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Israel did not have a realistic plan for regime change when it attacked Iran, multiple Israeli security sources have said, with expectations that airstrikes could lead to a popular uprising having been driven by “wishful thinking” rather than hard intelligence.

Iran has survived nearly two weeks of bombing raids and the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Trump is publicly contemplating ending the increasingly costly war.

If Iran’s new leadership keeps its grip on power, the long-term measure of the success of the conflict may hang on the fate of 440kg of enriched uranium which was buried under a mountain by US strikes last June, former and serving Israeli defence and intelligence sources said. Enough for more than 10 nuclear warheads, Iran could use it to hasten the construction of a weapon if the material remains in the country.

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[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 13 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

He can't form new memories. I swear he thinks he is in the 80s again during the hostage crisis and is still obsessed with Obama/Biden.

Still, his base seems to love a geriatric child rapist so I'm not sure they will be able to connect gas prices to his actions, even if he is essentially hitting them in the face with it.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

My coworkers have already managed to blame Obama for making a "shitty deal" with Iran, and Biden for not "dealing with Iran sooner"

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I would stop talking to my coworkers and start loudly laughing at them instead, with a bit of overdramatic pointing and comedy head shaking thrown in.

Idiots like echo chambers, and hate being made to look the fools that they are.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 1 points 13 minutes ago

I've been managing to drag some of them further left, I think, through conversation about things.

A few are 100% on board with a union as long as I keep calling it "collective bargaining" and don't use the scary U word.

A few are on board with most social safety nets, especially when they find out Healthcare would cost less than it currently costs them in taxes alone, let alone not having to pay for insurance anymore, but the second you call it socialism or use any sort of word like "welfare" then they panic.

Individually I think I'm breaking some of them, but collectively they're fucking idiots.