The use of Starlink infrastructure and the X platform by the U.S. and Israeli military, as well as Musk's alleged cooperation with the U.S. government, is enough justification to add his assets to a military target bank, the state-run Fars News Agency reported Thursday.
An unnamed source cited by Fars claimed the U.S. military used Musk-linked companies to carry out war crimes, including attacks on water infrastructure in southern Iran this week.
55 Comments
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 114 pts · 102d
Iran doing the world a favour.
random_character_a@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 102d
Why do I constantly find myself rooting for Iran?
There my atheist ass would be on the chopping block so fast.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 86 pts · 102d
The enemy of our enemy isn't our friend, but at least they're our enemy's enemy.
corbindallas@fedinsfw.app · 28 pts · 102d
its ok to root for the people beating your abusers, even if they are abusers themselves
yakko@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 101d
I see it as an Ostfront situation. Two horrid powers ruinously stuck in mutual refusal to back down.
Mountainaire@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 101d
Ultimately what it is is that it's really sad all around that it has to come to this in the first place...
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 102d
The amount of secular people in Iran is pretty high. If you look up a video of people walking through Iran they really do not take the rules that strictly.
ryper@lemmy.ca · 59 pts · 102d
Just in time for the SpaceX IPO. Let's see if they can scare away some money.
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 49 pts · 102d
Musk has been pretty proactive in politicizing the millitaries he gives access to starlink. Seems like a pretty rational target.
usernametbd@lemmy.zip · 31 pts · 102d
Add Elon Musk himself and any other billionaires as targets too please.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 102d
Why stop at his companies? What do they have in common?
Mountainaire@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 101d
One person constantly on the go is a far harder target than corporations with fixed structures, and it's not like the machine would suddenly crumple just because he were to drop... Let them do what they're doing.
EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml · 30 pts · 102d
Do it, then explain.
Just fucking do it.
Etterra@discuss.online · 3 pts · 101d
They can't get to him, but they _can_make him worry.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 101d
In these modern times of drones, why wouldn't they be able to get to him? An agent in the US, a sub converted to drone platform near the US coast, collaboration with Cuba, just a merchant passing by with a special shipping container, etc. There are so many options.
optimisticturtle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 101d
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 101d
Yeah they are playing it smart. Best thing you can do when your enemy is playing it insanely dumb. And when your enemy commits horrible war crimes because you (possibly accidentally) take down a military helicopter conducting illegal ops in your territory with a drone, you can imagine what they will do when you attack their mainland.
But to get to Musk, you could also use some hackers. How funny it would be if spacex would be locked out of their starlink control, making all those satellites slowly re-enter and burn up. The only profitable part of his company. Or maybe lock him into his tesla and set it on fire by overheating the batteries. Just another Tesla coffin case.
k0e3@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 101d
It just occured to me that he probably doesn't drive a Tesla.
Etterra@discuss.online · 1 pts · 101d
You sure seem to have thought about this a lot.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 101d
I used to work in intelligence and am working together with journalists on Russia's shadow fleet, asymmetric warfare in general and the massive gray area it creates, and the evolution of drone warfare. I'm just well aware of current capabilities. Just look at the drone strike on the Russian strategic bombers deep inside Russia, from a modified shipping container from Ukraine.
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 101d
They can't do it. Iran can't do shit. It's a poor, isolated country that's ruled by an evil tyrannical regime filled to the brim with brain deeds theocrats. Trump's stupidity and Netanyahu's greed are the only things that are keeping them in power at this point. They have no legitimacy with the people at all.
Usually with regimes like this, they're all bark and no bite. If they had the ability to carry out such powerful blows then they would've done them, but they won't because they can't. They're trying to play psychological warfare while praying that they can manipulate Trump's dumbass into giving them a favorable deal before the international community turns on them for closing the strait.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 28 pts · 102d
Mountainaire@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 101d
What... what are the progeny doing?
Sektor@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 101d
Iran, the fucked up theocratic regime is the lesser evil I'm cheering for.
Greyghoster@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 101d
Demented Don took a pariah regime and made it the underdog.
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 101d
You underestimate them. Their capacity for evil is truly limitless. They're one of the extremely few regimes out there that can give North Korea, Turkmenistan, and the Taliban a run for their own money when it comes to oppressing their own people.
Sektor@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 101d
You underestimate the billionaires. I hate both and if one is fucking up the other that's something I'm ok with.
wabafee@lemmy.world · -11 pts · 101d
Nope as much as I hate Elon his lesser evil than Iran if we're to compare evils. Though were comparing a country vs one guy so there's that.
towerful@programming.dev · 25 pts · 102d
Based
Feathercrown@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 101d
BassTurd@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 102d
Hey, something good might come this pointless war.
SecretiveVault@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 102d
Good
voidsignal@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 102d
fine by me
jenings@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 101d
What absolutely boggles the mind is why would someone want to be the face of this current era? If I had 100th of the fortune muskrat has I would fuck off to my own island never to be heard from again
ours@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 101d
It just means you're a normal human being. These billionaires have all the comfort and security in the world, and they still can't live a fulfilling life. They must have more power, own more stuff, tell everyone else what they think, and impose their will.
jenings@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 101d
If they don’t try to deregulate the next dsm handbook billionaire disease should be listed. It’s a mental disease
jenings@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 101d
Like you see it in survival shows where someone will have plenty of food and supplies but they hord it the point of start g themselves I think it’s the same thing with These guys
maturelemontree@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 101d
Evident by the dork himself hiring someone so that he could pose as "the best Path of Exile 2 player" only to be ridiculed during his stream. Its just never enough. Can't just be the richest man, they have to be the most everything. Even then it isn't enough I'm sure.
Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 101d
I guess evil dictatorships can still do accidental good things.
Godspeed, Iran.
MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 101d
It's definitely not accidental
Greyghoster@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 101d
I’m surprised that they waited so long.
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 101d
Rad.
corbindallas@fedinsfw.app · 6 pts · 102d
can we also target musk, doge, ellisons, every trump, graham, johnson, just.. all of em, they are all fair game
Solaris1220@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 102d
Niceu
brave_lemmywinks@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 102d
Stocks go up anyway.
FukOui@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 101d
One of the few actions that I agree with
lithiumground@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 101d
well done IRAN! Iran is the lesser of two evils
Bluedragon012@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 101d
Good. Kill him. We'll even help by giving his location.
lechekaflan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 101d
I'm sure they're gonna issue a fatwa.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 102d
Does anyone see my gif? It's not visible for me, this used to work.
I assume the downvote means no
Feathercrown@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 101d
Do you use a client? On the web you can just upload it
ramenshaman@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 101d
I'm on a browser (Vanadium)
zd9@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 102d
I have no thoughts about this.
incompetent@programming.dev · 1 pts · 101d
Thanks for letting us know.
zd9@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 101d
I have no thoughts that I want to put online
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 101d
Would be funny, but Iran is all bark and no bite. They might unironically get the crown for being the dumbest, most incompetent regime in the world, and that's saying something because there's a lot of regimes working very hard to get that glory for themselves. In reality, Iran can't and won't do shit. Closing the strait is their only real strategy of deterrence, and even that's a double edged sword because if Trump gets replaced by anybody who's even mildly competent, they can and will very easily rally the world into blaming Iran for the oil prices and has countries apply pressure on the IRGC that way. So Iran really only has two years to bring to a close or the regime is actually toast.