All this "illegal war" BS! Terrorism, the reason for the attack on Iran, is illegal. People who bellow about Trump's "illegal" war clearly prefer terrorism to Western democracy.

Yep the world is subject to the decisions of powerful nations, like the USA, but Trump is one of the greatest clowns of all-time

A lot of talk about legitimacy.
If the leadership in a country has demonstrated a willingness to cause general harm around it, just what is a recipient of that harm entitled to do?
In this case, the 'recipient' is most of the rest of the world.
I see that it has no choice but respond to minimise the threat.
If this means war-like activities, so be it.
My concern is that the reason for such a response is real.
If a genuine threat, then a response aimed at the defence of any country is justified.
When there are very unusual and exceptional circumstances, an unusual and exceptional response is acceptable.
Whilst I think war is the very last way to react to threat, eventually this can be necessary.
In which case I unreservedly honour those who risk life itself to defend our established values.
I would much prefer all to be reasonable.
But when this cannot happen, a rather violent response could take place.
I see a similar situation developing in The Ukraine.
Eventually, the rest of the world will need to deal with that too.

Regime Change is an Ugly Game

You're all cheering on the destruction of the Iranian 'regime', but maybe you should look at the 'means' which you support.

Witnesses Describe Horror Scene After “Double-Tap” Bombing Kills Over 20 at Popular Tehran Square
http://www.dropsitenews.com/p/tehran-iran-double-tap-bombing-trump-israel-war-niloofar-square

>>“One of my friends whom I don’t know that well he was sitting here. His hookah was in his hands until the last moment. He was severed in half. Half of him was thrown to the side. I put him back together and placed him where he was. A piece of his brain was thrown here on the floor.”

The bombing at Niloofar Square was one of a number of attacks on densely populated areas of the Iranian capital over the past 24 hours. A separate strike hit Ferdowsi Square—a major historical area in central Tehran—amid a broader campaign striking targets all across the city. Among the sites hit were police stations, government buildings, and offices of the country’s national broadcaster.<<

Now, why are they targeting police stations?
- I'll tell you why, and it's the same thing they were doing in the 12 day war that precipitated the government attacks on protesters.

They are trying to undermine the countries ability to prevent the western sponsored civil unrest that will overthrow the countries leadership, so they target police stations, government buildings and TV stations, to prepare the ground for ground operations by CIA paid militia so that when the citizens rise up, and get themselves killed, the chance of succeeding are 'better'.

>>“The worst thing that can happen in your life is this. You’re sitting here in peace, relaxing for an hour, and something like this destroys your whole life,” said Shahin, who survived the attack on Cafe Ahla. “You tried to hit the police and you killed average people. If this is how you want to kill, then kill us all. Every night we are seeing killings. We can’t sleep at night because we’re worried something will happen to our kids.”

>>Hospitals and other medical facilities have also been repeatedly targeted in the U.S.-Israeli strikes. On Monday, Fatemeh Mohammad Beigi, a member of parliament’s health commission, said on state media that nine hospitals have been attacked, including five in Tehran and four in other cities.<<

Hospitals and Police Stations.
Got to prevent the wounded from getting medical care

JUST LIKE GAZA

Do you morons think you are standing up for something good, decent and honourable?

I keep telling you all, Israel manufactures anti-semites, it manufactures terrorists, it causes endless wars, compromises governments to attack their own people and now its about to destroy the global economy and make the whole world pay for its hate for anyone who stands in its way of it's biblical aims.

You want to know why Israel is a vile nation?

It's because their history and identity is tied to that land, as in Mount Zion.
Denying the aims of a Zionist is to deny their identity.
That's why they call their own detractors self hating Jews.

The second reason is because they believe they are 'God's Chosen People', so nothing is ever really 'wrong'

And the final reason is because all of their history, bible stories celebrate doing dirty shite, like murdering people in their sleep, and celebrating it.

President of Iran:
http://x.com/drpezeshkian/status/2028512478578008302
>>Attacks on hospitals strike at life itself. Attacks on schools target a nation's future. Targeting patients and children blatantly violates humanitarian principles. The world must condemn it. I stand with my grieving nation. Iran will not remain silent or yield to these crimes.<<

Anyone who supports this may as well be a terrorist.

