They funded his presidential campaign and own nearly all the media to oppress opposition and push propaganda. So big tech is getting from the world what they put into it?
Russia had some reputation of being a large and powerful army, but as soon as they attacked Ukraine it showed the world it actually had shit. It basically lost its credibility of being a world power because their arsenal is old fashioned and they were just throwing in bodies.
I feel the US is going through the same. Everyone saw them as an undefeatable nation, but this little stint in Iran had their stockpiles dropping faster than expected and it’s not going as they expected. Hegseth and Trump contradict each other and besides squandering their soft power over the past years, they are also showing that their military might has limits.
They are both still to be reckoned with and they are capable of doing great harm to innocent bystanders, but my view has changed a bit.
I think the issue is that offense is harder than defense. A defender generally has the home advantage in terms of logistics, familiarity with the area and political will. The difference this makes is hard to estimate, and even harder so if you’re not even aware of it. Combined with delusions of grandeur, this is a recipe for underestimating the enemy.
And call me a cynic, but I suspect neither Cadet Bone Spurs nor Major “Warrior Ethos” “Signal Chat” “American Crusade” Boozeth are entirely qualified to make high-level military judgements.
(Neither is my armchair general ass whose only education in the matter is some MilHist blogs and articles, but at least I’m not an actual general charged to actually make them.)
For Putin, I’m not sure. I’m disinclined to believe he’s just ignorant about the tenacity a people under attack can develop, given Russian history, but I can only make unqualified guesses.
Either way, as you say, I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end, because a blunt and rusty axe still hurts, and they don’t seem concerned about where they swing it and who’s in the way.
Doesn’t matter how advanced your weapons are if you have not enough money to use enough of them and not enough soldiers that would like to come and kill other people that can also fight them back. So, while the USA has high defending potential, it has not enough politically approved resources for a long occupational war. Only short quick operations are now possible, since the USA citizens are against the war and greatly affect the leadership authority of current government, so that it cannot waste money to launch a full scale war as it was before. Especially, because of this doesn’t pleases oligarchs which have great leverage in this situation.
Im here in the US rooting for Iran … such a weird fucking timeline.
I wouldn’t say I’m rooting for Iran, but I’m not rooting for the US either. I’m just observing a massive case of FAFO.
I guess Trump is getting what he wants, he’s getting a spot in the history books - as the one who started WWIII.
Congratulations. Peace Committee my ass.
But do carry on with your plans, Iran.
on a sub, people “were theorizing” how they can reroute the transportation of oil through land, like through trucks or oilpipes, and falls way too short ot sustain global demand.
it would be a hilarious turn of historical events if Americans were saved from the oligarchs by Iran.
no don’t do it
Noooooooo
Shit i may need to delete my google account before Iran does it for me!
If Microslop went away one day, it would only improve my quality of life.
Since America and Israel attacked Iranian Economic Interests when they bombed oil producing facilities, it’s entirelly fair for Iran to respond in kind.
stop dont come back
Oh, no! Not Meta! Or Oracle! Or umm, Palantir! Or… guys, help me here.
Quick! Send them the coordinates of all those datacenters so they can avoid them!
But which ones, there are so many. They need to know exactly which ones to avoid!
X should not be on the list to target!
Please not Palantir! Who will use WiFi to reconstruct a collection of 3D models of me pooping?
Are we bidding on this offer? How we doing this?
The death prediction market!
No one I care about. Its hard to feel sorry for them since they helped make it happen.
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I would fuck things up so bad out of spite if I was Iran.
incredible how iran is more of an opposition party than the democrats. and i’m supposed to hate them?
