Peace through war, eh?

How very 1984.

All this will serve to achieve is to have Iran install even more of a hardliner and extremist as the new ayatollah.

As to the target, Trump just painted one on his own forehead...

(03-01-2026, 07:35 AM)andy06shake Wrote: But how do you imagine Christians would feel if the Pope were assassinated?

The fundamentalist christians hate the pope.
They'd applaud it.

There is a difference between the pope and the ayatollah.

The pope isn't running a country that throws it's citizens in prisons to be
raped and tortured simply because they have thoughts and feelings that
run counter to what the pope says.   The pope isn't oppressing people
in his country.   The pope isn't engaged in killing and taking over other 
countries around the world.

A good deal of the people of Iran will be happy to see the ayatollah dead.
Whereas a good deal of the Catholic people would be sad to see the pope
dead.

Yes the ayatollah was a religious figure.   But he was evil.  
Even members of his own religion say so.

Unfortunately many of the Shia Muslims don't know the ayatollah was
an evil man.  THey think because he was a religious leader that he was 
actually holy.   It's an evil deception and the followers aren't very bright
and aren't well educated.

Chinese in Iran are trying to flee

(03-01-2026, 07:43 AM)andy06shake Wrote: Peace through war, eh?

How very 1984.

It is like the U.S. administration have forgotten the lessons learned from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.  The power vacuum left behind lead to many more deaths of allied troops after groups like ISIS swept in.

(03-01-2026, 07:43 AM)andy06shake Wrote: Peace through war, eh?

How very 1984.

You have to break a few eggs to make an omelette.
Small skirmish now as opposed to a nuclear world war later.
(a war promised to happen by Iran)
I get that you don't like Trump.
Neither do I.
But he did the right thing with this.

(03-01-2026, 07:43 AM)andy06shake Wrote: All this will serve to achieve is to have Iran install even more of a hardliner and extremist as the new ayatollah.

You assume 'the people' will allow that.
They've been raped and murdered and tortured and oppressed.
If they are sick enough of that, they won't let that happen.

(03-01-2026, 07:45 AM)FlyersFan Wrote: The fundamentalist christians hate the pope.
They'd applaud it.

There is a difference between the pope and the ayatollah.

The pope isn't running a country that throws it's citizens in prisons to be
raped and tortured simply because they have thoughts and feelings that
run counter to what the pope says.   The pope isn't oppressing people
in his country.   The pope isn't engaged in killing and taking over other 
countries around the world.

A good deal of the people of Iran will be happy to see the ayatollah dead.
Whereas a good deal of the Catholic people would be sad to see the pope
dead.

Yes the ayatollah was a religious figure.   But he was evil.  
Even members of his own religion say so.

Unfortunately many of the Shia Muslims don't know the ayatollah was
an evil man.  THey think because he was a religious leader that he was 
actually holy.   It's an evil deception and the followers aren't very bright
and aren't well educated.

I already pointed out the differences.

The comparison stands.

Trump is also evil Flyers, depending on where you are standing. 

As to their level of education.

You don't need to be smart to kill people or return favours.

Just committed.

And i think Trump might just have sealed that deal good and proper. 

It's a stupid move.

And the people, well they still want those Epstein files...

(03-01-2026, 07:49 AM)FlyersFan Wrote: You assume 'the people' will allow that.
They've been raped and murdered and tortured and oppressed.
If they are sick enough of that, they won't let that happen.

Aye, they look happy as Larry.

Again, all Trump did was create a martyr to a cause.

Add fuel to the fire and give it direction.

Good luck putting out the flames.

(03-01-2026, 07:48 AM)FlyersFan Wrote: You have to break a few eggs to make an omelette.
Small skirmish now as opposed to a nuclear world war later.
(a war promised to happen by Iran)
I get that you don't like Trump.
Neither do I.
But he did the right thing with this.

Absolute tripe.

What he did was to try to shift the Epstein spotlight.

And all he has done is to turn up the brightness.

Right, the man could not do that if he tried.

(03-01-2026, 07:45 AM)FlyersFan Wrote: Yes the ayatollah was a religious figure.   But he was evil.  
Even members of his own religion say so.

Unfortunately many of the Shia Muslims don't know the ayatollah was
an evil man.  

There's a big contradiction in your comments and it's also part of the problem in the middle east. 

The Sunni and Shia have been at odds for as long as the Muslim faith has been around. 
But there dislike of Christians and the west in some middle eastern countries is some times stronger than their differences with each other.
 

Quote: Sunni and Shia Muslims share the most fundamental Islamic beliefs and articles of faith and are the two main sub-groups in Islam. They do differ, however, and that separation stemmed initially, not from spiritual distinctions, but political ones. Over the centuries, these political differences have spawned several varying practices and positions that have come to carry spiritual significance.
For example, Sunni Muslims emphasize the authority of the elected caliphs, whereas Shia Muslims hold that leadership should have remained within the Prophet Muhammad's family, specifically with his cousin and son-in-law, Ali. Despite these differences, both groups continue to uphold the core tenets of Islam.