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Trump must always be under a lot of pressure.
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Greg Lloyd
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During Iran’s 12-day war with Israel last year, #Khamenei named 3 candidates who could succeed him, but they were never publicly identified. Though #Larijani appears to be largely running the country, he is not regarded as a candidate because he is not a senior Shiite cleric — a fundamental qualification for any successor.
#US #Iran #Israel #war #Trump #Netanyahu #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast
Trump must always be under a lot of pressure.
Chewie
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#Trump is making dangerous assumptions about who will take power in #Iran
The killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader could be a blow for #democracy- but there are many groups poised to fight for the future of the country
#World #News #Politics
@Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-trump-tehran-israel-irgc-b2929709.html
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"I understand the inclination to believe that Trump is acting erratically when he seemingly arbitrarily bombs Iran. But this is the culmination of a long-term plan for which the chief beneficiary is, unsurprisingly, himself. ...
Let’s be clear: Trump doesn’t care about foreign countries meddling in our elections. If he did, he’d be bombing Russia right now."
~ Brian Tyler Cohen
https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/the-real-reason-for-trumps-iran-bombing
Mastodon Migration
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"As this now becomes the seventh country Trump has bombed just since being back in office for one year, cui bono, who benefits? It seems like a disturbingly easy qustion to answer. Why has the US government been pushed in this direction? Follow the money. Why is Donald Trump willing to let that happen? Well, with this president, sadly, we keep learning over and over that the easiest answer is almost always the truest one."
~ Rachel Maddow
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/why-trump-war-iran-benefits
"I understand the inclination to believe that Trump is acting erratically when he seemingly arbitrarily bombs Iran. But this is the culmination of a long-term plan for which the chief beneficiary is, unsurprisingly, himself. ...
Let’s be clear: Trump doesn’t care about foreign countries meddling in our elections. If he did, he’d be bombing Russia right now."
~ Brian Tyler Cohen
https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/the-real-reason-for-trumps-iran-bombing
"In his election night victory speech in November 2024, Trump told his supporters: 'I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars.' Two months later, in his inaugural address, he went even further in trying to establish himself as a global peacemaker. 'We will measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars that we end – and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into.', he said"
~ Mohamad Bazzi
"It earns him not only close attention but even occasionally plaudits from the very serious people who are professionally inclined that there's some rationale, some strategery, some good thinking behind the start of every war, particularly in the Middle East. …
He sees war as something he gets to do on his own say-so, in a baseball hat from home, that is exciting, that is controversial, that is all about him, &, not for nothing, it's the world's greatest change of subject."
"In his election night victory speech in November 2024, Trump told his supporters: 'I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars.' Two months later, in his inaugural address, he went even further in trying to establish himself as a global peacemaker. 'We will measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars that we end – and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into.', he said"
~ Mohamad Bazzi
"He does not play four-dimensional chess. There's just him and what we know he's like. This president appears to have grown his enormous and excitable new appetite for military intervention in just this one year back in office apparently just became he thinks war is easy. It's exciting."
"It earns him not only close attention but even occasionally plaudits from the very serious people who are professionally inclined that there's some rationale, some strategery, some good thinking behind the start of every war, particularly in the Middle East. …
He sees war as something he gets to do on his own say-so, in a baseball hat from home, that is exciting, that is controversial, that is all about him, &, not for nothing, it's the world's greatest change of subject."
"As this now becomes the seventh country Trump has bombed just since being back in office for one year, cui bono, who benefits? It seems like a disturbingly easy qustion to answer. Why has the US government been pushed in this direction? Follow the money. Why is Donald Trump willing to let that happen? Well, with this president, sadly, we keep learning over and over that the easiest answer is almost always the truest one."
~ Rachel Maddow
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/why-trump-war-iran-benefits
"He does not play four-dimensional chess. There's just him and what we know he's like. This president appears to have grown his enormous and excitable new appetite for military intervention in just this one year back in office apparently just became he thinks war is easy. It's exciting."
"As this now becomes the seventh country Trump has bombed just since being back in office for one year, cui bono, who benefits? It seems like a disturbingly easy qustion to answer. Why has the US government been pushed in this direction? Follow the money. Why is Donald Trump willing to let that happen? Well, with this president, sadly, we keep learning over and over that the easiest answer is almost always the truest one."
~ Rachel Maddow
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/why-trump-war-iran-benefits
X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israeli Attack on Iran
https://www.wired.com/story/x-is-drowning-in-disinformation-following-us-and-israels-attack-on-iran/
#news #tech #technology #socialmedia #twitter #elonmusk #politics #maga #trump #iran
Chewie
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The move suggested that the Islamic Republic was keen to project a sense of continuity after the death of its longtime ruler, who was at the center of the country’s theocratic system.
Before he was killed, #Khamenei had delegated much of the running of the country to #Larijani, a veteran politician & former commander in the #IRGC. The rise of Larijani had sidelined Iran’s president, Masoud #Pezeshkian.
#US #Iran #Israel #war #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast
During Iran’s 12-day war with Israel last year, #Khamenei named 3 candidates who could succeed him, but they were never publicly identified. Though #Larijani appears to be largely running the country, he is not regarded as a candidate because he is not a senior Shiite cleric — a fundamental qualification for any successor.
#US #Iran #Israel #war #Trump #Netanyahu #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast