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Suicide Watch posted:Trump literally is provoking a war to get re-elected 🤮 A Hit? The military industrial complex has bombs to sell! The economy will soar.
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M_Gargantua posted:A Hit? The military industrial complex has bombs to sell! The economy will soar. Not if they retaliate with cyber attacks.
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Jan 3, 2020 06:06
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Taiwan's top military officer died in a helicopter crash today. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/01/02/helicopter-crash-kills-taiwans-top-military-officer-7-others.html
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Jan 3, 2020 06:10
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My trouble is that I have a bit of a fascination with points of no return. I can't shake the feeling that it was the 2016 election, but it very much could've been 2003 (Iraq), or even 2000 (Bush v. Gore) and we're all just dealing with the side-effects. What's starting to scare me more is that we might've just hit one leading to runaway nuclear proliferation, as this thing not only guarantees Iranian nukes, but North Korean nuclear advances too.
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Jan 3, 2020 06:12
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NK was doing fine on their own, real issue is that now the Sauds are motivated
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Jan 3, 2020 06:15
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Iran can't develop nukes if they're glowing - trump, probably
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Jan 3, 2020 06:19
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How hard is putin right now
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Jan 3, 2020 06:28
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Loden Taylor posted:Ari Fleischer: "Translated, these prayers are saying 'ding dong, the witch is dead.' I think we're going to see a situation where the Lollipop Guild is going to honor President Trump and formally welcome him to Munchkin Land." Also  a lot of deleted tweets from the last few pages  :I assume at least the last one was maybe the deleted tweet referred to by this one? https://twitter.com/Anthony/status/1212949051269931009
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Jan 3, 2020 06:40
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It's OK guys, he was literally the worst person in the world. https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1212952194498093057?s=20 Thanks US media 
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Jan 3, 2020 06:41
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Just to be clear here, was this Iranian general in Iraq officially on a state passport doing official state business in a country that diplomatically recognizes the government he worked for? At least when we violated Pakistani territory to assassinate OBL he was generally recognized as an outlaw and Pakistan basically had to say “oh uh thanks for taking care of that!”
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Jan 3, 2020 06:47
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hobbesmaster posted:Just to be clear here, was this Iranian general in Iraq officially on a state passport doing official state business in a country that diplomatically recognizes the government he worked for? Don't you worry about that. We declared the IRGC a terrorist organization a few months ago so it's okay! 
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Jan 3, 2020 06:51
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Meshka posted:Think of it as a parity of power. They have none. For every attack against American citizens the relatianion will be ten fold. Maybe attacking american personel was not the wise strategic choice on their part. What are you, 15? Immanentized posted:Why are all these fucks on twitter? https://twitter.com/limitlessjest/status/1212965323248406528?s=20 
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Jan 3, 2020 06:52
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Meshka posted:Think of it as a parity of power. They have none. For every attack against American citizens the relatianion will be ten fold. Maybe attacking american personel was not the wise strategic choice on their part. You appear to have the geopolitical instincts of a watermelon, so I'll spell it out for you: Sometimes you have to let things go, because the cost of retaliation isn't worth it.
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Jan 3, 2020 06:56
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HELL YEAH NO WAR unless it's profitable
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Jan 3, 2020 06:57
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Meshka posted:Think of it as a parity of power. They have none. For every attack against American citizens the relatianion will be ten fold. Maybe attacking american personel was not the wise strategic choice on their part. Yes, because that worked so well so far in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. We can kill them wholesale in new and horrifying ways- it won't change a drat thing. It just creates more fighters that will more Americans.
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Jan 3, 2020 07:00
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Not if you turn the entire subcontinent radioactive. Think big.
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Jan 3, 2020 07:01
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Fister Roboto posted:HELL YEAH NO WAR unless it's profitable I'm gonna start donating a dollar to warren or volunteering every time you post if you're going to keep being this obnoxious about her.
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Jan 3, 2020 07:05
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Not if you turn the entire subcontinent radioactive. The quote is “A nuclear bomb, does that bother you?… I just want you to think big, Henry, for Christ’s sake! “
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Jan 3, 2020 07:06
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Acebuckeye13 posted:I'm gonna start donating a dollar to warren or volunteering every time you post if you're going to keep being this obnoxious about her.
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Jan 3, 2020 07:07
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https://twitter.com/RobertMLee/status/1212928896745775104?s=20 Outside of whatever is going to happen on the ground over there, I'd imagine that some cyber warfare stuff is going to be the biggest way they can hit back right?
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Jan 3, 2020 07:08
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like seriously though A) Sanders' statement said basically the same thing and B) the fact that we may be at war with iran by the time we wake up in the morning is slightly more important than extremely petty sniping
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Jan 3, 2020 07:09
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Meshka posted:Why? Suleimani is responsible for a lot of American deaths. Good kill. I mean if you want to go the eye for an eye route I’m pretty sure Iran could nuke a US city or two and still wouldn’t be caught up to the 75 years of deep dicking we’ve given them courtesy of the CIA. We are very much the bad guys when it comes to Iran.
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Jan 3, 2020 07:09
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fknlo posted:https://twitter.com/RobertMLee/status/1212928896745775104?s=20 Closing the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran could pretty easily do, would have a major effect on global oil markets.
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Jan 3, 2020 07:10
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If I'm Iran I'd think I'd need to respond lethally in some way, but I wouldn't want to go far enough to justify a full on air campaign. But I'm also thinking that there are several militias in Iraq who will want revenge, and the Americans just killed the one guy I had there who could hold them back. If I'm Iran I'm very worried about a militia in Iraq going too far, while also needing to have my own response ready in case the militias don't go far enough.
