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The Outcome In Iran War Shows Why So Many People Shouldn't Be Taken Seriously

The endless panic over Donald Trump by the online influencers is absurd

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Ian Miller
Apr 08, 2026
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Like so many other issues in modern life, the war in Iran is complicated.

There are legitimate points of view on all sides: whether the original attack was justified, the motivations behind it, as well as if the goals of the conflict were clearly defined or achievable.

Then there’s the length of the conflict. Many were willing to accept and a quick, aerial driven campaign, but less amenable to tolerate a dragged out, or in a more extreme turn of events, ground troops-based war.

While there are plenty of opinions about the success of the campaign thus far, things came to a head over the last 24 hours when President Trump posted on social media that he was issuing a deadline for the Iranian government to agree to terms on a ceasefire.

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” he posted on Truth Social. “I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!”

The collective forces of the internet went ballistic. Ballistic is putting it mildly. The phrasing Trump used, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be back again,” was taken as a threat to use nuclear weapons. Or apparently as a literal threat to go in to Iran and kill every person in the country, the people he just described as “the Great People of Iran!” one by one.

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