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mhblast Friday at 10:51 PM3 repliesview on HN

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hajileyesterday at 1:27 AM

List the number of attacks on America by Iran. Now list the number of attacks from our "allies" like the Saudis or Israel.

Words don't matter as much as actions and the biggest attacks on the US by countries in the ME were done by Israel and Saudi Arabia.

UncleOxidantlast Friday at 10:54 PM

Saying "Death to America" doesn't give us the right to bomb them. They've been saying that for a long time now and yet haven't posed serious threat to the US mainland. Trump says a lot of crazy shit as well, would that give other countries the right to bomb the US?

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jiggawattslast Friday at 10:57 PM

I don’t know why you’re being voted down for stating plain facts.

If you know someone in town that regularly threatens you and your friends with death[1] and you see them buying a gun, you do something about it before they also get the bullets.

Before replying please read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_latency

Iran has been steadily decreasing their “breakout time” to levels that Israel and the US considered unacceptable. Timelines too short to police with diplomacy.

They forced the hand of the Western world, they and their supporters are crying crocodile tears.

“We were just innocently enriching near weapons grade Uranium in underground facilities hardened against attack and inspection! Calm down bro!”

[1] To stretch the analogy further: they regularly hand out knives to their cousins, all of whom have stabbed your friend in a dark alley once or twice, to the point that your friend has to wear body armor at all times.

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