• starik@lemmy.zipBannedBanned from community
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    I’d take anything this substack writes with a grain of salt. They’re unusually bearish on America’s military potential, and then there’s this weird antisemitic dog whistle about the Economist:

    What’s more remarkable is how the chorus of neocon rags famous for their warmongering has suddenly done a complete 180 turn on the Iran war. There can only be two plausible possibilities: either they’re that rabidly anti-Trump as to oppose and contravene any and all initiatives and policies he may sponsor to undermine him at all costs, or that even the world’s most rabid neocon shills see the grim catastrophe that awaits should the feeble and spavined US empire attempt another costly Middle Eastern intervention. For example, the Rothschild-owned Economist rag:

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      I’m confused. What is anti-semitic there?

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        Probably referring to “Rothschild-owned” I’d assume.

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          Well, isn’t it? Last i heard they own more than 25% of the shares and sit on the board.

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          You got it. I don’t think OP is really confused though.