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Trump ‘vetoed plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader’

Allan said:
Allan

Thread 'Netanyahu denies report that Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Khamenei'

If you look at Netanyahu's statement below he kind of didn't deny it.

I can't even imagine the chaos killing Khameni would unleash in the region.

US President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to kill Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, two US officials tell Reuters.

Asked about the report during a live interview on Fox News, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, “There are so many false reports about conversations that never happened — I’m not going to get into it.”
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You mean putin vetoed
 
anatta said:
Taking out the Ayatollah when it's not needed as Israel is kicking butt -can only lead to unnecessary "complications"
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Agreed! I think it would be counterproductive to the impressive and important progress of recent days.
 
redbeer said:
Amnesia of the prior four years is not the proper way of determining facts. Iran would not release the information they were supposed to under the JCPOA anyways, then neglecting all the monies that landed in the coffers under the democrats.......wait, never mind.....this is TDS, I'm sorry for your affliction.
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Except the JCPOA was no longer applicable during the last 4 years because Trump 1.0 decided to pull out of it, and most importantly, there was much less opportunity for Iran to hide things under the JCPOA than without it. But sure, we're better off now with Israel acting as a junkyard dog and Tel Aviv getting hit with missiles. Or is this "TDS" as well?
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multivita-man said:
A solid majority of Iraq hated Saddam Hussein's ass when we overthrew him. Do we need to go over how that turned out?
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Apparently not. It's a lesson that requires repeating and learning the hard way.
 
anatta said:
agree. such blow back is common when it comes to regime change. ( Libya) or the Taliban coming back stronger in Afghan after we dumped them the first time..we got lucky in Syria when al-Nusra and the terrorist Salafi became "mainstream" (HTS) after Assad was dumped
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I haven't kept up with Syria's developments in a while, but as I understand it, while there is some semblance of political control in major cities, it is still a hot mess throughout much of the country. If Iran's government is overthrown, there's the real potential for a power vacuum if the security situation breaks down, which is a very distinct possibility. This could easily spill into neighboring Syria and Iraq.
 
gbg3 said:
Agreed! I think it would be counterproductive to the impressive and important progress of recent days.
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I'm curious as to what you have seen that you consider impressive and important progress of recent days.
 
multivita-man said:
I haven't kept up with Syria's developments in a while, but as I understand it, while there is some semblance of political control in major cities, it is still a hot mess throughout much of the country. If Iran's government is overthrown, there's the real potential for a power vacuum if the security situation breaks down, which is a very distinct possibility. This could easily spill into neighboring Syria and Iraq.
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...and the assumption HTS will remain "centrist" as much as that word means in that kind of conflict. There's a lot of struggle between HTS and the Alawites who largely supported Assad in the past, as well as the Druse who Israel supports so this has all the makings of a prolonged struggle for power.
 
multivita-man said:
I haven't kept up with Syria's developments in a while, but as I understand it, while there is some semblance of political control in major cities, it is still a hot mess throughout much of the country. If Iran's government is overthrown, there's the real potential for a power vacuum if the security situation breaks down, which is a very distinct possibility. This could easily spill into neighboring Syria and Iraq.
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honestly I havent kept up either since Assad got tossed, here is a quick AI search

Armed groups, including remnants of ISIS and other factions, continue to engage in clashes and attacks, particularly in the northeast and other areas.


  • Sectarian Tensions:
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    Deeply entrenched sectarian divisions persist, contributing to instability and fueling conflicts in various regions.


Foreign Terrorist Fighters and remnants of ISIS continue to pose a threat, with attacks and insurgent activities reporte
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to your point on Iran - it's mostly Shi'a of course and i guess it depends on how the regime is gone.. hard for me to extrapolate
 
anatta said:
honestly I havent kept up either since Assad got tossed, here is a quick AI search

Armed groups, including remnants of ISIS and other factions, continue to engage in clashes and attacks, particularly in the northeast and other areas.



  • Sectarian Tensions:
    .
    Deeply entrenched sectarian divisions persist, contributing to instability and fueling conflicts in various regions.


Foreign Terrorist Fighters and remnants of ISIS continue to pose a threat, with attacks and insurgent activities reporte
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to your point on Iran - it's mostly Shi'a of course and i guess it depends on how the regime is gone.. hard for me to extrapolate
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Not that anyone cares, but if I see a post that looks like an AI search or AI generated, I don't read it.
 
anatta said:
honestly I havent kept up either since Assad got tossed, here is a quick AI search

Armed groups, including remnants of ISIS and other factions, continue to engage in clashes and attacks, particularly in the northeast and other areas.


  • Sectarian Tensions:
    .
    Deeply entrenched sectarian divisions persist, contributing to instability and fueling conflicts in various regions.


Foreign Terrorist Fighters and remnants of ISIS continue to pose a threat, with attacks and insurgent activities reporte
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to your point on Iran - it's mostly Shi'a of course and i guess it depends on how the regime is gone.. hard for me to extrapolate
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Regime change with what? This is a country with zero experience in Democacy.

The Israelis need to look at recent US history with Afghanastan and Iraq as far as regime change consequences.
 

Israeli ambassador says Israel 'not in the business of regime change'​

 
phoenix2020 said:
Well, perhaps Bibi shouldn't have gone on Fox News on Sunday to suggest the exact opposite.
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he didn't suggest anything. look at what he said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News on Sunday that Israel’s operation “could certainly” result in regime change, as the government in Iran is “very weak.” He claimed that “80% of the people would throw these theological thugs out.”


“They shoot women because their hair is uncovered. They shoot students. They just suck the oxygen out from these brave and gifted people, the Iranian people,” Netanyahu said. “The decision to act, to rise up this time, is the decision of the Iranian people.”
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it could facilitate, but Israel itself wont use a policy of regime change
How many times have we heard westerners call for the Iranian people to rise up? And not just the Green Movement
 
CaughtInThe said:
Dude. You support Putin. Putin assassinates little kids.
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Assasination of a leader in Iran will not likely work. Iranian leaders tend to think a like and they will simply replace him and continue developing nuclear weapons.
 
This would require Bibi to give one fig what Trump thinks. He doesn't.
 
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