'End's justify the means' just like the Bondi ISIS father and son team.
Supporting these acts in Iran makes one no better than the people carrying it out.
And if you support that for others, then don't whinge when it happens to you.

The US and Israel attacking Iran justifies Russia invading Ukraine? If Ukraine were anything like Iran I would have supported Russia's invasion. It isn't.

Hi AC,

You claim the school bombing as a war crime committed by Israel or the US (like many press agencies) before any independent investigation. Contrast this with your dismissal of every Russian war crime against Ukraine as being either justified or an act of Ukrainian deception.

What struck me was the speed at which all the pieces came out condemning the US and Israel against the comparable indifference to Russia's crimes in Ukraine and the Iranian regime's recent murder of tens of thousands of its own citizens.

I heard that Mamdani believes Jews have no right to form a nation because he thinks they aren't a people.

"I keep telling you all, Israel manufactures anti-semites, it manufactures terrorists, it causes endless wars, compromises governments to attack their own people and now its about to destroy the global economy..."

Wow, Hitler would have been proud of you. Man up and own your hatred. Blaming the victim is cowardly behaviour.

Hi Fester,
"You claim the school bombing as a war crime committed by Israel or the US (like many press agencies) before any independent investigation. Contrast this with your dismissal of every Russian war crime against Ukraine as being either justified or an act of Ukrainian deception."

Contrast?
Do we need an independent investigation for Gaza too?
mhaze claimed there was footage of an Iranian missile failing which landed on the school, but I've seen no evidence of it, and if it existed I would've seen it retweeted everywhere. I haven't.
I was open to mhaze's claims, but I've seen no evidence to support it.
And there's no reason why Iran would deliberately bomb their own kids, especially at a time they are trying to manage any civil unrest or uprising.

The strike on the school happened during the U.S. and Israel's initial attack. Unless thee's some evidence showing otherwise I think it's safe to say the U.S. and Israel are responsible.

The U.S. is using AI by default to generate targeting packages.
This school was targeted because their was once a military building close to it, but they closed it years ago.

"What struck me was the speed at which all the pieces came out condemning the US and Israel against the comparable indifference to Russia's crimes in Ukraine and the Iranian regime's recent murder of tens of thousands of its own citizens.

If you wish to show me something Russia has done which was a deliberate attack on civilians with no military reason for it, that cannot be explained away as falling missiles from successful interceptions or in the case of residential buildings, military targets amongst civilians just like the west is doing right now in Gulf States, I'll condemn it.

I don't support attacks on innocent non-combatants.

"I heard that Mamdani believes Jews have no right to form a nation because he thinks they aren't a people."
- Well everyone has their own opinion.
I don't deny they are a people, and ideally all peoples should have their own state and right to self determination, but I question the way Israel has established itself with the catchphrase 'A land without a people, for a people without a land'.

People we're living there.
You can't just say we had a connection to this land hundreds / thousands of years ago and we want it back now so you seat warmers can find somewhere else to be.

>>I keep telling you all, Israel manufactures anti-semites, it manufactures terrorists, it causes endless wars, compromises governments to attack their own people and now its about to destroy the global economy...

"Wow, Hitler would have been proud of you. Man up and own your hatred. Blaming the victim is cowardly behaviour."<<

Hitlers dead, and I'm not trying to impress him, lol.

What I say is true.
They rebrand genuine criticism as antisemitic hate and add a criminal component to it.
If you bomb peoples families, the surviving ones maybe very well dedicate their lives to vengeance with an ends justifies the means mentality.
This equates to manufacturing antisemitism and terrorists.
The cause is ethnic cleansing, land theft and deliberate ongoing oppression, and it should be opposed.

Do you know what the West is doing?
http://www.dropsitenews.com/p/tehran-iran-double-tap-bombing-trump-israel-war-niloofar-square

You all know my true motive came from opposing sanctions and regime changes, that's ground zero for me.

I made another comment pertinent to this discussion a few days back, but it was in the wrong thread.
http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23884#401913

FYI, I do not agree that Iran killed tens of thousands of people.
It's an attempt to manufacture outrage and consent for further action.

