https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/13/israel-iran-strikes-defence-minister-tehran-middle-east-live
Reports stating that Israel have launched an attack against Iran
Whats going on is – the revolting class of people you admire & look up to are f*cked militarily
cked militarily
I presume you mean the Americans here, but can you elaborate on why exactly they are fucked militarily? That image tells me nothing. Is it supposed to mean something?
Not at all.
Let's go back to basic facts. At least 3,100, as confirmed by the regime. Up to 36,000 deaths, according to various human rights groups. Regardless, this will go down as one of the most violent massacres of the 21st century, perpetuated by a regime you seem to defend, given your words.
Whats going on is – the revolting class of people you admire & look up to are f*cked militarily (which means totally f*cked economically and therefore: in every possible way). If this disappoints you, try to be born 200 years ago, or something.
I think you have completely missed the point Mark and are the one trying to salvage an argument.
I seen that piece in the Guardian by the fashion blogger Deepa Parent nothing in that article was verified.
When asked about the 30k figure she replied she didn’t need to convince anyone the numbers were accurate. 🤷♂️
So your goal here is to win internet points and downplay the atrocities carried out by the Iranian regime by hiding behind the fact that it's hard to 100% verify what it's happening. Say we split the difference and only 18,000 people were murdered, does that make it OK? Would you claim that to be a victory?
Unsurprising that the RTE, Irish Times, BBC consuming crowd can’t even interpret whats going on!!
Unsurprising that the
RTE, Irish Times, BBC consuming crowd can’t even interpret whats going on!!
What is going on? The Chinese are winning? The West is fucked? Am I right?
I welcome your honesty Mark, thank you. Well i don’t consider it victory, but we now agree that the death toll figures were unverified and possibly deliberately inflated to political motivations and that Masha was not executed. It’s of no importance to me and of no consolation to the many thousands of people killed by the Iranian regime but it is the truth.
I guess in your world its all a conspiracy right? Higher death tolls will prompt US intervention. The higher death tolls have numerous sources, as the article explained. The Guardian is not Fox News; it's a left-wing publication. Are they also controlled by the US? Maybe no one was killed?
Unlike previous “ “wars” “, this potential new “conflict” (ie. US/euro ruling class discretionary attack) is taking place in a situation where anyone who cares, can view real-time satellite photographs (with the ease of viewing met eireann satellite photos) & count the number of fighter/bomber mid-air re-fueling tankers parked on imperial airbases in the S.W. Eurasian region (& then compare that with MSM reportage). The Chinese are open sourcing this real-time military intelligence on US logistics - on the internet every day !!! Its almost like the serfs from any typical European peasant revolt of old are emphasising in bold print how the ‘game’ has changed.
Unsurprising that the Battle Warlord RTE, Irish Times, BBC consuming crowd can’t even interpret whats going on!!
Well, you did defend the regime, and you appear to love arguing over the semantics about this or that. At the end of the day, Masha was murdered by the regime for not wearing a hijab and showing her hair. The subsequent protests saw another 500 murdered. The latest protests have seen thousands of people murdered, possibly tens of thousands, but you seem to want to win some internet arguments on technicalities rather than look at the overall picture, that one of the most repressive right-wing regimes on this planet has no qualms about killing their own civilians to hold onto power. You seem to be interested in collecting internet points by winning on technicalities, but by doing that, you are defending this very regime. What do you get out of this? I am curious.
Well then, I am glad we can agree that the death tolls are unverified. I believe that a high death toll was prompted to encourage US intervention. What do you believe motivated unverified reports of high death tolls?
No, and I never claimed they were. A poster claimed Masha was executed you jumped in and ranted at me for “defending the regime”. I asked you to show me one human rights organisation who claimed she was executed and I don’t believe you have.
Nice shift of the goal posts there. But as you know, its going to be hard to get exact 'verified' facts from this regieme, but there are a lot of reports where the higher figure is being bandied about. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/27/iran-protests-death-toll-disappeared-bodies-mass-burials-30000-dead But anyway, you do love to defend one of the most right-wing fascist regimes on the planet. Why? Are you that right wing?
Was Rene Goode or Alex Pretti executed, in your opinion?
Not having someone from the goverments Iran or Venezuela on RTE is not proof of some Western media control by <insert some group here>
Its weaker, that's the facts.
Israel and what they did to them 6 months ago is my proof.
Do you believe the killing of civilians or a clandestine nuclear programme are justifiable reasons for unilateral intervention by another state?
and still the truth.
Again Mark, I await your verified facts, supporting the 30,000+ unarmed protesters figure.
Great, so I guess we are all fair game and targets by Iran?
So if a Jihadist sponsored by Iran blows himself up in St Stephen's Green killing innocent civilians, will their biggest fans here approve of this military action?
So Classic that you fail to argue coherently against it. Thank you.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/5/questions-after-irans-government-releases-victim-list-in-protest-killings
Authorities say 3,117 people were killed during the anti-establishment protests that began in late December, rejecting statements by the United Nations and international human rights organisations that state forces were behind the killings, which were mostly carried out on January 8 and 9.
I am sure you are going to side with the regime here and nitpick about who actually killed who or maybe that these were protestor not civilians. Maybe they were killed by Mossad or Bibi himself in some sort of Psy-ops
No, no Mark. The claim was that she was “executed” for showing a single hair. I agree she was murdered, do you agree she was executed?
Again you haven’t been able to give one example of an Iranian or Venezuelan official being interviewed on RTE.
Again, heavy on your opinion, very light on anything to back it up.
Still nothing but your opinion on the 1980s Iranian military being more powerful than that of 2026 and a less than subtle attempt to shift the goalposts to comparing the US military to Today's Iranian military.
Oh Mark. I’m disappointed. And you took so long to reply with….well again with just your opinion. 😞
She was murdered for not wearing her Hijab correctly and showing her hair. Something you seem to have not even condemned.
A lot to unpack there but again why bother as its the usual Chomsky-lite (who was a fan of Epstein) conspiratorial nonsense we see on that side of the political spectrum. If you have proof that RTE are being prevented by somebody/person/force from having a government spokesperson on their channel, by all means show it. You made a complete fool of yourself complaining why the Venezuelan Ambassador was not invited to RTE to give their opinion, despite the fact that we don't have a Venezuelan Ambassador in this country. There is no conspiracy here, none. Stop spouting talking points from the likes of Tucker Carlson.
You claimed Saudi Arabia assembled the force not hosted it. If you go to IKEA, purchase some flat pack furniture and put it together in my house would you claim that I assembled the furniture?
Ikea analogies are sure proof that you are on the ropes.
You are arguing that Irans military today is a “nothing army” less powerful than the Iranian army of nearly 5 decades ago by claiming that their technology today is decades old??
Yes, it is a non-military compared to the US or Israel. You seem to have forgotten that the IDAF were flying sorties over Tehran at will some 6 months ago. I don't think they lost one plane in that conflict. Somehow you think now that Iran can withstand and hold their own in an air and technological war against the US.
That level of thinking is just not based on any reality.
Tanks in the Russian invasion of Ukraine have proved ineffective due to drone technology. Iran is one of the most prolific producers of military drones. Iran helped change western military doctrine from small numbers of high end expensive drones to single use drones used in swarms.
Tanks??
Who gives a **** about tanks? Any conflict between the US and Iran will be an air and technological war.
99% of the missiles and drones that Iran launched against Israel failed to get through.
You claim the left is dividing the world into good guys and bad guys. What about the right?
Classic!
