[-] cricbuzz@hexbear.net 26 points 2 days ago

oh god this is it

[-] cricbuzz@hexbear.net 46 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Oh god SNL is going to totally do a debate skit and not comment at all about Biden's performance aren't they?

[-] cricbuzz@hexbear.net 23 points 2 days ago

yes! holy shit i feel so gaslit when i try to bring this up dude. how has everyone just memory-holed this

[-] cricbuzz@hexbear.net 16 points 2 days ago

democracy babey!

i-voted

[-] cricbuzz@hexbear.net 22 points 2 days ago

I give you my word as a Biden

I'm gonna use this line from now on

[-] cricbuzz@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago

Next boyboy episode when?

[-] cricbuzz@hexbear.net 23 points 2 days ago

although i think this sentiment is true, i think it takes the agency away from Biden. it's fully his choice and fuck him for running AT ALL and for being so bloodthirsty. He just wants one more term to continue to send asylum seekers back and continue to bomb young brown kids

[-] cricbuzz@hexbear.net 19 points 2 days ago

Seriously how can we protect this vulnerable group. I generally want to know if anyone knows what's been successful in other cities to 1) stop terrorizing/traumatizing them and 2) house them

[-] cricbuzz@hexbear.net 33 points 3 days ago

When are we getting the other $600 checks, Brandon!

biden-ok-smart-guy

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Absolute shithole country

joker-amerikkklap

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[-] cricbuzz@hexbear.net 109 points 2 months ago

https://twitter.com/fadiquran/status/1779426300760850642

"On Iran’s strike:

At Stanford, I attended a masterclass on military strategy led by a person with decades of experience, including serving at the highest levels in the military and government.

One lesson he thought that I always remember was this:

He asked us:

“Say the US decided to attack Iraq with a new stealth jet it hadn’t used before that evaded all radars? The attack was a success. Was it strategic?”

Many in the class raised their hands to say “yes, it achieved its goal”. But the professor said: “It may not have been”.

Why?

“Because now your adversaries know your capabilities and it’s a matter of time before they find ways around them. If this attack could be done with conventional weapons, it’s better to keep your top weapons until you need them. Using them creates a disadvantage.”

My analysis is that the scale of Iran’s attack, the diversity of locations it targeted, and weapons it used, forced Israel to uncover the majority of anti-missile technologies the US and it have across the region.

The Iranians did not use any weapons Israel didn’t know it had, it just used a lot of them. But the Iranians likely now have almost a full map of what Israel’s missile defence system looks like, as well as where in Jordan and the Gulf the US has installations. It also knows how long it takes to prepare them, how Israeli society responds…etc

This is a huge strategic cost to Israel, while Arab regimes now are being blasted by their peoples, particularly the Jordanian monarchy, for not doing anything to protect Gazans but then going all out to protect Israel.

Crucially, Iran can now reverse engineer all the intel gathered from this attack to make a much more deadly one credible. While the US and Israel will have to re-design away from their current model which has been compromised. Its success in stopping this choreographed attack is thus still very costly.

Moreover, with the threat of a regional war that neither the US nor the Arab regimes want feeling nearer, it’s likely their pressure on Israel to back down will increase, making a ceasefire more feasible.

Anyone assuming this is just theatrics is missing the context of how militaries assess strategy versus tactics. Theatre is an important factor, but gathering intelligence of the “enemy’s” posture is more valuable, especially if one believes they’re in a long war of attrition.

Netanyahu and the Israel government prefer a quick hot and urgent war where they can pull in America. The Iranians prefer a longer war of attrition that bleeds Israel of its deterrence capabilities and makes it an ally for Arabs and the US that’s too costly to have.

Lastly, if you are a person who hates war, if you want peace, the best and only way to get there in the region is to support the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and dignity.

There is no sustainable peace possible as long as Palestinians live under an oppressive system of apartheid."

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My partner has all the right political instincts and really wants to bolster their knowledge of the systems of socialism/communism and the ideologies therein.

I was initially thinking of recommending Blackshirts and Reds by Parenti as that was an entry point for me to shed any remaining lib tendencies I had.

Would love to hear what y'all would recommend!

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Wanted to get a thread together to highlight aid groups that can be donated to to help Palestinian aid

~~That's the only one I know of but leaning on y'all for help to spread the word. Lots of medical aid needed so let's direct our energy toward those helping in Gaza~~

Keep em coming and I'll try to continue to add them here

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