Good morning Rachel.

In this matter, there is a solid case to be made which asks..."what price do you want to pay and when?"

The situation has ancient roots:

722 BC - Sargon defeated the northern Kingdom and sent them into exile.
597 BC - King Nebuchadnezzar II defeated the northern Kingdom and sent them into exile.
135 AD - Hadrian destroyed the state of Israel.
1948 AD - May 14 - The state of Israel was recreated.
1948 AD - May 15 - Israel was invaded by a coalition of armies from 5 Arab countries which did not include Iran, which was allied with the West at the time. But that changed.
2023 AD - Oct 07 - Israel was invaded in an ambush and several hundred of its inhabitants slaughtered by Iranian proxies.

That doesn't even include enough events to even be considered skeletal.

So now the world is looking at a theocratic regime that unmercifully slaughters thousands of its own citizens for daring to oppose it.

Question: Do you believe that is just untrue, Western propaganda?

That same theocratic regime thinks that God hates Israel and considers it a scourge upon Muslim land that must be fully destroyed.
That same theocratic regime celebrates a national holiday, every November 4 (the 13th of Aban in the Iranian calendar). The Western media and some politicians occasionally refer to it as "Death to America Day," its official name is the "National Day of Fight against Global Arrogance" and "Pupil Day" (or Student Day).
That theocratic regime leads crowds in chants of "death to American," "death to Israel."

Here is where is gets murky in the minds of neo-Neville Chamberlain appeasers:

Only a fool would assume that this theocracy does not mean what they say regarding the West and specifically Israel.
Only a fool would assume that this theocracy was not trying to achieve a nuclear device.

Question: Why would they not be?

Only a fool would believe that the West can achieve un-policed treaties with a theocracy which believes that God hates our un-pure, blasphemous existence.

Conclusion:
It is a high probability that,

This theocracy does in fact, intend and plan for the eradication of Israel.
This theocracy has been in the process of spending oil revenue on weaponry for itself and its proxies for decades.
This theocracy is fully intent on achieving a nuclear weapon that could kill a country of 10 million in one or two explosions.
This theocracy would consider eradication a holy victory, won on behalf of God.
This theocracy has been chumping chumps like Obama and Kerry for decades in these efforts and goals.

But, then a convergence occurred....
The proxies attack unarmed party-goers on 10/07/2023.
Netanyahu is president of Israel.
Trump is elected President of the United States.
A disruption occurs in events that have been patterned for decades. All of a sudden, Iran is subject to attack.


So Rachel, What is your bet?
Can this theocracy be reasoned with and all hostilities be avoided for now and forevermore?
Do the events of the past few decades suggest that?
Or will they continue their quest for a nuclear device that will ultimately make them a threat to the welfare of the world.

Questions:
Do you really believe that these theocrats are not pursuing a nuclear weapon?
So, pay now, pay later or never have to pay?

Tired footnote Rachel,
If these people are allowed to gain a nuke and hellfire breaks out on the other side of the world, the US, at great expense...will once again...have to be the force that goes against it.

The one bit of good news...
These theocrats have seen and felt their own hellfire 10/07/2023 to an exponential.
Now they know what it can look like.
Trump and Netanyahu have achieved their degradation already.

It may come down to who, a random individual, is rooting for in this clash of cultures and weapons.
Who are you rooting for?

So Rachel, what is your bet ...and what are you willing to pay ...and when?

Gotta go. Lovely chat.

Ps...Since you have advocated for Rachel Maddow and her show, I assume that your words are largely derived from her words, so I am addressing the two of you here, collectively as "Rachel."

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