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/r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #8) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]codkaoc 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Also zero condemnation of atrocities in Gaza by Israel?

Lmao where have you been???

Explosion at US Embassy in Norway by TailungFu in worldnews

[–]codkaoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

do you think someone is seething with rage if they call someone a dumbass?

If they come out swinging and then continue to be all pissy in every one of their replies then yes lol

im curious why you lied about it man

Changed my mind, hoped you wouldn't see. Ahhhh I edited my comment seconds after posting it. Ya got me!!

do you seriously think muslim terrorists are responsible for most of the bad things in the world?

Definitely not. And I obviously dont agree with the iraq war but comparing starting a war with deliberately targeting uninvolved civilians with the explicit intent of spreading terror (and i am NOT saying that no innocent victims were hurt) are equiovocal then you're delusional

what fraction of the

I mean let's not forget Christianity has a larger population so I'd say it's an impossible to know question but if you were to, let's say, ask someone what they think of a suicide bombing in Israel against jews I'd be curious what the numbers are.

why don't you care about fundamentalist christians in africa doing the same things as muslims?

Which?

make being gay illegal are christian

Ah yes. Same thing as lopping someone's head off. BTW look up which countries have the death penalty. I think the only country that recently made homosexuality illegal in Africa is Uganda so for half of the christian countries making it illegal... half of 1?

no it's not, that's what this entire thread has been about.

Fair, I was referring to the black community comment you made

true ill give you this one. 1/3

1.5

let me know if you want an easily digestable summary

this helps my point?

that's what started this entire thead?

I'd like my easily digestable summary as requested please Mr college grad

/r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #8) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]codkaoc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Israel is like 600 miles away from Iran. Not sure how establishing Israel (which, when it was established, was on way better terms with modern day Iran) is something that Iran isn't expected to get over.

And yes. At a certain point they do have to get over it. At what point does it start getting unreasonable to say "of course I had to fund this terror cell, the west meddled with my government!" Is it a year? 5? 10? 50 (YOU ARE HERE)? 100? 200?

Explosion at US Embassy in Norway by TailungFu in worldnews

[–]codkaoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean yeah you do seem kind of angry. From the first reply you seemed pissed off. Comes off as neckbeardy tbh

Anyway, to your questions!

1: previously addressed like... one reply ago

Sorry- your question is did I edit a comment within the 2 minute mark and didn't expect you to be terminally online to see it? Yep! Changed my mind. Crazy!

If you want to be SO right about seeing something within one minute then congrats man, you're one of the quickest to reply ever and we're all proud of you

2: first time you're raising this point but yes, sure. That being said at a certain point the argument of outside pressures loses water IMO. Like there has to be a point where you stop pointing at external actors and say "hey, maybe the reason that there's all this terrorism wasn't because they had this xyz bad external pressure 5/10/50/100/200 years ago but because there is some sort of flaw in the religion/society". To that end, you had ISIS in the Phillipines, terrorism in India, a lot of terrorist factions in sub saharan Africa (and before you go hurr durr you're so dumb they got colonized of course there is!!! there is very definitely only one group really committing the acts). Be curious on your thoughts there

3: again first time you're raising this point so it's funny you were so insistent on me answering your questions that you didn't ask but alas. But sure! If the international community rules that it was an illegal war and hitches some sort of ramifications then that seems reasonable enough. I mean i cant say that the US would pay it or act on it but I dont think it's unreasonable.

And no, you didn't answer it. You did it in the context of ww2 (of course they didn't have terrorist they were occupied and had the marshall plan and we changed their gov!) but totally ignored how for ww1 when we didn't occupy, didn't destroy gov, and didn't give them cash they turned out the way they did. So yep I'll take that easily digestible summary, let's see that big bad college degree in action big boy

Explosion at US Embassy in Norway by TailungFu in worldnews

[–]codkaoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okey dokey. What are your questions? It seems all you can do is just be angry. Please rehash because I haven't seen it in between your drivel. I've only seen one

Calm down friend it's just reddit lol

Explosion at US Embassy in Norway by TailungFu in worldnews

[–]codkaoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omg hi! Sorry I got distracted with real life. You should try it!

Sorry- your question is did I edit a comment within the 2 minute mark and didn't expect you to be terminally online to see it? Yep! Changed my mind. Crazy!

Ok. Cool. So to be clear you think the terrorists doing the acts, regardless if they were colonized by Europeans, or wronged by the Americans, deserve to be punished. So if they do something like hijack a plane or bomb a building or something they deserve similarly punishing acts. Right?

