• Sunflier@lemmy.world
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    My money is on Iran enacting a terrorist attack on July 4. It isn’t just Iran’s opportunity to enact mere vengeance, but it is a convenient opportunity to have that vengeance become deeply ingrained into the mind of America for a long time to come. Where we would once have celebrated our independence, that celebration would be contaminated by a horrific attack. It’s not just about enacting petty revenge, but it’d be about sending a message for generations. Also, the date is conveniently close.

    Edit: Spelling

  • Headofthebored @lemmy.world
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    Is Iran mad at me now? Bruh this is why I don’t like leaving the house. /s But seriously something has got to give with this maniac regime we have here in the U.S., and I’m afraid we are the only ones who could realistically stand up and change anything. Nobody else is coming to save us.

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      We are the only ones who could realistically stand up and change anything. Nobody else is coming to save us.

      This is correct.

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    Fellow muricans; stay out of metropolitan areas on July 4th. My guess is that we’re going to see the inevitable marriage of military and local law enforcement using the “iranian sleeper sell agents biden let loose in our country” angle instead. Faux news frontpage is laying the groundwork as of yesterday.

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      8 days ago

      My best guess is that they’ll use biological warfare. Our culture has already demonstrated that this is a huge weakness. They could also get us with a cyber attack, shutting down important infrastructure that way.

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        8 days ago

        Iran would not do that, but you raise an important point about how insanely vulnerable the US is to actual biological attacks.

        Could you imagine the US government trying to get Americans to get an anthrax vaccine after a weapon attack?

      • valkyrieangela@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Iran isn’t known for it’s cybersecurity divisions. Right wing states generally aren’t good with technology. So I’m not worried about a cyber attack.

        In fact, it’s tough to say what Iran’s military capacity is at all. We pelt them with drone strikes and long range missiles constantly and they seem like they can do nothing about it. We keep talking about all this enriched uranium they possess, but do they even possess the capacity to deliver the payload to our domestic soil before we thwart them?

        They’ll likely go after Israel first, so we’ll soon see the extent of their armaments.

      • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
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        Oh yeah America really taught them a lesson by, checks notes, giving Taliban control of Afghanistan, after pouring millions of dollars and ending the lives of thousands of Afghani and Americans

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    🎶 Everybody’s going to the party, have a real good time

    Dancing in the desert, blowing up the sunshine 🎶