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Swede

(38,979 posts) Sat Feb 21, 2026, 07:38 PM Saturday

Trump 'could kill Ayatollah's son and senior mullahs to topple Iranian regime' [View all]

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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Trump 'could kill Ayatollah's son and senior mullahs to topple Iranian regime' [View all] Swede Saturday OP

It's a WTF kind of day. yellow dahlia Saturday #1

Yep. Do these whiz kids ever consider conseqeneces? Attilatheblond Saturday #2

Seriously - they aren't even playing tiddly winks, never mind three dimensional chess. yellow dahlia Saturday #4

I'd call it flinging shit all around the sandbox... ananda Saturday #6

Right. The Tech billionaires are ready to swoop in and claim their Dark Enlightenment yellow dahlia Saturday #9

It's interesting to imagine them taking over an obliterated mess. ananda Saturday #10

They want the mess. yellow dahlia Saturday #11

Can you imagine living in an obliterated world... ananda Saturday #12

Indeed. We are in a place too familiar to the futuristic dystopian scenarios of fiction. yellow dahlia Saturday #13

I just saw a clip of Barbara Jordan in the Watergate hearing... ananda Saturday #14

Indeed. yellow dahlia Saturday #15

Might open up a decade of terrorism aimed against US interests globally... not good WarGamer Saturday #3

Have any of the dumbfucks in the DOD or State Dept been told that that action will not RockRaven Saturday #5

If they don't also kill hundreds of the top IRGC members as well Arazi Yesterday #16

Maybe pollsters should ask Americans who they most want to see assassinated. struggle4progress Saturday #7

I don't take seriously anything the Telegraph writes. Mosby Saturday #8