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cliffside

(1,661 posts)
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:23 PM 19 hrs ago

Trump wants role in picking Iran's leader; Israel warns Lebanese to flee for their lives

Source: WaPo

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"President Donald Trump said he should have a say in choosing Iran�s next supreme leader, and fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon intensified Thursday as the U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran entered its sixth day. The House rejected a bipartisan measure intended to halt further U.S. military action in Iran. �Save your lives and evacuate your homes immediately,� Israeli forces warned residents across southern Lebanon and Beirut�s southern suburbs on Thursday. The evacuation area included the dense neighborhood of Dahiyeh, a Hezbollah stronghold. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the United States would �bitterly regret� sinking the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean. Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates reported fresh attacks, as Iran said it launched retaliatory strikes throughout the region, including against Kurdish forces in Iraq. Iran denied firing a missile toward Turkey a day after Turkey said NATO air defenses shot down an Iranian ballistic missile heading toward its airspace. Targeting Turkey, a NATO member, would be a major escalation in the conflict.

... Lebanon in the crosshairs: Beirut was wakened Thursday by at least six Israeli airstrikes slamming into the southern suburbs of the city. At least 102 people have been killed in Lebanon since Hezbollah entered the war late Sunday, the Lebanese Health Ministry said, as hundreds of strikes hit across the country. Israeli troops have moved further into Lebanon, displacing tens of thousands.

Israeli officials threaten broader strikes: �We are now on the northern border, after the IDF instructed all residents to evacuate,� Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said in a video posted to his X account. �You wanted to bring hell upon us, but you brought hell upon yourselves. Dahiyeh will look like Khan Younis,� he said, referring to a city in the Gaza Strip decimated by Israeli bombardment..."




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Trump wants role in picking Iran's leader; Israel warns Lebanese to flee for their lives (Original Post) cliffside 19 hrs ago OP
"President Donald Trump said he should have a say in choosing Iran's next supreme leader..." LudwigPastorius 19 hrs ago #1
Yes, consistent insanity and sad lol. nt cliffside 19 hrs ago #2
So it IS regime change? BaronChocula 18 hrs ago #3
If you edit your post, re-paste in the article text and DON'T PREVIEW AZJonnie 18 hrs ago #4
It will probably be 100 years , but ... Bread and Circuses 18 hrs ago #5
yeah, that will go over well. nt Javaman 11 hrs ago #6

LudwigPastorius

(14,551 posts)
1. "President Donald Trump said he should have a say in choosing Iran's next supreme leader..."
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:26 PM
19 hrs ago

That sounds insane, but to be fair, he wants a say in choosing the United States' next leader too.

At least he's consistent in something.

BaronChocula

(4,407 posts)
3. So it IS regime change?
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 12:09 AM
18 hrs ago

Just wanna get that straight. Regime change with no plan for the change. No plan for whom. No plan for when. No plan for what it'll take. No plan for what it'll cost.

All because you raped kids.

AZJonnie

(3,546 posts)
4. If you edit your post, re-paste in the article text and DON'T PREVIEW
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 12:11 AM
18 hrs ago

If you just post it, those whacky characters that have replaced the curly quotes from the article with garbage characters will be correct.

Like so:

The House rejected a bipartisan measure intended to halt further U.S. military action in Iran. “Save your lives and evacuate your homes immediately,”

Also, you can't edit it again after that or they'll come back. This issue is caused by making a round trip to the database, which you avoid by posting straight away w/o a preview.

If you want, that's the fix

Bread and Circuses

(1,890 posts)
5. It will probably be 100 years , but ...
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 12:27 AM
18 hrs ago

A certain country will be admonished, isolated and shunned….

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