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They should just cremate the body and feed it to pigs, who the gently caress gives a poo poo about some colonial puppet dictator.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Wait, is the body (it? he? I don't know what the proper pronoun is for dead Iranian royalty) an actual Egypt-style specially-prepared mummy or is it just an ordinary dried and desiccated corpse? an ordinary dried and dessicated corpse is still Mummified, so a little weird but not necessarily WRONG to call it a "mummy."
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Volkerball posted:Weirdest news of the day is definitely Reza Shah's mummy being found in Tehran during construction excavation in the city. His tomb was destroyed during the revolution in '79 and the body was never found. Everything to do with the Shah's is illegal and there's rumors that Khamenei and some hardliners are pushing for the body to be destroyed. The surviving Pahlavi took to Twitter to demand transparency from the regime and there's reports of protests being planned in the event of the body being destroyed, which wouldn't surprise me a bit with how much support there was for pro-Shah talking points during the last major protests. If something happens I demand it be called the mummy riots. Al-Saqr posted:They should just cremate the body and feed it to pigs, who the gently caress gives a poo poo about some colonial puppet dictator. Toplowtech fucked around with this message at 06:49 on Apr 24, 2018 |
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reignonyourparade posted:an ordinary dried and dessicated corpse is still Mummified, so a little weird but not necessarily WRONG to call it a "mummy." Look at the guy, I'm not NOT calling him a mummy. https://mobile.twitter.com/AlirezaNader/status/988529047838785538/photo/1 I love how he's just half buried in rubble completely exposed to the elements. It's like someone moved a rock and oh look a king.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/joshledermanAP/status/988724018013528064 Just lmao at the idea of some redneck in Nebraska buying this thing for $13 at the local Wal-Mart.
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El Disco posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/joshledermanAP/status/988724018013528064 Was this already shared in this thread? I've definitely seen this before. I'm wondering now if I saw it in person, though that seems unlikely.
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It was posted in the thread before. I was under the impression it was being given out free though - are they charging for it? Whatever about people picking it up for free and flicking through it I can't see many Americans randomly deciding to actually spend money on the thing.
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Trump's saying the new Iran deal should include terms on Syria, Iraq and Yemen, so it's loving dead unless Iran decides whatever assurances the Europeans provide are worth staying in even without the US. If they do leave, it'll be super fun renegotiating once they've actually proven a nuclear capability like North Korea (whose leader Trump said today is very honorable).
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Sinteres posted:Trump's saying the new Iran deal should include terms on Syria, Iraq and Yemen, so it's loving dead unless Iran decides whatever assurances the Europeans provide are worth staying in even without the US. If they do leave, it'll be super fun renegotiating once they've actually proven a nuclear capability like North Korea (whose leader Trump said today is very honorable).  I don't believe Trump consider his diplomatic actions in Korea and Iran as connected to each other. He should but what he think is all that matter to him, so most likely no. Toplowtech fucked around with this message at 18:40 on Apr 24, 2018 |
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Apr 24, 2018 18:37
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Demonstrating to every country exactly why they need nuclear capability seems like a great and not at all dangerous idea.
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Sorties by different aircraft types of the Rafidi air force.
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Sinteres posted:Trump's saying the new Iran deal should include terms on Syria, Iraq and Yemen, so it's loving dead unless Iran decides whatever assurances the Europeans provide are worth staying in even without the US. If they do leave, it'll be super fun renegotiating once they've actually proven a nuclear capability like North Korea (whose leader Trump said today is very honorable). According to Trump, the deal should have been dead as soon as he took office, and yet here we are. The deal is harder to kill than he lets on. There is a lot of pressure from a wide range of people and groups to keep the deal going. And even if Trump de-certifies Iran, that's only the first step in shutting down the deal. The US is only one party among 6 thats involved, and there's more steps after the de-certification. Europe, Russia and China would likely try to keep the deal in some form if the US backs out. So don't go writing its eulogy yet.
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Iran's play in Syria, while completely opportunistic, is a part of a larger strategy, with ballistic missiles, to create a lever arm for deterrence. Note how many years it's been since talk of a direct strike and Iran closing Hormuz. It's been successful and that's what's unacceptable to Israel/KSA. I've read too many "analyses" from "experts" doubting the reasoning behind Iranian intervention in Syria. They're stupid or clearly ideological. Sadly, it's what gets in print. Returning to Hormuz, years ago closing Hormuz and Hezbollah - itself not a wholly reliable asset - were the only recourse for deterrence. With direct presence in Syria, they have four lever arms (including rockets, eh) and revisiting enrichment is not necessary - especially given the cost and how they're currently overextended in resources & geopolitics. Right now the currency crisis is the closest existential threat, not foreign intervention. Seeing as though the US has been a bad player on sanctions post-deal, I doubt anyone in Iranian planning had expectations of US trade bringing in currency - so US withdrawal has limited effect. The US will pull out, but if US waives European firms for business with Iran - I suspect Iran will stick to the program while trying to extract concessions from RUS/China/India. One irony of the NK thaw is that Iran is one of the largest trade partners and would possibly benefit if NK liberalizes. Re: China: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...s-idUSKBN1E90KI In a best case scenario for everyone, the biggest loser of the US withdrawing would be the US. Boeing gets screwed and the American people who will continue to suffer with tasteless, water-hungry CA pistachios and inferior Spanish saffron. If US punishes non-US firms for Iran trade...there's going to be some diplomatic strife between US-EU. No idea what comes next... Re: India: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-iran/india-iran-sign-pact-during-rouhani-visit-on-leasing-port-idUSKCN1G10GS http://www.dw.com/en/can-india-challenge-china-with-new-iranian-chabahar-port/a-41659083 A note: Iran has been doing a reasonable job of balancing India vs China. They'll keep pushing this conflict to extract what they can from the highest bidder, in a sense. guidoanselmi fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Apr 24, 2018 |
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guidoanselmi posted:If US punishes non-US firms for Iran trade...there's going to be some diplomatic strife between US-EU. No idea what comes next... guidoanselmi posted:Re: India: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-iran/india-iran-sign-pact-during-rouhani-visit-on-leasing-port-idUSKCN1G10GS Yeah, Iran is an essential part of India's plans to avoid containment by China. See this. India needing good relationships with Muslim countries such as Iran but also Qatar, Bahrein, the United Arab Emirates, as well as Malaysia and Indonesia, is the biggest thing moderating Modi's anti-Muslim tendancies.
