The Ayatollah is DEADAROLLAH!

34 minutes ago, Hawaiian said:

Why do you think America's participation in WWI contributed to WWII? The U.S. was not responsible for the establishment of Communism, the creation of the Nazi war machine and Japanese imperialism.

Professor Niall Ferguson—specifically his "The Pity of War".

We’re always told the US entering WWI was the big "save the world" moment, but Ferguson’s take is that it was actually a massive tactical blunder that set the stage for every nightmare that followed.

The Bolshevik Mess

His argument is that by 1917, everyone in Europe was absolutely spent. If the US hadn’t jumped in with fresh boots and endless cash, the Allies and Germany would’ve likely been forced to shake hands on a compromise peace. Because the Americans dragged the war out, Russia stayed in the meat grinder long enough for the whole place to collapse. No long war, no starving peasants, and in theoryno Lenin or Bolsheviks seizing the keys to the kingdom. Basically, the USSR might have been a footnote instead of a 70-year headache.

The Hitler Problem

The other side of it is even darker. By helping the Allies win a "total victory," the US paved the way for the Treaty of Versailles. It was just nasty enough to make the Germans furious, but not tough enough to actually stop them from starting a Round 2. Ferguson’s point is that the US basically broke the balance of power in Europe, then got bored and went home into isolationism, leaving a massive power vacuum. If the US stays out, Germany gets a limited win, keeps its pride, and there’s no economic ruin for a guy like Hitler to exploit.

The "Early EU" Irony

The real kicker in his theory is that a German win in 1917 would’ve basically created a "Mitteleuropa"a German-led European trade bloc. If you look at the EU today, it’s not a million miles away from what Germany wanted back then. Ferguson’s point is we could’ve had the modern European economy eighty years early, without the Holocaust, the Gulags, or the Cold War ever happening.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_World_War_I_centenary_season#Historical_debate

16 minutes ago, Hawaiian said:

Iran's Ayatollah Ali Kamenei reportedly killed.

www.aol.com/articles/irans-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-194449508.html

He was pretty old anyway and new Ayotollhas will rise from the ashes - it's like Popes - they never run out. Also looking like Trump is looking for an off ramp now - he has seen Iran's resitance and the cost of going all the way and quitted. If true Netanhayu will be livid. TACO. He seems to think ofing the leader is job done like Maduro and Iran will just roll over and do his bidding. They won't and probably be even more secure in their regime now. What a farce and Iran has sent a message to the Gulf States - support US and we can p!ss on your parade.

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/28/trump-iran-war-israel-off-ramps

11 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

He was pretty old anyway and new Ayotollhas will rise form the ashes - it's like Popes - they never run out. Also looking like Trump is looking for an off ramp now - he has seen Iran's resitance and the cost of going all the way and quitted. If true Netanhayu will be livid. TACO. He seems to think ofing the leader is job done like Maduro and Iran will just roll over and do his bidding. They won't and probably be even more secure in their regime now. What a farce.

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/28/trump-iran-war-israel-off-ramps

Different Popes have different agendas. We can only hope that the new Ayatollah will see the futility in continuing its warmongering and terrorism programs.

2 minutes ago, Hawaiian said:

Different Popes have different agendas. We can only hope that the new Ayatollah will see the futility in continuing its warmongering and terrorism programs.

If the hidden Iman comes back inshallah - all bets are off and along with him comes Jesus Christ as well and they will defeat the Great Satan.

The Hidden Imam (Muhammad al-Mahdi) is the central messianic figure in Twelver Shia Islam, believed to be the 12th Imam who went into divine hiding (occultation) in 874 A.D. to escape persecution. He is expected to return to bring justice and peace to the world before the Day of Judgment.

The most likely new leader - may Allah guide him in wisdom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alireza_Arafi

8 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

If the hidden Iman comes back inshallah - all bets are off and along with him comes Jesus Christ as well and they will defeat the Great Satan.

The Hidden Imam (Muhammad al-Mahdi) is the central messianic figure in Twelver Shia Islam, believed to be the 12th Imam who went into divine hiding (occultation) in 874 A.D. to escape persecution. He is expected to return to bring justice and peace to the world before the Day of Judgment.

The most likely new leader - may Allah guide him in wisdom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alireza_Arafi

I do not speak or understand Farsi.

2 minutes ago, Hawaiian said:

For 37 years the people of Iran have suffered under his rule. Will there be change or more of the same?

Without regime decapitation and destruction of the 150k Revolutionary Guarsds and the security state who have the levers of powers and the guns it will just be the chnaging of the guard and they have no reason to give that up . Nor will they. Business as usual. It's like Thailand without massive bloodshed the system is rigged and Iran have proved they are capable of brute force repression yo hold onto power - just like Myanmar.

