MinotStateBeav said:

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Anarchistbear said:

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Trump: They weren't supposed to go after all these other countries in the Middle East. So they hit Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait. Nobody expected that. We were shocked pic.twitter.com/4bAHIat1kI

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 16, 2026

Shocked, I tell you, shocked

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the framing for what Trump said is pretty disingenuous imo, he was talking about the military planners and he's right, what kind of idiot attacks the people that aren't attacking them.

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After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.

I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this… pic.twitter.com/prtu86DpEr

— Joe Kent (@joekent16jan19) March 17, 2026

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After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.

I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.

It has been an honor serving under
@POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.

May God bless America.

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MinotStateBeav said:

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Anarchistbear said:

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Trump: They weren't supposed to go after all these other countries in the Middle East. So they hit Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait. Nobody expected that. We were shocked pic.twitter.com/4bAHIat1kI

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 16, 2026

Shocked, I tell you, shocked

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the framing for what Trump said is pretty disingenuous imo, he was talking about the military planners and he's right, what kind of idiot attacks the people that aren't attacking them.

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🚨BREAKING: CNN is FORCED to ADMIT on LIVE tv that nearly 90% of voters SUPPORT President Trump's military campaign against Iran

"MAGA GOP...look at this! Nearly 9 in 10, 89% APPROVE!"
pic.twitter.com/mHhUl5JtFt

— Jack (@jackunheard) March 17, 2026

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Lots of speculation about Netanyahu being dead or severely injured from an Iranian strike, as he has missed the last 8 wartime cabinet meetings, and his last two video releases were AI.

Two new videos have surfaced proving the Benjamin #Netanyahu is not dead. The only problem is that both of these videos are clearly AI as well. But it’s not just about the technology, it’s about the context of the videos. pic.twitter.com/OzSUAF4iQq

— Ben Swann (@BenSwann_) March 16, 2026

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🚨🇮🇱🇮🇷BREAKING: Benjamin Netanyahu in Kirya addressing the Iranian people on the occasion of Nowruz: "Our planes are hitting terrorist operatives on the ground, on the roads, in the squares.

GO OUT AND CELEBRATE - WE ARE WATCHING FROM ABOVE".

THIS IS HUGE! pic.twitter.com/cqv5QBgT10

— Eli Afriat 🇮🇱 (@EliAfriatISR) March 17, 2026

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Cal88 said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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bearister said:

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"CNN is FORCED to ADMIT on LIVE tv that nearly 90% of voters SUPPORT President Trump's military campaign against Iran."

Gee, that isn't too misleading. That refers to MAGA. Trump wouldn't lose the support of those quarterwits even if he had a guy murdered in prison.

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This is very hateful of you to post about an entire group of people.

Yes I'm aware it refers to MAGA, that's why I posted it. People on here keep saying MAGA is fracturing. This says otherwise

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You're conflating MAGAs with ex-MAGAs. The Massie/MTG ex-MAGA faction is gone. Even if it's a minority within the starting MAGA base, when you factor in the immense majority of independents who Trump has turned off, leftover MADA is not much of a crowd going into the midterm elections.

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DiabloWags said:

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Notice that our country's Head of DNI has been as quiet as a mouse.

The war skeptic and isolationist Miss Gabbard who has been highly critical of a war with IRAN in the past, met with Joe Kent and JD Vance before Kent turned in his resignation.

Gabbard put out a statement today about the War which was extremely neutral in tone. It does not sound to me like she endorses it.

She will testify tomorrow in front of the Senate and on Thursday in front of the House.

I dont expect her to speak her mind.
But my Popcorn is ready.

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BearlySane88 said:

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Cal88 said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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bearister said:

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"CNN is FORCED to ADMIT on LIVE tv that nearly 90% of voters SUPPORT President Trump's military campaign against Iran."

Gee, that isn't too misleading. That refers to MAGA. Trump wouldn't lose the support of those quarterwits even if he had a guy murdered in prison.

