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[rickyb]

chris hedges former middle east bureau chief of the ny times and spoke out against the iraq war, has spoken

my brain is working good, i was thinking this war could be partly a distraction from the final witchcraft going on in gaza and indeed this article says the same

i think this will be a disaster in one way or another.

The Folly of A War With Iran

Israel and its neoconservative allies in the United States have long attempted to start a war with Iran, a war that neither Israel nor the U.S. can win and will engender ferocious blowback.

chrishedges.substack.com

 

[oldngray]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1933944730775089548

 

[rickyb]

Are you still being told that an Israeli defeat is near by your information sources?

yea hedges said israel is going to pay and iran is a much bigger fish.

 

[Babagounj]

Iran's people are one step away from another revolution to which the current regime is not prepared for.

 

[rickyb]

Iran's people are one step away from another revolution to which the current regime is not prepared for.

i have doubts

its a bad govt no doubt.

 

[Box Ox]

Iran's people are one step away from another revolution to which the current regime is not prepared for.

i have doubts

its a bad govt no doubt.

Is Iran's government a better government than the US government?

 

[Babagounj]

i have doubts

its a bad govt no doubt.

A high percentage of the general population are unemployed.

 

[rickyb]

A high percentage of the general population are unemployed.

the pay is low too.

 

[rickyb]

A high percentage of the general population are unemployed.

im not sure htey want to be a puppet state of israel / usa

 

[Babagounj]

Is Iran's government a better government than the US government?

No.
One has to look back to before the 70's.
Sure the ruling class lived the BIG LIFE but even the general population had it better.
Women did not have to wear Burqa, causal attire was the norm.]
Western products were abundance.

 

[Babagounj]

im not sure htey want to be a puppet state of israel / usa

But they currently are to Russia & China.

 

[Box Ox]

Is Iran's government a better government than the US government?

No.

Comrade Ricky likely disagrees.

 

[rickyb]

Comrade Ricky likely disagrees.

worse than america

i think they get more vacation than you do

if you have any other questions tell me and ill ask.

 

[vantexan]

yea it was 1935

social security

medicare

and probably public education.

Not welfare and the Republicans aren't going after any of that. Public education was a thing long before 1935.

 

[rickyb]

Not welfare and the Republicans aren't going after any of that. Public education was a thing long before 1935.

republicans im sure went after welfare with clinton.

 

[rickyb]

But they currently are to Russia & China.

are they?

 

[vantexan]

worse than america

i think they get more vacation than you do

if you have any other questions tell me and ill ask.

Yah when you aren't working you're always on vacation.

 

[rickyb]

Yah when you aren't working you're always on vacation.

unemployment rate is 10%

our iranian friend got multiple job offers out there as an accountant. the pay is low. housing in tehran is expensive.

iran is top 10 resource rich country in the world.

 

[Box Ox]

our iranian friend got multiple job offers out there as an accountant. the pay is low. housing in tehran is expensive.

iran is top 10 resource rich country in the world.

Maybe your friend will be able to move back to Iran after the dictatorship is gone and the country is able to take advantage of its resources.

 

[rickyb]

Maybe your friend will be able to move back to Iran after the dictatorship is gone and the country is able to take advantage of its resources.

only good resource rich country is australia.