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Iran labels California its ‘new territory’ after Trump’s Hormuz claim
(www.middleeastmonitor.com)
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this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2026
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I mean, it is literally the Land of the Caliph.
Should be Fla, not Cali.
I get what you're doing, but let's not give trump an excuse to bomb California... Could have gone with Louisiana or Florida
Even Iran doesn’t want those states.
Straight of hormuz... Mississippi River Delta...
Iran’s morality police would shit themselves if they walked down any of California’s beaches or anywhere in the blade.
Before or after the furious masturbation?
Yes.
Surely Alabama would have been a better fit?
Alabama wouldn't put up with all those Muslims like California will. \s
That's fine, let's set up a date and let them fight it out
YES
The onion is done
my fellow Californians yearn for freedom
California declares independence from Iran
That’s actually kind of funny
Fair enough.
I don't think the former Iranians in the area would be happy about that.
I knew an exchange student in high school who told me the terrain and climate is mostly the same, which tracks since we're at almost the same latitude
So um, what are Iranian federal tax rates? Or territorial tributes required to our liberators, compared to our current captors?
Maybe they should visit first...
wtf is with outsiders infatuation with California. we mind our business and want nothing to do with the outside. leave us the hell alone. damn.
U srs?
"Gee I wonder what the comments will be like?"
Looks at thread:
Ah, stay classy lemmy liberals.
Most of the comments are from Hexbears and their alts or "lol good shitpost"
Kind of making it obvious you're working from a script
When i was a kid I used to watch movies about the cold war and wonder if how someone could get themselves so worked up about these red commie infiltrators, and if they knew how silly they looked.
Ah you've identified we're all Sino-Russian fifth-columnist deep cover agents! Now I won't get my monthly xibucks check. Darn!
I didn't say you guys were smart enough to get paid for it