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“US President Donald Trump on Wednesday delivered an incoherent primetime address in which he threatened to bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages” while also claiming negotiations to end the conflict were ongoing, remarks that provided no clear indication of when or how the illegal war of choice would end.

“Trump’s speech marked his first major address on the war since the US, in partnership with Israel, started bombing Iran more than a month ago, without congressional approval and in violation of international law. A day after declaring that Iran “doesn’t have to make a deal” to end the war, Trump said during his Wednesday speech, “If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plants very hard and probably simultaneously”—a grave war crime.

“Collin Rees, US campaign manager at the advocacy group Oil Change International, said in a statement that “Trump’s rambling lies can’t conceal how his reckless, illegal war of aggression is sending energy prices for working families through the roof.””

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[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why are they letting him? He isn't going to be personally dropping the bombs himself. Everyone could just collectively stop following his orders.

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago

That requires American military to not be willing war criminals, which is something the American population refuses to accept.

[–] ActualGrapesTasteGreen@piefed.zip 42 points 4 days ago (35 children)

But Kamala Harris laughs weird...

/s

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 33 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

The reight was so concerned with their Buttery males and their "let's go brandons" that we have an evil dictator willing to glass entire regions to keep everyone from talking about all the underage girls he raped.

If there IS a worse timeline I don't want to see it.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (2 children)

No, they want this. They want to see brown people nuked into oblivion while they fantasize about raping children.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That could also be. I hate it but you're right, that's a real possibility.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I had a Republican roommate 25 years ago. It was eye-opening.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Mine thought bill oreilly was a flaming liberal, in his words. He came from the nazi part of Idaho

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Wait, which part isn't?

[–] Angrydeuce@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

These fools think theyre actually going to heaven when they die lol

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Yes, we all know how democrats would never start a war in the Middle East.

🙄

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

54 delusionals in this craphsow of a thread still beleive Kamala lost because of racism/sexism/infighting despite the fact that her campaign can be summed up as a flaming pile of dogshit, of which even the DNC admitted cost her the election because she literally refused to acknowledge the demands of her own constituency.

Yeah I can't wait for you idiots to cry in 2028 about voting Newsom even if he personally promises to suck Netanyahu's pipe bombs as soon as he takes office.

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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

He didn’t have anything to say he just needed to get in front of the cameras because the astronauts were getting attention.

[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

And we've still got the better part of three years of his insanity left to go. Preppers may finally get to use their supplies.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Cool, so now he is floating the idea of nuking them?

If trump’s ego gets cornered deeply enough I have a feeling he’d use nukes.

[–] grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 3 days ago

time for us all to prepare for Operation Lethal Easter Bunny this high holy day weekend

[–] panthera_@lemmy.today 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This might cause Iranians to support their government despite disliking it and Iranians in the US who supported Trump's attack on Iran might now have second thoughts.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 4 days ago

I hated the Bush administration with everything I had, and still do, but 9/11 didn't convince me to overthrow my government.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 8 points 4 days ago

Its still so gets me how much this is like what was portrayed to us in the 80's of what the us would be like if a communists or facists took over. Even before because 1984 and such. The way he extoled the good economy and how we achieved everything wanted and if he mentioned anything negative even tangentially it was to say it was so minor and short lived. I hate this scary as trump time.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago

they could end up worse than some red states

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

That MAGA idiots are fusing the Iranian population to continue fighting. What fucking negotiation? The planned meeting in Islamabad ended with a big fucking zero.

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