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drray23

(8,589 posts)
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:51 PM Jun 2025

I do not think the strikes on Iran accomplished anything

At least anything like what Trump is claiming. The Iranians had days to evacuate these bases along with whatever equipment and enriched Uranium they may have had there.

The only thing Trump achieved is violating the constitution (of course he does that every day after breakfast), likely inflaming the price of oil, making it more likely that we will be targeted by terrorism and further deteriorate our standing in the world.

If the ayatollahs regime falls, the region will be in total chaos for decades like we saw in irak,yemen, Afghanistan, etc. We don't have an answer to that.

As far as potential terrorist attacks on our soil, it won't require hijacking planes like 911. Nowadays, a few people can use a commercial drone bought on amazon, strap it with explosives and blow-up buildings, people and so on. The Ukrainians have shown that it is a very successful tactic that is easy to implement.






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Irish_Dem

(79,856 posts)
1. It made Trump feel better and boosted his ego.
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:53 PM
Jun 2025

He loves feeling powerful, destroying things and killing people.

Dan

(4,981 posts)
2. And we have no allies!
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:55 PM
Jun 2025

Putin/Russia is an ally to Iran. Not sure what daddy Putin thinks about this.

No one trusts America under Trump.

Girard442

(6,822 posts)
4. We have communicated to the world that the only way to stop being bullied by America is to have the bomb.
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:55 PM
Jun 2025

drray23

(8,589 posts)
6. Definitely. It is going to make some countries accelerate their efforts towards that.
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:57 PM
Jun 2025

Probably even Iran because I do not think we destroyed their capabilities. They had plenty of time to evacuate their equipment and assets.

Arazi

(8,706 posts)
5. Traitor will claim victory and Iran will say their facility is intact
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:56 PM
Jun 2025

Going to be a long time until we know anything true about this

canetoad

(20,233 posts)
8. The bombings are leading the headlines
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:58 PM
Jun 2025

In reliable news sources. TSF is bragging about how successful they were; there's your answer.

no_hypocrisy

(54,293 posts)
9. The uranium (or potential nuclear weapons) was a pretext for the bombing.
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 04:47 AM
Jun 2025

TSF did this for more than Israel and its hysterical Prime Minister.

It was done because almost 50 years ago, the Shah was exiled, the American Embassy was conquered, and a new Islamic regime was installed.

The CIA removed a democratically elected Iranian leader in the Fifties and installed an American puppet, the Shah.

TSF did this to for revenge and the fledgling hope of controlling the country again.

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