• herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml
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    10 hours ago

    The elites miscalculated. Thiel, Musk and the others that hold Trump’s leash thought that it would be a quick victory. But the Iranian people turned out to be stronger than they anticipated.

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      9 hours ago

      Almost like America has been through this song and dance before.

      I can’t quite put an Afghanistan finger on it though… Or an Iraqi… Or a Vietnamese… Or a…

    • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      The Iranian people were getting gunned down in the streets by the Iranian government just a few months before Trump attacked.

      It’s the Iranian government and military that managed to hold on. Trumps attack only made them stronger.