In just two days, U.S. and Israeli attacks have killed over 500 people across Iran, with American and Israeli forces bombing numerous civilian sites, including medical centers and hospitals, human rights advocates have warned. The Iranian Red Crescent Society said on Monday that it has counted at least 555 deaths since the U.S. and Israel launched unprovoked strikes on Saturday.
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I don’t like knowing we deserve the retribution that’s coming, but fuck did our leadership sign us up for some severe retribution, and it seems as we the people deserve it for not reigning our elected representative leadership in sooner.
Watch my words, the brunt of the retribution won’t even be against the people who in any manner supported these decisions.
Any retribution will most likely be terror attacks on American soil. Any terror attack all most likely target large population centers, simply because that’s where even a small-ish event can cause the most fear (and the primary goal of terrorism is to instill fear in the population to coax political change).
Problem is, most population centers like that are predominantly left leaning. Sure you’ll have tons of conservatives due to the sheer number of people in those areas, but they’re predominantly left leaning. Just look at NYC’s results from the 2024 election.
Thus any terror attack on such places will primarily hurt the very people who 1, wanted nothing to do with the attack 2, were against destroying the various checks and balances that enabled Trump to start this war 3, generally want to hold presidents responsible for their illegal activities…