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[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 7 points 56 minutes ago

Fingers crossed

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago

How can we help?

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 54 points 2 hours ago

Don't threaten us with a good time.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Come you Persian pussies, do it! Trump ain't scared of you!

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 points 25 minutes ago

I think South Park was onto something here

(Disclaimer/explanation, cause apparently it matters: it's a link to a YouTube clip from the episode of South Park "Put It Down," where President Garritrump keeps tweeting that Tweek, the 4th grade gay school kid with ridiculously high anxiety, will be the one to absolutely wreck North Korea)

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

And just like that, 35% of Americans are now cheering for Iran.

[–] PenguinMage@lemmy.world 3 points 42 minutes ago

35? I feel like that's a low ball... though the sad fact is if it happened shit would probably get a lot worse real fast.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 26 points 2 hours ago
[–] RaoulDuke85@piefed.social 17 points 2 hours ago

We triple dog dare you.

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 16 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago

More like "exciting".

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 17 points 2 hours ago

Honestly, I'm not entirely convinced that the bullet missed at all.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

This is the worst fucking soap opera relationship ever

[–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Frankly, if I were about to initiate a conflict with the US, I'd rather have Trump running the country, but you do you.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 58 seconds ago

I think the idea is if the next president doesn't play ball, he will be taken out too.
That also seems to have been Trumps entire plan for Venezuela.

It's a stupid plan, but I don't think the Iranian regime is much smarter than the Trump administration.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 15 minutes ago

Democrats may sue for peace instead of engaging in conflict. Iran has no interest in invading US, they just want their hands off Iran

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 2 hours ago

This time it will not miss the target.

I sure hope not!

[–] jim@lemmy.org 3 points 1 hour ago

It’s BS cause real killers don’t call in threats

[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 7 points 2 hours ago

Bet you they can't do it.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 hours ago

Well?

Get on with it!