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gab13by13

(31,784 posts)
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 07:33 AM Yesterday

WTF Is In It For Us To Invade Iran

Someone needs to ask Krasnov that question right now.

We have learned nothing from history. What good was it for President Clinton to bomb Iraq? Good job destroying that pharmacy looking for non-existent WMD.

What good was in it for Shrub to go to war in Afghanistan and Iraq?

What good was in it for President Biden to continually bomb the Houthis?

Bad things are going to happen when Krasnov bombs or even sends troops into Iran. Has anyone actually planned out a bad scenario before doing this? Iran has missiles and drones and every country that houses our military is open to attack.

Even if the present regime is ousted what guarantees are there that the people who take over will be better?

For certain the price of oil will skyrocket, Putin will love that. The price of gasoline will skyrocket which will cause inflation to rise even more.

I have a prediction that I am betting my golf clubs on, an invasion, significant bombing of Iran will be a huge mistake for the United States.

We have 2 battle groups just outside the range of Iranian missiles right now, surely the idiot isn't going to send ground troops in?

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WTF Is In It For Us To Invade Iran (Original Post) gab13by13 Yesterday OP
Trump said Friday that he wants "military strikes to pressure Iran over its nuclear program." sop Yesterday #1
There must be a general strike if Trump and his clowns bomb/invade Iran. Chasstev365 Yesterday #2
RW Bibi wants Iran destroyed......................... Lovie777 Yesterday #3
Plan to take the oil and the Shah. multigraincracker Yesterday #4
It is all abou Israel PCB66 Yesterday #5
Trump Tower - Gaza gab13by13 Yesterday #7
Iran also has oil. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #6
He's not going to taco on this. Bookreadingliberal53 Yesterday #8
who is "us?" rampartd Yesterday #9
A distraction from the Epstein files...nothing more. spanone Yesterday #10
Payback most likely OC375 Yesterday #11
Top Ten Differences Between the Iraq War and Trump's Proposed Iran War IcyPeas Yesterday #12
I haven't heard any reports of a planned *invasion* Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #13
It's those voices that speak inside the head. MineralMan Yesterday #15
Us? We Have Nothing to Do with That. MineralMan Yesterday #14

sop

(18,150 posts)
1. Trump said Friday that he wants "military strikes to pressure Iran over its nuclear program."
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 07:44 AM
Yesterday

(BBC, 2019) "Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal to spite Barack Obama, according to a leaked memo written by the UK's former ambassador in the US...Sir Kim Darroch described the move as an act of 'diplomatic vandalism,' according to the Mail on Sunday...The paper says the memo was written after the then Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson appealed to the US in 2018 to stick with the deal."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48978484

Chasstev365

(7,477 posts)
2. There must be a general strike if Trump and his clowns bomb/invade Iran.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 07:45 AM
Yesterday

Sadly, I think we (collective) will passively do nothing. So another option is to totally boycott Amazon, Facebook, paypal and all other Trump friendly companies. Hit theses billionaire asshole's bottom line.

This is not asking people to go without necessities, but to tell the billionaires ENOUGH!

Lovie777

(22,459 posts)
3. RW Bibi wants Iran destroyed.........................
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 07:46 AM
Yesterday

no words on the secret meetings between Israeli's RWers and US's RWers....................

And to boot, US military medical ships to Greenland?

PCB66

(97 posts)
5. It is all abou Israel
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 07:51 AM
Yesterday

Trump is obsessed with Israel. Anything to protect Israel. Even war with Iran.

Guess who is going to get all the contracts to rebuild Gaza?

The same country that destroyed Gaza with the help of Trump.

8. He's not going to taco on this.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 08:05 AM
Yesterday

He’s doing Israel’s bidding. Israel wants Iran wiped off the map.

OC375

(611 posts)
11. Payback most likely
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 08:31 AM
Yesterday

I think a lot of people see Iran as an ongoing PITA and want to kick their ass. Money too of course, but I think primarily it’s “ kill your enemy” vs justice or safety.

IcyPeas

(25,244 posts)
12. Top Ten Differences Between the Iraq War and Trump's Proposed Iran War
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 08:37 AM
Yesterday

[This article is from 2019]

There is no way to compare the devastating consequences of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, but a war of choice with Iran would represent something on an even larger scale

1. Iraq is 168,754 mi2 and Iran is 636,400 mi2; that is, Iran is geographically 3.77 times bigger than Iraq, almost 4 times as big.

2. Iraq’s population when invaded was 26 million. Iran’s population today is 81 million.

See the rest here:

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/05/15/top-ten-differences-between-iraq-war-and-trumps-proposed-iran-war

Fiendish Thingy

(22,648 posts)
13. I haven't heard any reports of a planned *invasion*
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 10:25 AM
Yesterday

Just air attacks.

What have you heard, and where did you hear it?

MineralMan

(150,999 posts)
14. Us? We Have Nothing to Do with That.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 10:28 AM
Yesterday

Trump don't care. It is that simple.

In any case, there are no plans to INVADE Iran. Attack it? Sure, but no invasion is in the works at all.

Words matter.

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