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US military leaders previously warned Trump that they were 'not ready' to respond to Iran's anticipated retaliation and required additional time to prepare


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[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Because the 30k figure is extremely inflated by Israel-associated media

[–] fortnitefinn@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

So you trust the Iranians simply because they're not Israeli? Even though they've done everything to conceal as much information as possible?

Interesting.

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Who said I trust the Iranian government? It's simply obvious that Israel-associated media inflates the figures. Parroting Israeli propaganda uncritically is unwise.

[–] fortnitefinn@sh.itjust.works 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

If you gave a single fuck about Iranians, you’d know that the better and newer estimates hover around the thousands and not tens of thousands.

Who said I trust the Iranian government?

I think you might be propagandized.

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Iranian government puts the death toll about 3000. I didn't specify that figure, I believe it could be higher but still within the thousands.

You're the one swallowing Zionist propaganda.

[–] fortnitefinn@sh.itjust.works 0 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Where are you getting your figures from, then?

You’re the one swallowing Zionist propaganda.

It's sad you think this just because I'm scrutinizing your information.

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Even anti-Iranian-government nonprofits headquartered in Washington DC are giving figures around the 7000.

Stop propagating Zionist propaganda

[–] fortnitefinn@sh.itjust.works -1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

See? All you had to do was answer my original question, which was why you believed what you did despite the Iranian government doing everything in their power to suppress information.

Stop propagating Zionist propaganda

Start using your brain. People aren't immediately part of the opposition just because they don't suck your dick when you make a claim without a source.

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 0 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

I was responding to Zionist propaganda, you're the one who decided to jump in and take the bullet. Ask yourself why you do this, and if you doubt information, maybe consider looking it up yourself, search engines are mostly free. Instead of publicly asking "how could we know", you could do that yourself and get informed.

[–] fortnitefinn@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, there it is. You get to make any claim you want then blame others for not verifying it for you.

Nah man. That might work in your neck of the woods, but that shit doesn't fly around people with brains.

And no, I didn't "take the bullet." I rightfully scrutinized where you were getting your information, and your "with us or against us" attitude made you think that I was somehow fighting for Israel.

You don't know how indoctrinated you are and you need to work on learning from it.

I'm going to ignore you now because people like you have to constantly respond to save face, no matter what. You're probably going to respond with more asinine bullshit to make it seem like I'm defending Israel or being unfair to Iran, but you should know that you're wrong even if I don't keep replying to tell you.

Good luck in life. You're going to need it.

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 2 points 12 hours ago

You could have used 1% of the time it took to write that comment to inform yourself on the current estimates.