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It's pretty plausible as a scenario that after having inflicted chaos the Trump administration seizes the first opportunity to declare victory and walk, leaving EU/UK, Turkey and Gulf states holding the bag

You see, previous administrations simply didn't bomb enough before.

Presumably the same way they handled regime change in Venezuela.

Air power and elite special forces both make leaders feel like they have costless military options because any consequences are abstracted and delayed.

Those unable to value delayed gratification are equally unable to conceive of any price that's not immediate and obvious.

Absurdly dangerous.

If Americans can’t figure out why we’re starting a war with Iran, then frankly they don’t deserve to know.

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Look what the Nobel Peace Prize committee made him do.

JUST BECAUSE is a banger.

This is bullshit politics - geared not toward the achievement of any strategic goals, but solely about perception management.

Concurrently, that indifference is hidden behind empty verbiage of American might, preventative strikes, and the Warrior Ethos™️.

War on Iran:

Definitely illegal and extra pointless.

(The point is military spectacle for the amusement of POTUS.)

Men studying a dragon

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Berlin rules also allow the occasional barber shop in rare cases of cross-service repurposing, although in the event all personnel must be retained.

I think that's in fact illegal.

In this age of LLMs, it's trivially easy to get a Phd-level-expert™️ summary of any journal article that will extract the main arguments and findings for you and often even flags up the most relevant connections to the larger literature: just look for the bloody abstract, kid #AcademicLifeHacks

Just that German HE neoliberalization has *also* been hollow. It has the trappings of neoliberal higher education (funding, precarity, "impact"...) --

BUT without any "benefits"; e.g. streamlined bureaucracy, quick hiring, career opportunities, "students as customers", shiny buildings.

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20 years of GWOT has left a sense that uncontested air power is how wars work. But it's not war. These are all launchers. It's bombardment for bombardment's sake. We're getting ready to bomb the hell out of a country, but there's no war plan, no real goals.

Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it.

Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:

What you're saying is that you might be early to this realization, so perhaps even first past the "post-"?

I'll show myself out.

U.S. Gathers the Most Air Power in the Mideast Since the 2003 Iraq Invasion President Trump is being briefed on military options for striking Iran, even as aides hold talks with its regime.

Airstrikes against Iran incoming. With what precise strategic goal in mind - unclear; presumably other than looking decisive and super-duper warrior-like to a niche segment of the American electorate.

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Quite the irony that Donald Trump, who campaigned on an anti-neocon platform pledging no more “stupid wars”, seems set to fulfill the neocon dream of attacking the Iranian regime, supposedly the key problem to the Middle East if not the world.

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

Same in BabyBel.

It's gender all the way down for these sad hyper-masculine killing machine warrior clowns.

Rubio’s speech at Munich was a massive free dose of fentanyl to an addict desperate not to get clean. And it worked. Europe is full of suckers.

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