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Uphold Thucydidian-Clausewitzian-Hegelian-Fukuyamist thought. https://othermeans.substack.com/

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Stop clamp jai hind

20.11.2025 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Many people are calling him the Iraqi Trump

20.11.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tiedβ€”attorney The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.

"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."

www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...

20.11.2025 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1783    πŸ” 1140    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 98

24-Point Epstein Peace Plan

20.11.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 346    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0

Donald Trump is once again outflanking the Dems from the left...

20.11.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am hearing that on his deathbed Donald Trump is receiving the light of Islam and unhesitatingly recited the Shahada. He has accepted Muhammad al-Mahdi as the Twelfth and final Imam. Truly there is no god but Allah, and Mohammad is his prophet!

20.11.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 481    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 0

I do not regret not having to see Twitter opinions on Israel and Hamas anymore, I'm gonna be fr

20.11.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

>Ft. Hood

I'm so sorry this happened to you

20.11.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Rise and Kill First is a banger ngl

20.11.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I just also kind of think that after years of mass political turmoil across the region, international diplomatic realignments, and transiting political figures, I'm not entirely confident in saying anyone really knows what the region looks like going forward in one way or another.

20.11.2025 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not that I think things look exactly good for the PA. They're functionally relegated to sitting in the corner and watching a slow-motion annexation of the West Bank while Gaza is effectively turned into an unsustainable UN mandate.

20.11.2025 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah was actually doing the media rounds and quasi-TED talks before he won tbh

20.11.2025 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, idk, I think it's going to be another decade until anyone really knows what the relationship between the PA and Israel ends up looking like. A lot of things just depend on what politics looks like when Abbas and Netanyahu are off the political stage.

20.11.2025 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have no real problem engaging with Hayya so we can produce a political outcome to get a cessation in fighting. But I see no reason that HAMAS should be given international legitimacy, especially given that the PA exists

20.11.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I generally believe that engaging with actors is necessary to produce political outcomes, and when you have someone you can work with, you should.

But, I do think it's worth making a distinction between orgs and individuals that should be given international recognition from those who shouldn't.

20.11.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, anyone can write nice statements. But that doesn't change that HAMAS only held power through a coup and violent purges of the PA, followed by decades of violently suppressing any political enemies.

HTS has made more meaningful, verified steps to uphold its commitments than HAMAS ever has.

20.11.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not really sure I would say they're comparable or that Jolani is more extreme. It would be more akin to Hayya breaking with HAMAS, creating a new organization, and making credible commitments regarding the nature of their governance

20.11.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean there has been quite a lot written about the gradual moderation of HTS over time, and it does seem like Jolani is committed to generally attempting to uphold commitments, whereas HAMAS is still fundamentally an autocratic organization that will engage in indiscriminate killings.

20.11.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s an example of how US engagement can produce a positive outcome and the people bitching about it are going to hate to look at the history of 90% of America’s current allies

20.11.2025 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The greatest of all unweighted exercises tbh

20.11.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do fear that the zoomer influencer menace might be the end of us

19.11.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Then you need to lay off the tren

19.11.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

No she rocks, don't even worry about it

19.11.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Heartbreaking: the person you campaigned and championed to get elected does exactly what he said he would do

19.11.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1289    πŸ” 212    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 5

No that stuff I get. This was like curls and pull ups

19.11.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

BRO I HAVE TO CHECK MY FORM ON MY CURLS OKAY

19.11.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

But I listen to girl pop in the gym

19.11.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

The way god (mark rippetoe) intended

19.11.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s been a minute since I’ve lifted. But it hasn’t been THAT long. Genuinely shocking the number of people with phones on stands to film themselves working out

19.11.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the unfortunate price I pay for living in a city

19.11.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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