hit the Alzheimer’s stage of his life. Combine his general impulsivity with the characteristic impulsivity of Alzheimer’s. Now add in his likely cluster B personality disorder. Anything can happen at any time.

Reason may not be involved at all.

[–] YellowParenti@lemmy.wtf 9 points 12 hours ago

Someone gift him a luger with ammo and he'll fix the problem himself.

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 24 points 14 hours ago

No, this is a new war which Congress totally doesn't need to approve for 90 days.

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[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 118 points 15 hours ago (12 children)

Not a restarting of the war? LMAO this administration thinks we are STUPID.

[–] cunnililgus@sopuli.xyz 14 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I mean you guys did vote him in

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 hours ago

Twice.
TWICE

The first time was moronic, but the second is unforgivable. Just unforgivable.

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 hours ago

thinks we are STUPID.

the majority of the country voted for him or abstained.... so yes... amerikkka is stupid

[–] RustyShackleford@piefed.social 35 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The most significant issue with an idiot is that they will always assume that everyone around them is less intelligent than they are.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The Dunning-Cougar effect. I know this one and I'm never wrong.

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 15 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

Well, a large percentage of the US is stupid.

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[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 13 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

It thinks Republicans are. Because passivity from the Republicans in the Senate is all he needs to keep the war going. I certainly have no faith in the military to reject unlawful orders themselves.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 15 points 15 hours ago

It's just a demented military operation...

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[–] kn33@lemmy.world 59 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Y'all are missing the point of saying it's not a resumption. Of course it is. But they have to lie. If they admit they're resuming, it means they're in violation of the war powers act by going past 60 days. I expect the next lie will be that actually, this is a totally new military operation and the clock has reset.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Neat thing about the war powers act is all the president has to do is tell Congress they need 30 more days to "wind-down" operations. Then they get 30 free more days to do whatever

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago

He's literally done that multiple times already...

So yeah, pretty safe bet

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[–] DigDoug@lemmy.world 49 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

this is NOT a restarting of the war or end to the ceasefire

Fires

"This is not an end to the ceasefire"

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 27 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Now they're gonna wait for Iran to fire back and say they broke the ceasefire.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 12 points 14 hours ago

The old Israeli approach to ceasefires.

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[–] homes@piefed.world 21 points 15 hours ago

You can’t restart a war that never ended or end a cease-fire that never started

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 14 points 14 hours ago

Sundowning Preznit Fuckwit is bigly mad because the trumpstein files are being brought up again.

There. That is why bombs are being dropped. Because a pedo doesn't like when you shame his child raping activities.

[–] formergijoe@lemmy.world 14 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

"Us firing during a ceasefire doesn't cease the cease fire." Hegseth probably

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