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Iran to close Strait of Hormuz, strike twice as many targets in response to any US attack (www.presstv.ir)

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[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 71 points 2 days ago (6 children)

We have already lost this war three times.

What are we still doing there???

[–] huf@hexbear.net 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

but i would lose 500 times
and i would lose 500 more
just to be the man who lost a thousand
times to fall down at your door

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 1 points 13 hours ago

You May have stumbled upon the answer.

Trump is in LOVE with the princess of Iran. How old is she?

[–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 51 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Experiencing the death throes of a dying global hegemony

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Well, getting into a war which reveals its hard power as being much less than the image most had of it before and which pisses of its allies, all of this eating away its soft power, it is a pretty traditional thing in the collapse stage of empires.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

... it is a pretty traditional thing in the collapse stage of empires.

it really goes to show that capitalism hasn’t broken the cycle since it shares the same fatal patterns as the empires that collapsed before it.

[–] ClassIsOver@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

There's someone who hasn't lost hard enough yet, and they didn't consent to any MoUs

[–] tomiant@piefed.world 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Market manipulation and unprecedented levels of historical grift? Oh and sucking Israeli dick, that's a big one.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Looking for the Epstein list?

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

I think we just like the feel of the pain and we relish in the devastation of loss. There’s no other explanation.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Who's "we"?

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

America and her government.