Does the US really want to play this game? 90% of Israel’s water comes from desalination plants, and now we’ve given Iran the justification to strike back in a similar manner.

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    In response to OPs question. I am really wondering if this the point at which the US, especially under Trump, plays the “blame the Jews” card.

    We’ve been watching the right wing shift towards anti Israel views. The tucker Carlson crowd etc.

    Maybe Trump is too demented. But, I feel like his defining characteristic is to be good at “reading the room”.

    I just don’t know where it goes with the evangelical Christians that think this needs to happen to bring back Jesus. That’s literally the 20% of people that always agree with Trump. But, honestly, at this point. I think they will follow Trump and the pastors will give them a reason to hate the “the Jews”.

    I just don’t see how Trump gets out of this otherwise.

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      They (bipartisan USA plus UK, Germany and so on) have zero scruples right now about persecuting the antizionist Jews for opposition against Israel, so when the cannibalising of vassals finally hits Israel they will immediately drop all the pretense and go openly antisemitic.

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      they will 100% turn against Jews, even all those “I love Israel apartheid and genocide, if you’re against it, you’re antisemitic and hate jews”

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        Israel is a piece. If this war ends up threatening the one true ruler of the US, Capital, it won’t matter what Israel wants.

        I think this is the part that a lot of people will eventually be shocked by. Because they are following the wrong “leader”.

        Israeli interest and Israeli leaders are absolutely interwoven in American foreign policy. But, if the interest of capital see it within their best interest to drop Israel, they will.

        Now, I think this will be mostly symbolic, I don’t think US military support would ever drop. Or even much in terms of capital investments in Israel. But, I can definitely see them using Israel, specifically Benjamin Netanyahu, as a scapegoat for the failures that have already occurred because of the war with Iran.

        And, this would bring support in from a lot of Trump’s base that he has lost to the Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and Candace Owen narratives. If Trump played it well enough to capture their antisemitism, while at the same time, not entirely alienating his Christian Zionist base by using Netanyahu as “the problem” instead of directly blaming it on Israel.

        It’s just my though. My brain is rotted at this point though. I hate all of these people but am way too aware of how they shift and manipulate their narrative when things don’t go as planned. It’s a path forward I could see him taking.

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      Remember that cruelty is the point with this administration

      Stealing truckloads of cash from the working class isn’t enough, they need to also see the poor and defenceless suffer needlessly in order to get their kicks.

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    Something something Collective Punishment something something Geneva Conventions

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    a bit weird how the beacon of democracy will bomb schoolchildren and water supplies for the population, but the regime terrorists are only striking military facilities and infrastructure so far 🤔

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      We can already ascertain (I trust certain sources) that the US has likely lost more military personnel than the Iranians, to say nothing of the trade in production (including trade war limits making some hardware functionally irreplacable), cost, depletion of stockpiles, economic leverage of the strikes. They’re really “smoking 'em while they’ve got 'em” since the Mossad network and Starlink strategy collapsed. Seems like they lost hope.

      If anything this attack could be one last stab to slow the development of Iran, which is intruding into very high tech industries dominated by the US and western Europe, such as pharmaceuticals and even nuclear fusion in due time.

      The west fears having to unleash the power of certified genius women (and men, but it’s much more pronounced how their talents benefit Iranian industrial capacity and affect this war, they are a huge driver of the missile program) the way Iran and China have. Girlbossing and slaying is more about inflating the size of the high value service industry.

      The future is bright, actually. Our horizons were limited. I think humanity will become something unrecognizable. One day all people will understand death on their own terms, without metaphor. Do not fear the genius women. Sexual selection is the reason we aren’t scraping bugs out of tree bark. This will be even better.

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    Iran already had a water shortage, this is pushing a wounded critter into a corner and expecting it to not fight for its life.

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      I think we re-enter the middle east in some capacity every 5-10 years since like desert storm. Its not new. People are just sick of it. It could be weapons, it could be troops. We never really take our hand off the wheel over there.

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    Iran so far has been the adult in the room. I get that a lot of things are fucked up there from economy to freedoms, but boy that’s nowhere close to what the US/Palestine occupiers are trying to do to them. I come from a shithole too and I keep shitting on our government for a good reason, but I would definitely prefer them over being holocausted by US/Palestine occupiers.

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      Iran’s issues are literally because of US imperialism. Their economy isn’t doing great because of insane illegal sanctions, and their paranoia comes from having been under siege their whole existence. I believe things will get a lot better for Iranians after the aggressors leave the region.

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      I get that a lot of things are fucked up there from economy to freedoms, but boy that’s nowhere close to what the US/Palestine occupiers are trying to do to them.

      🧐

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    Every other country in region, Israel included, is much more dependent on desalination for water than Iran as a country. Unclear why they want as many dick moves as possible.

    IIUC, on same day Iran apologized for attacking neighbours, this attack was launched from Bahrain, one of the/the most dependent desalination country on earth, that is a rock throw away from Iran.