> We're in a war in Iran for reasons that nobody can quite articulate,

As a third party watching I just assumed it was a “dead cat”[1] to get people to stop talking about the Epstein files.

Obviously the Iranian government are not good guys either but the timing of this war… it just looks very odd.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_cat_strategy

Also trump seems to have this weird thing about Obama. He is obsessed with him. He tore up the Obama Iran deal, and is now seeking a better solution.

	▲	archonis 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Trump is the sort of old school racist whose entire model of the world couldn't tolerate Obama as POTUS. ...and then of course, this didn't help: https://youtu.be/HHckZCxdRkA?si=axixDO1Cm1i3Su0k

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cramsession 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Obviously the Iranian government are not good guys

I'll believe this when it comes from someone other than the Epstein people. As it stands, the worst people in the world do not like Iran, so they're definitely doing something right.

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FireBeyond 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There's the "hilarity" of Operation Epic Fury. E.F. Epstein Files. It's either someone's private joke or the most clueless name you could imagine (not to mention sounding like it was taken straight from a COD Lobby).

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SmirkingRevenge 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's not really a distraction, it's just it's own stupid, horrible thing.

The most sane reason for "why now" would be because Iran was in a relatively weak position (domestic unrest, severely weakened proxies due to Israel) and the hawks saw an opening

That and Trump was more easily moved now that he's developed a taste for military shows of force after the Maduro thing. He probably thought it would make great content.

The Iran hawks and Netanyahu probably didn't have to push him very hard