▲ 111 ▼ US war on Iran | Megathread for Week 12 of 2026 (thelemmy.club) submitted 5 months ago* by rodent@lemmygrad.ml to c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml 552 comments fedilink hide all child comments Please keep related news in this thread rather than making separate posts. Remember to include sources and avoid spreading rumours. ^Previous\ megathread^
[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 5 months ago (3 children) Fucking clowns. 🤡 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] GracesArms@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 5 months ago (1 child) And through all of this Charlie Kirk remains silent... In all seriousness the US's consistent inability to maintain any form of narrative on this war must be studied. Trumps regime has gutted almost any form of free press in the US these last few years, down to threatening to revoke broadcast rights of anyone telling lies (see the truth) about his Iran war. And even with all that they're too fucking thick to maintain a United front on literally anything. Hilarious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lenins_Dumbbell@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 5 months ago There was barely any free speech in the US anyway, as far as reach is taken into consideration. This is nothing but the neoliberal contradictions of Capital taking shape. Some capitalist interests are getting absolutely destroyed by the war. Others are making bank. It's just a tug of war between the two to see who can influence the government more permalink fedilink source parent [–] shreditdude0@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 5 months ago Are they still forgetting that they're on the same team? lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GracesArms@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 5 months ago (1 child) And through all of this Charlie Kirk remains silent... In all seriousness the US's consistent inability to maintain any form of narrative on this war must be studied. Trumps regime has gutted almost any form of free press in the US these last few years, down to threatening to revoke broadcast rights of anyone telling lies (see the truth) about his Iran war. And even with all that they're too fucking thick to maintain a United front on literally anything. Hilarious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lenins_Dumbbell@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 5 months ago There was barely any free speech in the US anyway, as far as reach is taken into consideration. This is nothing but the neoliberal contradictions of Capital taking shape. Some capitalist interests are getting absolutely destroyed by the war. Others are making bank. It's just a tug of war between the two to see who can influence the government more permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lenins_Dumbbell@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 5 months ago There was barely any free speech in the US anyway, as far as reach is taken into consideration. This is nothing but the neoliberal contradictions of Capital taking shape. Some capitalist interests are getting absolutely destroyed by the war. Others are making bank. It's just a tug of war between the two to see who can influence the government more permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shreditdude0@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 5 months ago Are they still forgetting that they're on the same team? lol permalink fedilink source parent