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Anne ApplebaumThe American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without public support. Above all it has been launched without a coherent strategy for the Iranian people, and without a plan to let them build a legitimate Iranian state.
Leander Lindahl 🇪🇺@anneapplebaum yes, that pretty much sums it up.
VHG 🇪🇺🇺🇦@anneapplebaum oh, Trump would want the son of the shah to take power and hand him Iran’s resources
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Crash Bandicoot 🌳 100/80/30@anneapplebaum You can shorten the title to "Trump has no plan".
secid 🇩🇪@crash_bandicoot @anneapplebaum
IMHO Trump has a plan:
Start a war with a random country.
Brag about the enormous achievements independently of facts.
People will forget the Trump-Epstein Files (TM).
Win!
IMHO Trump has a plan:
Start a war with a random country.
Brag about the enormous achievements independently of facts.
People will forget the Trump-Epstein Files (TM).
Win!
Kenneth Bousquet@secid @crash_bandicoot @anneapplebaum Right!!!
This kind of attitude won't get him very far on the achievements arena.
He can forget about peace nobel prize.
Now what, He would receive such honnor by doing war on others and on his own people?
I don't think so!!!
This kind of attitude won't get him very far on the achievements arena.
He can forget about peace nobel prize.
Now what, He would receive such honnor by doing war on others and on his own people?
I don't think so!!!
Pete's Mom 🍉 🇺🇦 ☮️@anneapplebaum
I'm going to guess that the plan is similar to the Venezuela plan: carve up the country for whichever Corpse give Trump the most kickbacks. These are the baby step techno states leading to global techno overlords?
I'm going to guess that the plan is similar to the Venezuela plan: carve up the country for whichever Corpse give Trump the most kickbacks. These are the baby step techno states leading to global techno overlords?
Gary Houston@Petesmom @anneapplebaum something along the lines of taking control of the oil exports (receiving a cut) in return for supporting whatever random government they end up with.
WhichOne'sPink 🇫🇮@anneapplebaum Trump doesn't care about the American people. Like he gives a shit about Iranians. Trump cares about Trump.
Nobody else.
Nobody else.
Knightmare@anneapplebaum like, duh.
Ken M Sweeney@anneapplebaum but permission was given by the Israeli military regime...
Christopher Paun 
humourmetom@anneapplebaum As compared to the no plan he had for the Venezuelan people?
JeffreySmith 🌻🍉🇨🇦It would be nice if there was a "coherent strategy" for a sovereign Palestine too, but all we have is a plan to suppress Palestinians by Mr. Trump and company. #Palestine
Havyhh2@JeffreySmith @anneapplebaum ...this gets to the heart....known is trump's disdain for planning, for any people's care/comfort/safety, & anything not feeding his greed. So...this Iran thing? Bebe calls trump says "as long as Iran is there, Riviera on the Mediterranean...and your oh so lucrative grift Bored of Peace....are vapor. We can take them out, no sweat! We'll start it!! You're King of USA now, midterms schmid-terms, who cares!" And hangs up, sniggering..
Louise Auerhahn 🏳️🌈@anneapplebaum His plan is to enslave them to the power of himself and the other billionaires. Just like his plan for all peoples.
Rdecartes@anneapplebaum Nunc ego mors sum, mundorum interemptor (Foederatae Civitates Americae)
EndicottRoad59@anneapplebaum He's just like George Bush in that regard.
jd 🌍🇪🇺🇭🇺🚀 & 👍🇺🇦🇵🇸+🇮🇷🇨🇺@EndicottAuthor @anneapplebaum tbh, W Bush did have a plan, it was just naive and impossible to work. Trump just does it all for Israel and doesn't care about the consequences.
That said, W Bush and his friends all deserve to be sent to the Hague.
el Celio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦@EndicottAuthor @anneapplebaum
George Bush had an explanation, the support of Congress and public support for Iraq invasion.
He didn't gain international support, but the US Congress and population was with him.
JamesGorsuch’s decent did not just address tariffs.
Jeff Phillips@anneapplebaum I don't think anyone who has been paying attention since Jan. 20, 2025 is surprised that the Trump regime doesn't have a coherent plan to accomplish their goals in Iran. When you choose staff based on loyalty rather than competence, you get incompetence.
@DrJay @anneapplebaum Well said!
I don't beleive in Trump anymore.
The more I've seen this guy's tactics,
the further distant I want to be from him.
I don't beleive in Trump anymore.
The more I've seen this guy's tactics,
the further distant I want to be from him.
Edelruth, PBS Passport HolderBut notice how you didn't mention Epstein once in that paragraph.
The plan IS working.
zetabeta@anneapplebaum
i put extreme pretend mode active:
what a shock! how trump could do this without a plan! i am so puzzled!
end of mode.
we the world are screwed.
end of pessimism.
xs4me2Trump nor Netanyahu couldn't care less about the future nor the well being of the Iranian people.
This whole action will be a similar failure as the Gulf War that was also started with false intentions...
Martin Kostera@xs4me2
Trump nor Netanyahu could not care less about the future nor the wellbeing of the Iranian people.
