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Posted by ttbn, Thursday, 19 June 2025 11:28:28 AM
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James Macpherson, Christian pastor...
Does he have and real credentials, or just sees the world through jewish coloured glasses? religious bias not knowledge. Might as well just ask some homeless drug addict on meth for their opinion. Posted by Armchair Critic, Thursday, 19 June 2025 1:35:08 PM
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"Might as well just ask some homeless drug addict on meth for their opinion."
That's probably smarter than asking Brian Berletic aka Tony Cartalucci, a name that he had to retire because it accumulated so many errors. Posted by mhaze, Thursday, 19 June 2025 3:40:12 PM
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ASPI'S Peter Jennings provides 5 reasons why the US might join the strike on Iran:
Maybe you should just read the damn policy paper you shared with all of us yourself? https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf An Offer Iran Shouldn't Refuse Persuasion For those who favor regime change or a military attack on iran (either by the United states or israel), there is a strong argument to be made for trying this option first. incit- ing regime change in iran would be greatly assisted by convincing the iranian people that their government is so ideologically blinkered that it refuses to do what is best for the people and instead clings to a policy that could only bring ruin on the country. The ideal scenario in this case would be that the United states and the international community present a package of positive inducements so enticing that the iranian citizenry would support the deal, only to have the regime reject it. in a similar vein, any military operation against iran will like- ly be very unpopular around the world and require the proper international context— both to ensure the logistical support the op- eration would require and to minimize the blowback from it. The best way to minimize international opprobrium and maximize support (however, grudging or covert) is to strike only when there is a widespread conviction that the iranians were given but then rejected a superb offer—one so good that only a regime determined to acquire nuclear weapons and acquire them for the wrong reasons would turn it down. Posted by Armchair Critic, Thursday, 19 June 2025 4:24:13 PM
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Chapter 5
Leave it to BiBi Allowing or Encouraging an Israeli Military Strike As in the case of American airstrikes against Iran, the goal of this policy option would be to destroy key Iranian nuclear facilities in the hope that doing so would significantly delay Iran’s acquisition of an indigenous nuclear weapons capability. however, in this case, an added element could be that the United states would encourage—and perhaps even assist—the Israelis in conducting the strikes themselves, in the expectation that both international criticism and Iranian retali- ation would be deflected away from the United states and onto Israel. The logic behind this approach is that allowing Israel to mount the air- strikes, rather than the United states, provides a way out of the dilemma described in the previous chapter, whereby American airstrikes against Iran could become self-defeating because they would undermine every other American initiative in the Middle east, an outcome exactly the opposite of what a new Iran policy is meant to accomplish. Posted by Armchair Critic, Thursday, 19 June 2025 4:29:58 PM
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karma
http://x.com/A_M_R_M1/status/1935473190421037366 http://x.com/di313_1/status/1935513231033831535 Posted by Armchair Critic, Thursday, 19 June 2025 5:50:42 PM
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. Trump's sudden rush from the G7 to take advice
. Secretary of State Rubio is calling the UK and France
. US defence is saying that they are not changing their “defensive” position (wink, wink)
. The aircraft carrier Nimitz is headed for the Middle East
. Two dozen air to air fuel tankers have been deployed
By this weekend, the US will have a major strike capability in place.
Trump has said that he is losing patience, and that Iran ‘can not’ have a nuclear weapon.
In the meantime, our own leader is continuing a slow “accident” overseas reinforcing his “Airbus Albo” reputation, and looking like a “complete goose” after his rejection by Trump. (Anon).