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moniss

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9. So the son of the American puppet who was

Reply to BaronChocula (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 05:09 PM

3 hrs ago

a brutally repressive dictator wants the US and Israel to move him in to power. Remember the phrase "we will be greeted as liberators"?
Remember how that went?

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Nope. Not going to happen. pfitz59 5 hrs ago #1

Won't happen overnight. Igel 4 hrs ago #5

That sounds helpful. iemanja 5 hrs ago #2

Deja vu all over again. Sneederbunk 5 hrs ago #3

The shah was no bargain. Better than the Khomeini, but no bargain. Scrivener7 4 hrs ago #4

Pahlavi seems to be the most likely leader to step in rollin74 4 hrs ago #6

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So the son of the American puppet who was moniss 3 hrs ago #9

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We used to have a democratic state, but now a kingdom. Sneederbunk 1 hr ago #15

Fuck that. Buzz cook 2 hrs ago #12

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