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President Donald Trump's United States of America

kEiThZ said:
This is exactly what Carney talked about. International law twisted to fit wherever narrative we want.

Where were all of you when Russia was bombing children's hospitals? Russia has used over 57 000 Shaheds against Ukraine. People became numb to that and scroll past. A few hit influencer central in Dubai and we're worried about international law now?

If we want to talk about international law let's go back to an international legal concept that Canada used to loudly champion: Responsibility to Protect (R2P). It was a doctrine that said we oppose mass slaughter of civilians for any reason and will support armed intervention where necessary. Amazing, how that bit of international law is now long forgotten......

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...or completely ignore them all together. That's clearly what Russia did. And what the US is doing currently.

But I dunno...mass slaughtering more to stop mass slaughtering doesn't seem to be a viable solution. I mean bombing Israel into the stone ages to stop their genocide in Gaza for example would probably be a unworkable if not counter productive....
 
UtakataNoAnnex said:
...or completely ignore them all together. That's clearly what Russia did. And what the US is doing currently.

But I dunno...mass slaughtering more to stop mass slaughtering doesn't seem to be a viable solution. I mean bombing Israel into the stone ages to stop their genocide in Gaza for example would probably be a unworkable if not counter productive....
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The only way to solve Gaza is for some kind of international force (not the UN locals who have side gigs with Hamas) there that can successfully disarm Hamas and remove the counterinsurgency excuse of Israel. And for all the talk about peace, there's literally nobody interested in that mission. The history of Palestinians in Jordan, Lebanon and Kuwait should provide a hint as to why nobody wants this. Ask yourself why the Egyptians seal the Gaza border every time.

There's also a historical analog for the above. India's intervention in Sri Lanka to stop their civil war. And look how that turned out for India.

But sure I get that nobody is interested in any solutions here but "Israel bad."
 
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The supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, also referred to as the supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution, but officially called the supreme leadership authority, is the de facto head of state and the highest political and religious authority of Iran (above the president). The armed forces, judiciary, state radio and television, and other key government organizations such as the Guardian Council and Expediency Discernment Council are subject to the supreme leader.
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Wondering if Donald Trump is "thinking" of becoming "supreme leader" of the United States of America, and let someone else become the President, as a way to get around the 2 term limit for President. :eek:

Hopefully not.
 
kEiThZ said:
Trump is saying he'll negotiate. This looks a lot like Venezuela 2.0 this morning.
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Trump and Netanyahu started from the same position, but are quickly going to diverge. Trump wanted a distraction and a quick win and got it with Khamenei's death while avoiding overlapping the November midterms and Netanyahu wants a friendly regime for however long it'll take. Trump is going to try to back out of this now that there are American deaths.
 
Apparently the U.S./Israel have managed to 'hack' the feed for one of the national broadcasters in Iran, and overriding it with speeches from Bibi and Trump.
 
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Was it Sesame Street where I learned to play "Which one of these does not belong?"
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nightstreak said:
Trump and Netanyahu started from the same position, but are quickly going to diverge. Trump wanted a distraction and a quick win and got it with Khamenei's death while avoiding overlapping the November midterms and Netanyahu wants a friendly regime for however long it'll take. Trump is going to try to back out of this now that there are American deaths.
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There's more than just Trump and Netanyahu. Iran's proxy networks and missile threats were just not sustainable long term. Nobody is willing to watch this march further and further:

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So to some extent this fight was probably inevitable or even overdue. Post October '23, the potency of the Triple H was getting too hard to ignore. Just needed a president who was persuadable.
 
Monarch Butterfly said:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran


Wondering if Donald Trump is "thinking" of becoming "supreme leader" of the United States of America, and let someone else become the President, as a way to get around the 2 term limit for President. :eek:

Hopefully not.
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He can call himself Grand High Poobah and reign from the top of Mount Rushmore, but without a Constitutional legitimacy, he would have as much authority as any of the Project 2026 backroom hacks. He doesn't strike me as the silent partner type.
 
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kEiThZ said:
There's more than just Trump and Netanyahu. Iran's proxy networks and missile threats were just not sustainable long term. Nobody is willing to watch this march further and further:

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So to some extent this fight was probably inevitable or even overdue. Post October '23, the potency of the Triple H was getting too hard to ignore. Just needed a president who was persuadable.
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Something had to be done, but it could have been done with patience and precision. But this is the reality we have to live in: it might've required to have someone as irresponsible as Trump to light the match and we all stand back and hope for the best.

I don't think this gets settled unless there are boots on the ground to assist the population in overthrowing the government. It's going to get very very messy.
 
nightstreak said:
Something had to be done, but it could have been done with patience and precision. But this is the reality we have to live in: it might've required to have someone as irresponsible as Trump to light the match and we all stand back and hope for the best.

I don't think this gets settled unless there are boots on the ground to assist the population in overthrowing the government. It's going to get very very messy.
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It's a real conundrum. On one hand, Trump is way too agressive. On the other hand, Obama, Bush, and Biden absolutely dropped the ball on Iran, Russia and even China allowing things to get this bad. Reasoned policy is probably somewhere in between.
 
kEiThZ said:
It's a real conundrum. On one hand, Trump is way too agressive. On the other hand, Obama, Bush, and Biden absolutely dropped the ball on Iran, Russia and even China allowing things to get this bad. Reasoned policy is probably somewhere in between.
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I believe that Russia and China wanted things to get this bad, as a distracting tactic. And that tactic includes Iran and Oct. 7.
 
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