no, you don't like "our" government and look for every opportunity to soap box against it. Do you know how many Iranian citizens the Iranian governement killed this year? 30,000 or more. And that was just in the first few months of 2026. They aren't an oppressive regime, they are a living nightmare. They have been either killing Americans or supporting proxies around the globe to kill americans for over 50 years now. The Ayatolla took his chant of "death to america" to his grave. We could either live with the consequences of Iran as it was before, like we have done for 50 years, or we could bomb the fuck out of all of the things they are using against us and then deal with those consequences. I am ready to deal with these consequences.QillerDaemon wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2026 3:52 pm NATO is a mutual and collective defense alliance, an attack on one is an attack on all. It's supposed to provide cooperative security and peace with all members equally. Notably, Israel is not a member of NATO, only a partner country. NATO is -not- an organization to used to make an coordinated offense on any other nation, member or not, doing so is against its treaty terms. So any member nation of NATO is in no way obligated to become a part of our attack on Iran.
If Israel really wants to be in on the attack of Iran, let them, it's their war, it should not be ours. We already support Israel in a number of ways with our country's tax base, there should be no cause to put our military forces towards an attack on Iran. Let Israel fight this with the arms, bombs, and materials we provide them at our cost. It should be noted Israel provides a number of services to their citizens that's viewed as "socialism" here, such as a national healthcare plan and subsidized higher education. To a degree, we pay for things we won't give our own citizens, richest nation that we rumored to be.
I don't like the government of Iran, but I do respect the its people, who have no been well served by that government. But it is not our war to fight. I seem to remember that 47 said we should not engage in nation building, but that's what we'll be doing in attacking Iran. Or Cuba, for that matter. We've been repeatedly told we cannot afford to provide what should be essential services to our own people, why are we suddenly gung-ho to spend tax money on a badly coordinated attack on another nation. Is it really about the oil and its shipping?
Now its up to the 60 million Iranians that hate living under that regime. They can either take advantage of this opportunity or they can continue to live with it. We have lived with a dollar increase in gas prices for 2 weeks. I filled up my truck yesterday and it cost $20 more than 2 weeks ago. Good grief.
