Actually that’s pretty much what we thought, but it’s good to get a second opinion from someone on the inside.
basically yeah
I was under the impression that he declared war on brown people with no fucking plan whatsoever because he’s racist, under the false impression that being at war means he can stay in office no matter what (despite his entire life being filled with counterexamples), and him trying to distract from his close ties with and probable crimes as a child rapist.
I actually don’t know how it could be worse
under the false impression that being at war means he can stay in office no matter what (despite his entire life being filled with counterexamples)
Tbf it’s working for Netanyahu
And for Zelensky.
Liberals were scratched lol
Yeah, Zelensky banned opposition parties and suspended elections, justifying it with the war, so objectively the war is the only thing that keeps him in the office as his term is long gone.
Whether you like him or agree with his cause is irrelevant.
Maybe our losses are much worse than we currently know
One can only hope
Good thing you clapped at Trump’s war speech you dumb fuck
“You are right to be worried, the Trump administration has no plan in Iran,” Warren said
Ah, so it’s much better than I thought on one side.
Question is, how much of a plan does Iran have?Seems like they’ve been preparing for this for a long while.
I mean, how many empires have passed through Persia, through that area? How many conflicts has that civilization endured? I’m not trying to hype myself up but, like, Iranians are fighting in home turf with thousands of years of military knowledge of their own terrain, against a hegemon that’s mobilized from half way across the globe. They must have something up their sleevse
The hubris of the burger reich is truly astounding. They really think they can just waltz in and destroy a whole civilization that’s thousands of years old.
There’s been a massive bot campaign across social media to convince people that US and Israel are winning big time.
Anyone that can put 2 and 2 together knows it’s not true. But the propaganda is necessary, because that’s all the US has left.
Neoliberalism has hollowed out the US. It cannot keep up with economies not focused on maximizing profits.
Also, imagine, if Iran is doing this to the US, what would China do. They could probably destroy all of NATO in less than a month if they wanted.
I always think about the millennium challenge where the USA Armed forces came together to run a test, the USA’s military vs Iran, and Iran decimated the USA so much they had to stop the test, change the rules son the USA has to win, and then declared victory for the USA
This is amazing, thank you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Challenge_2002
Funny, my mom told me about this years ago but didn’t mention that it was about Iraq or Iran.
Ok I’ve never heard of this before but omfg it wasn’t even the US military vs a unified Iran, it was one faction in Iran/Iraq! Though we’d have to add a few things to make it more accurate like US domestic unrest, folks in the US Navy sabotaging their own ship’s plumbing and having an addled pedo in charge. What could the modeling have predicted if they’d just thought ahead when planning the test?
This is more than 20 years ago. Things could be better now, or even worse given the current administration. My biases lean toward worse.
When you think about it, the U.S. Armed Forces really is just a big casino you can bleed for money
I think the nastier stuff won’t happen until Iran is in a really bad situation. Maybe they could fire an advanced missile and strike Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility or carry out drone attacks inside the US. It’s easy to sneak drones around and assemble them, so I think we can expect attacks far away from the battlefield.
One thing I’ll disagree with is this idea that sleeper cells will appear from no-where and massacre people at bars and nightclubs. It doesn’t seem like it’s Iran’s style - they’d rather hit a military base with a drone.
Remember that while Iran’s command structure is ruined, they can still command operations globally through their intelligence officers.
Shades of “John Kerry would have done the Iraq war right!”
by not doing it?
You mean the guy who was Defense Secretary when the JCPOA (Iran nuclear deal) was struck? The guy who explicitly avoided a war?
The plan is civil war and failed state
all of those people dead for literally no reason. like a wise man once said, the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood
He then went on to be a Reservoir Dog, but was killed by a cop. Rest in power Mr Brown.
That’s not wisdom, it’s violence.
An eye for an eye makes the world blind.
Yes, the evil pedophile cabal will absolutely be defeated by voting harder
The story keeps changing because they don’t want to admit that this was done to touch off Armageddon, and bring on The Rapture. The soldiers were specifically told that by their commander. The reason is literally “because God told us to.”
At least 200 soldiers have filed formal complaints.
Do you have a source for that quote? I would like to send it to some people.
It’s not a controversial issue, or a conspiracy theory. It’s been well-documented:
their commander had “urged us to tell our troops that this was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ”.
“He said that ‘President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth’”, the NCO added.
US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges
This feels relevant in light of recent events:
There’s a huge number of articles about it
We need better numbers.
The very best numbers, like no one has ever seen before. Big numbers, strong numbers, decimals streaming down their faces.
Things are looking up… for Iran.
I am not asking for much, I just want the US to lose to Iran even more decisively and quickly than it lost to Afghanistan, and for Tel Aviv to look like Rafah today.
ia litni kwri shmali
did i get your username right?
