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Replying To Seanfan:  "But it turned them Countries into squabbling civil wars, no central Government etc etc.
Which is what the rogue State of Israel wanted."
The State of Israel wants still to be in existence when the sun comes up tomorrow. And tomorrow that will still be their aim. Thats their psyche. Thats what makes them what they are, for better and for worse.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18668 - 05/03/2026 16:16:23    2660155

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As a matter of interest, 2 of the six US soldiers killed were probably Irish Americans. A Major Jeff O Brien approx 40yrs, from the state of Iowa, and also Specialist Declan Coady aged 21 I think, also from Iowa national guard. RIP-Brave men, we Irish have given so much to the US military. Apparently there are more Irish American winners of the "medal of honor" than any other ethnic group.

galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2732 - 05/03/2026 17:57:27    2660188

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Replying To Viking66:  "The State of Israel wants still to be in existence when the sun comes up tomorrow. And tomorrow that will still be their aim. Thats their psyche. Thats what makes them what they are, for better and for worse."
The same 'state' ensured that thousands of innocent children in Gaza would not see the sun come up.

peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1485 - 06/03/2026 09:21:54    2660236

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My main emotion over the whole thing is one of despair.
Our generation have absolutely no excuse, because we are so better educated in terms of history than any who have gone before us. World War 2 should have been the nadir when it comes to mass murder and destruction. But no, here we are again allowing essentially havingg dictators lead us down the same path.

The UN, the US Congress and the EU have been pathetically impotent.
At least our Spanish friends have shown some cojones.

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 10258 - 06/03/2026 10:15:41    2660252

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Replying To Viking66:  "There's a few thousand Persian exiles celebrating in the streets. There's 90 million Iranians in Iran most of whom believe in the regime they have."
That last sentence doesn't sound right. All the data shows the opposite. A fairly recent survey conducted of over 200,000 Iranians (by GAMAAN researchers) showed support for the regime by Iranians in Iran was only 15%. 99% of Iranians overseas (4 million) do not support the regime. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I cannot see anything anywhere that shows anything different.

There are obviously aspirations from Iranians for freedom from an oppressive regime. Januarys protests being another example of this. 89% of Iranians support democracy. But what does a change from the regime look like? I suppose the lack of a clearly defined strategy or end goal from what's currently going on is concerning. And if there is a power vacuum, there will inevitably be internal conflicts, and how long will those conflicts last?

Almost half of Iran is made up of non-Persians (Kurds, Azeris, etc). You would imagine the Kurds will make a strong move for some form of autonomy now. We're already seeing Trump throwing his support behind a Kurdish rebellion.

HandballRef (Donegal) - Posts: 542 - 06/03/2026 12:20:24    2660282

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