Your such a pearl clutcher. So many "innocent" in your eyes die everyday, even in America and b/c it doesn't fit your political narrative you say nothing.
Europe needs Iranian oil too, so it'll be a competitive market if/when sanctions are lifted.
This is the kind of stuff I come here to read. Thanks!
You’re going to get a much more consistent political ethic out of @GDead_Tiger than most of the warmongering meat gazers here. Not the argument you think you’re making.
What a dumb post
This is a conversation about Iran and the Middle East. Why would I bring that other stuff up? I hate that we seem to be allied with the gulf states autocracies. I’m catholic. I go to mass every week. How do you think I feel about all that other stuff?
Yeah do not ask a politically left of center, seamless garment catholic what their opinion on a moral issue is
Thread on the mainboard is a really good news aggregator.
Oh apparently Russia is giving Iran a bunch of intel they have on our troop and ship locations
I don't think they do at this point. It's all those piddly-a$$ drones they kept sending this way and keep getting shot dowm. One of them got shot down last night near me by Yas Marina. Scary for a moment but life went back to normal. I am ten pages behind, but this thread has been enlightening.
Yes but since the OG report is cnn you’ll have people say there is no way
I think I got stupider reading through thatThread on the mainboard is a really good news aggregator.
You must have read that before you started posting here. LOL
Guys in there unironically posting LibsofTikTok, good grief
At some point China maybe over leveraged. My understanding is the have some serious fiscal issues. What I learned a few weeks back is Chinese are great exporters specifically in capital. If I captured the point correctly, it is illegal move money outside China. These "Generals" and "businessmen" that are being rounded up on corruption charges maybe exporting wealth outside of China which might be undermining their economic stability. @P. Marlowe might could speak more to this or debunk it.
Let's not confuse rhetoric with strategic or operational goals. Lou Holtz was known for overselling the lethality of Ferris St. If only he had spoken louder on the dangers of The Citadel.
Jenkins Hall is weeks away from having nuclear weapons. The actions of the cadets, dismissed by the authoritarian regime as a riot, must be fully supported with the full might of the South Carolina Unorganized Militia. Friday parade is canceled. Thank you, rest.
My understanding of China is that they have a huge demographic cliff coming and there are also some economic issues as well. I think the businessmen getting in trouble is for the reasons you mentioned. The generals though might be different. So higher officer pay in the PLA is cartoonishly low. It is an open secret that they engage in corruption and graft to supplement that pay. Xi seemed upset that the PLA was way behind schedule for their big 2027 plans re: Taiwan and used the corruption stuff to purge leadership
I'll check that out. I can recommend but haven't yet read the substack "Escalation Trap" by Dr. Robert Pape, the guy who wrote *the* book on bombing campaigns and air power https://escalationtrap.substack.com/archive?sort=new
Well to be fair, some of your posts make me feel the same way.
Touche
Well of course. If you want actual information with links to sources, its a great resource. It's up to the individual, like anywhere else, to decide what is relevant. If you want testimonials from academia who get info from bluesky, I guess you come here.
The WWRBD guy is basically saying the same stuff I have been, just more eloquently
Somewhat, but not entirely. It's a 300+ page thread.
Ferris State alums don’t know what boots on the ground means.
