***Official Political Discussion Thread***

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[Fozz]

Nothing but fluff to say "Deal with it".

 

[mplsdunk]

Literally what America is

“Instead of investing its its people it invests in uav and drones”

Who are you trying to fool? America is run by religious fanatics and oligarchs and we can’t have healthcare or invest in ourselves because they refuse to.

 

[Fozz]

She needs to be out too. What a terrible answer.

 

[gry60]

Iran is doing for China and Russia what Ukraine has been doing for the US and Europe in terms of familiarizing themselves with enemy weapons systems and their effectiveness + weaknesses in combat.

Not only that; Iran is also getting more nations to look towards renewable/oil less energy sources. Unlike the 70s, the technology is mature enough that countries with the cash/capital can invest in rapidly steering their energy consumption away from gas/oil.

A changing national energy demand profile towards renewables will benefit China at the expense of the Middle East, from Saudi Arabia to Israel. The latter runs the risk of being increasingly isolated as the relevance of the region for the nations that can support its military wanes.

Only thing that can make the scenario above not happen is if Iranian defenses crumble from the inside faster than they can damage the entire economic system of the region (and take the world down as well).

 

[mplsdunk]

If Iran goes broke during this or needs help they’ll get slid what they need under the table anyways. So many people want Israel and America to lose this

 

[aepps20]

Didn’t know NFL sideline reporters could get CTE but here we are.

 

[had pants]

 

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[keko jones]

Wow

Somebody's really scared of what they started...

Spoiler

 

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[keko jones]

Biggest clown in American History!

 

[ajiiiplatinum]

So the US and Iran are brothers from another mother.

 

[jshortt]

Looks like jackass Mullin made it to the next stage of approval. Fetterman was the deciding vote with Rand Paul voting no.

 

[Wargames]

Looks like jackass Mullin made it to the next stage of approval. Fetterman was the deciding vote with Rand Paul voting no.

It can’t be a coincidence these turncoats keep being elected to the senate. I think there has always been at least one (sometimes two) going back to Lieberman, right after 2000. I wasn’t paying attention to politics before then.

 

[mplsdunk]

We need to option to recall them. You can’t just say f you to your constituents at every turn and go against everything you ran on.

 

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[Wargames]

This the type of bozo who argues “how does Superman fly”?

 

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[TooOlfForThisIsh]

Escalation begets escalation pt.1000, doesn't look like theres even any hints of any off-ramps at this point. To the contrary, it's a cycle that escalates every single day with more plans of raising the stakes further and further (i.e. boots on the ground, annexation of southern Lebanon, assassinations , sustained attacks on regional energy infrastructure etc)

I was talking to a friend who was familiar with the Iran playbook as it looked a decade ago. He says the situation on the ground is much worse than it looks.

The number of boots on the ground needed to secure the straight is orders of magnitude above what anyone is floating.

This situation is going to get a whole lot worse.

 

[biggie62]

I was talking to a friend who was familiar with the Iran playbook as it looked a decade ago. He says the situation on the ground is much worse than it looks.

The number of boots on the ground needed to secure the straight is orders of magnitude above what anyone is floating.

This situation is going to get a whole lot worse.

I don’t think anyone who understand geography of Iran is not saying that or denying it. It’s just cult members and war mongers who underestimate it. Anyone else who has 2 brain cells does.

 

[dragicon]

If Iran goes broke during this or needs help they’ll get slid what they need under the table anyways. So many people want Israel and America to lose this

They’ve already lost this.

 

[Raji Lowenthal]

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They were able to build their way out of it. NY/NJ aren't going to be able to do that since they don't have the space. Everyy manufacturing district has been converted to residential and any free space is built on. Texas is wide open land and a specific type of clientele.