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tecelote

(5,122 posts)
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 07:04 PM Jan 2020

By attacking Iranian cultural sites, Trump is saying that we hate Iranians.

He wants to wipe out their culture. The fight is with the Iranian government and not the Iranian people. There are many good people in Iran. A vast majority. We should protect their cultural sites as a matter of ethics.

Do we hate Iranians and want to kill them or do we disagree with their government and want to find a peaceful resolution? This needs to be the media talking point.

Trump ordered a war crime and the media needs to take the side of a moral and ethical America.

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By attacking Iranian cultural sites, Trump is saying that we hate Iranians. (Original Post) tecelote Jan 2020 OP
This was a pre-emptive threat to keep Iran from bombing Trump properties. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2020 #1
Friday's act disqualifies Trump from ever winning a Nobel. ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2020 #3
Perhaps the implied threat to his properties alone will tank his businesses. Flaleftist Jan 2020 #4
A customer of mine is from Iran. ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2020 #2
Nothing new. safeinOhio Jan 2020 #5
He's also saying our cultural sites are fair game. ffr Jan 2020 #6
Hitting cultural sites Turbineguy Jan 2020 #7
Nothing has ganvanized Iranians of ALL beliefs like Trump's idiotic threat to joost5 Jan 2020 #8
I have some Persian friends in Germany DFW Jan 2020 #9
Plays great to the nuke the whole Middle East crowd. KentuckyWoman Jan 2020 #10

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)
1. This was a pre-emptive threat to keep Iran from bombing Trump properties.
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 07:13 PM
Jan 2020

Trump knows how vulnerable his businesses are and he's shitting bricks right now. He'll risk a lot of US bloodshed if he tries to enter Iranian air space to bomb sites. Cruise missiles will likely be used, but Iran has air defenses. Besides, Trump WILL be declared a war criminal if he pursues his revenge. That's not quite the Nobel Peace Prize he so covets.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)
3. Friday's act disqualifies Trump from ever winning a Nobel.
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 07:19 PM
Jan 2020

Obama however, took out OBL for the terror attack of 9/11 And towards others.

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
4. Perhaps the implied threat to his properties alone will tank his businesses.
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 07:23 PM
Jan 2020

And the companies that only lease his name terminate or find a way out of the contract.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)
2. A customer of mine is from Iran.
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 07:16 PM
Jan 2020

She, her husband, two children left Tehran before the Shah was deposed in 1979. She told me that had they stayed, they would have been executed for being Christians.

I am sure now, she can NEVER ever visit any family that remains.

Turbineguy

(37,346 posts)
7. Hitting cultural sites
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 08:10 PM
Jan 2020

was an ISIS strategy.

Trump wants to mimic them. Of course he thinks his name is a cultural icon.

I wonder.... if trumps buildings are knocked over will he still owe the Russians all that money?

joost5

(421 posts)
8. Nothing has ganvanized Iranians of ALL beliefs like Trump's idiotic threat to
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 01:32 PM
Jan 2020

attack their cultural sites. I listened to an Iranian expert this morning saying how there were people upset with this current Iranian regime and were striking and protesting in massive numbers just recently and now that momentum had stopped cold. Now the threat to their historical artifacts and sites have unified all Iranians against America.

DFW

(54,412 posts)
9. I have some Persian friends in Germany
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 01:45 PM
Jan 2020

They know full well that our government is being led by a nut case. After AhmadiNejad, they are no strangers to that.

KentuckyWoman

(6,688 posts)
10. Plays great to the nuke the whole Middle East crowd.
Thu Jan 9, 2020, 12:24 AM
Jan 2020

That is what his voting base has wanted for over 40 years.

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