It's nonsense. USA needs regular country and peace. And Israel has huge fans in Iranians, they need them back from under Islamic terror and they will help them. Special connection between them is from time of Cyrus the Great. All time from 1979 Iran attacks Israel(Hamas, Hezbollah, Katai'b Hezbollah,... and many others). It's crucial for Israel to make Iran democratic country. And Bibi and others Israeli said it again and again. Listen to them.
Trump nor Netanyahu could not care less about the future nor the wellbeing of the Iranian people.
It's nonsense. USA needs regular country and peace. And Israel has huge fans in Iranians, they need them back from under Islamic terror and they will help them. Special connection between them is from time of Cyrus the Great. All time from 1979 Iran attacks Israel(Hamas, Hezbollah, Katai'b Hezbollah,... and many others). It's crucial for Israel to make Iran democratic country. And Bibi and others Israeli said it again and again. Listen to them.
That is a load of baloney...
Trump only cares about himself, Netanyahu is a genocidal mass murderer and Iran never has been a democracy.
Dream on...
@xs4me2
Orange idiot is an orange idiot, sure. But the US administration needs peace in Iran.
Netanyahu did not commit genocide. Don't repeat the nonsense spread by terrorists. The raid on October 7, 2023 was genocidal (the intention to exterminate Jews, i.e., an ethnic group—that is the definition of genocide).
Iranians are calling for democracy.
The Iranian National Congress is calling for democracy.
Its co-founder, Prince Pahlavi, is calling for democracy.
Iranians in the streets are chanting "javid shah" (long live the Shah).
And literally anything will be better than the Islamic terror they have there now. 🤷♂️
Look carefully and think about it. It's not a load of baloney. Learn yourself.
#^https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-51084619
Orange idiot is an orange idiot, sure. But the US administration needs peace in Iran.
Netanyahu did not commit genocide. Don't repeat the nonsense spread by terrorists. The raid on October 7, 2023 was genocidal (the intention to exterminate Jews, i.e., an ethnic group—that is the definition of genocide).
Iranians are calling for democracy.
The Iranian National Congress is calling for democracy.
Its co-founder, Prince Pahlavi, is calling for democracy.
Iranians in the streets are chanting "javid shah" (long live the Shah).
And literally anything will be better than the Islamic terror they have there now. 🤷♂️
Look carefully and think about it. It's not a load of baloney. Learn yourself.
#^https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-51084619
Get serious please...
The Trump administration is a bunch of thugs that just bypassed congress, the constitution and the UN assembly.
The ICC has an arrest warrant for Netanyahu out for war crimes.
And Pahlavi is the son of a western puppet and strongman that sent out the worst possible (CIA influenced) SAVAK secret police to suppress and torture his opponents.
One of the reasons Khomeini became popular...
Your perception of the situation is hopelessly naive...
@xs4me2
How can you tell me to be serious when you don't even know which Pahlavi is which? 😁
This one didn't send SAVAK anywhere. 😉
Besides, SAVAK mainly fought Islamists and communists. The Islamists and communists then staged a revolution. The communists were then massacred, they were just useful idiots for the Islamists. So the question is rather why SAVAK did not act effectively enough against these two groups.
Hypothetical war crimes brought up by a well-known antisemitic judge from Pakistan, who is in hot water because he is being investigated for harassment and possibly rape. No evidence of war crimes even after three years. I can't take that seriously. 🤷♂️
I'm not naive, but I can't imagine a worse dicktatorship than the one that exists there now. IMHO, any change will be for the better, and I feel great hope that this will happen. If only for the sake of the massacred Iranians. After 47 years of tyranny, they deserve something better.
How can you tell me to be serious when you don't even know which Pahlavi is which? 😁
This one didn't send SAVAK anywhere. 😉
Besides, SAVAK mainly fought Islamists and communists. The Islamists and communists then staged a revolution. The communists were then massacred, they were just useful idiots for the Islamists. So the question is rather why SAVAK did not act effectively enough against these two groups.
Hypothetical war crimes brought up by a well-known antisemitic judge from Pakistan, who is in hot water because he is being investigated for harassment and possibly rape. No evidence of war crimes even after three years. I can't take that seriously. 🤷♂️
I'm not naive, but I can't imagine a worse dicktatorship than the one that exists there now. IMHO, any change will be for the better, and I feel great hope that this will happen. If only for the sake of the massacred Iranians. After 47 years of tyranny, they deserve something better.
He is the bloody son of his father you fool…
Please go and read a book or two, I can also recommend following daily news.
Denis Buckley@Denis Buckley Zionism – a movement seeking to restore the Jewish state in its historic territories. After thousands of years during which creatures like you murdered, tortured, robbed, and expelled Jews from their land to all corners of the world.
Why your nation has the rights to have yours country and Jews has not? What an arrogant and blind ethnic chauvinist.
Why your nation has the rights to have yours country and Jews has not? What an arrogant and blind ethnic chauvinist.
@martin
'... historic state', my shiny prolapsed anus.
