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GalacticAcid posted:I want Assad to win the war quickly on all fronts lmao he is
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Raskolnikov38 posted:okay it makes sense that they would be driven by turks but why is erdogan sending his tank corps in to die by airstrike well if the tank corps in one place is getting blown up by the russian air force it means tank corps in another place is probably going to have clear skies or erdogan miscalculated
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Atrocious Joe posted:The coalition behind the Syrian government is literally held together by a shared desire not to be exterminated or removed from Syria. best friends with erdogan?
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Gaupo Guacho posted:weren't these guys fighting alongside hezbollah and the irgc but now theyre desecrating mosques? leaving aside how demented it is for a russian soldier to say 'heil hitler' heritage, not hate lots of russians fought for hitler too
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Al-Saqr posted:Reports coming out that apparently that warehouse had tons of explosive ammonium nitrate that wasn’t supposed to be there lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa7uLxu0XAc
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Penisaurus Sex posted:Lebanon's about to not have an economy anymore so my guess is that person already fled. Port superintendent escaped via air.
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i say swears online posted:The man's on his way to being the king of Saudi Arabia and basically butchered a reporter and got away with it. thank u for this
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he was bought for 1,800 pounds? he went cheap
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ToxicAcne posted:How was Turkish Secularism undone so badly in the past few years? Did Turkish Secularism's attachment to Ethnonationalism have anything to do with that? I'd have to look into it more, and I don't know much about Turkish politics, but I think that the standard bearer of secularism, the military and most importantly the general staff, hasn't done the image of secularism any favors. How many Turkish governments have fallen because of a direct coup or other indirect means by the military brass under the cover of protecting "Kemalism"?
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Plutonis posted:Does Azerbaijan has territorial claims to Southern Azerbaijan? Seems like the next thing to go after now that they got NaKa Azerbaijan must seize its clay!
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Judakel posted:How common was slavery in Libya prior to the civil war that resulted in Gaddafi's ouster and execution? Obama ensured the return of the free market to libya and an end to burdensome regulations
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Atrocious Joe posted:https://twitter.com/AP/status/1381264455602933765?s=20 if I were Iran, I'd put every resource into developing nuclear weapons and delivery systems because that is the only way to stop this stuff
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human garbage bag posted:the entire purpose of these attacks is to show iran that israel has agents deep in their nuclear program, which would deter iran from actually trying to develop a weapon because israel would know and launch a preemptive strike. even more reason to expand and harden the nuclear program. and I think the purpose of the attacks is to cause damage, not some elaborate display of deterrence
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quote:"The CBS data emphasize the strategic importance of a responsible immigration policy that will safeguard Israel's interests as a Jewish and democratic state," he said.
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narrow political objectives and regional antagonisms have really, really done a number on the legitimacy of nuclear nonproliferation. it has been made abundantly clear that if you want to protect yourself, you must develop nuclear weapons. the cost of not having nuclear weapons is far higher than having them.
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gradenko_2000 posted:Critical support for the Iranian nuclear program to bring cheap, non fossil fuel energy to their citizens perversely, the only way to do this is to develop nuclear weapons. the original wager of the global nonproliferation treaties was that the signatories, of which Iran was one, would be free to construct a domestic nuclear industry complete with reprocessing as long as weapons development was foresworn. political developments however have made clear that the only way to construct a domestic nuclear industry is to first develop nuclear weapons.
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Atrocious Joe posted:The government of Ethiopia finally crossed the line, personally annoying the New York Times to be fair, it was a mistake in the first place to give someone from the New York Times accreditation as a journalist
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quote:Instead of shutting down after the insurgent takeover, the Sher Khan Bandar complex has remained operational, with tacit understandings reached between the Taliban and Tajikistan, according to local traders. Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said the group had reached out to the governments of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan after taking over several border areas in June. quote:“The tax that used to be taken by the government is now taken by the Taliban—but the Taliban charge a smaller amount,” he said. quote:Before the 2001 U.S. invasion, Tajikistan provided the most determined support of any Central Asian nation to the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance led by ethnic Tajik commander Ahmad Shah Massoud. The American administration of the past 20 years is making the Taliban look really good. Aside from that though, the Taliban is doing all the things you need to do to take and maintain control: make peace with the neighbors, keep disruption to a minimum, fight corruption, and lower taxes. These are exactly the things the Americans should have done and needed to do but due to the structure of the occupying force and the political factors, could never do. bedpan has issued a correction as of 08:03 on Jul 6, 2021 |
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The USA was the unwitting agent behind ending the long running tension between Tajikistan and the Taliban. We couldn't have screwed up more if we tried.