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Neat, I didn't know Iran and India had that kind of relationship.
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Trump's effort to pull together a coalition of suckers to pay for/replace our troops in eastern Syria hit another speedbump: https://twitter.com/Ola_Salem/status/988866334737027072
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The US can't possibly start a trade war with the EU for not backing out of the Iran Nuclear Deal along with them... And then I remember that your presidenty is mr. Trump
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surely he can't be that insane. the deep state surely has enough power to stop him from doing something like that. yeah?
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Cat Mattress posted:EU companies need to completely stop to use US dollars for trade except when trading with the US directly. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-currency-euro/iran-switches-from-dollar-to-euro-for-official-reporting-currency-idUSKBN1HP25W quote:Foreign firms can be exposed to sanctions if they do Iranian deals in dollars, even if the operations involve non-U.S. branches. Not quite dumping the dollar, but precautions to evade sanctions already rolling out.
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lollontee posted:surely he can't be that insane. the deep state surely has enough power to stop him from doing something like that. yeah?
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I'm going to impeach trump fpr interfereing in the finnish presideatial elections
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Cat Mattress posted:Modi's anti-Muslim tendancies. What anti-Muslim tendencies?
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svenkatesh posted:What anti-Muslim tendencies? uh the dude did nothing to stop anti-muslim pogroms in Gujarat back in 2002 when he was chief minister of the state
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Sinteres posted:Trump's effort to pull together a coalition of suckers to pay for/replace our troops in eastern Syria hit another speedbump: hahahahahaha ok e: more detail https://twitter.com/Ola_Salem/status/988867321484726272
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Darkman Fanpage posted:uh the dude did nothing to stop anti-muslim pogroms in Gujarat back in 2002 when he was chief minister of the state He was tried and found innocent.
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Who are you the Modi defense force?
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svenkatesh posted:He was tried and found innocent. If there's one thing we can be sure of in this world, it's that the wealthy and powerful are always held responsible for their crimes, especially in a country with with low levels of corruption like India.
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svenkatesh posted:He was tried and found innocent. Did you really just write that? And what about local members of Modi's own party making approving comments about Hindu fanatics raping a 9(?) year old Muslim girl?
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Given that Modi is the leader of the BJP, a party that is based around the ideology of Hindu supremacy, he is quite clearly going to have significant biases against Muslims. This is reflected in the increasing tensions between Hindu and Muslim communities since his election in 2014, many of these tensions coming from increased antagonising of Muslims with the tacit support of the state.
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guidoanselmi posted:hahahahahaha ok If I remember correctly, Turkey even sent some troops there to poke Saudi's in the eye back when this poo poo erupted over there. Something tells me that after their recent success in Afrin, the Qatari regime wouldn't just 'fall in less than a week' if Turkish troops did commit to its defense instead of the US. CrazyLoon fucked around with this message at 12:00 on Apr 25, 2018 |
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Saying "If the US pulled out of Qatar, they'd fall" is still pretty pointless, because the US military isn't going anywhere any time soon. The biggest base in Qatar isn't some little base. It's loving massive with multiple major headquarters. And it's not the only base in Qatar. 
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It's still Qatar's base tho. The US could find a way around utilizing it. I'm sure MBS would be happy to open up the pocketbook to stick his finger in Qatar's eye. That said, it's not gonna happen. Idk the contract details but this isn't the sort of thing you can pull off on a whim. It'd have to be a piece of a full on gently caress Qatar campaign I don't think there's much desire for that in Washington.
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Volkerball posted:The US could find a way around utilizing it. This is technically true, but only at extreme cost and pain in the rear end.
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Blut posted:It was posted in the thread before. I was under the impression it was being given out free though - are they charging for it? Whatever about people picking it up for free and flicking through it I can't see many Americans randomly deciding to actually spend money on the thing. The new part is that the Saudi embassy got an advance copy. Also yes this thing costs money quote:And at $13.99 a copy and with no advertisements, the publication seems unlikely to be a money-maker. The publisher claims they'll make a profit, but I think that's BS. It's likely that the Saudis paid for all of this as a PR campaign.
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$13.99 is ridiculously expensive for what is basically a magazine length advert though. I guess the only way a thing like that makes money is if they have a deal to sell the magazine to a bunch of business's to put out in reception. I mean, nobody is spending $13.99 to read such flagrant propaganda bigging up a foreign nation surely...
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Torrannor posted:Did you really just write that? Do you have a source for this? I can't imagine this being true, jaded as I am.
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Count Roland posted:Do you have a source for this? I can't imagine this being true, jaded as I am. https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...m=.1251e1f10420 quote:An 8-year-old girl’s gang rape and murder trigger new outrage over India’s rape culture It's utterly disgusting.
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