There were quite a few 'tribes' co-existing in Palestine three to two thousand years ago. One of the most aggressive, at the time, was the tribe who became the 'Jews'. They used their 'holy' books to justify wars across Palestine. They're still at it.
There was/is another strand of Judaism which tried, and still tries today, to live in peace with its neighbours. They were overruled then and now by the racist, Imperialist, Apartheid faction
@Denis Buckley
In ancient times, tribes fought each other quite commonly. Try elementary school. Learn something so you're not so uneducated.
At that time, however, Palestine did not exist. Such an artificial name arose after the Jewish uprisings during the Roman occupation. Try elementary school. Learn something so you're not so uneducated.
Those few thousand anti-Zionist Jews reject Israel because, according to their small sect, only the Messiah can RESTORE Israel. Try elementary school. Learn something so you're not so uneducated.
And here you have apartheid in Israel, you uneducated little child. Soldiers from IDF/IAF:
In ancient times, tribes fought each other quite commonly. Try elementary school. Learn something so you're not so uneducated.
At that time, however, Palestine did not exist. Such an artificial name arose after the Jewish uprisings during the Roman occupation. Try elementary school. Learn something so you're not so uneducated.
Those few thousand anti-Zionist Jews reject Israel because, according to their small sect, only the Messiah can RESTORE Israel. Try elementary school. Learn something so you're not so uneducated.
And here you have apartheid in Israel, you uneducated little child. Soldiers from IDF/IAF:
I think you should definitely try and read a book or two…
Palestine was there for some time…
The fact that there are so much interpretations of “god” is a great indicator of the fact that he does not exist. If yes he would have struck you dead already for blatant nonsense (…).
@xs4me2
"In ancient times, tribes fought each other..."
😂🤦♂️
Don't teach an eagle to fly.
Until 135, only Philistia existed (roughly the Gaza Strip and the area around Ashkelon, not state, but city-states). Then the Roman occupiers named Judea as Syrian Palestine. Only then can you talk about some "Palestine". But it was never a state. It is the name of a territory. Something like Overijssel. That was never a state, right?
Learn basics. You can try to read a book, or two...
Christians were also the chosen ones. Every believer is chosen in their faith. I don't understand why you have this obsession with Jews. BTW, you are talking to atheist.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (no heaven without Jesus...)
"In ancient times, tribes fought each other..."
😂🤦♂️
Don't teach an eagle to fly.
Until 135, only Philistia existed (roughly the Gaza Strip and the area around Ashkelon, not state, but city-states). Then the Roman occupiers named Judea as Syrian Palestine. Only then can you talk about some "Palestine". But it was never a state. It is the name of a territory. Something like Overijssel. That was never a state, right?
Learn basics. You can try to read a book, or two...
Christians were also the chosen ones. Every believer is chosen in their faith. I don't understand why you have this obsession with Jews. BTW, you are talking to atheist.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (no heaven without Jesus...)
Good luck.... with more than 10000 years of history in the region...
Atreides@xs4me2 @anneapplebaum
For at least ten years there is trouble in that region. Nobody is save. Terrorisme will flourish. We will see kidnappings like before etc.
For at least ten years there is trouble in that region. Nobody is save. Terrorisme will flourish. We will see kidnappings like before etc.
And an echo of what happened to Iraq in the worst case...
jj the Santa Barbarian@anneapplebaum because he doesn't care. On to his next little fancy.
Fiordaliso_456@anneapplebaum Can Trump be impeached for this? Is there any chance to see this crazy man in jail????
BigLinter@anneapplebaum i remember last time of a us war involvement without any plan.
operation desert storm.
that went south fast as well...
"theyre looting, ive never seen so much looting"
Rene GatThe most important lesson of my 10th grade history class in a German high-school was: If you get into trouble at home, start a war. Proof has been given since then a couple of times.
JeremyJupiterJones 
The funniest part is Trump and his fellow Epstein class members think they’re going to win this terrorist attack.
Btw, the definition of terrorism is using violence against a state or organisation to bring about political change.
Don Martin@anneapplebaum and the surprise is ?
Jackie@anneapplebaum America shouldn't have a plan for the Iranian people. The Iranian people should take their own destiny into their own hands
sigueYou kind of have to understand there's a little context to what she said.
IF USAmerica is going to bomb the shit out of Iran, it should have a plan other than "hope someone better takes control when the bombing is over" or "this is just payment for your TrumpCoin bribes".
@martlund 🌲🐶🇸🇪🇨🇱🌈@anneapplebaum And he will use this to prevent an election or voting of any kind because CONGRESS is guilty of treason
Face Thumb@anneapplebaum If anything he is consistent. No plan for Ukraine, no plan for Palestine, no plan for Venezuela, no plan for Greenland, no plan for Iran, no plan for US healthcare, no plan for US education, no plan for US welfare. There are no favourites here unless you are Putin, Nethenyahu, Saudi, or a billionaire.
MasterDonnUranium enrichment - No
trump enrichment - that's about it
@anneapplebaum Trump has become a rogue president.
We need to stop him.
We need to stop him.