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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 103 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Hmm yes I think I will remove the respected leader that opposed Iran having a nuclear weapons program. πŸ‘€

[–] F_State@midwest.social 54 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That was widely expected to die soon of natural causes anyway

[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 50 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In a society that reveres martyrdom above all else πŸ€”

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 38 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I feel like its a goal of the MIC as it gives them a reason to exist. Use violence, terror, kill civilians to create more enemies and justify more military spending.

Not a good long term strategy, but the orphan crushing machine still has people willing to operate it.

[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The US generally benefits from depopulating & undeveloping resource rich or strategically marginal areas for coercion, keeping costs down, denial purposes, or just to keeping value chains stable, but this risks blowing up the petrodollar system. I think they might actually be completely insane. What did WarClaudeβ„’ tell them?

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago

W.O.C.R. War Operation Claude Response

[–] Pissed@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

You forgot the last bit, when we've fucked the whole world up escape to bunker.

[–] totesmygoat@piefed.ca 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well they created isis last time they displayed their level of stupidity. This time... Super isis?

[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 days ago

Yes the goal is 100% super-ISIS they wanted to get this going in Xinjiang and Central Asia. ISIS is actually smart here's the thing. The US benefits from having a higher level of productivity due to advanced technology, and basically cannot survive without laying waste to entire regions to keep them underdeveloped + access resources.

Read Value Chains it's great https://annas-archive.li/md5/0ca2108287828ca6508816b7ecbe9a3e

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

profit. it’s always about profit.