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[Lord Panda]

Real or not?

Retard can't even spell "ballistic", so I'm going to go with "nah".

 

[demigod]

He's been around a while.

Now that is fucking hilarious.

Where's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad been lately? I can't stand that dude.

 

[ADiTAR]

The rumors seem to be gaining traction.

We'll have to wait until tomorrow.

Considering you came to this thread and posting a fake account, let's give it a week, k?

 

[falconhoof]

Real or not?

Pakistan. Yeah, gonna cast doubt on that.

EDIT: Also, Goepolitics

 

[John Marston]

CNN's Dana Bash is the kinda chick you bang but hesitant to meet your parents.

She's cute in an awkward way and yes she puts her thumb up your bum when giving you a blowjob but ruins your day asking to go to Ikea on a Sunday.

 

[Brucey]

CNN's Dana Bash is the kinda chick you bang but hesitant to meet your parents.

She's cute in an awkward way and yes she puts her thumb up your bum when giving you a blowjob but ruins your day asking to go to Ikea on a Sunday.

Maybe tongue up the bum while giving a handy material.

 

[hollams]

Wow......interesting take.

 

[Lord Panda]

Wow......interesting take.

The moron was hiding in bunkers and shit for the past month of so. Dude made the mistake of popping his head up and immediately got wasted.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

 

[EviLore]

Wow......interesting take.

Chunk should be grateful to Candace Owens, for bumping him down to only the second dumbest political commentator in the world

 

[Kacho]

Cenk's shit takes are a known quantity. I just consider it engagement farming so he can get a spot on Piers Morgan's moronic show.

 

[Ipsi]

 

[HoodWinked]

 

[EviLore]

The curse of the sensitive young man

 

[Ipsi]

They are attacking Dubai again

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Iran has never attacked its neighbouring countries or comitted genocide. Their nuclear capablities were 'bombed 'last year. And who has Iran supressed? Don't tell me their own people because we have no business telling other countries what to do with their own people.

So much is wrong in such a small post.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Pray for Kaya, bros! A twink lost his idol.

Please be safe, puppers

 

[Wilhelm_85]

This is impossible. With Russia, like with the islam world, you can only achieve a cold peace. They don't want to be our friends or partners. We have to stop believing that the whole world can adopt the western agenda.

In the case of Iran, people want to be free and rid of tynnic islam, so it's a chance to gain a valuable ally in the MEA, but never imposing whatever regime in our fantasies we would want for them.

Nah, Russia had normal relations with the west in the past and it will again someday. Just a matter of when.

I agree that they are more or less a civilization separate from Europe and the modern "west," but not nearly as incompatible as Islam.

 

[vodka-bull]

Iran has never attacked its neighbouring countries or comitted genocide. Their nuclear capablities were 'bombed 'last year. And who has Iran supressed? Don't tell me their own people because we have no business telling other countries what to do with their own people.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

The curse of the sensitive young man

The Ayatollah on his days off

 

[near]

Holy shit. What on earth happened in the two days I've lived and breathed RE9!?

 

[Big-G]

Massacre your own people, get obliterated. Reasonable action.

Karma is a btich. Good riddance.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

Karma is a btich. Good riddance.

Funny seeing YOU here.
#JSDF

 

[EviLore]

Nah, Russia had normal relations with the west in the past and it will again someday. Just a matter of when.

I agree that they are more or less a civilization separate from Europe and the modern "west," but not nearly as incompatible as Islam.

On an individual level Russians are compatible with the West—many are very chill people, easy to get along with. Some Russians are, however, ridiculously over the top faux alpha male posturers. And they do genuinely believe their own goofy kool-aid about a multipolar world with themselves at the top. As long as they think their ambitions to rule the Earth are in play it's a non-starter, but probably some day.

 

[Ipsi]

 

[Toons]

He was really getting desperate for that epstein list to exit the news cycle.

This about sums up my thoughts.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Retarded.

 

[L*][*N*K]

I live right next to iran and I have friends who have fled this man's evil goverment, I am happy he is dead.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I live right next to iran and I have friends who have flet this man's evil goverment, I am happy he is dead.

Stay safe out there.

 

[Trunx81]

ffs

 

[EviLore]

 

[DeepEnigma]

Any day now they'll hit those CBGs or CSGs.

 

[EviLore]

Interesting thought piece on why we're completing operations more successfully by simply ignoring Europe and all of its associated bureaucratic baggage and doing things solo (or with Israel in this case, who know how to play ball)



———
You don't understand. I've watched a ton of congressional defense hearings. In EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. the Admirals and Generals say "we are only strong because of our allies."

