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They launched at Israel their latest and greatest - Khorramshahr-4.
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4 hours ago, Zoraptor said:
We've had Israel break the truce in Gaza, we've had Israel invade Syria, we've had Israel continue bombing its neighbours and all the rest. We've had Israel launch an attack on Iran with no proximal** reason. Definition of a rogue state and everything is perfectly well explained by the pattern of sociopathic narcissism that has so very clearly been exhibited by its leadership, and enabled by the unrestricted support of a bunch of gross hypocrites and moral cowards in western leadership.
There is always (admittedly a little conspiratorial) possibility that far from being rogue, Israel is doing exactly what it was asked to do.
The wider west could have already made the decision to start bombing but hopes Israel can win by itself or at least goad Iran into escalation serving as an excuse.Granted, it does seems a little too clever for Trump.
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There is no reliable way for us to judge that.
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6 hours ago, Gorgon said:
Trump made some comments that I think were intended to show that it was his decision, that he was in the loop the whole time.
I wonder if that's true.
That's just US pretending multipolar order isn't real.
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NATO troops will still station there, Ukraine will continue to be westernized.
If it is ever allowed to join EU it will be covered by defense treaty anyway.Russia has no reason to accept this, not unless US is offering something much bigger then sanction relief.
I wonder how certain is eastern Europe of future US presence.
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7 hours ago, Zoraptor said:
Ukraine is never going to agree anyway, so it's irrelevant. Zelensky would be lined up against a wall and shot by the red and black flag waving Lion Rampant badged pagan iconography enthusiasts for signing over Crimea, and he knows it.
Zelensky dosen't need to give up on Crimea just as Putin won't officially drop claims to Kherson.
I assume it's the US recognition that's being offered in this case.
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So Russia effectively admits strategic defeat, allows Ukraine to join EU, ignores NATO troops stationed there and even allows US control of Zaporizhzhia's NPP.
All because Ukraine admits it won't join NATO and US accepts that Crimea is in Russian control?
Bribing Russians with what they already have.
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Trump seems to still be pushing that mineral deal so it seems unlikely.
Unless he can get a political 'win' somewhere else. -
12 hours ago, Malcador said:
Apparently people are cheating in remote interviews by using chat gpt or something to give the answers, kind of funny.
Wait until you've worked under enterprise architect hired that way.
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8 hours ago, Malcador said:
I guess the hope is they won't piss Trump off, as he'll give Ukraine nukes or something.
There is also the carrot of sanctions lifting.
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11 hours ago, Lexx said:
Aren't they already sanctioned as much as possible?
There is still room to add before we reach Iran-level of sanctions.
But it's purely for show at this stage, mitigation strategies are already developed and in place. -
10 hours ago, BruceVC said:Quote
Earlier this week, the PM announced he would cut the foreign aid budget to raise defence funding from 2.3% to 2.5% of national income by 2027, which led to the resignation of his International Development Minister Anneliese Dodds.
I wonder if that's the level commitment EU has in mind.
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37 minutes ago, Elerond said:
Forced in sense that it was really his only option to speak with Trump and co about US security guarantees.
The thing is Ukraine is never getting official security guarantees.
It's still not clear if they refuse to believe that or think it a very high value negotiating point. -
8 hours ago, Zoraptor said:
Don't really see how it's a precedent. From what I understand the powers of the President to pardon are just about limitless, by design, so the whole idea of precedent doesn't really apply. About the only limitation is that the crime has to have been (rather than being/ planned to be) committed.
Sure but people were generally pardoned for specific crimes.
Even Trump stuck to that.I think the only other person to get 'any crimes included' package was Nixon.
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If Biden can pardon for everything and anything for a decade I wonder what Trump will do with the precedent.
6th January gang will likely be only the start. -
On 11/22/2024 at 5:27 AM, BruceVC said:
Anyone with an ICC warrant just avoids countries that are part of the ICC
That's not likely to last.
I bet Bibi will show up in Berlin or Warsaw before too long. -
It seems winter missile strikes are already starting.
Ukrainian electrical grid is already badly strained so this could become a serious problem.That said, Russia can't exactly blow up nuclear power plants and winter was forecasted to be mild.
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Just finished Alan Wake 2.
A mediocre game but a fascinating experience.After decades of gaming you'd think you've seen it all, and then Herald of Darkness begins to play...
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But Article 5 comes with no obligation.
Even if it did, you have no way to punish states refusing to fulfil them.For all we know, without US NATO might turn out to be all about 'Thoughts and prayers'.
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So after Zelensky's victory plan was ignored in the west it has finally come to nukes.
"We need NATO or nukes … and we want NATO"He will likely be forced to retract that soon, but this might be a sign that he is finally starting to get it.
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In somewhat related news:
More rumors are surfacing that Russia is considering arming the Houthis.
Likely still far from a done deal, but it's a good indication that Russian escalation options are more than just nukes. -
Iran is said to have delivered ballistic missiles to Russia.
That's an escalation a level (or two) beyond suppling Shahed drones.
But also likely means no bigger war brewing in the middle-east.
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2 hours ago, Lexx said:
Why is there suddenly such detail information. Also... really curious that this happens now, while Ukraine is directly attacking Russia? Maybe it's just conspiracy brain, but the timing of the release of that information is kinda awkward.
This was likely an open secret for a while now.
Chances are that news release was timed to distract from Kursk.Just another shot in the propaganda wars.
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First F-16s have finally been delivered to Ukraine.
For now they are supposed to be few in number.
The All Things Political Topic - Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence
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Not even Israel can censor away a hit by a 1,500 kg warhead.
Far more likely it was simply shot down.