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This is very hateful of you to post about an entire group of people.

Yes I'm aware it refers to MAGA, that's why I posted it. People on here keep saying MAGA is fracturing. This says otherwise

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You're conflating MAGAs with ex-MAGAs. The Massie/MTG ex-MAGA faction is gone. Even if it's a minority within the starting MAGA base, when you factor in the immense majority of independents who Trump has turned off, leftover MADA is not much of a crowd going into the midterm elections.

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98% TDS
2% Troll

Independents were never MAGA, they were independents who voted with MAGA. lol we'll see, polling looks great right now, as I posted in another thread

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Cal88 said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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Cal88 said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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bearister said:

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"CNN is FORCED to ADMIT on LIVE tv that nearly 90% of voters SUPPORT President Trump's military campaign against Iran."

Gee, that isn't too misleading. That refers to MAGA. Trump wouldn't lose the support of those quarterwits even if he had a guy murdered in prison.

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This is very hateful of you to post about an entire group of people.

Yes I'm aware it refers to MAGA, that's why I posted it. People on here keep saying MAGA is fracturing. This says otherwise

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You're conflating MAGAs with ex-MAGAs. The Massie/MTG ex-MAGA faction is gone. Even if it's a minority within the starting MAGA base, when you factor in the immense majority of independents who Trump has turned off, leftover MADA is not much of a crowd going into the midterm elections.

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98% TDS
2% Troll

Independents were never MAGA, they were independents who voted with MAGA. lol we'll see, polling looks great right now, as I posted in another thread

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Are you really trying to say that Massie and MTG were not MAGA?

90% bad faith
10% compulsively annoying

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Cal88 said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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Cal88 said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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Cal88 said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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bearister said:

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"CNN is FORCED to ADMIT on LIVE tv that nearly 90% of voters SUPPORT President Trump's military campaign against Iran."

Gee, that isn't too misleading. That refers to MAGA. Trump wouldn't lose the support of those quarterwits even if he had a guy murdered in prison.

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This is very hateful of you to post about an entire group of people.

Yes I'm aware it refers to MAGA, that's why I posted it. People on here keep saying MAGA is fracturing. This says otherwise

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You're conflating MAGAs with ex-MAGAs. The Massie/MTG ex-MAGA faction is gone. Even if it's a minority within the starting MAGA base, when you factor in the immense majority of independents who Trump has turned off, leftover MADA is not much of a crowd going into the midterm elections.

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98% TDS
2% Troll

Independents were never MAGA, they were independents who voted with MAGA. lol we'll see, polling looks great right now, as I posted in another thread

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Are you really trying to say that Massie and MTG were not MAGA?

90% bad faith
10% compulsively annoying

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100% poor reading comprehension
Did I make any comment regarding them at all?

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Right, because Leftover MAGA were the only MAGA there ever was, the others were never really a part of the Jonestown Peoples Temple parish.

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Absolute bombshell. The British National Security Advisor confirms progress was being made in peace talks with Iran in Geneva. Talks were scheduled for Monday, but the US started bombing on Saturday. They wanted this war no matter what. pic.twitter.com/IGMuSn8fFN

— Furkan Gözükara (@FurkanGozukara) March 17, 2026

It's now unarguable that the war on Iran is one of the most blatant crimes of aggression in history.

You now have not 1 but 2 external participants of the US-Iran talks (Oman’s foreign minister and the UK's National Security Advisor) who confirm that the US and Israel attacked… pic.twitter.com/8WP9C806AY

— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) March 18, 2026

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Absolute bombshell. The British National Security Advisor confirms progress was being made in peace talks with Iran in Geneva. Talks were scheduled for Monday, but the US started bombing on Saturday. They wanted this war no matter what. pic.twitter.com/IGMuSn8fFN

— Furkan Gözükara (@FurkanGozukara) March 17, 2026

It's now unarguable that the war on Iran is one of the most blatant crimes of aggression in history.

