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Several loud explosions were heard in Iran's capital, Tehran, and the nearby Karaj city early on Saturday, semi-official Iranian media said.

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 1 points 25 minutes ago

I didn't know "precise" was in the IDF vocabulary.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 13 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

How many capitals can Israel bomb in the space of a week? They must be running out of countries in range by now.

[–] EuroPapa@feddit.nl 9 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Israel is going for a domination victory? Don't they know razed capitals don't count.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 45 minutes ago (1 children)

You can't raze original capitals. (At least in Civ 5, not sure about others.)

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 23 minutes ago* (last edited 23 minutes ago)

Yeah but you can still bomb them down all the way to 1 pop

[–] slartibartfast@lemm.ee 14 points 3 hours ago (5 children)
[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 42 minutes ago

It'd be regional, for sure. I don't think Israel is going to pull the US into it, nor Iran pull Russia (mostly because they don't even have the power to fight a war on their own border). Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the rest are going to try to stay out of it as much as they can, but still contribute a little material support. I don't think it's going to be a global conflict.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 1 points 19 minutes ago* (last edited 11 minutes ago)

We're due.

As a species that got to be number 1, we have nothing left to express our dominating nature on except ourselves. You don't just evolve out of that in a couple hundred years—you gotta have a nature that is highly successful at doing what it does best deeply instilled. It seems every now and then we have to let it out. It's like masturbating to weird porn. We're ashamed after, say we'll never do it again, but over time the nature needs exercise.

It's just what we are. It's in our nature to kill each other if there's nothing left to dominate. We need it. The best you can do is reject it and try be a better person every day, and not hate yourself if that species number 1 nature comes out at times. Evolution is incredibly slow.

Edit: Sorry if no one wanted to hear that. And it's obviously a personal opinion.

[–] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 15 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It's the concept of a world war.

[–] EMHIPresume@startrek.website 1 points 1 hour ago

Trump is a yuuge zionist

[–] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I can't say it comes as a surprise but... so they did move forward with this.

I wonder how Iran will respond.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works -5 points 2 hours ago (4 children)

I mean, Iran already bombarded them, and this is Israel's response.

[–] USSEntercost@startrek.website 4 points 1 hour ago

Because Israel attacked Iran.

Going back to when the Zionist state of Israel first took over half of Palestine.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago

In response to....in response to... ad nauseum

[–] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I guess I'm just morbidly following to see where it all ends..

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It ends where the people of the world stop giving away their own power to strangers in exchange for trinkets. How many people need to die before that happens will have to be a decision that the world makes collectively.

The beast is eating itself. The meek shall inherit the Earth.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Also you know funded Hamas terrorists and propaganda.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 22 minutes ago

Just like Israel

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

So I guess we're doing that this weekend.

Enough of a reason to stand against Israel yet Harris?

[–] Klause@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Enough of a reason to stand against Israel yet Harris?

Or Trump.

The region is not safe under either of them as long as their is bipartisan support for Israel.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

The anti-war candidate wins this election.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 5 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

sorry to burst your bubble but you only have 2 choices

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world -4 points 2 hours ago

You know they said that when Biden was running too.

They were wrong.

[–] Nyx0r@discuss.online 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

The candidate that has won a majority of elections since I think forever:

Vances' ex-gf.

And when you ask:

Who is that?

I have to ask if you are serious about wanting to win this election. Because the constant battering that "voters have no choice" is literally losing this election for Harris. You can either address their criticisms, or recognize that you, when making this false dichotomy, you are part of the reason why Harris is losing.

This argument is so fucking tired, and such an obvious failure, I can't believe any one still making it is making it in good faith. Any one relying on this trope is either an idiot or a liar.