2 minutes ago, Hawaiian said:

I do not speak or understand Farsi.

It was given so folks can see what sort of man the likely replacment will be (if he's not dead) a much younger man but cut from the same clerical cloth.

13 hours ago, norfolkandchance said:

Israel's has named the Operation as 'The roar of the Lion'.

I name it 'don't mention Epstein'

12 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

Without regime decapitation and destruction of the 150k Revolutionary Guarsds and the security state who have the levers of powers and the guns it will just be the chnaging of the guard and they have no reason to give that up . Nor will they. Business as usual. It's like Thailand without massive bloodshed the system is rigged and Iran have proved they are capable of brute force repression yo hold onto power - just like Myanmar.

A slightly different take from yours. www.ibtimes.co.uk/iran-supreme-leader-khamenei-killed-us-israel-operation-178229

Ex British influencers and tax dodgers trying to flee Dubai need to go to the nearest safe country to UAE to claim asylum.

The UK should not be bringing them back or putting up flights for them.

14 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

Without regime decapitation and destruction of the 150k Revolutionary Guarsds and the security state who have the levers of powers and the guns it will just be the chnaging of the guard and they have no reason to give that up . Nor will they. Business as usual. It's like Thailand without massive bloodshed the system is rigged and Iran have proved they are capable of brute force repression yo hold onto power - just like Myanmar.

They're just going to put a puppet in charge like they have in all other middle eastern countries. China does the same around the Asia.

46 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

He was pretty old anyway and new Ayotollhas will rise from the ashes - it's like Popes - they never run out. Also looking like Trump is looking for an off ramp now - he has seen Iran's resitance and the cost of going all the way and quitted. If true Netanhayu will be livid. TACO. He seems to think ofing the leader is job done like Maduro and Iran will just roll over and do his bidding. They won't and probably be even more secure in their regime now. What a farce and Iran has sent a message to the Gulf States - support US and we can p!ss on your parade.

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/28/trump-iran-war-israel-off-ramps

Money talks. You just pay a regime a large amount of money, tell them you will keep them in power and all the luxuries that will bring. It's funny how ideaologies change quickly then. Go look at the Syrian leader.

11 hours ago, riclag said:

That country has been poking the USA since 1979. Their terror proxies were at war with the western world.This guy use to be a dead on Democrat surrogate.

Trump's actions against Iran are 'heroic' and 'long overdue,' former House Judiciary counsel says

Trump's actions are illegal as he isn't allowed to start a war without consent of congress, but what do you care about the constitution.

15 hours ago, msbkk said:

It is a joint attack of the US and Israel planned some time ago already according to the latest news.

Finally Iran will have a gay pride month, a gay parade to compete with Tel a Viv. All the Jewish homosexual community of Iran will be celebrating and dancing in the streets. It is the build up of the Great Israel. The usual theater and fear mongering about Russia and China helping Iran is just that, a joke.

1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

I name it 'don't mention Epstein'

It is all theater. Did the USA let Iran know where the bombs would be falling like they did last time? Iran basically did the same thing. "Hey, there are bombs coming your way. We might miss the building but hit a couple chickens."

1 hour ago, DonniePeverley said:

They're just going to put a puppet in charge like they have in all other middle eastern countries. China does the same around the Asia.

Yes. Iran is so infiltrated by the American and Israel intel. And the big joke of all is that Russia is going to help Iran. Israel is full of Russians Jews, some ex KGB agents, some scientists, engineers, and so on. I am not a big fan of Whitney Webb but she does a good job connecting the dots. All those so called "royals" of UAE and other Arabs countries seem to be Crypto Jews.

one prediction:

Iran will certainly shut down the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil chokepoint that facilitates the passage of 20 percent of the world’s oil supply.

This will double or triple the price of oil and devastate the global economy. It will target oil installations along with U.S. ships and military bases in the region.

33 minutes ago, pomchop said:

one prediction:

Iran will certainly shut down the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil chokepoint that facilitates the passage of 20 percent of the world’s oil supply.

This will double or triple the price of oil and devastate the global economy. It will target oil installations along with U.S. ships and military bases in the region.

It remains to be seen how much of Iran's military capability is left after the strikes. U.S.forces will most likely remain on station to do "mop up" action and defend our bases.

Utter madness. A war of choice. Iran is a bad actor for sure, but they were of no threat. The real question now is what is the end game and have Trump and his moronic minions thought this through sufficiently? I don't think so.

America has a long habit of getting involved in conflicts that are not winnable, and very few wars that are fought strictly from the air have ever resulted in a positive outcome. If the Ayatollah is indeed dead many of us will celebrate that there's no question that he was pure evil. But the apparatus seems to be in place to replace him fairly easily and the transition to a democratic state would be a long and arduous process.