You now have not 1 but 2 external participants of the US-Iran talks (Oman’s foreign minister and the UK's National Security Advisor) who confirm that the US and Israel attacked… pic.twitter.com/8WP9C806AY

— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) March 18, 2026

"You now have not 1 but 2 external participants of the US-Iran talks (Oman's foreign minister and the UK's National Security Advisor) who confirm that the US and Israel attacked despite Iran effectively meeting US conditions for a deal - ensuring it could never build a nuclear weapon, permanently.

As per The Guardian article (https://theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/uk-security-adviser-attended-us-iran-talks-and-judged-deal-was-within-reach), Jonathan Powell "believed the path remained open to a negotiated solution to the long-running issue of how Iran could reassure the US that it was not seeking a nuclear weapon," and "UK officials [...] were impressed that Iran was prepared for the deal to be permanent."

Concretely, this means the war wasn't a failure of diplomacy but a deliberate destruction of it.

And it also means that the US and Israel have irresponsibly plunged the entire world in an unprecedented energy crisis, affecting the livelihoods of billions of people worldwide, when it was completely avoidable.

It's beyond me how you can look at this and not conclude that the real threat all along wasn't Iran but the US-Israeli axis - they're the only parties at the table who wanted war and are making every person on the planet pay the price for it.

Extraordinarily, even the UK National Security Advisor is now basically saying this."

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Cal88 said:

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Cal88 said:

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Absolute bombshell. The British National Security Advisor confirms progress was being made in peace talks with Iran in Geneva. Talks were scheduled for Monday, but the US started bombing on Saturday. They wanted this war no matter what. pic.twitter.com/IGMuSn8fFN

— Furkan Gözükara (@FurkanGozukara) March 17, 2026

It's now unarguable that the war on Iran is one of the most blatant crimes of aggression in history.

You now have not 1 but 2 external participants of the US-Iran talks (Oman’s foreign minister and the UK's National Security Advisor) who confirm that the US and Israel attacked… pic.twitter.com/8WP9C806AY

— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) March 18, 2026

"You now have not 1 but 2 external participants of the US-Iran talks (Oman's foreign minister and the UK's National Security Advisor) who confirm that the US and Israel attacked despite Iran effectively meeting US conditions for a deal - ensuring it could never build a nuclear weapon, permanently.

As per The Guardian article (https://theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/uk-security-adviser-attended-us-iran-talks-and-judged-deal-was-within-reach), Jonathan Powell "believed the path remained open to a negotiated solution to the long-running issue of how Iran could reassure the US that it was not seeking a nuclear weapon," and "UK officials [...] were impressed that Iran was prepared for the deal to be permanent."

Concretely, this means the war wasn't a failure of diplomacy but a deliberate destruction of it.

And it also means that the US and Israel have irresponsibly plunged the entire world in an unprecedented energy crisis, affecting the livelihoods of billions of people worldwide, when it was completely avoidable.

It's beyond me how you can look at this and not conclude that the real threat all along wasn't Iran but the US-Israeli axis - they're the only parties at the table who wanted war and are making every person on the planet pay the price for it.

Extraordinarily, even the UK National Security Advisor is now basically saying this."

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There are videos of Iranian officials saying they were enriching to nuclear levels and that they wanted the bomb.

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We already know that Iran has 400kg of 60% grade enriched uranium, they were willing to part with their stockpile in exchange for peace and the lifting of sanctions, but Israel wanted Iran's destruction - that is what my post was all about.

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BearlySane88 said:

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Cal88 said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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Cal88 said:

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Absolute bombshell. The British National Security Advisor confirms progress was being made in peace talks with Iran in Geneva. Talks were scheduled for Monday, but the US started bombing on Saturday. They wanted this war no matter what. pic.twitter.com/IGMuSn8fFN

— Furkan Gözükara (@FurkanGozukara) March 17, 2026

It's now unarguable that the war on Iran is one of the most blatant crimes of aggression in history.

