"We want to change regime in Iran, buuuuuut we will give them numerous off-ramps"
...make it make sense.
"We want to change regime in Iran, buuuuuut we will give them numerous off-ramps"
...make it make sense.
genuinely kinda insane to go for a reigme change war *after* the mass protests that rocked the country were put down
Weighing my hatred for Matthew with the undeniable pride for the rest of this team
Goddamn I love this team
That was some good hockeying.
I know this is on page 800 of awful things to happen but this is just uniquely annoying as I frequently used this myself and pointed my students to it as a good first stop for data on countries they researched.
I had an obnoxious grad school professor quote Melian as justification for why Ukraine should just surrender (this is in march 2022). It kills me that I wasnβt read up on it enough to call him out and it will be my biggest βjerk storeβ moment for the foreseeable future.
he can't keep getting away with this
FUCK I was the 800th like and you torture me for it with the goddamn Panthers
My Mil Art instructor who introduced me to the term 4-mile club for armor officers who only ran two miles every 6 months π
21 piece Mac and cheese bite salute π«‘
TIL The Ashes has a mascot.
A visual guide to the historical maps and temples at the heart of the Thailand-Cambodia conflict
Bellingcatβs contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, weβre seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
This really is an administration of guys (and holy shit do I mean the most pathetic and insecure men) who have never been punched in the face
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
Monthly DoD payroll is ~$16 billion. This supposed "gift" would cover less than 1% of that amount.
If split evenly among active duty service members, each would get just under $100.
Reporters who don't challenge on this are committing egregious malpractice.
we have to be willing to just fuck with foreign governments in order to promote pro-democracy forces and harm pro-authoritarian forces in those countries
*that's* our actual interest, not whatever faff natsec heads preach about "the rules based order"
Brockton going crazy rn
S A M E
Waiting for Fort Calleyβ¦
GO ARMY
IDF sniper from Chicago who says he killed Gazan teenager just for trying to retrieve his brother's corpse: βTheyβre thinking, βOh I donβt think [Iβll get shot] because Iβm wearing civilian clothes and I am not carrying a weapon' and all that, but they were wrong. Thatβs what you have snipers for.β
BEVEL FOR AMERICA WE DEMAND IT
Unreal missed call
Mashallah comrade Kristol has witnessed you
America now