• Tedesche@lemmy.world
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      28 days ago

      To cripple a country that is actively supporting terrorists? Less oil revenue significantly hampers Iran’s ability to support terrorism around the Middle East.

      • SlippiHUD@lemmy.world
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        28 days ago

        Why is the president commenting about it to the news? And why is the President helping escalate to an even wider war?

        If the point was to limit the spread of conflict, I can’t imagine the US joining Isreal in opening more war-fronts will accomplish that goal.

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          28 days ago

          The point is that by directly attacking Israel, Iran already has opened that warfront.

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      28 days ago

      Speaking as an American, it’s because we are bad guys. I’m not saying all Americans are bad. I’m not saying that everything we do is bad. But as a collective, in the context of our actions and their consequences, we inflict tremendous harm on the world and our own citizens.