Last time I was in LA, a couple years ago, there was a really big anti-regime protest against Iran. Had a lot of streets blocked. We walked a couple blocks from the mall we were out to get our Uber so we didn't get in that traffic.
(02-28-2026 06:54 PM)TripleA Wrote: It is amazing that we got the intel that all those leaders would be together on Saturday, and then we were prepared well enough to move the schedule up and pull it off without a hitch.
Much more impressive than the attack on the nuclear processing facilities last year. And that was impressive.
They were dumb enough to think they could meet on a Saturday and we wouldn't know about it. Oops.
I'd be surprised if we didn't get it from Israel. We don't seem to do the spy stuff as well as Israel and Britain.
(02-28-2026 12:51 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote: How did I know the second Trump started an explicit regime change war, from his own mouth, this board would suck him off for it?
Only if the regime change is actually successful.
just the fact that most of Irans military equipment is the most important thing. Once the US gets air superiority it'll be carte blanche for the US to destroy it and even know are doing a great job of it, eventually Iran will run out of missiles.
Quote:EXPOSED ? The “Hands Off Iran” protest taking place in Times Square; New York City right now is being organized by ‘The People’s Forum’
The People’s Forum is a NGO that has received over $20 million dollars from a billionaire who lives in China with ties to the CCP
The NGOs primary funding over $20 million Neville Roy Singham
- Singham’s residence in Shanghai.
- His business ties are to the CCP
- He attends CCP-related events
- He funds media outlets echoing Chinese state narratives
(02-28-2026 12:00 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote: I took part in a local protest against the war in Vietnam when I was a kid.
I know it’s not my business, but if you remember and are willing to say, I’d be curious to know what city/town it happened and what year (mainly whether it was during LBJ or Nixon). I was born 1970 and that is just an era of history I am very interested in.
It was in Memphis TN in or around 1972; late in high school, I was probably a junior. There's a park in Memphis—Overton Park—named after one of the city fathers, John Overton, that still has a large green space called the Greensward that was the site of numerous war protests in the late 60s and throughout the early to middle 70s. It was also a gathering spot for rebellious teens to gather and smoke weed. That was 99% of the reason I was there anyway.
There was, and still is, an amphitheater called the Overton Park Shell that hosted a very diverse set of acts, from the likes of Slim Whitman to local blues legend Furry Lewis. I was there when Trapeze, a great rock band of that time, played. They used a crowd photo on one of their albums. I saw the likes of McKendree Spring, The Allman Brothers Band, Black Sabbath, ZZ Top, Traffic, Mountain, Johnny Winter, Leon Russell, Deep Purple, Bonnie Raitt, Boz Scaggs, and Harry Chapin there. Most often under the influence of really good LSD. It was a wonderful time to grow up.
That park is about 350 acres and is the home of the Memphis Zoo, one of the world class zoos around the country and has some of the last and largest old growth forest in the state: "The Old Forest Arboretum of Overton Park (172 acres) is a forest tract and natural arboretum located in Overton Park, Memphis, Tennessee. It is open to the public daily without charge. The forest was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as part of the Overton Park Historic District."
It's a gorgeous spot still.
Interesting side note: when entering Memphis on I-40 in order to exit Memphis via I-40, one must go around on I-240, the reason being that when I-40 was built, large swathes of land and homes were purchased to accommodate connecting it out east and closer to the river on the west, but to complete it Overton Park would have been effectively destroyed or, at best, split in two. The city fought back and won, and I-240 was created. All that land sat idle for decades until early in this century, when new "old" homes started popping up along that route. Most of them were purchased by rich folks.
Speaking Of Trapeze, they performed at the Shell in 1971 and used a picture of the crowd on the album cover of their album: You are the Music We're Just the Band.
Not great audio for some reason, but I'm one of the faces in that crowd on the album cover.
Damn, thanks for making me remember all that, again, what a great time to grow up.
Thanks from me, too. I graduated HS in Memphis in 1965. Great memories.
Memphis was a great place back in the day. It's still not as bad as most people think, but it aint great either.
(02-28-2026 05:56 PM)solohawks Wrote: As someone who is close to the age bracket of a younger sceptic, I get the hesitancy
Never before has the US not done something like this to a country like Iran and this not escalated
But if there is ever a President that has earned the benefit of the doubt it's Trump
The Dem/CNN narrative is Trump is doing this the wrong way and we are going to be dragged into a new endless on the ground war
I don't believe that will happen and that is not what Trump wants
Why has Trump "earned the benefit of a doubt?" He has argued against intervention, but is now on his third. I don't understand your point.
Intervention on the scale of Iraq that leads nowhere and only emboldens our enemies
Trump is resurrecting what American intervention is supposed to look like after decades of failure
My generation grew up on American intervention making things worse
Trump is reminding us all we are a force for good and can make things better Swiftly and decisively
I completely understand the fear and hesitancy of some right now but I have learned to have faith that when President Trump has said he isn't going to start new wars he means it, but he also isn't afraid to do what is necessary to end them
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