The world has watched the War President launch military operations in Iran, Yemen, Somalia, Nigeria, Iraq and Syria; capture and remove Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, from power; threaten to use military force to take control of Greenland; pressure Mexico to allow U.S. troops in the country to target fentanyl labs; and direct an air campaign to kill suspected drug smugglers at sea.

Trump is an unhinged maniac who does not seem to be answering to any law at this point. He did not make a case of the American people which he very easily could have during the State of the Union address. He appears to have sleepwalked into yet another perilous folly in the Middle East. It appears he has not thought through the substantial risks and uncertain gains.

Air wars alone have a poor record of overthrowing leaders: The United States under Presidents Joe Biden and Trump spent more than $7 billion bombing Yemen and couldn’t dislodge even the weak, unpopular and poorly armed Houthis. In the past the illusion of an easy military answer has repeatedly caused tragedy for ourselves as well as for others.

Trump created a nuclear crisis with Iran in part by tearing up the imperfect nuclear accord that President Barack Obama had reached with the ayatollahs; if we had remained in the deal, it seems to me we would be in a safer place today — and at peace.

I am hoping against hope that this conflict ends quickly but I suspect that this could drag on for years and it's very possible the US has gotten itself into a conflict that could cause itself economic ruin, without a conclusive and positive outcome.

4 hours ago, Hawaiian said:

For 37 years the people of Iran have suffered under his rule. Will there be change or more of the same?

Everyone around the world will celebrate the death of this man who was pure darkness and had nothing but bad intentions. This pathetic man did not have a spiritual bone in his entire decrepit body. What will happen at this point is the big question, nobody knows. But regime change in Iran will be an extremely complicated thing, and it's likely way over the head of a dunce like Trump, and as usual he's being very poorly advised by truly inferior minds.

The US failed in Libya, the US failed in Egypt, the US failed in Algeria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and their record of success since World War II has been abysmal. They may have very powerful Armed Forces, but power without intelligence is a pathetic thing to witness.

3 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

These are the words of an extreme left, woke type person. Lots of your people here sadly.

Iranian woman are burning their hijabs, I heard bra's are next. 👀

Trump is helping the world, maybe his next goal will be to eradicate the Wokes of the world

The Wokes of the west aren't happy

8 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

It would be nice if the topic title was corrected to be more accurate and to reflect the source of the story.

US and Israel launch a major attack on Iran.

Most of the airstrikes have been carried out by the USA, not Israel. Israel has been using its limited air capabilities for targeting critical command and control locations.

Your spiritual leader, Netanyahu and his religious nutters in the Knesset give Trump orders.

Iran has every right to destroy Israel now. As you know, Iran has not started a war in 200 years.

4 minutes ago, JimCM said:

Your spiritual leader, Netanyahu and his religious nutters in the Knesset give Trump orders.

Iran has every right to destroy Israel now. As you know, Iran has not started a war in 200 years.

They may not have started any wars, but they have sponsored terrorism throughout the Middle East.

1 minute ago, Hawaiian said:

They may not have started any wars, but they have sponsored terrorism throughout the Middle East.

Nothing wrong with supporting allies, like Hezbollah,the US does it with it's allies.

Terrorism is the wrong word, its freedom fighters, fighting against the evil Israel. Do you think the countries Israel blockades, annexes, genocides, should not fight back?

13 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

And many came back in body bags if they were not buried in a foreign soil that they had no personal interest in or hatred towards!!

Thats what a soldier is and they know it going in

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5 hours ago, Hawaiian said:

Different Popes have different agendas. We can only hope that the new Ayatollah will see the futility in continuing its warmongering and terrorism programs.

Ate you trolling. What war has Iran started in the last 100 years?

4 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Trump's actions are illegal as he isn't allowed to start a war without consent of congress, but what do you care about the constitution.

You have some reading to do,
Its been used by both Clinton and Obumer

He does NOT have to tell them until its started, he has 90 days to wrap it up before having to take it for Congressional approval

The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (or Act) is a federal law intended to check the U.S. President's power to commit armed forces to conflict without Congressional consent. Passed over President Nixon's veto on Nov. 7, 1973, it requires notifying Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops and mandates their removal within 60–90 days unless authorized

1 hour ago, pomchop said:

one prediction:

Iran will certainly shut down the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil chokepoint that facilitates the passage of 20 percent of the world’s oil supply.

This will double or triple the price of oil and devastate the global economy. It will target oil installations along with U.S. ships and military bases in the region.

You ever been there ? I have, when they had our hostages in 1980.

Iran doesn't have the ability to do that in any world. 🤣. just wow

Iran will not be in control of their own oil for quite awhile I'd imagine