Precipitate

to cause an event to happen (usually a negative connotation); bring about; bring rise to; provoke; trigger

Caspar Henderson

Caspar Henderson

@casparhenderson.bsky.social

“Even if a war does precipitate the final collapse of the Islamic Republic, the lessons of the overthrow of brutal regimes elsewhere in the Middle East are very discouraging — particularly when regime collapse is caused by foreign military intervention” www.ft.com/content/73eb...

View on bsky.app

standforwolves

standforwolves

@standforwolves.bsky.social

If Trump attacks Iran, that in turn will precipitate Iranian terrorist attacks on American military bases and on possible civilian targets in Europe.

I'm not afraid of Iran. Iran has done us no actual harm. I'm afraid of our megalomaniac president, who has dementia and is clearly insane.

View on bsky.app

The D.C. Universe

The D.C. Universe

@dcuniverse.bsky.social

Is this context-free tweet about something that happened in the Olympics just now or did something terrible occur that might precipitate World War III? Half the time, I can’t tell!

View on bsky.app