Yes. The name is taken from this poem https://www.diwanalarab.com/ليتني-كوري-شمالي.html
oh! firefox translate doesn’t give me much of a meaningful translation, but it seems to be about north korea?
It is tricky to translate since it is not in Standard Arabic. It basically contrasts the sorry state of the Arab World at the mercy of the US with North Korea’s resilient and heroic opposition to the US. Here’s a translation:
If only I were North Korean,
Standing tall, my head held high.
Embarrassing that fool Bush,
Crushing his head beneath my sandals.
If only I were North Korean,
Never yielding, never wavering,
Never once showing cowardice,
Never bowing in humiliation or compromise.
My head as firm as the mountains.
If only I were North Korean,
Saying with a thunderous voice:
“We do not fear you, you deluded one.
Do whatever you wish —
You don’t know the men you’re facing.”
If only I were North Korean,
Never once in his life did he submit,
Never allowed his palace to be searched,
His hands and waist never trembled,
And he twisted the ropes with confidence.
If only I were North Korean,
Saying: “I have a reactor for you,
Producing thousands of bombs,
With range reaching all the way to New York,
You fool, son of fools.”
If only I were North Korean,
I’d burn you in the middle of your home —
You and everyone who joined your war.
Don’t think I’m Mubarak,
Nor am I Saddam in my foolishness.
If only I were North Korean,
The Arabs are a strong nation,
But their zeal betrayed them,
Ignorance slaughtered them,
And their foundation became people of foolishness.
If only I were North Korean,
If we had walked upon the path of Islam,
We would not have been defeated nor lost,
By God’s will we would have triumphed,
And gained honor and beauty.
If only I were North Korean…
Oh, North Korean…
well, north korea does not have oil afaik, so there’s no reason for the us to invade …
Sen. Angus King, the independent from Maine, said it’s “very disturbing” that Trump took the U.S. to war because Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to bomb Iran. Past U.S. presidents, he said, “have consistently said, ‘No.’”
"Busy droning children, maybe later.”
Obama, probably
The problem is the President shouldn’t be ABLE to say yes or no. It’s not their call.
The Founders, supposedly
(someone always abuses power, that’s why we have checks and balances. supposedly)
Feel Clean, Vote Green/s
Good thing Congress acted swiftly to prevent the executive branch from unilaterally starting a war.
Now watch as Warren does nothing that stops it from happening.
She will SLAM the Republicans and rip their shirts for show. That’s the role for democrats fascism.
Under the U.S. Constitution, it’s up to Congress, not the president, to decide when the country goes to war. —Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii
Born to early to go to war with Iran. Born too late to go to war with Iran. Born just in time to go to war with Iran.
It’s already obvious they don’t need congress to tell them what to do. These laws and constitutions are meant to control the rest of us, it does not apply to them. The sooner you understand this, the more their actions start to make sense.
Lol I assure you tankie tanuki understands that
What did you think I was expecting, Elizabeth Warren?
“Wow, are you going to give further details?”
“Then we might have to actually do something, so… no. But hey, elections are coming up! Maybe we can form a committee to look into it in the next ten to sixteen months if we win.”
Hey, friendly reminder that this bitch voted for Marco Rubio right along with everyone else in the Senate.
Please don’t use that sexist insult.
Please don’t police the language of others
It’s literally my job.
Please get a real job
They’re all compromised…all of them.
I don’t want a fucking plan I want this hell state to not kill people
What if we only kill non-rich people?
Sen. Angus King, the independent from Maine, said it’s “very disturbing” that Trump took the U.S. to war because Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to bomb Iran. Past U.S. presidents, he said, “have consistently said, ‘No.’” Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii said the briefing left him with more questions than answers… While presidents have the authority as the commander in chief to conduct certain strategic military operations on their own, the Constitution vests Congress with the power to wage war. Before the Iraq War began in March 2003, Republican President George W. Bush made a monthslong push to secure congressional authorization. No such vote was attempted on Iran, and an earlier Senate effort to halt Trump’s actions after last summer’s strike on Iran failed.
USA is a failed state
It’s a failed democracy / humane state. It’s doing wonderfully as a dictatorship. The rich are profiting quite a bit off this I’m sure.
I guess with my first comment I won’t get a visa for the USA anymore
it’s performing well, if by state you mean “plutocratic cabal of business interests”
Failed states are often performing well for a small group. But Failed states are performing really bad for the vast majority of the population.
monthslong
That’s a slong a month long. Is it missing a hyphen?
While presidents have the authority as the commander in chief to conduct certain strategic military operations on their own, the Constitution vests Congress with the power to wage war.
So, the President DOESN’T have the authority as commander in chief to conduct certain strategic military operations on their own, according to this “constitution” guy.
He’s a moron, Presidents do this all the time. IN YOUR FACE CONSTITUTION
