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50 minutes ago, rallyboy said:

Israel has accused Iran of deliberately targeting civilians...

 

You couldn't make it up. 

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28 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

According to Iran (yes, yes, I know) 90% of the Iranian victims are civilians. Odd when they're targeting infrastructure and nuclear sites.

Well they know there is a wide base waiting to lap up any anti-Israel news irrespective of veracity

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41 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

According to Iran (yes, yes, I know) 90% of the Iranian victims are civilians. Odd when they're targeting infrastructure and nuclear sites.

Not that odd at all given that's about average in a conflict unfortunately. Obviously that's if we believe the figures coming from the Iranians which is almost certainly wildly inflated.

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2 hours ago, Farmer Saint said:

According to Iran (yes, yes, I know) 90% of the Iranian victims are civilians. Odd when they're targeting infrastructure and nuclear sites.

If they're targeting leaders and scientists etc in their homes then there'll be civilian deaths as collateral. I don't think there's any dispute that it's happened in Gaza where buildings have been taken out to get to the odd Hamas bloke. 

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19 hours ago, Farmer Saint said:

According to Iran (yes, yes, I know) 90% of the Iranian victims are civilians. Odd when they're targeting infrastructure and nuclear sites.

This from the people who supplied barrel bombs to Assad to drop on his own civilians. 

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11 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

 

Fair play, she shat herself much less than I'd have done.

I reckon Myrie would have straightened his tie, shuffled his papers and then made a dignified exit

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Wtf do the US / Israel have planned? Emptying Tehran to "end" things seems pretty ominous. I'm guessing it's extreme pressure, but. 

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6 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

To overthrow the supreme leader I feel.

Thing is with those Ayatollahs they all look the same 

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20 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

To overthrow the supreme leader I feel.

Israel are clear that they want regime change. It's the how. 

Stripey McStripe Shirt

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"We know exactly where the so-called 'Supreme Leader' is hiding.

"He is an easy target, but is safe there - We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now.

"But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

 

Well done Don, that ought to calm things down.

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6 minutes ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

"We know exactly where the so-called 'Supreme Leader' is hiding.

"He is an easy target, but is safe there - We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now.

"But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

 

Well done Don, that ought to calm things down.

Not sure there is any intention to calm things 

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On 16/06/2025 at 14:05, hypochondriac said:

Not that odd at all given that's about average in a conflict unfortunately. Obviously that's if we believe the figures coming from the Iranians which is almost certainly wildly inflated.

Iran has been rounding up "Israeli" spies - which basically means they're shitting the bed and disappearing anyone that voices discontent against the regime using the war as a guise. If Israel and the States are hoping for regime change out of this, they'll need to do something to help - the people are completely cowed in Iran and have been for decades. The state's surveillance and suppression/imprisonment apparatus is extremely entrenched. One commentator was discussing how all the hits have essentially been regime supporters within the republican guard and that Israel is trying to take out the loyalists whilst leaving the regular Iranian army leadership in place - almost trying to incentivise a coup... if this really is the plan, i can only assume they've got some contacts or support mechanisms in place... for all of Israel's surgical and lethal intelligence manoeuvres, it would seem like a heck of a gamble to just trust the civvies to revolt?

Who knows, maybe it will happen, and Iran can have a democratic revolution that won't end in civil war, and can in fact return to this... and then everyone can finally stop fighting in the middle east and instead love each other for ever and ever? The end 🥰😄
https://petapixel.com/2022/10/14/photos-show-what-life-looked-like-for-iranian-women-before-1979-revolution/

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hypochondriac

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Looks like there's at least a small chance that the Islamic occupation of Iran may be coming to an end. I think everyone of all stripes can be happy with that outcome. Years of brutal oppression of minorities and especially women and decades of suffering. Fingers crossed it will lead to a positive outcome. 

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3 hours ago, Saint86 said:

Iran has been rounding up "Israeli" spies - which basically means they're shitting the bed and disappearing anyone that voices discontent against the regime using the war as a guise. If Israel and the States are hoping for regime change out of this, they'll need to do something to help - the people are completely cowed in Iran and have been for decades. The state's surveillance and suppression/imprisonment apparatus is extremely entrenched. One commentator was discussing how all the hits have essentially been regime supporters within the republican guard and that Israel is trying to take out the loyalists whilst leaving the regular Iranian army leadership in place - almost trying to incentivise a coup... if this really is the plan, i can only assume they've got some contacts or support mechanisms in place... for all of Israel's surgical and lethal intelligence manoeuvres, it would seem like a heck of a gamble to just trust the civvies to revolt?

Who knows, maybe it will happen, and Iran can have a democratic revolution that won't end in civil war, and can in fact return to this... and then everyone can finally stop fighting in the middle east and instead love each other for ever and ever? The end 🥰😄
https://petapixel.com/2022/10/14/photos-show-what-life-looked-like-for-iranian-women-before-1979-revolution/

Got anything smuttier?

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2 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

Looks like there's at least a small chance that the Islamic occupation of Iran may be coming to an end. I think everyone of all stripes can be happy with that outcome. Years of brutal oppression of minorities and especially women and decades of suffering. Fingers crossed it will lead to a positive outcome. 

As good as that sounds, it's right to remember that Khomeini replaced the Shah because the Iranians didn't like the level of Western influence, leading to the revolution. Assuming he goes, the west must respect the wishes of the Iranian people, and not impose what they want. There aren't many examples of western imposed regime change in the middle east/Asia working out well. 

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