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Crunchy Frog

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8. Well I guess both Trump's and Iran's buddy Putin

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 07:24 AM

18 hrs ago

has already established that this is a legitimate form of warfare. At least the Iranians won't be freezing to death.

Probably not a great idea if you want to get the civilian population on your side, but it's clear that this has never been about freeing the Iranian people. He'll be happy with a more cooperative but just as repressive Ayatollah.

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