The Trump near obsession with the Marines (cheering political speech in front of them, deployed to LA, now deployed again) seems to me a major red flag. Seems to me he really wants to play favorites given the Marines are more loyal to him personally.
ok in seriousness:
1. it's going to take 2wks for an MEU to even get to the strait
2. the assault component of an MEU is like, 1200 men. any attack on the iranian mainland would be suicide. They could maybe take one of the small islands? not Qeshm tho.
3. the MEU will eat UAVs all day if we do this
This reminds me of the Dieppe raid in WW2, which went very poorly.
If the US sends in some tiny ass detachment, couldn't Iran just concentrate their firepower/forces and destroy it? This seems suicidal.
Us too.
Absolutely baffling set of arguments from the legal architect of Theranos.
Remarkable that JCPOA can be both be the greatest betrayal of America of all time and something that never happened at all.
"No one acted to prevent it"
- Stuxnet
- Sanctions
- Nuclear deal
What
If that's what happened they should be run off in handcuffs!
That's the approach I'd prefer, but there is another approach which is to also bribe them ala Trump. Clearly they can be bought at a very, very low price.
Best I can do is 10 million Crudités
I mean if by casual they mean make a joke about Islam casually then yeah I guess, but a joke about Islam is not the same as Islamophobic. As a long time viewer of the Colbert Report I recall the jokes being in good taste, often at "the expense" of Islam but not moreso than his (many) Christian jokes
I mean if by casual they mean make a joke about Islam casually then yeah I guess, but a joke about Islam is not the same as Islamophobic. As a long time viewer of the Colbert Report I recall the jokes being in good taste, often at "the expense" of Islam but not moreso than his (many) Christian jokes
In yet another example of "I can't fucking believe I actually learned things from Hearts of Iron 4" a staggering number of economists and policy experts don't understand that production lines aren't light switches that can be turned on and off at maximum efficiency
Y'all don't look up "stagflation" it's some furry shit
Six Flags says "more flags, more fun" but what they don't tell you is that the Confederate flag is one of the flags. For real, look it up.
Sorry, that's per month
30-50k, $0.
Including sit down and takeout: $600
Also reward businesses that support Democrats, however few and far between they may be!
American Gulf
Trump can still fix this
That's the bet that the Iranian armed forces are making by mining the strait and attacking Gulf states. I think it's a fair bet to make, probably the only reasonable bet they can make given the circumstances. Truth is, I don't see an end to it.
One has to wonder, if this is going to go on for several months, whether the Gulf states will lose patience – if not their leadership then their population.
This isn't like "oh brother I can't fill my tank" it's "bombs are falling, our businesses are collapsing, and our population is unemployed"
I know leftists IRL and they are very much inoffensive people with normal beliefs and no axe to grind. This contrasts greatly with the presence of lib haters online, none of whom I know IRL.
One thing that radicalized me on this was following golden rice, as a friend of mine was working on it in the 00s. People in the Philippines destroyed a trial crop because of propaganda from rich countries with no vitamin A deficiencies, especially from Greenpeace and existing grain producers.
Yes but ICE invaded the land of 10,000 lakes and they had an amphibious squad on the Chicago River
I think quite a bit about how much money I have left on the table not betting against the many suckers who seem to believe in a Trump who does not exist.
So, like, a reasonable price.
