Shabana Mir

Julia Chu (Chinese-US, b. 1941). Yosemite Fall (2006, watercolor on rice paper).

Sounds like what we do every four years
One crazy useless old man every time

If you say no to an American militarized presence, you get
a) anti terror bombing if you’re Muslim,
b) anti Islamic operations if you’re African, and
c) anti narco terrorists attacks if you’re south of the border 👍🏾

BREAKING: Satellite imagery shows an Iranian ballistic missile struck the AN/FPS-132 phased array radar at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. If the damage is as severe as the imagery suggests, Iran just destroyed a $1.1 billion piece of equipment that took years to build and cannot be replaced on any timeline relevant to this war. The AN/FPS-132 is not an ordinary radar. It is one of a handful of early warning sensors in the entire US global missile defence architecture. It detects ballistic missile launches at ranges exceeding 5,000 kilometres. It provides the initial tracking data that allows Patriot, THAAD, and Aegis systems to calculate intercept solutions. Without it, every other layer of missile defence in the Gulf theatre is operating with compressed reaction times and degraded situational awareness. Qatar intercepted 101 ballistic missiles during this conflict. Sixty-five missiles and twelve drones were fired at Al Udeid specifically. The base’s layered defences stopped nearly all of them. Two got through. One of them appears to have hit the single most valuable sensor in the entire region. This is the mathematics of asymmetric warfare in a single event. Iran does not need to overwhelm the defence system. It needs one missile to reach one target. The defender has to intercept everything. The attacker has to succeed once. A ballistic missile costs Iran a fraction of what the radar costs. Even at the most generous estimate of Iranian missile production costs, the exchange ratio is hundreds to one in the attacker’s favour.

Iranian ballistic missile hit the AN/FPS-132 phased array radar at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

"If the damage is as severe as the imagery suggests, Iran just destroyed a $1.1 billion piece of equipment that took years to build and cannot be replaced on any timeline relevant to this war."

From your standard networks, I found this news hard to find. This is a massive win for Iran, and an enormous shock for the United States. I believe they are trying to bury the news and change the subject.

Might as well attack everyone in the world, since you think there was a situation where we might be attacked, or Israel might be attacked, who knows, anyone might do it, might as well blow up the world

WE SCREAMED FOR TWO YEARS to STOP the genocide. You only woke up late to say it, but even now you stand by giving Israel military aid.
YOUR hands are bloody.
Israel has the capacity to attack multiple countries. Because of you in government.

via Vocal Politics, where Afshin Rattansi is doing some great coverage

Former CIA Tel Aviv Station Chief Susan Miller says the U.S. and Israeli Mossad work closely with Al-Qaeda and ISIS, using it to overthrow governments.

lol, this would be insane and also would NOT work either….
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Holy shit. These people shouldn’t be near sharp cutlery, let alone seats of power.

Mullin: “This is war.”

Raju: “You concede this is war?”

Mullin: “We haven’t declared war.”

Reporter: “You just said it’s a war.”

Mullin: *stammer

Liberals keep alternately laughing and wailing about how weird or stupid or clueless the Republicans and the Democrats are. These liberals are still deluded that the ruling class doesn't know what to do. They know exactly what to do. For themselves.

I keep saying this: this era of empire doesn't care for systems to keep making a profit.
These are bandits with zero commitment to a functioning system or nation. They see the collapse coming: they are ready to make off with their spoils. They don't care about your opinions, or a future.

They hem and haw around Iron Dome defensive vs offensive non-military aid
All mass murderers🩸
@sanders.senate.gov
@aoc.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social all of you have BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS.
Tell them in person when you see them!

Israel is 𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓷𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓬𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰 Lebanon RIGHT NOW.

If your favorite Congress members shut 𝓐𝓛𝓛𝓛𝓛𝓛 AID down to Israel, people would NOT die DAILY in GAZA, WEST BANK, LEBANON, IRAN ...

THE USA HAS GIVEN ISRAEL AN EXCESS OF CAPACITY TO KILL SO IT SPREADS OUT

Some of those warmongers are gonna have some regrets. I do find it interesting that the State Dept is asking Americans abroad to sign up to receive assistance. Honestly I don't trust them at this point to do anything but spy on us and kidnap us when we show up asking for help.

Invading other countries to punish them for being that thing

NEVER

They CVE'd the sh1t out of the Muslim world for 25 years, when they themselves were the apocalyptic violent extremists, ever since their ancestors landed on these shores

Probably worth noting that this being said would indicate Israel has imminent plans for Palestine that will make what's been done so far look miniscule.

Still silence from MAGA who allegedly wanted no more forever wars

you don't say

Trump’s Case for War With Iran Faces Growing Scrutiny U.S. intelligence showed threats from Iran loomed, as they had for years. But they were not imminent.

U.S. officials and lawmakers with access to classified information say the Trump administration’s assertions about threats from Iran are incomplete, unsubstantiated, or flat-out wrong.

I can't wait to see how this guy concludes

The US military convincing itself that it's problems are down to "nation-building" and then picking THIS as a more obtainable objective might be the thing that breaks me

And now the public will be policed to be sad for them to prove their patriotism
No sadness for child killers