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Swede

(38,970 posts)
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 07:38 PM 5 hrs ago

Trump 'could kill Ayatollah's son and senior mullahs to topple Iranian regime'

That ought to settle things down.


Donald Trump is considering plans to assassinate the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei among the military options for a strike on Iran.

The US president has reportedly been presented with a decapitation campaign against the leadership of the Islamic Republic, with Mojtaba Khamenei on the list alongside his father.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-could-allow-iran-token-124852382.html

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ananda

(34,663 posts)
6. I'd call it flinging shit all around the sandbox...
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 08:14 PM
4 hrs ago

while billionaires sit on the side and clap.

yellow dahlia

(5,382 posts)
9. Right. The Tech billionaires are ready to swoop in and claim their Dark Enlightenment
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 09:56 PM
2 hrs ago

among the ruins.

yellow dahlia

(5,382 posts)
11. They want the mess.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:12 PM
2 hrs ago

They are insulated and protected...even with bunker type residences.

They have the data? Do they already have some of the spoils from the Treasury? I dunno.

ananda

(34,663 posts)
12. Can you imagine living in an obliterated world...
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:15 PM
2 hrs ago

Well, maybe they'll have virtual reality by then.

I think Stanislav Lem explored this avenue in
one of his futuristic books back in the day.

yellow dahlia

(5,382 posts)
13. Indeed. We are in a place too familiar to the futuristic dystopian scenarios of fiction.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:18 PM
2 hrs ago

I will do all I can to prevent it from happening.

I stand for the Constitution (even if it isn't perfect). I stand for Democracy (even if it is flawed).

I will do all I can to protect the next generations.

ananda

(34,663 posts)
14. I just saw a clip of Barbara Jordan in the Watergate hearing...
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 11:04 PM
1 hr ago

saying: "I will not stand by and be a spectator
to the diminution or destruction of the Constitution."

I wish she were alive today.

RockRaven

(19,021 posts)
5. Have any of the dumbfucks in the DOD or State Dept been told that that action will not
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 08:03 PM
4 hrs ago

in fact necessarily lead to a toppled regime? Or have they been told and are ignoring that inconvenience?

struggle4progress

(125,843 posts)
7. Maybe pollsters should ask Americans who they most want to see assassinated.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 08:19 PM
4 hrs ago

Do we want to take out guys (like Kim Jong Un) who hang big banners of themselves on public buildings? There are so many possibilities! Do we want to go after regimes that attack protestors? Maybe we should assassinate rich kleptocrats who coddle pedophiles? How about folk who build and run concentration camps for profit?

Mosby

(19,414 posts)
8. I don't take seriously anything the Telegraph writes.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 08:32 PM
4 hrs ago

It's not a good source for news and analysis.

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