McCain Sings "Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran"
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN brings it up in Iran-related threads as a critical or darkly joking reminder of casual hawkish rhetoric.
What it is
A short clip of John McCain, asked about Iran, singing 'Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran' to the tune of the Beach Boys' Barbara Ann.
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What Hacker News said
Critical fit2rule · 2020-10 · on “US Seizes Domains Used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps”
Oh, its a slogan .. I thought we were talking about official government policy. I wonder if McCain meant his death chant literally: [this video] Its probably a good thing he didn't get a chance to set official US policy on Iran. EDIT: /s
Critical belatw · 2021-05 · on “After years of conflict and instability, Iraq is opening up to tourism”
> What about the Iranian approach to the U.S.? What if Iran stopped development of nuclear weapons and attacking U.S. forces in Iraq and elsewhere, or sponsoring organizations that are destabilizing the Middle East? It's not like they're not also agitating the situation. It's in their best interest because that way they can maintain power. It takes threee to tango in this situation Provocations and aggressions that maybe the US should perhaps stop doing: - presidential candidates gleefully parodying beach boy songs about bombing Iran. [1] - spending many 10s of billions of America’s hard earned tax dollars surroinsing Iran with several dozen military bases. [2] - Assassinating or supporting
Critical pazimzadeh · 2023-02 · on “Israel's Dangerous Shadow War with Iran”
The translation for that is questionable [LINK] Unlike John McCain singing "bomb bomb Iran" during his 2008 campaign [this video] Iran has also never shot down a US passenger flight [LINK]