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gradenko_2000 posted:The Taliban: lower taxes, ease of business, friendly foreign policy iirc, two lessons come down from the ages as to how to hold onto occupied or conquered territory: 1. Maintain and continue the local power structures, traditions, laws, and customs 2. Reduce taxes and impositions there is an optional third lesson, establish cities and send colonies, which Alexander the Great made famous with "Alexandria," now known in Afghanistan as Kandahar. Had George W. wanted to tame Afghanistan, he would have obeyed lessons 1&2. If he wanted to also conquer Afghanistan, he should have moved himself and the government structure to Kandahar or Kabul. George W. Bush did none of these things. It is not impossible to invade and control Afghanistan. The area is a strategic crossroads and armies have poured in from the north, west, and south. And not without success. Both Babur and Alexander numbered Afghanistan as one of their many conquests. Someone in the Taliban is paying close attention to presenting a better option than the current government. I don't know how long the Afghan state will last but it can't be long.
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ToxicAcne posted:Why is the NYT whining so hard about the Afghanistan withdrawal? I thought it was basically bipartisan consensus at this point seeing as that Trump started this. I also see alot of comparisons to Vietnam as well and it seems like the revisionist history of the Vietnam war has become dominant in US media. 
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comedyblissoption posted:theyre angling for canceling the withdraw and doing another "surge" 
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indigi posted:do ISIS and the Taliban have beef over theology or is it just gonna be power struggle? I don't think ISIS has a base for there to be a power struggle. Also, the Taliban are homegrown. ISIS is a foreign organization.
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Flavahbeast posted:If the Taliban are no longer persecuting Shia Hazara as a matter of course then that's going to be a sticking point. Best case scenario, it's actually true and ISIS siphons off most of the psychos then loses. Probably too optimistic though from the reports that are drippling out, it seems like this generation of Taliban has a very competent foreign policy and are able to skillfully navigate the domestic situation to gain territory with a minimum of expense and damage. the statebuilding they are already doing will serve them well once the government in Kabul finally falls. there isn't going to be a northern alliance like the last time this happened. Top City Homo posted:ISIS is US foreign occupation of afghanistan under new flag drat you are right. the US is going to prop up a network of lunatic terrorists (ISIS in Afghanistan) against the legitimate government (the Taliban). Again. bedpan has issued a correction as of 23:13 on Jul 9, 2021 |
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Jose posted:its insane to me how often empires stick their dick into Afghanistan only to turn around in defeat every single time afghanistan has been surrounded by empires for the past 2000 years. the empires are unable to resist the temptation and fall time and time again. Afghanistan has been conquered before. Alexander did it. Babur did it. Those are tough shoes to fill though.
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etalian posted:when you rage quit the server. they left gave away all their high level gear and expensive houses though before they left
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Kandahar is controlled by the Taliban now. Is the afghan government going to even make it to 9/11 or will they collapse before then?
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Al-Saqr posted:Can you provide a source or link? I cant find anything on twitter because it’s full of idiot Hindutva Psychos spewing fake news. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/12/afghanistan-taliban-kandahar-prison-police-ghazni-live-updates Al Jazeera is claiming it as of several hours ago quote:“Previously, the Taliban had breached the Kandahar prison in 2008 and 2011, those breaches also led to the escape of hundreds of prisoners.” lmao bedpan has issued a correction as of 10:49 on Aug 12, 2021 |
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Jose posted:and thats it done they couldn't even last the weekend
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Conspiratiorist posted:Cuba is much easier logistically but hard to justify internationally. Venezuela otoh has the right rhetoric already in place but would be a bleeding nightmare to execute. sounds like we should invade cuba to secure the logistical routes for the venezuelan invasion
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i say swears online posted:alas, nobody saw this coming peace prize winners are sick people
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PawParole posted:If Ethiopia falls apart the smaller states are doomed. from the OOB posted earlier (admittedly outdated now), this means that the western command is down to zero divisions needless to say that is not good for the ENDF bedpan has issued a correction as of 03:04 on Nov 8, 2021 |
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lobster shirt posted:something appears to be going down in libya tonight: https://sputniknews.com/20211215/armed-group-surrounds-office-of-tripoli-prime-minister---reports-1091555201.html lost all legitimacy when they banned Gadaffi's kid from running for President
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TeenageArchipelago posted:Was getting ready to argue with someone online about how sanctions are a form of violence, and found this article from 2000 about how depleted uranium and sanctions absolutely devastated Iraq and now I don't even care to argue with someone online for no reason hmm, have those children considered voting?
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Al-Saqr posted:America wants the nuclear deal but doesnt want to back down on any of the sanction they implemented when they backed out of the deal in the first place lol great satan indeed Sounds normal. "Nuclear Nonproliferation" was never anything more than stopping outsider countries from developing either the only way to reliably protect themselves (nuclear weapons) or power themselves to build an economy
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Iran developing and deploying nuclear weapons is the only thing that will secure them against Israel and the United States
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Ardennes posted:I would assume the point is less Iran but the US to have leverage over the Saudis/UAE (and OPEC) over oil negotiations to undercut the Russians and keep inflation under control. im sorry but energy costs don't factor into inflation calculations because energy costs are fixed and someone can't readily consume more or less in response to inflating or deflating prices
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I read "Public TV Doc" and thought this was going to be about Dr. Oz
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guidoanselmi posted:loving lol you what wasn't lost on her though? the spaghetti and meat balls!
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