Kind of what I expected. Iran has all the cards here, and the US was already starting from a poor negotiating position due to Israel’s aggression against Lebanon. Iran agreeing to anything right now would have meant taking a loss for no reason.

Tie me to a missile and fire me at Tel Aviv.

More like “lung” than “long”

I, for one, am glad that Iran is discouraging young people from enlisting.

The billionaire ruling class controls NATO, they killed Qaddafi, and now Libya has open slave markets.

That’s what they want for Russia.

So how come I can’t find as much stuff from the Ukrainian people about their government being nazis?

Russia’s war in Ukraine was preceded by mass demonstrations by ethnic Russians in the Donbas region against their government being nazis, which escalated into the masses seizing weapons and occupying buildings. It was only after this that Russia became directly involved.

Is Libya better off without Qaddafi?

Ukraine aligning with NATO is still a problem for Russia, with or without nukes.

Just ask Qaddafi.

Europe is the lesser evil for whom? Certainly not the victims of European colonialism and imperialism.

And when you look, you’ll see those former colonies are getting closer with Russia and China.

The world helped the US sanction and blockade Iran.

Now Iran is sanctioning and blockading the world.

Turnabout is fair play.

traders are assuming that Trump will abandon the conflict before the economic toll of a prolonged war reaches extreme levels.

They don’t seem to realize that Iran gets a vote on when this war ends. They assume that Trump can end this whenever he gets bored, but nothing stops Iran from continuing to hit US+ally assets in the region while continuing to restrain Strait traffic.

US capitalists want regime change so they can steal Iran’s oil and resources, which would necessarily end munitions sales from Iran to Russia. They certainly don’t want a war that drags on until the global economy collapses.

I think you’ve got the material interests of US capitalists confused.

So then why is it so hard for you to believe that US capitalist interests also pay them?

After their spotty coverage in Gaza, how can you possibly believe CNN puts out “whatever will get clicks and views”?

It’s not a mindless sort of belief - they want to believe. They’re believing as hard as they can, because the alternative is ruin.

And this will only hurt them more, prices are just going to keep going up. Anyone who waits that extra week is paying more than anyone who already bought what they needed. The people who wait the longest will be hurt the most.

I don’t think the US can even prevent it.

The government of Iran won’t fall before they mine the Strait, and then it’ll be closed without any further input.

They don’t need to take on the full brunt of the US, they just need to keep the Strait closed to US-friendly traffic until the US economy collapses.

There’s a propaganda effort by white supremacist society to paint all reparations as “evil revenge against white people :<” instead of what it actually is: correcting the injustices of slavery by making whole the descendants of slaves who have been robbed of their heritage and generational wealth.

I’m really interested in what you think reparations even are - do you think they’re just going to shake down all white people for money? How are they going to punish you? Why would they punish you?

But benefiting from it is okay?