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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 197 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

If Iran were to destroy Mar A Lago, I think we could let it slide.

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 52 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I unconditionally surrender all of Florida on behalf of the usa.

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bezos and his ilk that fled there can go with it

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 42 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 34 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They can have all of Florida as far as I'm concerned.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 28 points 3 weeks ago

Let it slide? No. Medals would need to be given out.

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Even if it's a target that's not widely popular, it will be used to push policies that hurt the people of the US more.

That's how we got the patriot act.

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[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 150 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Trump is just trying to bring more people onto the side of supporting his illegal war on Iran by proposing an unrealistic risk of danger to the U.S.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 135 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

A danger that he totally incited in the first place by being a bloodthirty moron.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 43 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He's trying to do "wag the dog" without a dog.

[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 47 points 3 weeks ago

Is that because Noem murdered it?

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

~~bloodthirsty moron~~ Slave to Israel

Bibi said "Kill" and he said "how many?" We surely know who's calling the shots here, right?

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[–] BScPsych@sh.itjust.works 56 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I say he is preparing the people for an ‘act of terror by Iran’, meaning there is going to be a false flag incident. He can then use that to claim war powers and dismantle the last sliver of US-American democracy.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago

That’s a bingo

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

unrealistic risk of danger to the U.S.

Bro...

Have you seen the people in charge of anti-terrorism?!

It's a bigger miracle we haven't had a serious attack in the last year than it was that not a single hurricane made landfall last year.

We can't handle any type of disaster, and even routine shit are realistic risks of danger.

Risk of terrorist attack is sky high and it would likely be something huge that gets thru.

But...

trump isn't doing anything, he's not driving the bus and hasn't been for a while. The people who tell him what to do/say are trying to normalize American deaths to him.

And because he's trump and he just repeats what people told him a second ago, that's what he did when he went on camera.

He's never concerned about something or trying to reassure anyone. Whatever he blabbers about is what people were saying to him moments ago.

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[–] flandish@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

the problem is that the reason the folks on US soil have such.. douche hubris is because we’ve never got our teeth kicked in because there are a couple of oceans guarding us.

it is only temporary “unrealistic” a danger, Iran will figure it out and another 9/11 will happen and.. queue up the enrollment and bootlicking country songs for 20 years.

All the while … profit, massive profit, is had.

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[–] MartianRecon@lemmus.org 112 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

False flag attacks are coming. Mark my words.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 51 points 3 weeks ago

Probably also "Iranian election interference" and a need to federalize elections so Trump can avoid the inevitable in November.

[–] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

.... maybe?

With the disclaimer that I'm not at all sad that Khomeini was a casualty, Trump's illegal war against Iran is set to provoke some real attacks in, probably, quite short order.

[–] too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Khomeini has been dead for 36 years. Khamenei is the guy who was just killed.

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[–] notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They’re already claiming the Texas shooter was Iranian, so it seems to have already happened.

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[–] AmbientDread@piefed.social 105 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Incoming. One Trump Sponsored false flag act of terrorism coming up.

[–] Uranus_Hz@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

And AI will “prove” that Dems and “Antifa” conspired with Iran to do it.

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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 75 points 3 weeks ago

real farquaad energy here

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 58 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hilarious watching them push "this isn't a war" over and over again just for Trump to constantly call it a war.

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[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 48 points 3 weeks ago

Why would this be a shock to anyone? He let hundreds of thousands of Americans die to covid.

[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 39 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

He's super nonchalant about it. This is how politicians actually feel when they know you're struggling/suffering. There is no feeling.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 weeks ago

He knows when 9/11 happened, Americans shit their pants and threw away all their rights to government.

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[–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago

"Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make"

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago

Spoken like a man secure in the idea that they won’t make it through to him.

[–] entropiclyclaude@lemmy.wtf 28 points 3 weeks ago

they’ll either allow an attack or stage one so they have a reason to skip the midterms.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I hope this acceptable risk becomes him.

Like a certain Charles Kirk

[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Charlie who? Never heard that name before. Must not have done anything important in their life.

[–] mister_flibble@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago

He was great in The Shining

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[–] DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Some people say they want a terror attack, to get emergency declarations and steal the midterms. I just hope this is not true. A lot of innocent people would die for few remain in power. I don’t know what to believe anymore.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 29 points 3 weeks ago

Fascists are in power. That's enough to believe in while you go look for historical examples of fascists being peacefully voted out of office. That ought to keep you busy until oh, his fourth term.

[–] deltaspawn0040@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"and that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make"

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[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Ah, some real classic Trump being Zapp Brannigan shit right there...

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

At this point, I think it’s insulting to Zapp to make the comparison

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

imports domesticated bear

slaps a bear

See guys? I TOLD you this area was filled with angry bears!

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 18 points 3 weeks ago

The Reichstag fire (German: Reichstagsbrand, pronounced [ˈʁaɪçstaːksˌbʁant] ⓘ) was an arson attack on the Reichstag building, home of the German parliament in Berlin, on Monday, 27 February 1933, precisely four weeks after Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany. Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutch council communist, was said to be the culprit; the Nazis attributed the fire to a group of Communist agitators, used it as a pretext to claim that Communists were plotting against the German government, and induced President Paul von Hindenburg to issue the Reichstag Fire Decree suspending civil liberties and pursue a "ruthless confrontation" with the Communists.[1] This made the fire pivotal in the establishment of Nazi rule in Germany.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago

"Oh noooo, the Reichstag is on fire!"

The follow-up is, "Why?"

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

We attacked them. Iran should retaliate on US soil. If they do, blame the trump administration and is its cuckold fetish for Israel.

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[–] jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev 12 points 3 weeks ago
[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

So this is the moment then when the 2A Magats will take their guns and go for justice, right?

Right?

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[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 11 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

It would be the stupidest thing they could possibly do. The war has like a 20% approval rate. If they attacked on American soil the cowboys would flood the enlistment offices.

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