Argentina and the joint Israeli/US war on Iran

[dlish]

2. The World Is Not Necessarily Safer—Retaliation and Escalation Risks Have Increased …..

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[toast]

The US has been a bad actor with Iran for my entire life. The US pushed out the popularly elected Mossadegh and installed the Shah, their corrupt and repressive stooge. Then they assisted Saddam Hussein when Iraq invaded Iran in the '80s. The US sure knows how to pick its friends. Nobody in the region has clean hands, least of all Netanyahu, front and center in the endless wars.

 

[Jerry Nelson]

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Pro tip: I'm a writer, author and journalist. Double hyphens, which 'em-dashes' are, are merely a habit formed from over 30-years as a writer.

 

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

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[daveholman]

The US just bombed 3 nuclear-related sites in Iran. This means the US will end up going to war with Iran, probably eventually launching a ground invasion (that will be doomed to fail from the start).
Seeing as Argentine authorities hold Iran responsible for the AMIA and Israeli embassy bombings, and also seeing that Milei loves sucking up to Israel (see article), this subject is highly relevant to Argentina. In the Gulf War (1991), Argentina participated alongside the US and its coalition. Do we think Milei will participate in this war? What do you think the impacts on Argentina will be? I'm starting this general discussion thread for everyone who wants to discuss potential Argentine involvement in the conflict, fleeing the USA to Argentina, implications for Argentina, and any and all other related topics.

There won't be a ground war. No matter how bad the neocons and neolibs want one

 

[devilclam]

I don't feel comfortable sharing this meme/joke anywhere else, but I hope some of you will enjoy.

 

[antipodean]

Argentina is one of the best places to be, out of range of Khamanei's rockets or those of other authoritarian and ideological despots like Kim.

What I don't understand is why Iran still has an embassy here in Buenos Aires and have not long since been declared persona non-grata and asked to close up shop and get out. The Islamic Republic is one of the worst human rights abusers on earth, and a state sponsor of terrorism with Argentine blood on its hands.

 

[on the brink]

Reminds me of when Reagan bombed Quadaffi's headquarters in Libya in 1986.

Which eventually resulted in Iran's downing a Pan Am airliner over Scotland a year later, killing all people on it and a few more on the ground.

 

[on the brink]

Sorry, should have written "LIBYA" - which claimed credit for planting the bomb that brought down the plane over Lockerbie, Scotland.

That bombing sealed the fate of a wobbly Pan Am, a great airline sorely missed by this ancient traveler.

 

[aloevera]

No need to doomsday. Chances of a ground invasion are near zero, there’s no need for it; and even if it happens there’s no way that impacts Argentina

You could be right.