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bucolic_frolic

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2. Bonus points for attempted pretzel triangulation contortion way out of this mess

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 07:26 AM

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We were forced to do this to defend American lives prior to the unilateral war? Did Japan 1941 offer similar justifications? Weren't we negotiating with the existing Iranian government?

I don't see how regime change is a fit. This is civilization obliteration. And religious differences are a concomitant reason.

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