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Israel conducts preemptive airstrikes hitting Iranian targets

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by astros123, Jun 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM.

  1. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    Iran is the tenth most oil producing nation. It won't make that much difference
     
  2. Commodore

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    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    What’s so ironic is the Trump 2024 campaign talking point that we were in too many foreign conflicts.

    Then came the boost in budget for Defense.

    Now the propaganda machine is unleashed to prime the plebs.

    GOP is all about profit and war is a massive profit machine.
     
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    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    Mood today: Feeling Great Again
     
  5. JHarden713

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    At least now more than ever, people are waking up to that crap. 10-15 years ago, it was taboo to say anything against Israel.
     
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  6. Reeko

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    holy sh*t at John Fetterman’s Israeli dick riding…he’s basically doing tricks on it atp

    AIPAC and Israel tells that sloppy, brain damaged fool to dance, and

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    Our commitment to Israel must be absolute? Are u fcking kidding me?

    We must provide whatever is necessary including military, intelligence, and weaponry?

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    We’re gonna send Americans to go die for a foreign nation? Why don’t we send your dumbass down there to go fight since u love Israel so much. U can be on the front lines with your hoodie on and a Netanyahu locket necklace.
     
  7. Air Langhi

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    Oil is priced on the marginal barrel. If demand is a 100 barrel, supply of 99 vs 101 barrels would make a huge swing in the price.
     
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    F that bro, I am a Republican and I don't wanna send my son to fight their wars. You're more than welcome to do so
     
  9. pgabriel

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    10 tenth most doesn't mean 10%. The top 9 producers produce 48 million bod,, Iran produces 2 million

    Edit, it's just a preemptive strike, if it has long term consequences, their share can be made up
     
    #89 pgabriel, Jun 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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    Our foreign policy is not our own.
     
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    @Air Langhi

    I don't claim to have much knowledge of the oil market
     
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    Moral of the story for aspiring powers: defy the will of the United States at your own risk.
     
  13. rimrocker

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    This is some weak sauce from Mr. "It never woulda happened if I was President."

    Please, pretty please? Just do what I want you to do.
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  14. Ubiquitin

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    Civilizations games have harsher repercussions for not declaring a formal war than the world we live in now.
     
  15. glynch

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    Give me more detail about the two hour crying spell.
     
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    Also, not having a functional diplomatic corps is going to bite us sooner rather than later.
     
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    everything they say a Democrat will do, they’re the ones who actually do it
     
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    I'm not sure what happened to Fetterman. Maybe the stroke was a really an assassination attempt that 'woke him up' to the reality that politicians need to say what their corporate overlords tell them to say. Better men have folded for less when faced with death and harm to their families. I had high hopes for the guy. Oh well.

    Israel is our defacto base in the ridiculously oil-rich Middle-East. The moment the world moves on from guzzling oil, Israel is screwed. But not in our lifetimes.
     
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