Trumps attack on Iran - 2026 edition

[IT Minion]

How's democracy in Iraq getting on these days?

There's a fair bit of unrest and stirrings, they are united in not wanting the US to get involved again. Iran still bears a grudge from when we and the US overthrew their democratically elected government for some reason.

 

[IT Minion]

On the other hand, Trump might just kickstart a kerfuffle with the mullahs just to deflect from the Epstein Files.

He is that desperate.

There's no downside for him. He gets to act tough and has no personal risks.

 

[Vinty]

And the rationale for Gulf War 2 was the nebulous idea of WMD.
The rationale for the USA involvement in the Vietnam war was the discredited attack by North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin.

See also:
The Thornton Affair.
The USS Maine
Operation Northwoods
The Nayirah Testimony


USA has a history of imagining attacks and shaping public opinion to justify war.
I dare say Israel has taken to copying their tactics.

It's all part of the regime change playbook.
It works most of the time.
Gaslight the public with lies about the danger to their lives from the latest so called 'threat to Western civilisation' ,it used to be the commies,now its Muslims or the Chinese.
People like Netanyahu have made a career out of telling the world that Iran is on the verge of building a nuclear bomb .
He has been telling this lie for decades, when his alleged Iranian bomb doesn't materialise as predicted, he gaslights the public in a different direction to distract their attention, he then returns to his pet subject at a later stage with a new prediction for the imminent arrival of the Iranian bomb.

 

[aveatry]

On the other hand, Trump might just kickstart a kerfuffle with the mullahs just to deflect from the Epstein Files.

He is that desperate.

Sounds like a nutcase conspiracy theory pushed by nutcases

 

[Odds]

There's no downside for him. He gets to act tough and has no personal risks.

But there's political risk in talking the talk but failing to walk the walk.
He's too often bragged about making other countries tow the line but the leaders of Iran won't be pushed around by a third-rate hustler with bad credit.

 

[fillyboy]

But there's political risk in talking the talk but failing to walk the walk.
He's too often bragged about making other countries tow the line but the leaders of Iran won't be pushed around by a third-rate hustler with bad credit.

This post won't age well.

 

[IT Minion]

But there's political risk in talking the talk but failing to walk the walk.
He's too often bragged about making other countries tow the line but the leaders of Iran won't be pushed around by a third-rate hustler with bad credit.

Not really, Trump has never worried about that and as his dementia progresses it's even less of an issue for him.

When there's no explicit objectives then it's easy to declare they've all been met. No matter what happens the plan will be rewritten to match.

 

[Odds]

Can anyone explain why protestors at Iran universities are good but protestors at American universities are a bunch of unwashed Commies?
What are they going to do with 'democracy' if they get it?

 

[fillyboy]

Can anyone explain why protestors at Iran universities are good but protestors at American universities are a bunch of unwashed Commies?
What are they going to do with 'democracy' if they get it?

The protests in Iran are against the IRGC, the IRGC are funding the US university anti Israel protests. Don't you get it?

 

[King Billy]

The protests in Iran are against the IRGC, the IRGC are funding the US university anti Israel protests. Don't you get it?

Was that in the Jerusalem Post?

 

[fillyboy]

Was that in the Jerusalem Post?

Among others.

Exclusive | Iranian regime funneling money into anti-Israel groups and campus protests through ‘grassroots activist’ groups

Iran operatives are increasingly behind anti-Israel protests at college campuses across the country

nypost.com