# United States and Israel are bombing Iran {for current/ongoing events, past/future have specific threads}

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**Tags:** trump, iran-strikes-2026\
**Created:** [February 28, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071 "2026-02-28T07:56:16Z")\
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> [@Babale](#):
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> If we had been destabilizing the regime and striking its leadership at the same time, they could have overthrown the regime.

But instead we chose to stabilize the regime.

> [@Babale](#):
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> Khamenei was already having problems controlling his country before the war. What makes you think that the new hardliner guy who takes over will have an easier time of it?

The fact that a hated outsider has just attacked them. That always makes a country’s leadership more powerful.

> [@Pardel-Lux](#):
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> Thinking about orwellian twists it is interesting to learn that Iran has a Ministry of Intelligence. I’ll keep the jokes to myself.

Um, why wouldn’t they? Every country has a Department or Ministry or Agency or whatever they call it in charge of intelligence.

> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> Bush 43 was a lot more concerned about maintaining good relations with allies, and Turkey has always opposed anyone meddling in their Kurdish issues.
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> Trump doesn’t care about any of that, and Turkey is getting less and less reliable as an ally. Trump might see the Kurds as toy soldiers who will do some of the hard stuff for him.

Trump will treat the Kurds the same way he treats everyone: He’ll expect them to do things for him, and then won’t pay them.

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