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if they didn’t vote blue no matter who, they would be sent to concentration camps or kicked out of the US (as far as I know, even if they didn’t win the presidency

you’re underestimating the willingness of the conservative movement, whether Donald J Trump is at its helm or someone else, to simply rule by decree because they know the Dems are unwilling to stop them

I think the US would rather activate a different proxy vs China first, rather than having to be reactive

the US’ biggest geopolitical liability right now is that Israel holds all the cards, and chooses whether their response to Iran is designed to trigger a wider war with Iran or not. America can’t start thinking about where the next proxy war starts until they know how the Iranian-Israeli standoff evolves.

all the Biden admin have standing between them and full on war with a potentially nuclear foe is Netanyahu’s promises that he would never ever be a naughty boy

I am counting down the days until Joe Biden gets his final “Lucy will let me kick the football this time, surely” moment with Netanyahu. When Israel goes ahead and bombs energy and nuclear infrastructure or even potentially uses a nuke on Iran, even though they pinkie-promised Joe they wouldn’t, it’s going to cement Biden’s legacy as the most ineffective leader in American history…not the measure of justice he truly deserves, but at least he’ll die one day in a nursing home knowing that he will be a laughingstock for future historians, and that he fucked everything up by trusting Bibi

It sucks that everything in the Levant was totally fine before October 7th, 2023, when Hamas fell out of the coconut tree

IDF should have buried that footage 10,000 leagues under the sea. but along the way, everyone who viewed it before approving its release didn’t think of Sinwar as a human. they saw footage of a crushed bug twitching its leg, and viewed the release as a well-earned victory lap

For those of you who who do not want to actually see the video of a mortally wounded person:

the footage the IDF released is filmed from a drone, sent in to scout the ruins of a heavily damaged second floor apartment. after flying in the window, the drone searches while hovering just inside, eventually zeroing in on a man mostly obscured by the overstuffed parlour chair he has collapsed onto. at least one wound can be seen; an injury to his arm is causing blood to seep through his fatigues, staining the arm of the chair.

the wounded man makes ‘eye contact’ with the drone’s camera, before weakly picking up a scrap of metal or maybe rebar from his lap. he raises the piece of metal and throws it toward the drone, maintaining his gaze. the scrap metal is not thrown with enough force to reach the drone, but the operator swerves it backwards as a precaution. the drone stabilises, and refocuses on the wounded man, who maintains his gaze. the footage ends here.

they are absolutely not doing it for ideological purposes. CIA is by US standards pretty conservative, and has a shit ton of evangelicals and mormons. if this historically fascist organisation is promoting queer rights, they are doing it for self-serving purposes.

Socially, one of the roles assigned to clients was to promote homosexuality and make society more accepting, according to Al-Hamdani. “The embassy was supporting homosexuals through the Cultural Attaché, promoting it at the American NGO, YALI, by distributing brochures to those inclined or desiring to be homosexual, promoting it as personal freedom. They were also issuing visas under the pretext of persecution.”

Al-Hamdani isn’t the only one who spoke about the American embassy’s role in promoting homosexuality in Yemen, a practice that blatantly violates Yemeni social, tribal, and religious norms. Other spies, including Muhammad Ali Ahmed Al-Waziza, who worked with the CIA for 14 years, also mentioned this role. Al-Waziza stated,

”Visas were given to gay people, and homosexuality was promoted through educational stories taught in the institutes. We had gay teachers at the institute, and the language was taught through gay and lesbian films.”

Why? Why any of this? What the fuck does the CIA get out of….supporting queer rights in Yemen?

perhaps the reason the US are committing such a limited resource and such an untested defence system, are so they can see how it performs in real-world combat scenarios. maybe this is less about effectively protecting israel, and more about getting data out of an Iranian missile counterattack they view as inevitable and too large to defend against.

iirc its the bay region’s biggest hospital

I’m lowkey terrified of what this week will bring. but not any less terrified of the consequences if the situation does not escalate from here. Israel continues to rain death down across West Asia with no consequences save for attacks from the Resistance

a red horse stares down the region today, her maw silently opening wider as her rider grins from the sheer joy of anticipation. the impotence of modern Western leadership, capping off the deliberate and evil policies of their forebears has culminated in an inferno that may well consume the world and reshape the global order permanently.

whatever happens today, I hope that it is in service of a world where innocents are not slaughtered, and Israel in its current form has been either humbled or annihilated. but right now, the dogs of war are hungry. and one way or another, they will sate themselves.

Death to Israel

you’re buring the lede here dude. you’re Mossad and that was the Israeli response to Iran

i mean, it gaurantees war and Iran pulling a regional Petro-Samson ploy w/ or w/o an Hormuz blockade. there couldn’t possibly be a more dramatic capstone on the failures of the Biden Administration’s Israel policy. nothing would gaurantee a Trump victory in November quite like this

Article 5 can only be invoked if the act happens in the signatory state’s European home territories, Irish UN troops overseas wouldn’t be grounds for Article 5

what makes you so certain UKR can’t be involved?

Spider Marks is CNN’s favorite ghoul to trot out whenever they smell blood. Its a shame that such a great name was wasted on such a shitstain of a human

RIP to all the 17-y.o. Brigadier Generals

nah, America does not have the unified leadership needed for that kind of foresight. almost every plot/diplomatic agreement nowadays is one presidential election away from being completely scrapped

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM THE DECADES ARE HAPPENING AGAIN

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