The NHS exists for you. Disability programs exist for you. Because the people want you to be cared for and have a dignified life. Gutted husk though it may be, the NHS probably the least shit part of the UK. All legitimate criticism of the NHS is that it doesn’t do enough.
Fuck everyone who shames you for having a difficult life; crossing that line is something that makes them bad at being a human being. That’s not a reflection of you, but of their own failure.
Waiting for AmongUs devs to make a public apology for training IRL assassins
there’s also a whole collection of Parenti lectures on tankie tube
Local man surprised by least surprising thing of 2024.
I agree. Of course all of that is true, but it doesn’t mean the empire does not perceive a strategic interest in seeing Isn’treal expand into Syria, nor does it mean the Iraq and Afghanistan weren’t successfully plundered and weakened. You cannot conquer anywhere forever, even if imperialism desires it. Although 40 years is a long time in the modern era. In neither case was the US forced out, it just got what it wanted and turned it’s attention elsewhere.
PornHub Premium accounts for all police cruisers. Those laptops need to be put to better use than stalking people on facebook.
Hamas has been looking for a ceasefire for a while, just the permanent and enforceable kind which Isn’treal does not want.
Mohammad Marandi was saying that Iran had mobilized forces into Syria to help, but Assad did not give Iran a green light to help defend. Apparently Iran wanted to provide assistance, but claims Assad changed positions a couple times and then abdicated. Very strange stuff.
Even in the best-case scenario where this was a tactical trap for Isn’treal, the plundering and destruction of the Syrian government is only going to make conditions worse for everyone there. It’s really sad.
Iraq is now largely under Iranian influence with US position there becoming more precarious by the day.
We both know Iraqis have not been enjoying the invasion and occupation for a long time now. I’m all for strengthening the axis of resistance, but the US is casually ignoring all the calls for an end to the military occupation. I’d love to see the Iraqi government kick out all foreign capital, but that’s not the menu for what is still mostly a puppet regime, even if it is biting at the leash a little. But it’s not the DPRK. Until western capital interests are seriously threatened in Iraq, I don’t see the US having any reason to intervene. I really hope the resistance forces in Iraq start lighting more fires for the US, but I do think they’re being politically hindered.
Afghanistan is now making deals with China and Russia
That’s excellent, but that doesn’t change the reality that incomprehensible amount of money were made from a US-enforced narcostate and laundered through defense contracts for over 40 years. They clearly got what they came for. Even after 25 years of trying, the Taliban will probably never be recognized by the UN (guess who will block it), which makes Afghanistan something of a stateless playground for the empire, at least so far as the fascists are concerned.
I know the Taliban would probably rather ban opium again, but, honest question, do you think the US will do nothing if opium drops back to the levels we saw in 2000? What would that mean for a state economy that has been purposefully welded to drug production? Let’s say Afghan trade with China and Russia were good enough they were sanction proof, will China or Russia go into direct war with Amerikkka in order to protect their partner?
I think there are real consequences for both invasions for the US because decades of endless wars have demoralized the military. Recruitment is at all time low, and veterans actively discourage people from joining now.
You could say the same for the US genocide in Viet Nam, but it’s still the largest and most destructive military empire in human history. I agree the west (US/EU/NATO) is stretched paper thin over all these conflicts. But something we’ve seen since the end of the US withdrawal in Viet Nam is the extensive use of completely expendable proxy forces to accomplish US military goals. Amerikkkan’s only care about their own fascist cracker-ass lives in any war. They can keep their precious unaccountable rapist occupiers safe while encircling everyone else as a trip wire for nuclear retaliation while offloading the cost of human life to Ukraine, Isn’treal, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taiwan, Japan, Phillipines, Poland, Georgia, etc…
Sure, US and UK military recruitment is shit, even with all the ubiquitous fascist training simulators marketed as video games and hollywood cinema. Both countries seem to be planning to reinstitute forced conscription in the next few years to address this. The vast Amerikkkans still worship their fucking manifest destiny, lebensraum and military. History also bears out how incredibly easy it is to get Amerikkkans into a racist bloodlust at the expense of a couple capitalist rat’s nest skyscrapers, zionist hostages or Chinese people being allowed to peacefully exist. Not to say that will massively drive military volunteering, but Amerikkkans will feel warm and fuzzy while cheering the proxy force du jour.
The consequence is they have to lean on their nuclear arsenal more than conventional force, and that’s obviously more effective anyway.
I can absolutely be wrong here, but I’ll stick my neck out and say I don’t buy this story so far. The color of language the police are using alone suggests less proof than they claim.
I do, however, generally believe everything the NYPD says, especially under pressure from the zuggurat lords. And it’s not like the Mayor of NY is a comically corrupt and compulsively lying pig, or anything…
Edit: phrasing
Agree. But I say that’s a much better argument against this guy’s motive (and likelyhood of guilt) than making any kind intelligence argument.
Both Iraq and Afghanistan went according to plan as far as I can tell. Both in different ways, of course. Iraq was destabilized which left foreign capital unopposed in their imperialist theft and the US military has never actually left, either. The only reason the US (directly) invaded Afghanistan was to reboot the opium industry which has been funding the CIA since the 1970s. The US military objectively turned Afghanistan into what is probably the biggest narcostate in human history, and only “left” when they needed to move their Grand Chessboard pawns. The US still has not faced any losses or real consequences of those invasions either.
I agree with that. Iran needs to get off the back foot. The blinding speed of military fascism cannot be underestimated. The “moderate” politics in Iran will blink and it will be too late, just as with Syria.
That said, I don’t blame Iran at all. I do understand why Iran did not want to militarily intervene without Assad requesting help. Even if Assad did formally ask for intervention, look what happened with the Soviets in Afghanistan in 1979. This shit reeks of Op Cyclone. Even 40+ years later there are only about 20 people in Amerikkka who understand that particular piece of history.
Of course, but then Iran could just obliterate Tel Aviv the same way. Either way it’s going to be a trip wire for a full-scale US invasion of Iran, which is exactly what the US wants. We know which way the western propaganda machine will spin. Who will come to Iran’s aid? Keeping Russia tied up in Ukraine leaves Syria and Iran extremely vulnerable.
I would not characterize this as incidental; The US absolutely wants Isnt’reali territorial gains because it’s a geopolitical power move for the empire that brings them to Iran’s doorstep just like with Russia, laundered through a rabid dog proxy acting with 100% full support.
I don’t think the US is specifically interested in seeing Erdogan expand territory, and it might actually be something that makes them uncomfortable. But I do think the US will encourage their favorite client ethnostate to seize military control in Syria and continuously carve out a greater Ins’treal from it. That’s always been the Zionists plan, after all… and given the prior legitimization of illegal annexation of Golan by the incoming US admin, I think that will happen at an accelerated schedule. It’s not like any of these empire psychos give a fuck about appearing violent or hegemonic.
Hello, I’m not USian, but I would still like to take credit for making your libs heads explode. Who should I speak to?
Please, it would be so funny if planting evidence in this case got linked in the Adams investigation