Message from @Om 🕉
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Trump drones Suleimani.
Iran then has to retaliate. If they don't, they look weak and Iranian Revolution II: Electric Boogaloo kicks off.
Iran also knows that if they kill any American soldiers, America will bomb the shit out of them.
So they have to retaliate in a manner substantial enough to save face, but somehow without killing any Americans.
What could possibly be a better way of doing so than launching over a dozen ballistic missiles at an American base, but either intentionally missing by a large enough margin to ensure that no one is hurt or making your preparations so blatantly obvious that American forces are alerted with more than enough spare time to take cover?
Apparently the soldiers at al Asad received a warning of the attack well before it occurred, which makes this idea seem even more plausible.
Also, look at Trump and Iran's rhetoric. Trump stresses that he's not interested in a regime change operation, tacitly letting the Iranians know they don't actually need to start a war for their survival. Iran goes on at length about how their actions are "in self-defense" and that "their assault has concluded" after the attack to let America know there's no need for further action.
Both sides can claim victory, Iran by claiming that they hit America back and threatened to attack further, and Trump by waving away the attack as a colossal failure not even deserving a response. And so, both sides step back from the ledge without looking weak.
It just all seems like too much of a coincidence. The only other alternative is that Iran is so phenomenally incompetent that they can launch over a dozen ballistic missiles at a major American military base and cause precisely zero casualties.
for some reason, i imagined a bunch of canadians on that flight
Canadians or Iranian-canadians?
idk
either
Also, odd that it was headed to Ukraine but had no Ukrainians
aside from the staff
I wonder what Trudeau has to say
If you fly, gravity wins.
I was like you guys once, really concerned about what Trudeau would say
"if you bomb your enemies, they win" -trudeau probably
if you lose ww3, (((they))) win
lol
yes an hour before the attack there was a shelter in place alarm at a few american bases
they said it was an exercise , but clearly wasnt
they probably made some deal for a symbolic strike
to keep the respective npcs at home happy
there was a rumor before that trump had offered symbolic retalliation to them
through the swiss embassy in iran
Seems weird to me that they don't know what caused a plane to crash
so
i think i have a smol suspicion
(always a good forum for civil aviation crashes or events)
it seems to have been a coordinated show between USA and IRAN
quake was 10KM deep btw
so not a weapon
Really disappointed in some of his takes
Damn
At least he's right on that
"military theatrics" and "good diplomacy" is killing a national hero and getting away with it apparently
hmmmmmmm