Ya pretty sure most people have to come to terms with the fact that almost all Republicans are just basic sociopaths at this point. At best. Lots of them are active sadists who enjoy watching people suffer. None of what I'm saying is at all hyperbole either.
My fear is Mojtaba uses his obvious leverage to negotiate space to go nuclear.
To be clear- I do not support a ground war to prevent this possibility, because I don't have much confidence it would work. Idk if there's a window for diplomacy that results in Iran foregoing nukes.
With the ascension of Mojtaba Khamenei, it's become clear air strikes failed to kick off regime change. Trump will need to kick off a ground war if he's serious about his goals.
Yeah, they're seeing the limits of what an air campaign can do & either they figure out an end game or it's boots on the ground.
There's a non-zero chance we can trick the Trump Admin into calling this off by telling them "Hormuz" is Farsi for "hormones" & this is adding to global estrogen.
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Simon, that oil can absolutely be burned on site. I will take solace in the assumption no one in the Trump Admin will see this.
AIPAC is a 501(c)(4) organization that takes donations for lobbying & political ads that don't directly support a candidate. You're conflating Jewish donors with AIPAC.
Seems obvious the Intercept is ratfucking to help the worst Democrat in the race, so you can keep sandbagging Democrats in 2027.
Feeling grateful this freak finally blocked me.
There are way too many people trying to do a mashup of Epstein, Comet Pizza & the Mossad to advance a leftist version of QAnon.
Grayzone is 100% an op, though
I think the "hot garbage" to "informative reporting" ratio for the Intercept is negative.
Seriously- pay attention to your local news orgs & support them if you can. It's way more valuable than any national news org on knowing what's going on with local politicians.
The Intercept is hot garbage a lot of the time. I assume they will be running hit pieces against Pritzker if he's contending in 2028.
JB Pritzker is Jewish. Some of his Jewish donors who have donated to AIPAC are also donating to his Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton. Implying she's somehow beholden to AIPAC is pretty disgusting.
Akela, why is The Intercept putting their finger on the scale for Raja Krishnamoorthi? Unlike you, I live in Illinois & understand who's who in this primary.
Support local news, folks.
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This shitty piece conflating JB Pritzker's Jewish donors who are backing his Lt. Gov with "AIPAC" is a good example of why The Intercept is hot garbage. They're effectively helping Raja Krishnamoorthi, who is the choice of every crypto & AI techbro.
AIPAC isn't doing anything here. This is JB Pritzker's circle backing his preferred candidate & in case anyone didn't know, Pritzker is Jewish.
Start looking for a moral compass.
I doubt the Gulf Kingdoms want a ground war right now, but demolishing Abqaiq could change their thinking. The Saudis are engaging in furious diplomacy to keep things from escalating to that level. Let's hope the Iranians are listening.
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Abqaiq is a pretty sprawling complex. Demolishing everything would take a *lot* of strikes. The Houthis hit Abqaiq with ~ 25 drones in 2019. 30% of capacity was restored within 48 hours & full capacity in ~ 2 weeks. Iran has more drones, but I assume Abqaiq has been hardened since 2019.
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(Angry goose) Change history for the what???
Yeah, I don't think the stroke changed Fetterman's views, it just made him more willing to say stupid crap on TV. Lamb would be a mainstream Democrat.
Interesting how people who get mad at the NYT for doing that shit want me to accept that as responsible journalism.
Lol, we're talking about whether Epstein was "protected by a class conspiracy" that sounds pretty much like the Comet Pizza bullshit. I want to know how Epstein got a sweetheart plea deal from Alex Acosta & why Pam Bondi is sitting on evidence.
I don't have big issues with a post Lamb made less than 2 weeks after 10/7, but he is not a dove on Middle East issues & the folks who helped elect Fetterman would not be much happier with Senator Lamb.
I'm just going to note that it's 2026 & Hamas still not being destroyed by a bloody bombing campaign was entirely predictable.
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Shay can't even call a Nazi tattoo a Nazi tattoo, then wonders why people think she's a Platner apologist.