At first I believed it.

Then I started attending defense conferences overseas. I watched U.S. GOFOs get treated like royalty. Five-star hotels. Wined and dined. Told how great they are for "being such great allies."

The pattern became obvious. Europeans spend lavishly on ego-boosting, awards dinners, and fine wine… and in exchange, every GOFO goes home and tells Congress how indispensable our allies are.
And our "allies" save a fortune on defense.

Then a buddy got a job at European Command and confirmed everything—except it wasn't just GOFOs. There are entire departments of people working in "intelligence" who are basically travel agents for generals and members of Congress.

Then I started digging into the UN. Guess what? They hold a massive number of "security" conferences too—except most of theirs are in straight-up resort towns.

Then I got inside a few think tanks. You want to see posh surroundings and excellent wine and food? Buddy up with them.

I started posting about all this a few years ago and got MASSIVE pushback—which I knew meant I was on the right track.

But I still wasn't 100% sure. Most of it was grift, but maybe some parts were essential… until Midnight Hammer. Then Maduro. Now this.

My European friends were totally blindsided by all of it. And guess what? We performed better without these great "allies."

Why?

Going all the way back to Korea, one thing has remained true: Europeans don't fully trust us—and they like having a little power over us. So they are absolute sticklers for Rules of Engagement.

They wine and dine our JAGs. They hold endless conferences about "the rule of law" to reinforce the "importance of ROEs."

And ROEs are what kills our military.
Nobody is suggesting soldiers should do anything immoral. Nobody is saying there shouldn't be consequences for atrocities. What I am saying is that having a battalion of JAGs and a dozen allied nations—each with their own ROEs—breathing down every commander's neck is why we lose wars.

That includes Vietnam, where most "allies" refused to fight but every one of them put serious diplomatic pressure on DC to tighten ROEs.

All of this "allies are our strength" dogma gets reinforced at these conferences, at war colleges, by European-influenced media, and through think tanks.

The reason we're suddenly so effective is because @PeteHegseth has cut all this out.

Our allies are flying blind. They can't throw up a million legal objections because they don't know the details behind these missions any sooner than we do.

Just look at Starmer's body language. He's clueless.

And it's not just our allies that no longer get to micromanage everything but media and UN diplomats and think tanks and bureaucrats and more.

Now if we could just cut Congress off from this "allies are great" grift, we could probably start passing legislation too.

P.S. I see no signs of Hegseth or DoW weakening our allies or alliances. They genuinely seem to want Europe to be stronger. They just aren't asking permission anymore or giving allies veto power over everything like before.
———

 

[Lord Panda]

Interesting thought piece on why we're completing operations more successfully by simply ignoring Europe and all of its associated bureaucratic baggage and doing things solo (or with Israel in this case, who know how to play ball)



———
You don't understand. I've watched a ton of congressional defense hearings. In EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. the Admirals and Generals say "we are only strong because of our allies."

At first I believed it.

Then I started attending defense conferences overseas. I watched U.S. GOFOs get treated like royalty. Five-star hotels. Wined and dined. Told how great they are for "being such great allies."

The pattern became obvious. Europeans spend lavishly on ego-boosting, awards dinners, and fine wine… and in exchange, every GOFO goes home and tells Congress how indispensable our allies are.
And our "allies" save a fortune on defense.

Then a buddy got a job at European Command and confirmed everything—except it wasn't just GOFOs. There are entire departments of people working in "intelligence" who are basically travel agents for generals and members of Congress.

Then I started digging into the UN. Guess what? They hold a massive number of "security" conferences too—except most of theirs are in straight-up resort towns.

Then I got inside a few think tanks. You want to see posh surroundings and excellent wine and food? Buddy up with them.

I started posting about all this a few years ago and got MASSIVE pushback—which I knew meant I was on the right track.

But I still wasn't 100% sure. Most of it was grift, but maybe some parts were essential… until Midnight Hammer. Then Maduro. Now this.

My European friends were totally blindsided by all of it. And guess what? We performed better without these great "allies."

Why?

Going all the way back to Korea, one thing has remained true: Europeans don't fully trust us—and they like having a little power over us. So they are absolute sticklers for Rules of Engagement.

They wine and dine our JAGs. They hold endless conferences about "the rule of law" to reinforce the "importance of ROEs."

And ROEs are what kills our military.
Nobody is suggesting soldiers should do anything immoral. Nobody is saying there shouldn't be consequences for atrocities. What I am saying is that having a battalion of JAGs and a dozen allied nations—each with their own ROEs—breathing down every commander's neck is why we lose wars.

