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wnylib

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8. So, we should also not say that the US is bombing Iran, then?

Reply to Seeking Serenity (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:40 PM

19 hrs ago

Not all Americans agree with or approve of the attacks.

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I really wish people would stop using "Iran" to mean the Islamic regime that currently rules over it. [View all] Seeking Serenity 19 hrs ago OP

We are literally bombing Iran right now Blues Heron 19 hrs ago #1

But "Iran" is not bombing Tel Aviv; the IRGC is. Seeking Serenity 19 hrs ago #2

The IRGC is just a branch of the Iranian military. Iran is shooting missiles into neighbors. Melon 19 hrs ago #7

So, we should also not say that the US is bombing Iran, then? wnylib 19 hrs ago #8

But according to videos, not so happy! womanofthehills 15 hrs ago #11

Numerous commentators have stated that the regime is massively unpopular with the Iranian Gaugamela 19 hrs ago #3

I had a a history prof in college who was Jewish and from Iran tirebiter 19 hrs ago #4

I had a 2d cousin who married an Iranian woman who had fled Iran just before "the 1979 coup." Seeking Serenity 19 hrs ago #5

Government, shmoverment. You know what this is about. usonian 19 hrs ago #6

I understand what you're getting at fujiyamasan 17 hrs ago #9

During 911 - all Americans were on the same page womanofthehills 15 hrs ago #12

just a little bit unwieldy to say, "the U.S. has just bombed the land mass, and denizens, currently ruled by stopdiggin 15 hrs ago #10

Understood. But That Simply Is Not How People Think Or Speak..... ColoringFool 15 hrs ago #13

No one in the world is thinking, "A demented guy from Queens Scrivener7 11 hrs ago #14

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