Israel preparing for attacks on Iranian energy sites, awaits US green light, official says

No, I think a dementia patient would still have some morals. As my grandfather was on his deathbed, he was suffering from dementia and he was as kind as he’d always been. Though there’s no way in hell he recognized either my brother or me. But I guess he wasn’t so far gone since he could still speak English at the end.

Yes, someone is getting him to want the oil, because it playing into their agenda. And it probably is Israel who is gaining the most from the current state of the world.

They won when they helped him get elected onto his first term.

China’s green revolution has had a brilliant year in geopolitics

Right. Bombing civilians into submission didn't work in Vietnam against the Communists, and it won't work with Iran.

It's actually never worked in history to bomb a country into submission. The atomic bombs in Japan being perhaps an exception. They were devastating. But the Russians were also ready to invade and it would not have gone well for Japanese territory if they had.

WW3 began when Russia invaded Ukraine fully (could argue 2014 was the start). The invasion brought in many country’s involvement, in combat and intel. Now the war in the middle east affects Russia’s abilities in Ukraine. US helps Ukraine to identify and hit targets, Russia (and probably China more discreetly) are helping Iran hit targets. War has become more asymmetrical, not just large battles. Drones, cyberwarfare, information warfare. It’s already here.

hate to say, not "if", it already is headed toward escalation. Easy to see on someone specific calling europeans to join, which as of same someone would be a gesture because the same also claims he can do it alone anway. So you see self declared power forcing others to align into their open hostilities, which is a very sharp indicator something runs out of control and touches the well being of anyone even remotely reliant on oil/gas. So those called up on try to prevent being sucked in. Safe to say the humanitarian crisis will unfold regardless, it actually does already. Sometimes it overcomes me to ask why 20y Afghanistan pinpong left it with nice military airports perfect for certain scenarios, hint hint, unless i really overestimate what happened over those 20y in A.

Yeah, but a lot of things will be on pause until then just due to the price of oil.

If these jokers beat climate change to the punch..... grrr

> And then of course a war is a great way to distract people from exposing a global elite pedo ring. It should also be worth remembering that "regime security" is a very common reason countries go to war. Often times a leader will start a war to distract the public from something which can include scandals or a failing economy. Wars are also a convenient excuse to give more money to the military, suspend rights and arrest dissidents. That's not to say for sure that's why this war is happening but historically the cause of a lot of wars is often more about domestic politics than international politics. I think the phrase "invade Iran as a distraction for the Epstein files" sounds a bit too conspiracy theory related for a lot of the more "serious" media organizations but I don't think the war as a way to boost Trump's approval and power should be disregarded just because it doesn't sound like something a US president would typically do.

When it turns out that 90% of rich men are paedophiles well except Musk but only because Epstein thought he was too creepy even for him (But Musk still is a paedophile and he learnt that from his dad who is now married and has a kid with Elon's stepsister). AND then all those rich paedophiles have so much money they can effectively control the USA and by extension the rest of the western world. "Lets start a war because Trump failed to destroy the Epstein files!"

The Iranian refugees will be in Europe, who will know full well why it's happening and who's responsible. They won't be in America, where those responsible parties will be.

I came here to say this. The destruction of oil infrastructure and $200/bbl would hopefully save the planet with a sprint to renewables.

The Israelis will come out of this happy though

My country has taken in a lot of Iranian refugees. They're our highest educated immigrant group, and overall have integrated really well. Iranians are no illiterates.  Not that we'd appreciate another huge immigrant wave, because integration takes a lot of time, is really expensive and causes a lot of tension.  I'd much rather not have their country bombed to pieces.

Fascists only exist in societies that allow them to exist. 

The real problem is not oil but salination plants, Saudi Arabia and it's 35 million people rely entirely on salination plants to provide water as the whole country does not have a single lake or river. It would be a humanitarian disaster

Full of billionaire survivors who fled for their bunkers?

There's no "we", I am not part of the group f****** things up and I'd appreciate if you fucked off with this "all of mankind is ar fault" bullshit You want to die for the perceived sins of your species feel free to do it alone.

They'll probably just go straight for desalination plants 

And what's fucked is that none of this had to happen.

Optics

That first line of your has gotta be some kind of fallacy lol. I do agree with your big war statement though.

Netanyahu is already a wanted man on that front, why would he care.