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[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yup, this is seriously heading towards a World War.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That's an insane claim. Nobody will help Iran. Iran has no real friends, not even Russia.

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

That's not how the world works. You could've just said "the current non-Western-aligned regime is not valuable enough to salvage by other non-Western-aligned countries" or that "the cost-benefit analysis makes no sense". Just saying.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

WTF? NO!
While that may be somewhat true for instance for China, Russia is borderline bankrupt both economically and politically. Same as Iran.

It's not a matter of cost benefit, when you simply don't have any resources to spare.
And secondly, I very much doubt Russia would ever dare challenging USA.
Russia only has about a tenth the military, economic and industrial power USA has.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Iran alone fighting multiple powers, that each are more powerful than Iran by themselves.

[–] _Nico198X_@piefed.europe.pub 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@madmadbunny@lemmy.ca vs your mum

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yep, that indeed looks like we are heading towards a world war.
Thanks for clearing up the statement by MadMadBunny, and prove the stupidity of it. 🤣