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QueerDuck

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5. Well, they have claimed to want to "wipe Israel off the map"...
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 07:16 AM
18 hrs ago

... and the "cancerous tumor" would be eliminated by 2040.

So, there's that, I guess.

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Iran has been the big bad since Bettie 19 hrs ago #1
Women in Iran are very educated compared to many countries womanofthehills 17 hrs ago #11
What's so special about Iran is that it has 309 million barrels of oil. Irish_Dem 19 hrs ago #2
This is it exactly. mwmisses4289 19 hrs ago #3
Bingo that's why Blue Full Moon 18 hrs ago #8
Bottom line - I would also add two other elements Cosmocat 17 hrs ago #16
Yep. Trump does nothing unless it benefits him personally. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #19
They refused to allow the imperialists to control their malaise 19 hrs ago #4
Iran became "evil" in 1951, when Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil sop 16 hrs ago #26
Well, they have claimed to want to "wipe Israel off the map"... QueerDuck 18 hrs ago #5
Under the deal negotiated by the Obama administration, they were giving up their path to any means of doing so. redgreenandblue 18 hrs ago #10
They were the second Muslim country to recognize Israel Easterncedar 16 hrs ago #23
;-{)..... Goonch 18 hrs ago #6
They fire at all nations ships right now OC375 18 hrs ago #7
They are Shia, descended from Muhammed. cachukis 18 hrs ago #9
Trump is jealous. Iran's dictatorship rules with an iron fist Martin Eden 17 hrs ago #12
You mean the land formerly known as Persia? You're right. Nothing special about it. Intractable 17 hrs ago #13
Trump: "It is the greatest killing of a Persian leader since Alexander killed Darius and took his rugs" dalton99a 16 hrs ago #30
They also fund terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas EdmondDantes_ 17 hrs ago #14
It is a head scratcher, I agree. mysteryowl 17 hrs ago #15
They have been attacking us through proxies since 1979. We cannot pretend that... Ol Janx Spirit 16 hrs ago #24
I'm just saying that if we are under attack for 40 years mysteryowl 16 hrs ago #28
I suppose that they should have just allowed the US and UK to control their country to steal their oil then? ihaveaquestion 15 hrs ago #36
They have every right to feel resentment towards America and the west, but that doesn't justify... Ol Janx Spirit 11 hrs ago #46
Saudi Arabia? displacedvermoter 15 hrs ago #37
Saudi has been cracking down on extremism Melon 14 hrs ago #39
Ok displacedvermoter 14 hrs ago #40
The 9/11 Commission found no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior officials... Ol Janx Spirit 10 hrs ago #47
We live under a dictatorship..... Hope22 17 hrs ago #17
"You're foolin' yourself! We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working class... Ray Bruns 16 hrs ago #20
China has made huge investments in Iran randr 17 hrs ago #18
They have oil and they defied us Easterncedar 16 hrs ago #21
Just the truth malaise 14 hrs ago #42
It's not that they are a dictatorship. It's that they are a terrorist state. Melon 16 hrs ago #22
"Iran has been developing nuclear weapons and hiding production." redgreenandblue 15 hrs ago #35
Saudi Arabia displacedvermoter 15 hrs ago #38
Not one effin country on this planet should have nuclear weapons malaise 14 hrs ago #41
Agreed....but here we are. Melon 14 hrs ago #43
OIL jonstl08 16 hrs ago #25
They sell oil without using US dollars. Chemical Bill 16 hrs ago #27
The thing about Iran is that Trump is in the Epstein files more than 1,000,000 times Blues Heron 16 hrs ago #29
The lesson the US seems to be teaching all countries is "get nukes" David__77 16 hrs ago #31
Or American hostages. dalton99a 16 hrs ago #32
They weaken KSA hegemony on oil price. JCMach1 16 hrs ago #33
We need a military base there. 617Blue 16 hrs ago #34
They took Jimmy Carter's second term from him. gulliver 13 hrs ago #44
Iran is the biggest regional power GreatGazoo 11 hrs ago #45
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