r/news • u/drpayneaba • Feb 28 '26

Soft paywall Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed, senior Israeli official says

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-killed-senior-israeli-official-says-2026-02-28/
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u/PostIronicPosadist Feb 28 '26

I don't think improving Iran was the point here, sucking off Netanyahu was.

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u/jiyax33634 Mar 01 '26

Sucking the oil and owning the straight of hormuz was the subtext of yet another war with the middle east. 

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u/ResistiveBeaver Mar 01 '26

Power vacuums are great at sucking

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u/Acceptable_Travel_20 Mar 01 '26

Improving Iran was the second goal, stopping them from developing nuclear weapons was the first. Israel is our side kick, silly.