US intelligence says Iran government is not at risk of collapse(www.reuters.com)
38 pointsby tartoran7 hours ago6 comments
  • Zeetah6 hours ago
    I keep thinking that instead of spending approximately $1B a day attacking Iran - killing, maiming, hurting people, poisoning the ground, damaging infrastructure, creating a future humanitarian criteria, what if, everyday, we dropped a $1B in cash in $50 bundles?

    Would we have a better outcome?

    • rich_sasha4 hours ago
      I keep thinking what the world would look like if the Bush wars didn't happen and the money went instead into global development - green energy transition, education, healthcare. How much solar and nuclear does 1.2T USD buy you?

      But then I take off my red communist beret off and salute the stars and stripes and remember what really matters.

      • krappan hour ago
        Freedom isn't free. It's got a hefty fuckin' fee.
    • RhysU2 hours ago
      We ran this experiment already. Obama handed them $1.7B in cash [1]. Not a good outcome.

      [1] https://apnews.com/article/united-states-government-fd411341...

      • inemesitaffia2 hours ago
        That money went to the Mullahs, not the ordinary people.
        • RhysU43 minutes ago
          Any significant transfer to the ordinary people will flow, in large part, to the government.

          Putting cash into a somewhat closed system is particularly inflationary.

          So, this well-meaning humanitarian idea of cash transfer (a) funds an authoritarian regime while (b) adding inflation woes to the people it's trying to help.

    • hackingonempty5 hours ago
      Taking money in taxes and giving it to poor people is the worst outcome for American Conservatives. This way the money goes to contractors that provide materials and services to wage war.
    • tjpnz2 hours ago
      Trump would have to find another distraction from the allegations that he sexually assaulted a minor. This just seemed easier in his mind.
    • burnt-resistor5 hours ago
      But how would billionaires exploit that to stay in power, artificially create more scarcity and uncertainty, and make more money?
  • orwin2 hours ago
    By the way, the '30k' protestors killed numbers I've heard from US media was fake. OSINT numbers of 15k death is way more likely, and the number from HRANA is 7k confirmed, 11k to be confirmed [0], 50k inprisonned (of which it seems a lot will be executed, which IMHO is worse, and liberating them would have been a more correct, if flimsy, ground for invasion than the current excuse)

    [0] https://www.en-hrana.org/the-crimson-winter-a-50-day-record-...

    • kelipso41 minutes ago
      We can liberate them by sending them to heaven.
  • jazzpush25 hours ago
    What I don't understand is why Congress is doing nothing. Today we were told Trump went to war because he 'felt' we were threatened by Iran. Absolute BS. See video here: https://x.com/The_Kremlinn/status/2031757780248297564?s=20

    This on top of everything else. Goodbye American empire. It was nice while it lasted.

    • bestouff4 hours ago
      Maybe you're too young to remember but it was the exact same thing for the war in Irak.
    • inemesitaffia2 hours ago
      He was threatened by Iran though.
    • solid_fuel5 hours ago
      Because congress is controlled by the Republican party and the Republicans are authoritarians who have bent the knee to Donald Trump, elevating him over their country and sworn duty.
  • bingogo6 hours ago
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  • Bender7 hours ago
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    • danny_codes6 hours ago
      What did I even read. More tinfoil for this man’s hat!
      • Bender6 hours ago
        Don't wrinkle my tinfoil, it messes up the reception of the metal DMT elves! This is nothing really, I have conspiracy theories [spoilers] that would make Duncan Trussell and Alex Jones roll their eyes.
    • notrealyme1236 hours ago
      Either LLM free hallucinations or a markov-chain.
    • kdheiwns6 hours ago
      The only time you set violent criminals loose on another country is when you desire genocide of the people of that country.
      • cobbzilla6 hours ago
        Australia turned out kinda OK
      • Bender6 hours ago
        Historically accurate but in this case mini-genocide of bunker dwellers, missiles and Marvel comic collections.