Iran updates: Pakistan seeks 2-week pause after Trump warns 'whole civilization will die' if no deal by deadline
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The near closure of the Strait of Hormuz since the war began has led to a historic oil supply shock, which quickly sent global energy prices soaring.

Relevant tweet:

A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!

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  • i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    3·
    10 hours ago

    47 years of extortion, corruption, and death

    Oops. 47 is actually the number of the US president with the most extortion, corruption, and death.

  • kreskin@lemmy.world
    1·
    8 hours ago

    Russia has been awfully quiet about all this. I guess thats good news. I do wonder about this launching a nuclear war though. Trump is certainly dumb enough to start one. I wonder if Israel thinks they can somehow survive that. Theres no way in hell that they do.

  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    22·
    14 hours ago

    If he launches a nuke America will no longer be anybody’s problem. We will be a smoldering crater in 20 minutes or less.

    Should be interesting to watch Israel struggle without us. Sadly we won’t be around to see it.

      • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        14 hours ago

        Even the FBI isn’t stupid enough to think that whoever is gonna fire a shot at him is posting in places like this. They aren’t gonna brag about it before they do it they’re just gonna fucking do it.

        If Trump somehow gets his way through the midterms, I guarantee he will develop a sudden phobia of laser pointers

        • Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world
          1·
          10 hours ago

          True, but I like to be sure, just in case. The coin of life doesn’t like to flip in my favor sometimes haha.

          OH FUCK OFF LEMMY! THE MOTHERFUCKER IS ADVOCATING FOR THE DEATH OF A WHOLE COUNTRY AND YOU WANNA FIST ME IN THE DICKHOLE CAUSE I SAID SOMEONE SHOULD TAKE HIM OUT? THIS IS WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE TODAY! NO ONE CAN SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE RICH AND POWERFUL. EVEN LEMMY BENDS THE KNEE.

    • grue@lemmy.world
      11·
      16 hours ago

      I don’t think Russia or China would MAD merely on behalf of Iran.

      And probably neither does Trump['s handlers], which is why they might not actually stop him.

      • REDACTED@infosec.pub
        6·
        15 hours ago

        I think they meant that if US launches a nuke in Iran, this essentially sets a precedent that everyone else can now use nukes, including Russia in Ukraine. If that happens, we’re essentially entering a new era that might not last very long.

    • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.socialEnglish
      21·
      15 hours ago

      Nah, won’t happen. Iran is probably going to get a nuke or two. But then everybody will stay silent because nobody is dumb enough to go on a MAD war against someone as dumb as the pedohitler.

      What will most surely happen is that the US will become North Korea level of pariahs. Nobody will want to touch that shithole with a 10m pole. And no country will want to accept an US refugee because they’ll be seen as either murderers or a liability.

      • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        14 hours ago

        I do have to wonder if other countries are trying to smuggle in snipers to take out Trump without having to resort to a nuke. He’s always been erratic but now he’s doing full-blown meltdowns and he’s old and dying anyway so it’s not like there’s gonna be any long-term consequences for him either way. Countries are getting nervous.

        • I_Jedi@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
          3·
          13 hours ago

          I wonder if the NATO countries have secret plans to kill him.

          I’m sure Denmark wants him gone sooner rather than later.

          • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            10 hours ago

            We are at a point where only Israel is pleased with Trump. Literally everyone else wants him to throw a clot. Israel is powerful but they alone are not going to rescue Trump.

            • kreskin@lemmy.world
              2·
              8 hours ago

              Israel clearly operated the security systems and cameras at Epsteins residences. Thats what all of this goes back to-- Israel taking extremely adverserial action against their “ally”. So now they have videos of trump raping and killing children, and they are using it to kill and terrorize people they dont like, same as they always do.

              This absurd level of corruption and scheming would seem unbelievably over the top in a cheap spy book, but its actual reality.