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hay rick

(8,878 posts) Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:10 PM Jun 21

Who do you support in the Middle East?

109 votes, 2 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	Khamenei and Iran
	0 (0%)
	Netanyahu and Israel
	10 (9%)
	Trump and America
	3 (3%)
	None of the above
	96 (88%)
	2 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Who do you support in the Middle East? (Original Post) hay rick Jun 21 OP

Blindly support? None. WarGamer Jun 21 #1

A plague on all their houses. Ocelot II Jun 21 #2

I came here to say this exact thing. ms liberty Jun 21 #9

I would have said pox dflprincess Jun 21 #29

Peace. But hasn't happened in my lifetime. Silent Type Jun 21 #3

Would it be rude to say Fuck em all? Autumn Jun 21 #4

Well spoken and well deserved. Xavier Breath Jun 21 #14

As Loathsome as the Iranian Theocracy Is Deep State Witch Jun 21 #5

Thanks. Corrected the poll choice. hay rick Jun 21 #11

And Iran hasn't gone to war in what, 30+ years? ms liberty Jun 21 #12

Maybe, Maybe Not Deep State Witch Jun 21 #19

something in the air makes every side crazy DBoon Jun 21 #6

SICK of them Skittles Jun 21 #7

I don't trust Netanyahu or the Mango Malefactor. CentralMass Jun 21 #8

Human beings H2O Man Jun 21 #10

John Lennon, is that you? True Dough Jun 21 #15

Incredibly bad leadership is a plague on the people of all these countries. hay rick Jun 21 #17

As a choice, add in "Hamas and Palestinians" ... Intractable Jun 21 #13

So Palestinians are the same as hamas? Eko Jun 21 #16

You obviously misunderstand. You take the opposite meaning. Intractable Jun 21 #20

My bad. Apologies. Eko Jun 21 #23

Just go. Intractable Jun 21 #24

Should I blame all Israelis for what Israel is doing? Eko Jun 21 #21

Get lost, right now! Intractable Jun 21 #22

Totally sorry. Eko Jun 21 #25

From the Crusades. . . DinahMoeHum Jun 21 #18

Those without power to shape events... RockRaven Jun 21 #26

Bibi has guaranteed Isreali insecurity for the next 50 years. OAITW r.2.0 Jun 21 #27

Support. stillcool Jun 21 #28

I support the innocent workers and families and children in the Middle East dwayneb Jun 21 #30

WarGamer

(17,511 posts)

1. Blindly support? None.

Reply to hay rick (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:11 PM

Jun 21

Ocelot II

(125,905 posts)

2. A plague on all their houses.

Reply to hay rick (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:11 PM

Jun 21

ms liberty

(10,382 posts)

9. I came here to say this exact thing.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:23 PM

Jun 21

Shoulda known one of y'all would beat me to it!

dflprincess

(28,915 posts)

29. I would have said pox

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 11:11 PM

Jun 21

but really the same thing.

Silent Type

(10,470 posts)

3. Peace. But hasn't happened in my lifetime.

Reply to hay rick (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:12 PM

Jun 21

Autumn

(48,150 posts)

4. Would it be rude to say Fuck em all?

Reply to hay rick (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:15 PM

Jun 21

cause... Fuck em all.

Xavier Breath

(5,828 posts)

14. Well spoken and well deserved.

Reply to Autumn (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:29 PM

Jun 21

Deep State Witch

(11,996 posts)

5. As Loathsome as the Iranian Theocracy Is

Reply to hay rick (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:18 PM

Jun 21

I would rather see it brought to an end by it's own people rather than regime change from outside. Especially not by us.

Anybody who thinks that the Iranian regime is going to capitulate because we bombed them is foolish. They've been chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" for almost 50 years. The mullahs are finally getting their full-on conflict with the Great Satan and Little Satan that they've been itching for.

BTW, the Supreme Leader is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Ayatollah Khomeni that we all knew from back in the day has been dead for many years. Khamenei is his successor.

hay rick

(8,878 posts)

11. Thanks. Corrected the poll choice.

Reply to Deep State Witch (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:28 PM

Jun 21

ms liberty

(10,382 posts)

12. And Iran hasn't gone to war in what, 30+ years?

Reply to Deep State Witch (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:28 PM

Jun 21

Lots of fresh troops, all with a newfound love and support for their own homeland, which they really weren't that enthusiastically feeling last summer, for example.

