Iran/US conflict

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by August

Well he just offed an Iranian general and barely missed getting another one. That's not good enough? Personally i've favored turning Iran into a glass floored self lighting parking lot ever since '79 so if you think we ought to light them up some more i'm down with it.

Lol, 10-4 I favor pinpont strikes on key infrastructure, like they did to the Saudis a while back, but ongoing until they cannot take it. As few civilian casualties as possible, lots of powerplants, mullahs, and oil sites.

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

I think the Iranians were hoping to goad the US into a response so they could play the victim card again but it backfired

That's probably the smart reason not to hit back.

Democratic congressional leaders and presidential candidates who were unsparing in their criticism of President Trump for the escalation with Iran over the past two weeks largely have gone silent now that the protests on the streets of Tehran and beyond have turned their rage toward the regime — and not the Trump White House.

Even as videos emerged online Monday that purportedly show Iranian police and security forces firing live ammunition to disperse protesters, so far among the 2020 Democratic candidates only former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., have spoken out in support of the people.


The protesters have railed against the government following the shoot-down of a passenger plane that the Iranian government initially denied involvement in — Tehran later admitted they downed the jet in a misfire during attacks against U.S. bases in Iraq, following Trump's takedown of top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

Cross your fingers, we could see the overthrow of the regime.