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The craziest thing about the new war on Iran is they don't even have any clear-cut, manufactured justification for it to give the media. They didn't even bother. (lemmygrad.ml)

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'Why is the US bombing Iran?' has got to be one of the most searched prompts on google these past few days. And the closest thing to a current answer you will find is "We attacked them because they were going to have nukes and then use them on us, it's self-defense." - There is a lack of evidence for this claim btw.

That is like as if you invade someone's home, shoot and kill them and your defense in court for it is, "Your honour, I had to do it because I had suspicions they were going to adopt a guard dog and then use that guard dog to attack me while I was walking down the street!"

Blatant, mask-off imperialism. How anyone can continue to view America and Israel on the right side of history baffles me.

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[–] Owl@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Blatant, mask-off imperialism.

Honestly I don't even know what the imperialist reason for this war is.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 30 points 1 day ago

iran's the last major country standing in the way of total western domination of the middle east. it's also the one that got away.

[–] PunkMonk@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 day ago

Because of oil, other crucial resources and the mere fact that Iran exists too close to Israel while being anti-imperialist & pro-Palestine is my understanding.

[–] OgdenTO@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

War is good for american arms manufacturers, so it's always a good idea, capital-wise. Also, when oil prices go up oil companies can squeeze in more profits. There are also other strategic anti-China reasons for wanted to destabilize Iran, but it doesn't seem like anything other than short term thinking is driving this decision making

[–] Lenins_Dumbbell@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 7 hours ago

After witnessing what Iran is doing to Israel and US, I don't think anyone in the US administration would be stupid enough to pick a fight with China.

I don't think even the US at its absolute military prime can win a war of attrition against current China. China's production base is literally just leagues ahead of anything thr world has ever seen. They're not even in a war time production mode and still out producing the fuck out of NATO combined. Imagine what they can do if they are in a war.