Yeah, unfortunately Lemmy is a magnet for far leftists and anti-American extremists. It’s got the opposite problem of some other social media platforms.

I don’t mind it at the end of the day. They make themselves pretty obvious, and once you realize what they are, they’re pretty pathetic.

See? I knew you were a terrorist supporter. Which group are you a part of?

I named one. Now you’re on about something else entirely. Go back to IS, troll.

Which were all prompted by 9/11 and various other terrorist attacks on the U.S. and its allies.

You can trace the line of cause and effect back as far as you want. Who you think are the “good guys” be the “bad guys” in this will always be biased.

Perhaps. On the other hand, conservatives love supporting Israel and attacking Muslims, so maybe that’ll balance things out? Regardless, I don’t an increase in oil prices will tip the scales anywhere near as much as direct U.S. military involvement would. It’s a complex calculus.

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

Directly attack Israel and it will directly attack back?

I don’t think Bibi’s choices will affect the U.S. election, only if Biden chooses to get American forces directly involved, which is not what’s happening.

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

Temporary ceasefire = “Okay, we finished our turn of attacks, now pause while we resupply, only we get to attack, not you!”

You’re the one demonstrating it.

I can’t help someone with such a tiny worldview.

Which actions are you speaking of, specifically?

Canada.

No one is forcing Iran’s dictators to remain dictators. They could become benevolent leaders or simply flee the nation. Israel gains relatively little from creating a power vacuum in Iran that will likely just be filled by another Israel-hating regime. They gain much more by destroying Ming the current regime’s ability to attack Israel.

LOL, advocating for targeted strikes against military targets in nations already hell-bent on the destruction of the U.S. and its allies isn’t warmongering, it’s simply acknowledging that we have to fight back against those who are actively striving to harm us.

And I, specifically am the reason “the vast majority of people on earth hate America and Americans?” What a joke. Get out of your little Anti-American bubble.

Your argument is refuted by the existence of plenty of other non-terrorist-supporting, non-dictatorship-led, non-oppressive, non-nuclear nations in the world that the U.S. isn’t fucking over in the manners you describe.

The actual definition.

I think the point of shitposting is that there is no value in shitposting, making it an exercise in absurdist humor.

Wait, I think I just thought myself into a circle, like a jerk.

I’ll give Iran all of that; still doesn’t make it a smart move. This is just a sad attempt at trying to distract the world from the fact that it was largely ineffective and mainly just served to give Netanyahu an excuse to escalate this conflict even further, and in Iran’s direction. I’m sure Iran’s nuclear scientists and engineers are all in agreement that this was “totally worth it!”

They can absolutely stop; they just choose not to. And hamstringing their attempts to develop their nuclear program is a far better option than trying to topple their government in terms of maintaining stability in the region. Toppling the Iranian government would make every other Arab nation skittish and potentially be a rallying cry for them. Keeping their military options limited is far less incendiary.