That includes Vietnam, where most "allies" refused to fight but every one of them put serious diplomatic pressure on DC to tighten ROEs.

All of this "allies are our strength" dogma gets reinforced at these conferences, at war colleges, by European-influenced media, and through think tanks.

The reason we're suddenly so effective is because @PeteHegseth has cut all this out.

Our allies are flying blind. They can't throw up a million legal objections because they don't know the details behind these missions any sooner than we do.

Just look at Starmer's body language. He's clueless.

And it's not just our allies that no longer get to micromanage everything but media and UN diplomats and think tanks and bureaucrats and more.

Now if we could just cut Congress off from this "allies are great" grift, we could probably start passing legislation too.

P.S. I see no signs of Hegseth or DoW weakening our allies or alliances. They genuinely seem to want Europe to be stronger. They just aren't asking permission anymore or giving allies veto power over everything like before.
———

EU are the ultimate back seat drivers?

 

[Gp1]

 

[DeepEnigma]

Interesting thought piece on why we're completing operations more successfully by simply ignoring Europe and all of its associated bureaucratic baggage and doing things solo (or with Israel in this case, who know how to play ball)



———
You don't understand. I've watched a ton of congressional defense hearings. In EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. the Admirals and Generals say "we are only strong because of our allies."

At first I believed it.

Then I started attending defense conferences overseas. I watched U.S. GOFOs get treated like royalty. Five-star hotels. Wined and dined. Told how great they are for "being such great allies."

The pattern became obvious. Europeans spend lavishly on ego-boosting, awards dinners, and fine wine… and in exchange, every GOFO goes home and tells Congress how indispensable our allies are.
And our "allies" save a fortune on defense.

Then a buddy got a job at European Command and confirmed everything—except it wasn't just GOFOs. There are entire departments of people working in "intelligence" who are basically travel agents for generals and members of Congress.

Then I started digging into the UN. Guess what? They hold a massive number of "security" conferences too—except most of theirs are in straight-up resort towns.

Then I got inside a few think tanks. You want to see posh surroundings and excellent wine and food? Buddy up with them.

I started posting about all this a few years ago and got MASSIVE pushback—which I knew meant I was on the right track.

But I still wasn't 100% sure. Most of it was grift, but maybe some parts were essential… until Midnight Hammer. Then Maduro. Now this.

My European friends were totally blindsided by all of it. And guess what? We performed better without these great "allies."

Why?

Going all the way back to Korea, one thing has remained true: Europeans don't fully trust us—and they like having a little power over us. So they are absolute sticklers for Rules of Engagement.

They wine and dine our JAGs. They hold endless conferences about "the rule of law" to reinforce the "importance of ROEs."

And ROEs are what kills our military.
Nobody is suggesting soldiers should do anything immoral. Nobody is saying there shouldn't be consequences for atrocities. What I am saying is that having a battalion of JAGs and a dozen allied nations—each with their own ROEs—breathing down every commander's neck is why we lose wars.

That includes Vietnam, where most "allies" refused to fight but every one of them put serious diplomatic pressure on DC to tighten ROEs.

All of this "allies are our strength" dogma gets reinforced at these conferences, at war colleges, by European-influenced media, and through think tanks.

The reason we're suddenly so effective is because @PeteHegseth has cut all this out.

Our allies are flying blind. They can't throw up a million legal objections because they don't know the details behind these missions any sooner than we do.

Just look at Starmer's body language. He's clueless.

And it's not just our allies that no longer get to micromanage everything but media and UN diplomats and think tanks and bureaucrats and more.

Now if we could just cut Congress off from this "allies are great" grift, we could probably start passing legislation too.

P.S. I see no signs of Hegseth or DoW weakening our allies or alliances. They genuinely seem to want Europe to be stronger. They just aren't asking permission anymore or giving allies veto power over everything like before.
———

The world is getting just a small glimpse of the shackles coming off.

 

[Ozriel]

Only reason Russia is in Ukraine is because of these incompetent fucks, the Kenyan did nothing during Crimea annexation and then Potato Joe going downhill in his time at the top job Putin knew there'd be zero repercussions

You'd have a point if there were any repercussions right now.

Time to get disintegrated, IRGC

Smoke them when they come out in the open.

The US and Israel should have total air supremacy over Iran soon. At that time, the IRGC can get cooked with ease when they pop up.

Wow......interesting take.

People did an analysis of his account. He lied. There's no record of him criticizing Khamenei, let alone 'thousands of times'.