You now have not 1 but 2 external participants of the US-Iran talks (Oman’s foreign minister and the UK's National Security Advisor) who confirm that the US and Israel attacked… pic.twitter.com/8WP9C806AY

— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) March 18, 2026

"You now have not 1 but 2 external participants of the US-Iran talks (Oman's foreign minister and the UK's National Security Advisor) who confirm that the US and Israel attacked despite Iran effectively meeting US conditions for a deal - ensuring it could never build a nuclear weapon, permanently.

As per The Guardian article (https://theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/uk-security-adviser-attended-us-iran-talks-and-judged-deal-was-within-reach), Jonathan Powell "believed the path remained open to a negotiated solution to the long-running issue of how Iran could reassure the US that it was not seeking a nuclear weapon," and "UK officials [...] were impressed that Iran was prepared for the deal to be permanent."

Concretely, this means the war wasn't a failure of diplomacy but a deliberate destruction of it.

And it also means that the US and Israel have irresponsibly plunged the entire world in an unprecedented energy crisis, affecting the livelihoods of billions of people worldwide, when it was completely avoidable.

It's beyond me how you can look at this and not conclude that the real threat all along wasn't Iran but the US-Israeli axis - they're the only parties at the table who wanted war and are making every person on the planet pay the price for it.

Extraordinarily, even the UK National Security Advisor is now basically saying this."

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There are videos of Iranian officials saying they were enriching to nuclear levels and that they wanted the bomb.

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We already know that Iran has 400kg of 60% grade enriched uranium, they were willing to part with their stockpile in exchange for peace and the lifting of sanctions, but Israel wanted Iran's destruction - that is what my post was all about.

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If they had been willing, they would have. They were not willing. Iranian officials and IRGC want the destruction of Israel and they wouldn't have given up their only possible means of attaining said destruction

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Cal88 said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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Cal88 said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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Absolute bombshell. The British National Security Advisor confirms progress was being made in peace talks with Iran in Geneva. Talks were scheduled for Monday, but the US started bombing on Saturday. They wanted this war no matter what. pic.twitter.com/IGMuSn8fFN

— Furkan Gözükara (@FurkanGozukara) March 17, 2026

It's now unarguable that the war on Iran is one of the most blatant crimes of aggression in history.

You now have not 1 but 2 external participants of the US-Iran talks (Oman’s foreign minister and the UK's National Security Advisor) who confirm that the US and Israel attacked… pic.twitter.com/8WP9C806AY

— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) March 18, 2026

"You now have not 1 but 2 external participants of the US-Iran talks (Oman's foreign minister and the UK's National Security Advisor) who confirm that the US and Israel attacked despite Iran effectively meeting US conditions for a deal - ensuring it could never build a nuclear weapon, permanently.

As per The Guardian article (https://theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/uk-security-adviser-attended-us-iran-talks-and-judged-deal-was-within-reach), Jonathan Powell "believed the path remained open to a negotiated solution to the long-running issue of how Iran could reassure the US that it was not seeking a nuclear weapon," and "UK officials [...] were impressed that Iran was prepared for the deal to be permanent."

Concretely, this means the war wasn't a failure of diplomacy but a deliberate destruction of it.

And it also means that the US and Israel have irresponsibly plunged the entire world in an unprecedented energy crisis, affecting the livelihoods of billions of people worldwide, when it was completely avoidable.

It's beyond me how you can look at this and not conclude that the real threat all along wasn't Iran but the US-Israeli axis - they're the only parties at the table who wanted war and are making every person on the planet pay the price for it.

Extraordinarily, even the UK National Security Advisor is now basically saying this."

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There are videos of Iranian officials saying they were enriching to nuclear levels and that they wanted the bomb.

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We already know that Iran has 400kg of 60% grade enriched uranium, they were willing to part with their stockpile in exchange for peace and the lifting of sanctions, but Israel wanted Iran's destruction - that is what my post was all about.

