The USA is cancer.
It’s the tumor on the world.
It started out as a racist, capitalist, tax-dodging-slaver state and went downhill from there.
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I hope not, but I don’t think anyone can possibly know that yet.
We can only consider the cost against the good accomplished…and neither of those variables is known. Neither will be truly be known for a good while yet.
“Pointless or Purposeful” is the wrong metric, though. Maybe “worth the cost” is better.
If the regime falls and gets on track to democratic self-rule at peace with its neighbors, focused on development and serving the Iranian people, that would be worth the cost. The whole world would benefit from a free Iran.
I doubt, however, that the regime will fall from airstrikes.
If the regime is prevented from obtaining/creating a nuclear weapon, that wouldn’t be pointless and may well be worth the cost.
But will we ever know for sure how close they were/are?
If the conflict ends with the regime in power, if it remains an aggressive, supremacist state, able to rapidly rebuild its military capacity and resume being the world’s greatest state sponsor of terror, this conflict will have been pointless.
But all of the above is more from a regional perspective of nations like the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Israel.
The calculus of the Trump administration is completely different.
While the media is shouting endlessly about the various and conflicting reasons the Trump administration has given for striking the regime, the same media has completely failed to ask why there are so many conflicting reasons given. Instead of asking that question, they’ve assumed that there really is no reason for the strikes.
I think the various conflicting reasons given by representatives of the administration are the product of q sloppy, undisciplined administration that doesn’t want to state explicitly and openly that, to the Trump administration, it’s about China - just like Venezuela.
Despite mining the Strait of Hormuz and essentially blockading all other traffic, Iran is still using it to ship oil to China.
Former US Ambassador Dennis Ross:
Iran is preventing others from exporting oil through the SoH; they have always said if they can’t export their oil no one can. Why aren’t we saying if no one else can export their oil, Iran won’t be allowed to do so. China would quickly pressure Iran to stop the threats to others
What would happen if the US interdicted those shipments? The tankers are escorted by Chinese naval forces.
If the US interdicted them, would that risk direct war with China?
The people telling you to fear a World War because Iran is launching missiles at neighbors are freaking out, I think, about the wrong thing. None of those are great powers.
But if China was directly involved in the conflict…?
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When we r high we take songs literally and understand what they mean w/out the masking layer
Also filters of fear we have on people
Like we r not afraid to live like its again the first time we go to a big city , we r there to stay and we never tasted such freedom
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The genocide in Gaza continues as it did before the so-called ceasefire. If you live in America, please tell your leaders to #stop giving Israel weapons.
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Americans! Please let your lawmakers know you don’t want more funding for ICE!
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My favorite pic from the whole trip
It synthesizes my feeling when I am with him, the leg up unknowingly, the love spilling out of me, how I cherish our connection
I feel so fulfilled with you near me, it is easier to feel joy when I have your sense of humor up close
It’s been 3 days but it feels like ages
I hate waking up without you
I hate going to bed without looking at you before I close my eyes
It is so hard to be far
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US forecasts blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome and atmospheric river all at once
Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be.
Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) heat. Two storms will dump snow by the foot over northern Great Lakes states. And the dreaded polar vortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing Arctic chill.
This forecast of extremes comes as weather whiplash has already hit much of the East. On Wednesday, Washington, D.C., residents walked around in shorts in record-breaking 86 degrees Fahrenheit (about 30 C). On Thursday, it snowed.
“All of the country, even if you’re not necessarily seeing extremes, are going to see generally changing from cold to warm, or warm to cold to warm,” said meteorologist Marc Chenard of the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center in Maryland.
Former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief scientist Ryan Maue said he expects extreme weather in all 50 states.
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🥞 the thing with simplyplural shutting down is that the replacements aren’t all that relevant to us? the text chat was nice, but we haven’t used it in a while. we never used polls, either…
all it was really for was front tracking, and even then, just for friends. I’ve got a pretty good idea of whoever’s fronting, and having a front tracker narrows it down and helps with discernment and stuff, but it was really for friends! I know other systems that would check all the time, and it felt really nice to say “hey, name of whoever’s fronting!”
I guess I could just put it in my discord bio, but that’s a lot harder than just opening the app and hitting a button whenever we notice. like, in the middle of chores, I could go “oh, hey, I’m Patches now” and hit a little button about it without really disrupting my flow. the discord thing would be a bunch of extra steps every time…
I’m rambling. I guess I’m just frustrated, y'know? why did octocon get flashed around as the de-facto replacement if they were just going to shut down anyway? I mean, I know everyone probably didn’t know, but still! I’m very :/ about it
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11-year-old accused of premeditated murder in brother’s death can’t be tried as adult, former DA says
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!
An 11-year-old Colorado boy is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of his 5-year-old brother — a stunning and highly unusual case that legal experts say is almost unheard of under state law.
Authorities in Arapahoe County say deputies responded Tuesday evening to a report of a child’s death at a home in Centennial. When they arrived, they…
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Germany criticizes the partial lifting of US sanctions on Russian oil
The United States’ decision to partially lift sanctions on Russian oil exports has sparked criticism across Europe. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called Washington’s decision a mistake.
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#Trump Says Iran #War Will End ‘When I Feel It in My Bones’
Trump Says Iran War Will End 'When I Feel It in My Bones’ | K U L T ™
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Switzerland Classifies Conflict with #Iran as #War and Bans #US Overflights
Switzerland Classifies Conflict with Iran as War and Bans US Overflights | K U L T ™
#Switzerland Classifies Conflict with #Iran as #War and Bans #US Overflights
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The #US tests the capabilities of its #AI and discovers it’s developing a “#hive #mind.” And that’s a problem