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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 107 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Sounds like Congress needs to ask her why she lied to them in the first place. Alas, they will not, because she is already playing the "Fake News" card.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I think a lot of people are going to be surprised...

Personally, I don't know why, because it's obvious Russia needs Iran for Ukraine.

But Putin isn't going to let trump attack Iran.

And it's already causing the people Putin makes support trump, start going against him.

I don't want to link an actual tucker Carlson video, so here's some people talking about his interview with Rafael Cruz:

https://youtu.be/yQEd-ECAwDU?t=1140

It tucker is breaking from trump over this, a lot more rightwing media is going to as well

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[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago

Why she lied? because she opened her mouth

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 95 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How I Edged Myself For 20 Years: A U.S. Lawmakers Heroic Effort To Convince Themselves Everyday That Iran Is Two Weeks Away From A Nuke

"This memoir is beautiful, it shows a secular side to fanatical devotion you don't often see."

[–] JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Coincidentally that's the same timeline trump has for any major policy implementation

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[–] griff@lemmings.world 6 points 1 week ago

2 weeks fits the Fortnight Fuhrer’s agenda most perfectly

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 45 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Fusion energy is always 10 years away

Iran is always 2 weeks away from nukes

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 17 points 1 week ago

30 years from now the first humans might live on Mars. If not, read this again.

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[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Her evidence was a photo of an alleged nuclear facility with an arrow and "nukular missiles" written on with black sharpie. She also noted the MS-13 lettering stamped on top of one of the buildings.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It was a real photo, Iran likes to write "Nukular missiles" in giant black letters next to their hospitals.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 11 points 1 week ago

I did not know that. Thanks for educating me. I withdraw my objection to the evidence, although their connection to MS-13 was already damning for Iran.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 36 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's remarkable how fast she changed her story to the one Trump wanted to hear.

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[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I wonder if the American population will buy the same lies sold to them 20 years ago.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just repeated this to a table of 6 and got nothing but blank stares.

5 of them genuinely thought we found WMDs Iraq/Afghanistan

One had no idea what I was talking about and thought the war was entirely about the world trade centers.

I am surrounded by morons.

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I was talking to a guy and he said "who was that politician that used to wear a bunch of makeup?".

"I'm not sure" I said

"The one with the eyeliner"

"Oh you mean J.d Vance? The vice president?"

"He's the vice president?"

Physically had to stop myself from facepalming.

Right after he started talking about Greta Thunberg. He said "people that don't know anything about politics shouldn't get involved".

I wish I could make this stuff up.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We elected Biden on mostly anti-Trump sentiment then forgot and elected Trump again 4 years later. I think 20 years is more than enough time.

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[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think the majority of Americans bought the DMW bullshit back then either, but the war happened anyways because those in power wanted/let it happen. The people didn't have a say in it.

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[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago

put them in a spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1keQUAr1T_pGtretagWbXtkiWzNKEdshFjtfzdJqyTsU/edit?usp=drivesdk

if we assume linear relationships, then Iran will have nukes by 2018.

however it looks more like a log relationship, so Iran will always inch closer to nukes, but will never get them. I'm a century they'll be seconds away, but never get them.

Bibi invented Zeno's paradox

[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In a fascist society the states enemy is your enemy

They are both strong and weak depending on the fascists agenda

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 16 points 1 week ago

this was has been so jarring.

I constantly get stuff like "Israel controls Iranian skys, it's over for iran" and also "Israel about to run out of interceptors, cant stop the bombing, its really bad"

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Everything old is new again. This is the same shit Dubya's administration claimed in 2003 when they wanted to attack Iran.

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[–] makyo@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

She is a shell of a human being whose only driving force is ambition and a complete lack of shame.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago

my theory is they they aren't "people".

they are mouthpieces of an institution. replaceable, and chosen for their bootlicking. if it wasn't her, they would have chosen another puppet. same thing with CEOs, corporate goons, and most politicians.

if they were honest and had actual beliefs they'll have extraordinary resistance, if they even get a chance to speak.

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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We killed all their scientists who could make them and blew up all their labs...

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago (23 children)

plus about 400 people.

maybe the west should stop giving Iran more reasons to get nukes.

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[–] bieren@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

just one more intervention Bro, I swear, just one more regime change ans we will have peace in the middle east.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] devolution@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Desperate for her job I see.

[–] Uranus_Hz@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Absolutely everything in Trumpworld takes “two weeks”

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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

Just like with Putin's stooges, the grovelling and the self humiliation is the point.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I've always wondered why there's "intelligence" in National Intelligence. But the bottom is really dropping out with the cretinous Trump cabinet picks.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago (15 children)

'Could' vs 'are'.

They may not have been, but they could if they wanted to, supposedly.

Now, if they didnt before, they certainly have the motivation and arguably the justification.

I certainly wouldn't blame them for seeking out nuclear weapons now.

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[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

There it is.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And nobody's called out the cultist toady on pivoting to whatever Trump wants to hear. Fuck the US media.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago
[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is Tulsi ever right about anything?

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

i remember her trying to pander to the Bernie crowd after he "lost" the primaries in 2016. it was the first time I heard of her and some articles were treating it as if she was going to take Bernie's torch.

She was right when she was talking about Bernie's healthcare and socialism liteish, but it was more of a broken clock

so, she's a complete grifter, trying to get ahead without any principles.

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago
[–] ErrorCode@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Pretty sure they have been saying that for years.

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