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If they had been willing, they would have. They were not willing. Iranian officials and IRGC want the destruction of Israel and they wouldn't have given up their only possible means of attaining said destruction

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Several parties in the negotiations stated they were willing to permanently eliminate their nuclear program, read the Guardian article above, instead of going with what Ben Shapiro or Gunther Eagleman are feeding you.

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BearlySane88 said:

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Cal88 said:

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Cal88 said:

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There are videos of Iranian officials saying they were enriching to nuclear levels and that they wanted the bomb.

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We already know that Iran has 400kg of 60% grade enriched uranium, they were willing to part with their stockpile in exchange for peace and the lifting of sanctions, but Israel wanted Iran's destruction - that is what my post was all about.

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If they had been willing, they would have. They were not willing. Iranian officials and IRGC want the destruction of Israel and they wouldn't have given up their only possible means of attaining said destruction

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Several parties in the negotiations stated they were willing to permanently eliminate their nuclear program, read the Guardian article above, instead of going with what Ben Shapiro or Gunther Eagleman are feeding you.

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Yes I read it already. If they were going to eliminate their program, they would have. They didn't because again they want total destruction of the Israeli state, as you seem to want also.

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"Fasten your seat belts, because things are only going to get worse from here on in."

Stephen M. Anderson, a retired US Army brigadier general and former deputy chief of staff for logistics of the multinational forces in Iraq under General Petraeus, expressed the view that the… pic.twitter.com/K1q4sGJ7tG

— 🇷🇺 STANISLAV KRAPIVNIK 🇷🇺 (@STANISKRAPIVNIK) March 17, 2026

Cal88 said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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Cal88 said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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Cal88 said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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There are videos of Iranian officials saying they were enriching to nuclear levels and that they wanted the bomb.

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We already know that Iran has 400kg of 60% grade enriched uranium, they were willing to part with their stockpile in exchange for peace and the lifting of sanctions, but Israel wanted Iran's destruction - that is what my post was all about.

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If they had been willing, they would have. They were not willing. Iranian officials and IRGC want the destruction of Israel and they wouldn't have given up their only possible means of attaining said destruction

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Several parties in the negotiations stated they were willing to permanently eliminate their nuclear program, read the Guardian article above, instead of going with what Ben Shapiro or Gunther Eagleman are feeding you.

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Yes I read it already. If they were going to eliminate their program, they would have. They didn't because again they want total destruction of the Israeli state, as you seem to want also.

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Read again -
We already know that Iran has 400kg of 60% grade enriched uranium, they were willing to part with their stockpile in exchange for peace and the lifting of sanctions, as confirmed by several reliable source who have participated in the negotiations, but Israel wanted Iran's destruction - that is what my post was all about.

And that is why you are a waste of time.

Back to the main topic:

"Fasten your seat belts, because things are only going to get worse from here on in."

Stephen M. Anderson, a retired US Army brigadier general and former deputy chief of staff for logistics of the multinational forces in Iraq under General Petraeus, expressed the view that the… pic.twitter.com/K1q4sGJ7tG

— 🇷🇺 STANISLAV KRAPIVNIK 🇷🇺 (@STANISKRAPIVNIK) March 17, 2026

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🚨 BOLTON WARNS EUROPE: THIS COULD BACKFIRE HARD

John Bolton has just laid out a consequence European leaders may not have fully thought through.

By dismissing Iran as “not our war”, Europe may be triggering something far bigger.

Because the response from Donald Trump is… pic.twitter.com/ns4hk0SqF9

— Jim Ferguson (@JimFergusonUK) March 18, 2026

NEW: Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly focused on blocking Trump’s pathways to a ceasefire and follow-up talks with Iran by killing members of leadership most likely to negotiate according to European Council on Foreign Relations director.

— Dominic Michael Tripi (@DMichaelTripi) March 18, 2026