5 hours ago, cooked said:

We get this kind of remark mostly from America. Iran has been financing and encouraging terrorism not only in the Middle East, but all over the world, including the USA, which they don't seem to be aware of. Negotiations about nuclear weapons and developing ballistic missiles have been going on for 10 years now.

Then there's the oil that they deliver to China, regulating that would possibly be a good thing?

So you see the USA as the world's policeman?

9 minutes ago, stevenl said:

So you see the USA as the world's policeman?

Some countries have natural resources like oil which they can exchange.

USA has military might which it uses not just for itself, but for other countries, and in return uses it to leverage favors and privileges.

Maybe some countries would have been wiped off the map if not for the fear of US retribution.

On 3/1/2026 at 11:22 PM, Terrance8812 said:

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6 hours ago, connda said:

Why Is Trump Illegally Bombing Iran?

It makes the Military Industrial Complex a s***-load of money as defense(sic) war stocks double triple quadrupedal quintuple in value, especially when congressional and administration swamp-critters have insider trading information to make a killing when the killing begins. $$$Cha-Ching$$$ Baby! Especially those who moved crypto into Polymarket and front-ran the invasion odds. $$$Cha-Ching$$$ $$$Cha-Ching$$$ $$$Cha-Ching$$$ Baby!

This is what will be the downfall of the US empire:
The US military producing insanely expensive "precision" weapons which can not be produced in bulk on a production line, and which are virtually ineffective when it's time to play real war as opposed to kidnapping the leader of a tin-pot third-world country. Why - because the private contractor lobby, like AIPAC, has Congress by the jewels in order to milk the United States taxpayer (and/or bondholders) for hundreds of billion USD, and in return being unable to fight a peer nation (China / Russia) no less a country which is supposed to be a pushover like Iran.

Imagine taking those hundreds of billions in war spending and plowing it back into the US infrastructure and economy? Well, that doesn't make the war industries insane amounts of profits for making sub-standard garbage for the Pentagon.

Hubris and arrogance is going to destroy America.

Tel Aviv not Tehran

30 minutes ago, stevenl said:

So you see the USA as the world's policeman?

I would say that with its 800+ bases globally (soon to be significantly less) that the US envisions itself as the world's policeman. Until it underestimates and overextends. I think we are there.

On 3/2/2026 at 1:07 AM, Celsius said:

How can it be Europe's problem when the ballistic missiles can easily reach USA?

They're not very reliable.