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Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

jeff bezos ladies and gentlemen the most brilliant entrepreneur in the world who must never be taxed lest it disincentivize him

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Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

jeff bezos earned his wealth so if he wants to throw it all away on a literal nigerian prince scam who are we to stop him

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

i say swears online posted:

got an out-of-the-blue friend request from a teenager in kabul. he's an english tutor and makes $40/month. he's pashtun and says the general sentiment among his social circle and family is that the government should take the deal; people are sick of fighting. he was born after the first US troops set foot on the ground

i haven't asked about anime yet

buy him a forums membership so he can teach the taliban about the great satan theyre trying to destroy

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011


how is this an actual story this is like the kind of poo poo racist expats make up about the countries they live in

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

whats that guy in the replies mean by drinking donkey milk ive never heard that expression before

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

Egg Moron posted:

Also lol that intelligence ghoul shitlibs wanted to make him the president once upon a tie

its also funny that he would probably be an unambiguous improvement over who were stuck with now

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/OzKaterji/status/1281527091553607680/photo/1
https://twitter.com/OzKaterji/status/1281552045431033857?p=v

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011


eh this just seems like an unremarkable day in the middle east honestly

unless of course the russians were paying these gunmen off

in which case why isnt drumpf working to protect the lives of our troops?!

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/AskAKorean/status/1293028393655705601?p=v

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

weird how we keep killing all these evil guys but the situations not getting any better and they keep getting replaced with eviler guys why its almost as if the actual goal has nothing to do with reform at all and a neverending painful transition is just supposed to be the status quo

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/RobbieGramer/status/1298369288722501632?p=v

hey uh if sudan is transitioning to being a democracy and this is such a big deal shouldnt you know

the democratically elected government be the one negotiating this deal and not the military

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011



shameless OC repost:
Saddam Hussein is known as one of the most brutal and cold dictators ever to walk the earth. He is attributed to the gassing death of 50,000-182,00 kurds and 25,000-100,000 civilians during protests and uprisings against his rule in the 90's. Not to mention the hundreds of thousands that died with his wars with Iran and invasion of Kuwait. We all should know and remember how this man fell, but do you know his rise?

https://i.imgur.com/QjQiCrm.mp4

Sorry for the potato quality GIF's. This is hard to find film from the era.

1979, the new leader of the ruling Ba'ath party (Saddam) has called an unannounced meeting of the party. Everyone is apprehensive....

https://i.imgur.com/Siturzz.mp4

Saddam takes the stage. He claims there has been a plot uncovered to overthrow the ruling government of Iraq and some of the conspirators were in the very same room they are in now. He then calls a senior party member, Abdel-Hussein to the podium. Something is clearly wrong, he seems broken,shaken, clearly nervous and stuttering. History now know's Abdel was put through days of physical torture, and his entire family was under threat of execution. Abdel claims that he was part of the plot, and begins to start naming off names. Secret police move in and removes the first man.

https://i.imgur.com/BxbCzRO.mp4

More names keep rolling, the atmosphere becomes incredibly tense. Saddam is just sitting there, smoking a Cuban cigar given to him by his friend Fidel Castro and observing the secret police remove each man named.

https://i.imgur.com/OaUN1qQ.mp4

Everyone is waiting for their name to be the next called. Saddam starts to laugh, his absolute power starts to become apparent and he is clearly amused.

https://i.imgur.com/Xcq3xwC.mp4

Panic starts to takeover. Party members start to rise up, shouting praise on Saddam and loyalty to him and the party. Even after their name was called, they shout praise and loyalty to Saddam in hopes that their lives get spared.

https://i.imgur.com/7H9S6C0.mp4

The Room erupts in long live Saddam! When it is all said and done, 68 "conspirators" were named. What does Saddam do? Something not even Stalin, Castro, or any other tyrannical dictator in the 19th or 20th century thought of, He made the remaining members, conspirators in his takeover!

He roundup the remaining party members(under heavy police presence), brings them in a courtyard, puts a gun in each of their hands and has them shoot most of the "conspirators" who's names were called. Making them accessories in his plot and forever scaring the party with fear. They forever remembered that day... the 1979 Ba'ath Party Purge, and had to think twice about sharing a thought of opposition to Saddam. This was broadcast live on Iraqi television so its citizens understood who ruled. After this, Saddam Hussein had absolute power, gained through ingenious and sadistic terror and fear.

And yes, the US has a long complicated, flawed history in Iraq. Both Destructive and beneficial. At one point, we even backed this mad man...

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/JarrettBlanc/status/1304040547447967749?p=v
https://twitter.com/JarrettBlanc/status/1304040551101222914?p=v

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/joshdcaplan/status/1308223246521769985

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://mobile.twitter.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/1314238623101972480

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/LizSly/status/1327137565288378370

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/edmnangagwa/status/1347176848694931457

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://mobile.twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1348665999604772865

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

but that was for the dirty poor people who believe in allah not the cool hip urbanites like us

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://mobile.twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1349849640032755719

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1350750988030758912

quote:

Sources on both sides say negotiations are only likely to make substantive progress once U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes office and makes his Afghan policy known.

bold of the afghanis to assume that joe biden will tell people what his afghan policy is just because hes president

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://mobile.twitter.com/jakejsullivan/status/1350550304333438981

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/sahouraxo/status/1352771818340241408

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011


netanyahu palling around with trumpers? who could have seen this coming?!

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://mobile.twitter.com/shadihamid/status/1363596664741666816

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1365879451083489280

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/WombatLiberalsm/status/1367522433931096066

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://mobile.twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1379253786842124289

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1380554410225451008

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://mobile.twitter.com/Viatcheslavsos3/status/1381607030742511618

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/JasonMBrodsky/status/1381707801442017287

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/alexisak/status/1383166492833894403

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://mobile.twitter.com/KianSharifi/status/1386291433653551107

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

so anyone know anything about this guy because my impression from this persons tweets is

https://mobile.twitter.com/KianSharifi/status/1386384708351705093

that hes an incredibly stupid motherfucker

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/Viatcheslavsos3/status/1387151453207384065

why do we have coast guard ships in the persian gulf i was kind of under the impression that the difference between the coast guard and the navy was that the coast guard like guards our coast

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/MazMHussain/status/1387967003894423552

i kind of get the feeling hussain should have taken into account the fact that most of his readers cant read farsi before he posted this

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://mobile.twitter.com/AriKrauss/status/1387794874855051273

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1388858239324983301

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Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://mobile.twitter.com/thisisinsider/status/1393998986948849671

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