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Beefeater1980 posted:E: The only response is terror attacks, isn’t it. It’s not like Iran has any capacity to mount a conventional attack on the US. There's a certain dark part of me that would find it extremely funny if Iran pulled a troll move by retaliating via assassinating pence or some other high profile US figure, which tbqh they probably have a solid enough intelligence apparatus to pull off if they really wanted to
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Beefeater1980 posted:What the gently caress, I come back into the thread after a hangover and the US is straight up assassinating foreign military leaders now? Iran's next play is likely announcing they're going to accelerate uranium enrichment again, ostensibly to defend themselves from US invasion https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2019-12/news/iran-newly-breaches-nuclear-deal 
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Bobby Deluxe posted:So pretty much Malcolm Gladwell? But way, way more bitter. And I haven't read any Gladwell books, but I think Gladwell is more into social sciences, not frontier science and tech.
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Still collating thoughts on this but I suspect it’s Benghazi 2. The US has a lot of embassies everywhere and they are vulnerable. Last time the leadership of one of the countries they were loving around with decided to murder a few Americans to show its displeasure, a US embassy was overrun and the inhabitants including fellow goon Vilerat were killed. The Iranian security services clearly decided that this was a good strategy for loving with America, but failed to account for the fact that American leadership right now is (a) hyper aggressive (b) looking for a win so they can seem tough; and (c) blithely unconcerned with consequences.
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I expected 2020 to be a poo poo year, but this was a little faster than I was expecting. I thought we’d kind of ease into it.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:^^^ A ton of which we'll end up getting, us being easy to lump in with the US as 'the english speaking rich white assholes' and us being easier to reach. The Iranians have a long collective memory and hate us almost as much as they hate the US, entirely independent of our status of lapdog to post-war American foreign policy.
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ThomasPaine posted:There's a certain dark part of me that would find it extremely funny if Iran pulled a troll move by retaliating via assassinating pence or some other high profile US figure, which tbqh they probably have a solid enough intelligence apparatus to pull off if they really wanted to Without getting into territory likely to get Lowtax another visit, this at least is fairly unlikely. The VP gets basically exactly the same protection as the President, and given Pence's rather more withdrawn public life, he's probably the hardest target in the world.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:The Iranians have a long collective memory and hate us almost as much as they hate the US, entirely independent of our status of lapdog to post-war American foreign policy.
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Jose posted:So will Boris drag us into this incredibly stupid war? Of course he loving will. Even without his complete reliance on US goodwill to keep the economy going post-Brexit, he's a public schoolboy who completely buys into that Victorian Empire mindset, with a Churchill fetish on top of it - he'll jump on the slightest opportunity to show Johnny Foreigner what's what. We're now basically reliant on Fox and Friends maybe suggesting war isn't good to prevent getting dragged into this poo poo.
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ThomasPaine posted:Weetman is currently furiously retweeting a bunch of 'actually it was good to blow up the Iranian general' takes, good to see the melts not even bothering to pretend anymore Blairite has a bloodlust for war. Whodda thunk it?
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goddamnedtwisto posted:That actually looks like a pretty good read, I'll have to keep an eye out for it.
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Labour are asking me to go out and canvass for Sadiq Khan and I really don't know if I can be arsed. He's just such a loving cypher, I can barely be bothered to take enough time out of my day to go put a cross in a box for him, let alone have to persuade hundreds of red people that he's not actually implementing Sharia knife crime.
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Jose posted:So will Boris drag us into this incredibly stupid war? https://twitter.com/SecPompeo/status/1213064731851939841 can't wait for the Raab speech "hey guys people don't know this but I just found out this guy was actually a big deal in Iran" also in manufacturing consent news, twitter's locked down that account that was automatically tracking the NYT's pro-war edits to articles https://twitter.com/touchmybobby/status/1213005974069342209
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Labour are asking me to go out and canvass for Sadiq Khan and I really don't know if I can be arsed. He's just such a loving cypher, I can barely be bothered to take enough time out of my day to go put a cross in a box for him, let alone have to persuade hundreds of red people that he's not actually implementing Sharia knife crime. As ever, though, the other guy is a psycho who really shouldn't be in charge of the country's capital.
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Jose posted:So will Boris drag us into this incredibly stupid war?
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When Boris implements a draft for this war you'll all be sorry that you didn't take my no deal brexit advice of getting fat as hell
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https://twitter.com/timhpcc/status/1212748865541197827 Oh look Jess, assisting in smearing the left will not save you from being the target of similar smears and moronic takes after all! The argument is basically "Jess Phillips' conduct is unbecoming of a There's also a lot of poo poo in the replies about her appearance. Scruffy and needs to wash her hair, apparently. Bit of a theme. Here's a particularly  one:https://twitter.com/Nicolac88612909/status/1212803893794627584 https://twitter.com/Jackie___P/status/1212779415488339968 Oh look Jess, trying to use that to say "But I'm smarter and more reasonable than that and can work with others" got turned around against you! https://twitter.com/spriggs_billy/status/1212682915492044801 Oh look Jess, you're part of the Leftwaffe now! https://twitter.com/drusincmur/status/1212688624866623490 Oh look Jess, throwing Diane Abbott under the bus doesn't save you from the same fate at the hands of mysogynists! Well done Jess! 
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She made her bed. Now she can lay in it. Purple Prince posted:Crispchat warning: the Pringles Rice Fusion flavours are disturbing. Not because they're bad but because they taste exactly like the foods they're replicating. They were on sale for a bit in November so I bought loads. They're wicked.
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"The Socialist Party and Momentum are active behind Jess Phillips?" What timeline is this one from?
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Jose posted:When Boris implements a draft for this war you'll all be sorry that you didn't take my no deal brexit advice of getting fat as hell Lol, as if they won't draft tubbos anyway. I already tweeted about this - https://twitter.com/mehall/status/1213041045019275264?s=19 No answer from the first minister, shameful.
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Jose posted:When Boris implements a draft for this war you'll all be sorry that you didn't take my no deal brexit advice of getting fat as hell I'd say they wouldn't possibly be stupid enough to do this, given that to the best of my knowledge there is literally no current orthodoxy to suggest that conscripts are even slightly worthwhile soldiers, but... lol
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hello friends, how is everyone feeling 3 weeks on?
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Workfare as an unpaid PMC.
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OwlFancier posted:Which socialist party? I expect they mean the first one though, but the idea of any of them being in league with Momentum to support the Campaign for Jess Phillips is pretty funny.
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OwlFancier posted:If you're on JSA for more than three weeks you have to provide evidence of at least 5 iranian soldiers killed per week or you face sanctions. The BBC reports that there are claims that some workfare PMCs were mistakenly classified as ISIL combatants and sanctioned and blown up, but the Tories say that's an exaggeration at best so everything's okay. Also when it happens again.
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RLB said her piece on the Solemaini assassination. https://twitter.com/rlong_bailey/status/1213081036462182401?s=21
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Welcoming the Australian submission to the hosed Up Benefits Olympics  https://twitter.com/manwithoutatan/status/1212523812681666560
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Ratjaculation posted:hello friends, how is everyone feeling 3 weeks on? I'm doign my best to avoid it, personally.
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Darth Walrus posted:RLB said her piece on the Solemaini assassination.
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Ratjaculation posted:hello friends, how is everyone feeling 3 weeks on? what hemisphere are you in right now mister
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baka kaba posted:also in manufacturing consent news, twitter's locked down that account that was automatically tracking the NYT's pro-war edits to articles It must be a coincidence
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