Deep State Witch

(11,996 posts)

19. Maybe, Maybe Not

Reply to ms liberty (Reply #12)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:31 PM

Jun 21

This is the second or third generation under the Islamic fundamentalists. The young people are sick of their bullshit. It's just that the secret police keep everyone in line.

DBoon

(23,940 posts)

6. something in the air makes every side crazy

Reply to hay rick (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:18 PM

Jun 21

It's not a matter of who to support, it's more a matter of preventing them from destroying the rest of us

Skittles

(165,955 posts)

7. SICK of them

Reply to DBoon (Reply #6)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:20 PM

Jun 21

they hate each other more than they care about ANYTHING

CentralMass

(16,268 posts)

8. I don't trust Netanyahu or the Mango Malefactor.

Reply to hay rick (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:20 PM

Jun 21

H2O Man

(77,313 posts)

10. Human beings

Reply to hay rick (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:25 PM

Jun 21

in general, especially children.

True Dough

(23,651 posts)

15. John Lennon, is that you?

Reply to H2O Man (Reply #10)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:30 PM

Jun 21

Seriously, H2O Man, there are many good people within those borders. Some are oppressed by malevolent regimes. Some are twisted by theocracy.

Wishing for the best possible outcome for humans the world over.

hay rick

(8,878 posts)

17. Incredibly bad leadership is a plague on the people of all these countries.

Reply to H2O Man (Reply #10)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:31 PM

Jun 21

Intractable

(1,142 posts)

13. As a choice, add in "Hamas and Palestinians" ...

Reply to hay rick (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:28 PM

Jun 21

so I can still check none of the above.

In all cases, I'd like to stand with the people and not their wicked governments.

Eko

(9,441 posts)

16. So Palestinians are the same as hamas?

Reply to Intractable (Reply #13)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:30 PM

Jun 21

Intractable

(1,142 posts)

20. You obviously misunderstand. You take the opposite meaning.

Reply to Eko (Reply #16)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:32 PM

Jun 21

Eko

(9,441 posts)

23. My bad. Apologies.

Reply to Intractable (Reply #20)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:33 PM

Jun 21

Keep on keeponing.
Eko.

Intractable

(1,142 posts)

24. Just go.

Reply to Eko (Reply #23)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:33 PM

Jun 21

Eko

(9,441 posts)

21. Should I blame all Israelis for what Israel is doing?

Reply to Intractable (Reply #13)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:32 PM

Jun 21

Should I blame all Americans for what dump is doing?

Intractable

(1,142 posts)

22. Get lost, right now!

Reply to Eko (Reply #21)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:32 PM

Jun 21

Eko

(9,441 posts)

25. Totally sorry.

Reply to Intractable (Reply #22)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:34 PM

Jun 21

Took it the wrong way. Peace.
Eko

DinahMoeHum

(23,073 posts)

18. From the Crusades. . .

Reply to hay rick (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:31 PM

Jun 21

"Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius"
- Kill them, for the Lord knows those that are His

Or, in another loose translation:

"Kill 'Em All - Let God Sort It Out"

Foxtrot Delta Tango - Fuck Donald Trump

RockRaven

(17,620 posts)

26. Those without power to shape events...

Reply to hay rick (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:39 PM

Jun 21

Because fuck everyone who does have such power, given these results.

OAITW r.2.0

(30,464 posts)

27. Bibi has guaranteed Isreali insecurity for the next 50 years.

Reply to hay rick (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:42 PM

Jun 21

stillcool

(34,385 posts)

28. Support.

Reply to hay rick (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:44 PM

Jun 21

I support the innocent. The dead. The children. The families left behind.

dwayneb

(1,019 posts)

30. I support the innocent workers and families and children in the Middle East

Reply to hay rick (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 11:19 PM

Jun 21

Because they are no different than the everyday innocent people in this country that must live with the decisions that are being made by evil men of power.

Remember this quote? "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever."

That's what I think of when I think of the terrible fate of the innocent people caught in the crossfire of the warring factions in the Middle East.

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