People like this should be on treason watch.

 

[Ozriel]

 

[Ozzie666]

On an individual level Russians are compatible with the West—many are very chill people, easy to get along with. Some Russians are, however, ridiculously over the top faux alpha male posturers. And they do genuinely believe their own goofy kool-aid about a multipolar world with themselves at the top. As long as they think their ambitions to rule the Earth are in play it's a non-starter, but probably some day.

Most young Russians I know are pretty much like anyone in the West, by young I would say those under 40-50 years of age. The problem with Russia is there is still hold overs from the USSR and all that it stood for. I'd be very curious to see what happens when Putin finally leaves one way or another.

 

[//DEVIL//]

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

You'd have a point if there were any repercussions right now.



Smoke them when they come out in the open.

The US and Israel should have total air supremacy over Iran soon. At that time, the IRGC can get cooked with ease when they pop up.



People did an analysis of his account. He lied. There's no record of him criticizing Khamenei, let alone 'thousands of times'.

People like this should be on treason watch.

The problem with Cenk is not really an issue for being a dirty liar and traitor.

The problem is that he's an absolute thick cun* that has no idea what he's talking about and shouldn't be platformed in the big way that he is.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

A summary of what political negotiations probably ARE like, even though they AREN'T like that

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Holy shit. What on earth happened in the two days I've lived and breathed RE9!?

You know what? ...... Same... When I came out of a super binger... this shit hit my desktop.

 

[SpiceRacz]

Tulsi somewhere underground tied to a chair

Lucky chair.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Interesting thought piece on why we're completing operations more successfully by simply ignoring Europe and all of its associated bureaucratic baggage and doing things solo (or with Israel in this case, who know how to play ball)



———
You don't understand. I've watched a ton of congressional defense hearings. In EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. the Admirals and Generals say "we are only strong because of our allies."

At first I believed it.

Then I started attending defense conferences overseas. I watched U.S. GOFOs get treated like royalty. Five-star hotels. Wined and dined. Told how great they are for "being such great allies."

The pattern became obvious. Europeans spend lavishly on ego-boosting, awards dinners, and fine wine… and in exchange, every GOFO goes home and tells Congress how indispensable our allies are.
And our "allies" save a fortune on defense.

Then a buddy got a job at European Command and confirmed everything—except it wasn't just GOFOs. There are entire departments of people working in "intelligence" who are basically travel agents for generals and members of Congress.

Then I started digging into the UN. Guess what? They hold a massive number of "security" conferences too—except most of theirs are in straight-up resort towns.

Then I got inside a few think tanks. You want to see posh surroundings and excellent wine and food? Buddy up with them.

I started posting about all this a few years ago and got MASSIVE pushback—which I knew meant I was on the right track.

But I still wasn't 100% sure. Most of it was grift, but maybe some parts were essential… until Midnight Hammer. Then Maduro. Now this.

My European friends were totally blindsided by all of it. And guess what? We performed better without these great "allies."

Why?

Going all the way back to Korea, one thing has remained true: Europeans don't fully trust us—and they like having a little power over us. So they are absolute sticklers for Rules of Engagement.

They wine and dine our JAGs. They hold endless conferences about "the rule of law" to reinforce the "importance of ROEs."

And ROEs are what kills our military.
Nobody is suggesting soldiers should do anything immoral. Nobody is saying there shouldn't be consequences for atrocities. What I am saying is that having a battalion of JAGs and a dozen allied nations—each with their own ROEs—breathing down every commander's neck is why we lose wars.

That includes Vietnam, where most "allies" refused to fight but every one of them put serious diplomatic pressure on DC to tighten ROEs.

All of this "allies are our strength" dogma gets reinforced at these conferences, at war colleges, by European-influenced media, and through think tanks.

The reason we're suddenly so effective is because @PeteHegseth has cut all this out.

Our allies are flying blind. They can't throw up a million legal objections because they don't know the details behind these missions any sooner than we do.

Just look at Starmer's body language. He's clueless.

And it's not just our allies that no longer get to micromanage everything but media and UN diplomats and think tanks and bureaucrats and more.

Now if we could just cut Congress off from this "allies are great" grift, we could probably start passing legislation too.

P.S. I see no signs of Hegseth or DoW weakening our allies or alliances. They genuinely seem to want Europe to be stronger. They just aren't asking permission anymore or giving allies veto power over everything like before.
———

It is pretty similar to the whole - "Europe regulates". Europe - with some exceptions - are basically mentally boomers.