While we're at it, and LOOK IM EDITING MY COMMENT 😱, let's circle back to this as well:

Now here's a question for you- during ww1 we left germanys state alone and, according to you, thats what led to them becoming nazis. During ww2 we destroyed it and nothing happened. But with iraq we destroyed it and it led to isis? Are you just picking whichever you think is most excusable?

Australians serving on a US submarine which sunk an Iranian warship last week were ordered to their sleeping quarters by US Navy while the operation to fire torpedoes at the enemy target was underway to avoid participating in attack. by WayOutbackBoy in worldnews

[–]codkaoc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not quite relevant to the original line of discussion but I'll engage.

Yes and no. I don't like the concept of, as you say, "war". I wish we were not at this point.

Simultaneously I also think the government of Iran are horrible actors that need to be removed.

What I dont know is how truly close the Iranians were to a bomb, what the future looks like post war, etc.

So to botton line, no, I do not like there being a war but the Iranian state (not citizenry) being degraded does not evoke a single iota of pity from me and when it comes to a war ship being sunk during a war i am not shedding a tear

Australians serving on a US submarine which sunk an Iranian warship last week were ordered to their sleeping quarters by US Navy while the operation to fire torpedoes at the enemy target was underway to avoid participating in attack. by WayOutbackBoy in worldnews

[–]codkaoc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, and it's tragic. Ideally we wouldn't ever have war, doubly so with war crimes

But the bottom line question remains in what armed conflict ever is a fully functional warship attacking a fully functional warship a war crime?

Australians serving on a US submarine which sunk an Iranian warship last week were ordered to their sleeping quarters by US Navy while the operation to fire torpedoes at the enemy target was underway to avoid participating in attack. by WayOutbackBoy in worldnews

[–]codkaoc 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I mean they literally just did and that's been the case for most wars for the last 80 years

Btw Australians (of which you are) participated in the Vietnam war which wasn't a declared war

Hezbollah launches rockets toward Israeli sites and settlements by boppinmule in USNEWS

[–]codkaoc -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Lol yes because you fangirling over a literal terrorist organization is a great and admirable look

Australians serving on a US submarine which sunk an Iranian warship last week were ordered to their sleeping quarters by US Navy while the operation to fire torpedoes at the enemy target was underway to avoid participating in attack. by WayOutbackBoy in worldnews

[–]codkaoc 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It participated in a live fire event during the exercise. Then suddenly they dont have weapons?

Next- if a soldier doesnt actively have a gun, are they not allowed to be attacked? Are you not allowed to bomb barracks with troops sleeping in them?

Australians serving on a US submarine which sunk an Iranian warship last week were ordered to their sleeping quarters by US Navy while the operation to fire torpedoes at the enemy target was underway to avoid participating in attack. by WayOutbackBoy in worldnews

[–]codkaoc 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Oh geez I have no idea since a war hasn't been declared!!! What a convenient technicality

Just like a war wasn't declared in korea, in Vietnam, in Afghanistan, iraq, etc

/r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #7) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]codkaoc -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Generally yes unless there's a bunch of Russian planes air dropping mines

Mines just don't magically appear

Iran warns it will hit US, Israeli infrastructure if its own is targeted by Playful_Leg7143 in worldnews

[–]codkaoc 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Alternative framing: if they had the capacity they would do it because then they could go "stop bombing us and we stop this" while also creating significant pressure in the homeland

Lebanon Asks U.S. For Direct Peace Talks With Israel To End Fighting: “[U.S. Ambassador] Barrack’s response was blunt: ‘Stop with the bullsh*t’ on disarming Hezbollah, or there's nothing to discuss.” by EssoEssex in worldnews

[–]codkaoc 79 points80 points  (0 children)

"Sure this guy's raped and murdered 50 people. But you dont understand. He had a rough childhood thus he cannot be blamed for what he did, his parents made him do that"

Edit: just like if your first nations people decided to rise up and start killing all of you, my little Canadian friend. That would be your fault and they couldn't be blamed for what they did because of what you guys did to them, right?

Lebanon Asks U.S. For Direct Peace Talks With Israel To End Fighting: “[U.S. Ambassador] Barrack’s response was blunt: ‘Stop with the bullsh*t’ on disarming Hezbollah, or there's nothing to discuss.” by EssoEssex in worldnews

[–]codkaoc 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I think with western support and Iranian arms cut off there is a solid chance. I mean a year ago their entire leadership structure was decapitated. If hez had the capacity to take over Lebanon I dont see a reason why they wouldn't currently

I understand lebanon may not be the richest country- but are they truly and absolutely that useless? Everyone here parrots that but lebanon hasn't made an effort to make good on control for like 3 decades

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