Iran thread

from quora, by Franklin Veaux

Q: Is Quora currently under assault by Russian propagandists?

Kind of. I mean, yes, Russian propagandists are trying to assault Quora, but rather surprisingly, it’s been a lot less effective on Quora than on other social media.

As I write this, in March 2026, the narrative Russian trolls are pushing online is “as a Democrat, I stand behind President Trump and the war on Iran, do you?” I’m seeing this everywhere: Facebook, the social media hate site formerly known as Twitter, Threads, indie political forums, Quora, you name it.

Basically everywhere I go online, I see people saying “I’m a liberal Democrat but I think Trump’s war on Iran is wonderful, don’t you?”, often with word for word identical posts across different profiles on different sites.

It’s obvious why:

The attacks on Iran have caused oil prices to skyrocket, which has given Russia an enormous, unexpected influx of cash.
The US is depleting its supply of missiles, cruise missiles, and defensive weapons at a prodigious rate.
It’s costing the US staggering amounts of money.
It’s fracturing US society.
It’s damaging US allies in the Middle East.
It’s distracting people from the war in Ukraine.
It’s depleting stores of weapons that might otherwise be bought from the US by Europe and sent to Ukraine.
It’s providing Russia and China with an absolute treasure trove of information about American capabilities, performance, tactics, and strategies. Russia and China are getting vast quantities of high-quality, real-world data on how our stealth technology works in real-life combat, how we use it, how we deploy it, how well it performs, and how we support it logistically. That information is incredibly valuable to them. Combat tactics and strategies that were highly classified are being broadcast live to the entire world.
Our attacks on Iran are the best thing that could ever happen to China and Russia right now. We are pouring money into Russia, harming our own economy, giving away reams of data about our most modern weapons and combat capabilities, distracting attention from Ukraine, depriving Ukraine of arms, and shooting ourselves in the foot, with no clear objective.

So yeah, Russian trolls are all over the internetverse cheering it on.

It’s not as effective on Quora as it is on sites like Facebook and Xitter, and that honestly kinda surprises me.

I guess the billionaire donors panicked and demanded he rein it in.

Absolute chaos. The NYT reports total confusion in the White House. Trump is desperately begging for a way out of the war to save the markets. Now Türkiye, Egypt, and Pakistan are stepping in to mediate because Trump's disastrous war is threatening the entire global economy. pic.twitter.com/usFRm3b7RN

— Furkan Gözükara (@FurkanGozukara) March 24, 2026

ThePatrioticBlonde🇺🇸@ImBreckWorsham
An hour after announcing his resignation, the US Army Chief of Staff says: “A madman is about to lead the great US military to ruin.”

wv wrote:

One thing thats never present in capitalist-corporate war-coverage is the acknowledgement that ‘this is wrong because its mass murder.’

What we get instead is always the ‘its a strategic blunder and here’s why…’ stuff.

It would be ‘unseemly’ for anyone in the mass-media to notice ‘Hey, this is mass-murder.’

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Agreed.

But it is also timely and important information that the military is itself divided on Iran.

Are they divided for the right reasons? Probably not.

But it is nevertheless another card in the deck when it comes to this issue.

Retired US Army General Stanley McChrystal confirms Washington is completely trapped. He admits Iran's geographic advantage means they can effortlessly shut down the Strait of Hormuz. The Pentagon realizes a ground invasion is impossible, forcing Trump to beg for a settlement. pic.twitter.com/wESPRDUrAW

— Furkan Gözükara (@FurkanGozukara) April 19, 2026