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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (8 children)

something something paper tiger?

though they have been moving quite a lot of military equipment around lately.

i'd bet they want to strike soon anyway, and drop ukraine/europe if they need to like the bureaucrats have been threatening.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Yup, I think this is why they've been so desperate to negotiate with Russia and find some off ramp I'm Ukraine.

[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The US wants to go to war in Iran on behalf of Israel. Everything is secondary to that.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That seems to be the dominant faction in the US right now for sure.

[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

True, they've dreamt of invading Iran since their regime there was overthrown.

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