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[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 176 points 11 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] arifinhiding@feddit.org 4 points 5 hours ago

Some apostates are still in iran. Not all of them landed lucrative projects in regime change think-tanks. This is why I don't trust America and its eager bloodthirsty soldiers to liberate any of my cities. For warmongers, war is just a way to quell boredom and to sacrifice civilian lives in the name of pretentious logic.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 86 points 10 hours ago (10 children)

Trump will nuke Iran, and the trolls on here will still insist Kamala would have done the same thing.

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 41 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Trump has been itching to use the nukes since minute one. I can easily see him dropping one on a city in Iran, and then threatening to drop another every day until they surrender and open the strait. While that is absolutely horrific, the irony is that Trump is too fucking stupid to see that the "whole civilization" that will die is the U.S.. The world will shun the U.S., dump it's bonds and destroy the dollar. There will be hyperinflation, bank runs, chaos, and a hard splinter of the U.S. into factions and likely a "hot" civil war. Trump will make clear that all of the "fearmongering" from radical Islamists about the U.S. and the western world was true, potentially igniting world war. None of this will take away from the tragedy in Iran, which just happened to be the convenient target Trump the bully thought he'd punch down on.

[–] coyootje@lemmy.world 20 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I think what you're describing here is the best case scenario (if he would drop one). The worst case scenario (the one I'm most worried about) is that other (adversarial) nuclear powers react to the US launching one by launching their own, aimed at either the US, Israel or (worst of all) somewhere unrelated, like someplace in Europe or on Kiev.

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[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 6 hours ago

No they won't. We buy too much shit for countries to completely cut us off.

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[–] spagbolioli@feddit.uk 19 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

If he does, Israel will get so heavily nuked it will be a dead zone

Russia, China, Pakistan even India would be heavily impacted, all nuclear armed states

I can't see this working out well for America's greatest ally ever but won't put boots on the ground

America desperately needs a military coup

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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 129 points 11 hours ago (6 children)

If I ever found myself saying "a whole civilization will die tonight if I don't get my way", I think I'd just kill myself. What an utterly disgusting thing to threaten. He is truly devoid of any humanity at this point.

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[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 19 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

Seriously fuck the USA, the only civilisation that deserves to disappear.

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 8 points 6 hours ago

Israel too tho

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[–] Redditsux@lemmy.world 142 points 11 hours ago (7 children)

If the stupid US laws don't persecute this war criminal, international court should. There's more than enough evidence.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 105 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Too bad the US doesn't recognize the ICC, for obvious reasons

[–] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 109 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Worse, they proactively passed legislation authorizing the invasion of The Hague in case a US official was ever brought there for war crimes. Thank dubya and the 2002 congress.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 19 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Low key concerned he’s gonna try to use nukes tonight

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

Low key concerned he’s gonna try to use nukes tonight

Lets look at the repercussions of that;

Next day global stock markets drop to near zero, combine that with runs on all banks as everyone tries to get to cash at the same time.

All countries stop doing business or trade with US government and US companies.

All countries nationalize their own oil production and refuse to sell any to the US or the open market (if there even is one).

Global depression / famine follows lasting at least a decade, while other regional conflicts turn into full blown wars, dragging most other nearby countries into them (literal world war 3).

Im not sure why trump thinks threatening to destroy or nuke Iran will somehow stabilize the region or the globe, it will do the exact opposite

[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

All countries stop doing business or trade with US government and US companies.

Not even a single country would do it. US is a bully that will never have any repercussions.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 6 hours ago

We buy too much shit for them to stop.

The bigger worry is nuclear retaliation.

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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (7 children)

What are the odds he pushes the button?

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[–] DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 49 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

World peace through extermination.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 35 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

"The bombings will continue until peace is achieved" is an actual quote from Trump

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[–] silverneedle@lemmy.ca 16 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

If these are my last words on the public internet, I would like to say that Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, while crossing the boundary of what can be considered tasteful, is a pretty funny series.

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[–] illi@piefed.social 16 points 9 hours ago

I so hate the fact that the whole world is a hostage to one lunatic voted in by stupid people...

[–] 20cello@lemmy.world 40 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

He's going to nuke them ,almost the same words were used moments before the hiroshima bombing

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 74 points 10 hours ago (35 children)

This is the first time I think someone's gonna drop a nuke and that it can actually happen.

If the pedohitler really drops a nuke, it's gonna be over for Iran but mostly for the US. Dropping a nuke is basically admitting they have lost not just the war but their own society.

[–] Mr_WorldlyWiseman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

Immediate global pariah. All agreements with a rogue nuclear state would immediately be voided. All trade ceases, all loans rescinded. Every US base would be evacuated and be blown up from afar by their host countries. The word American would become a synonym for murderer.

[–] kcweller@lemmy.world 24 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

European leadership will still be kissing "Daddy" Trumps little asshole even after nuking Iran. They haven't shown any sign of resistance up until now, what is a few extra dead Iranians going to change for western leaders?

Its fucking disgusting, but the greatest risk to world peace seems to be western civilization.

Fuck USA Fuck Israel Fuck war

[–] Eril@feddit.org 5 points 6 hours ago

I don't want it to be like that and I want to believe EU leaders would immediately ditch the US. But I fear you are right...

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[–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Blood thirsty jackass

[–] Foni@piefed.zip 31 points 10 hours ago (12 children)

The Persian civilization has existed since like 500BC when most of Europe was still nomadic and the Roman Empire was still centuries away, and this buffoon thinks he can do something about it? the desperation of being a loser, the audacity of being ignorant, or both

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