 

[Critical Hit]

His list of allies grows thin indeed

Kim Jong Un next?

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

Lucky chair.

 

[LimanimaPT]

I'm against Trump and really think he is a danger to democracy in America but I do support some of the things that he does. Killing Khamenai or whatever he's name is and all he's goons has all my support.

The world is a better place when people like this just disappear. I just hope that this time around the people of Iran can take this chance to make their revolution.

 

[Madonis]

Interesting thought piece on why we're completing operations more successfully by simply ignoring Europe and all of its associated bureaucratic baggage and doing things solo (or with Israel in this case, who know how to play ball)



———
You don't understand. I've watched a ton of congressional defense hearings. In EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. the Admirals and Generals say "we are only strong because of our allies."

At first I believed it.

Then I started attending defense conferences overseas. I watched U.S. GOFOs get treated like royalty. Five-star hotels. Wined and dined. Told how great they are for "being such great allies."

The pattern became obvious. Europeans spend lavishly on ego-boosting, awards dinners, and fine wine… and in exchange, every GOFO goes home and tells Congress how indispensable our allies are.
And our "allies" save a fortune on defense.

Then a buddy got a job at European Command and confirmed everything—except it wasn't just GOFOs. There are entire departments of people working in "intelligence" who are basically travel agents for generals and members of Congress.

Then I started digging into the UN. Guess what? They hold a massive number of "security" conferences too—except most of theirs are in straight-up resort towns.

Then I got inside a few think tanks. You want to see posh surroundings and excellent wine and food? Buddy up with them.

I started posting about all this a few years ago and got MASSIVE pushback—which I knew meant I was on the right track.

But I still wasn't 100% sure. Most of it was grift, but maybe some parts were essential… until Midnight Hammer. Then Maduro. Now this.

My European friends were totally blindsided by all of it. And guess what? We performed better without these great "allies."

Why?

Going all the way back to Korea, one thing has remained true: Europeans don't fully trust us—and they like having a little power over us. So they are absolute sticklers for Rules of Engagement.

They wine and dine our JAGs. They hold endless conferences about "the rule of law" to reinforce the "importance of ROEs."

And ROEs are what kills our military.
Nobody is suggesting soldiers should do anything immoral. Nobody is saying there shouldn't be consequences for atrocities. What I am saying is that having a battalion of JAGs and a dozen allied nations—each with their own ROEs—breathing down every commander's neck is why we lose wars.

That includes Vietnam, where most "allies" refused to fight but every one of them put serious diplomatic pressure on DC to tighten ROEs.

All of this "allies are our strength" dogma gets reinforced at these conferences, at war colleges, by European-influenced media, and through think tanks.

The reason we're suddenly so effective is because @PeteHegseth has cut all this out.

Our allies are flying blind. They can't throw up a million legal objections because they don't know the details behind these missions any sooner than we do.

Just look at Starmer's body language. He's clueless.

And it's not just our allies that no longer get to micromanage everything but media and UN diplomats and think tanks and bureaucrats and more.

Now if we could just cut Congress off from this "allies are great" grift, we could probably start passing legislation too.

P.S. I see no signs of Hegseth or DoW weakening our allies or alliances. They genuinely seem to want Europe to be stronger. They just aren't asking permission anymore or giving allies veto power over everything like before.
———

I think there's a fair amount of historical revisionism going on with this way of thinking. First, because the U.S. already has a history of unilateral military action. Not necessarily always for a good reason, mind you, but it's been done before. This represents a throwback, not a radical innovation. It might be a question of political willpower, sure, but it's never been one of capability.

Second, allies can still be useful for different things. Hell, you could argue a distinct set of allies has been more relevant for current operations in Iran. Evidently, European nations are not needed for the U.S. to get involved in the Middle East, both successfully and not. However, that could change in, say, a conventional, non-nuclear conflict against Russia. Not that it's likely to happen anytime soon...but you never know.

Third, Vietnam wasn't lost because of ROEs or pressure from allies abroad. The war became massively unpopular with American voters due to, among other things, the draft as well as unclear objectives, South Vietnamese corruption and its nature as an endless resource sink. The whole "oh, we could have won Vietnam if it weren't for those pesky lawyers" discourse is pure hubris. As a side note, the My Lai massacre was also an example of impunity and covering up responsibilities, so it's not like atrocities are consistently prosecuted.

I do think that taking out all of these religious fanatics and giving the people of Iran a chance is a good thing, at the time of this writing, but it's better to have clear eyes about all these things.

 

[Loke]

Kim Jong Un next?