World War III thread

[Brent]

DEI, climate change, and tranny shit has no business in the military.

They have no business in classrooms either. An exception for balanced climate change eductation.

[Oliver the Second]

Looks like things are heating up again

Trump warns US will intervene if Iran kills protesters

US President Donald Trump has warned Iran's authorities against killing peaceful protesters, saying Washington "will come to their rescue". In a brief post on social media, he wrote: "We are locked and loaded and ready to go," but gave no further details.

A senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded by saying Trump should "be careful" if he intervened, warning of potential chaos across the Middle East.

At least eight people are reported to have been killed in Iran after almost a week of mass protests sparked by worsening economic conditions. On Sunday, the Iranian rial dropped to 1.42 million against the US dollar – a 56 percent drop in value in just six months. The plummeting currency has driven inflation with food prices soaring by an average of 72 percent compared with last year.

For some of the protesters, intervention from the US would be welcome.

"The security forces are afraid and they shake to the bones when Mr Trump says something or Mr Netanyahu says something," a young woman protesting in Tehran told the BBC's Newshour programme.

Preferring to stay anonymous for her own safety, she said protesters had been asking for US support for years, because the security forces "believe that if Mr Trump says something, he will do it", and they "know if anything happens, they would have to take the consequences".

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0q4z33pnnyo