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Trump ..."Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival?"...

That is inflammatory rhetoric (click here) that sets everyone's hair on fire. There is only one thing that describes I find it disgusting. The war with Iran was completely unprovoked and now Trump is playing games with ideology he doesn't understand and trivializes. 

Iran was brave in taking the stage. The country does not cower at Trump's empty diplomacy or words of hate. Iran has the higher moral ground. Iran has a right to defend itself.

When realizing the vicious attacks that have occurred by the USA over time of the Shia the method of the diaspora/crescent is correct. The Crescent protects them. The Shia Crescent allows the Shi'ites to be dispersed and protected by a larger area and living among others of different faith. I guess the proper way of thinking about that now is that the Crescent did protect them through diverse living among other faiths. I believe the the people of the Shia Crescent now believes they are no longer safe and peace is a danger.

It is wrong to hate the Shi'ites. It is wrong to hate their lineage. If Israel ever had a goal of expansion for the sake of their own safety, it is now being met by those they sought to displace and a religion they sought to destroy. 

Source: The National Academies (click here)  U.S. Department of Homeland Security Representation of the general patterns of damage from a 10-Kt nuclear explosion on the ground. The destruction from the initial effects—shockwaves, thermal (heat) energy, and initial radiation—expands in a circular pattern. Severe shockwave damage could extend to about a half mile. Severe thermal damage would extend out about a mile. Flying debris could extend up to a few miles. Initial (prompt) nuclear radiation for a 10-Kt blast could expose unprotected people within about 3/4 mile of the explosion site to lethal radiation dose. Radioactive fallout occurs in an irregular elliptical pattern in the direction the wind blows; lethal radiation could extend up to 6 miles.

Last updated Tue Aug 25 2026

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