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Jan 3, 2020 07:18
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Acebuckeye13 posted:like seriously though A) Sanders' statement said basically the same thing and B) the fact that we may be at war with iran by the time we wake up in the morning is slightly more important than extremely petty sniping We're on a dying comedy forum, literally nothing we post here is important.
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Jan 3, 2020 07:20
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Fister Roboto posted:We're on a dying comedy forum, literally nothing we post here is important. that i'll give you
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Jan 3, 2020 07:24
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Fister Roboto posted:I'm just confused why you think I "keep" being obnoxious about her. When was the last time I even criticized her about anything? I think in this case, it was a bit disingenuous to imply that she'd be okay with a profitable war based on her use of "costly", when the context of that word over America's foreverwars was that they've cost American lives AND a metric fuckton of money. /edit: Not saying I agree with his bit on the "you being obnoxious" part
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Jan 3, 2020 07:28
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Yeah that's fair and I'll cop to the post being pretty snide. I'm just sick of the equivocation, you can say this was a stupid thing to do without covering your rear end with "well he was a bad guy and needed to be extrajudicially murdered BUT..."
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Jan 3, 2020 07:34
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Fister Roboto posted:Yeah that's fair and I'll cop to the post being pretty snide. I'm just sick of the equivocation, you can say this was a stupid thing to do without covering your rear end with "well he was a bad guy and needed to be extrajudicially murdered BUT..." Yup, right there with you
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Jan 3, 2020 07:36
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Fister Roboto posted:Yeah that's fair and I'll cop to the post being pretty snide. I'm just sick of the equivocation, you can say this was a stupid thing to do without covering your rear end with "well he was a bad guy and needed to be extrajudicially murdered BUT..." Considering the upcoming election, I think you kind of do have to say "he was a piece of poo poo, but". Otherwise the "*candidate* says terrorist more important than our troops" attack ads right themselves. It's campaign season.
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Jan 3, 2020 07:41
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Fister Roboto posted:Yeah that's fair and I'll cop to the post being pretty snide. I'm just sick of the equivocation, you can say this was a stupid thing to do without covering your rear end with "well he was a bad guy and needed to be extrajudicially murdered BUT..." Fair.
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Jan 3, 2020 07:42
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Chichevache posted:Considering the upcoming election, I think you kind of do have to say "he was a piece of poo poo, but". Otherwise the "*candidate* says terrorist more important than our troops" attack ads right themselves. It's campaign season. 99% of Americans had no idea who this guy was until today, and I doubt that a majority of them give a poo poo that he's dead now. I think it's safe to just say no more war.
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Jan 3, 2020 07:50
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the 100% correct answer to all of this, that won't be done but absolutely should be, is Iran attacking and destroying every single Trump property worldwide. No country is going to gently caress with Iran just for going after that alone, they'd get away with it, they'd send their message loud and clear, and EVERYONE would be gloriously happy about it except the chuds. Just blow up every Trump property and stop there. Retaliation done.
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Jan 3, 2020 07:56
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gently caress that's actually pretty good
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Jan 3, 2020 07:57
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Fister Roboto posted:99% of Americans had no idea who this guy was until today, and I doubt that a majority of them give a poo poo that he's dead now. I think it's safe to just say no more war. Except MSNBC's official twitter just called him the #1 bad guy. It's pretty easy to see how the big networks are going to spin this. In a couple days every water cooler clown in the country will have an opinion on this guy. So yeah, no one knew who he was this morning, but everyone will know by next week. Why make it even easier for the other side to spin up the outrage machine against you?
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Jan 3, 2020 08:03
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Nah, he owns a lot of hotels so a ton of innocent people would be killed.
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Jan 3, 2020 08:03
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Dumb Lowtax posted:the 100% correct answer to all of this, that won't be done but absolutely should be, is Iran attacking and destroying every single Trump property worldwide. No country is going to gently caress with Iran just for going after that alone, they'd get away with it, they'd send their message loud and clear, and EVERYONE would be gloriously happy about it except the chuds. Just blow up every Trump property and stop there. Retaliation done. Leveling apartment complexes is something Russians have a lot of expertise in, sadly it ends in war too
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Jan 3, 2020 08:04
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Fister Roboto posted:Nah, he owns a lot of hotels so a ton of innocent people would be killed. Broadcast a 12 hour notice to evacuate before sending the bombers?
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Jan 3, 2020 08:05
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Chichevache posted:Except MSNBC's official twitter just called him the #1 bad guy. It's pretty easy to see how the big networks are going to spin this. In a couple days every water cooler clown in the country will have an opinion on this guy. So yeah, no one knew who he was this morning, but everyone will know by next week. Why make it even easier for the other side to spin up the outrage machine against you? lol msnbc The media got rock loving hard over the Iraq invasion, even the """liberal""" networks, because it meant more money for them. They're already working themselves up to half mast over this, they don't give a poo poo as long as it gets clicks and views.
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There's undoubtedly a lot we don't have access to. A lot will get lost to time. If you did accidentally kill someone that important, there is every reason you should pretend you did it on purpose. The only way to gain from a targeting failure is to imply to everyone that it was on purpose and that they're not safe to start enacting warplan beige. You have to reach for the only benefit on the table which is to imply there's a greater than zero chance that even people with names get disappeared. Don't know what happened. Whatever led to this situation, we wont know the how and the why for 30 years, but we're going to decide a lot based upon it over the next six.
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