What I wish to comment on right now is Richard Marles and the Labor government, claiming support for a rules based order, and then trying to manufacture consent when they decide those rules no longer suit.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/we-cannot-do-this-alone-philippines-wants-australia-in-new-alliance-to-stand-up-to-china-20230301-p5coje.html

>>“As countries which are committed to the global rules-based order, it is natural that we should think about ways in which we can cooperate in this respect,” Marles said during the visit, which coincided with the start of six weeks of military drills between Australian and Philippine troops in southern Mindanao.<<

http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/statement-iran

"We support the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent Iran continuing to threaten international peace and security"

Iran agreed to demands regards its 460kg of 60% enriched uranium prior to the attack, but I still argue 60% was the previous acceptable limit.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/peace-within-reach-as-iran-agrees-no-nuclear-material-stockpile-oman-fm

Now the west faces this, after killing the person who was refraining from building them.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/9/iran-warns-it-will-change-nuclear-doctrine-if-existence-threatened

The United Nations (UN) Charter, established after World War II, fundamentally prohibits the use of force against other nations, aiming to make negotiation and diplomacy the default method for settling disputes.
. This principle, enshrined in Article 2(4), requires member states to refrain from threats or actions against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.

The U.S. attacked Iran during negotiations, essentially under the cover of a white flag.
They broke the rules, we supported it, so we stand for nothing.

Hi AC

"And there's no reason why Iran would deliberately bomb their own kids, especially at a time they are trying to manage any civil unrest or uprising."

But you have repeatedly claimed that Ukrainians have deliberately targeted their own civilians then falsely accused Russia of war crimes.

"Unless there's some evidence showing otherwise I think it's safe to say the U.S. and Israel are responsible."

Oh boy, guilty until proven innocent. That is Pell justice.

I so much hope that the Iranian people are near the end of their oppression by terrorists installed by France, the US and UK, and most recently supported by Russia and China, although the BBC still does its bit to queer the pitch.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=972491955302635&set=a.182213820997123

"But you have repeatedly claimed that Ukrainians have deliberately targeted their own civilians then falsely accused Russia of war crimes."

Ukraine has, on at least 3 occasions that I know of.
First, an incident where a prison holding AZOV POW's was targeted on July 29, 2022, in Olenivka, blamed on Russia.
Second was the false flag attack on Pro-Russian sympathisers in Bucha, which was portrayed as an attack by Russia.
And thirdly the false flag attack on the Mariupol Drama Theatre, which was also blamed on Russia.

"Oh boy, guilty until proven innocent. That is Pell justice."
- No, it's Occum's razor but I reserve the right to change my position on any issue if further evidence comes to light, but the statute of limitations has passed on this.
If there was evidence Iran did it, we'd have seen it disputed and paraded by Day 2.

Your link... Hegseth [Rolls eyes]
That nutjob is invoking End Time prophecies and the return of Jesus in his speeches.

AI Overview
Based on reports from March 2026, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and various U.S. military commanders have been linked to rhetoric supporting attacks on Iran by invoking Christian end-times theology, including "Armageddon" and the "return of Jesus"
. While official Pentagon public statements have focused on security threats and destroying Iran's nuclear capabilities, multiple reports indicate that this apocalyptic framing has been used in briefings to U.S. troops.

MRFF Inundated with Complaints of Gleeful Commanders Telling Troops Iran War is “Part of God’s Divine Plan” to Usher in the Return of Jesus Christ
http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/2026/03/mrff-inundated-with-complaints-of-gleeful-commanders-telling-troops-iran-war-is-part-of-gods-divine-plan-to-usher-in-the-return-of-jesus-christ/

That's my 4 comments.
I won't be able to respond again until tomorrow.

I do go a bit far (maybe) with Israel but the criticism isn't undeserved, and sometimes I need to re-evaluate things as I did last night, video below.
Seriously, X.com feeds me 99% Israeli / Jewish critical, i.e. "anti-Semitic" content.
I'm questioning if I should stay away from it a while, but it's also a good source of info.

Day 7: US Capabilities Strained, Iran’s Defense Continues + US is not Fighting Iran “For Israel”
http://youtu.be/qraZe2Iajfo