The problem is that's the start and end of that pipeline. Selling oil and gas not just about making a buck but also about the leverage it affords. The trade has propped up the power of the dollar for decades, which ties into US power projection. They can't lose that power to lean on the rest of us.
But those are muslim, so they don't count them as worthy.
Never mind most of those Christians never hear about the ultra-nationalist tendency to try and burn down churches as a way of "exacting interest" on non-Jews owning "Jewish soil".
Might I recommend a true multi-party, one person one vote system and the limiting the of corporate influence on policy makers for your next experiment?
They show you can retain your popularity even when you step down a level, purely through charisma and empathy, thereby challenging their attempts to indoctrinate people into accepting the harsh strong-man archetype as the only acceptable kind of leader.
Because someone obsessed with making knife hands to try and mask his history army diplomatic aide, thinks logistics shipping manifests are woke and refuses to acknowledge that a "warfighter" needs a dozen people backing them up before they can even start doing their job on the ground.
"Now what have you forgotten, your highness? The 'Roar'."
That the product you buy still is the product you own and a corporation doesn't get to nullify the concept of digital ownership because they want to pressure you to buy a new thing.
It's just a remaining shred of long term memory reflexively being triggered at this point. "Make x country great again. That's what they like when I say it."
Nothing but a shambling corpse that's just lucid enough from timw to time to feel insulted and insecure about it and lash out.
It's like ODD was a requisite feature on every job application for a major position in this administration.
I'm curious about this idea of "missile-resistant steel". Mostly because missiles are designed to obliterate hardened targets like bunkers of thick reinforced concrete or tanks made of multi-layered composite armor. Must be some real magical steel then.
Venetian gondolas, closed off with blue weather covers, bob on the water, tied to their mooring posts. In the background the island and church of San Giorgio Maggiore, with its red-brick tower, small cupola and white facade, are lit up by warm morning light.
Memories of better times in early morning #Venice. #filmphotography on the Riva degli Schiavoni with #Sangiorgiomaggiore across the water
📷 #NikonFE2 w. Nikkor 50mm f/1.2
🎞 Kodak #Gold200
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Oh looks like the social media team is trying to salvage the frying oil goblin's damage from the past few days and get everyone back on moral justification for the war.
They're zeroes who can add multpile zeroes to their net worth while he's in power. These people thrive on exploiting authority; why would one even presume they care about been seen a heroes to the people they're deriding as enemies of the state for their own gain?
Logically, blockading Chinese ships to pressure Iran to break before the US' sphere is the only reason to have this blockade. It's not a good one, but at least there's a hint of a tactic. If Iran's biggest buyet is allowed to pass, what's the point? NATO won't join over not getting its treats.
Putin has been supplying Shahed parts for a while. China has a contract to deliver CM-302 ASMs to Iran. War is just a good way of making money for them. As for yhe Mi-28s, I wasn't aware Russia had many left to sell.
That would be a more overt message that this is him chastising American citizens. What you want to do is direct the message to Trump in public so that anyone following him could see it without feeling directly called out or insulted and thus maybe change their minds. Whether that can work on them...
It's still a little baffling sometimes to see Americans celebrate one of their great cities climb up to the lofty heights of a vaguely functioning and mildly progressive midsize European city. Then I have to remind myself the disfunction is baked into the system.
During the 80 years War, citizens loved being taxed by both the Dutch AND Spanish forces threatening to kill them if they didn't comply. Oh wait- no they didnt. The US is accomplishing nothing but pissing off both its regional allies AND those nations already paying Iran for passage.
That's always been the case though. There's a reason trumps highest approval ratings are on immigration: these are people who actively dream of the day they can exterminate minorities in public view without public outcry or repercussions, because that signifies they've put non whites in their place.
Big "Russian neo-nazis claiming the subjugation of Slavic peoples as advocated by nazi Germany was 'just a misunderstanding'" vibes.
OpenAI will have had to default on some crucial loans by then so it's fine.
It's why we roll No-Kings support in with anti-fascist demonstrations. Because we recognise that we're not safe from fascism anymore and we see that the US has now become the main driver in resurrecting the hate that ruined our world once before.
internal US fascist resistance. Finally, Europe had always acknowledged the US' role in its liberation. It's why Europeans care so much that Neo-fascists are erasing the parts of WWII history that don't fit with their white supremacist views. It's why we look with dread at the US' current course. 5/
If Nazi Germany hadn't declared war on the US in the context of the Anti-Komitern pact in december '41, Britain and its allies might very likely not have gotten more from the US than weapons bought with their own gold reserves and the occasional US volunteer, because of US isolationism and 4/
or Aryan-related peoples. Anyone who wasn't a Brudervolk was to be enslaved or exterminated anyway. Thirdly, FDR had a hard time getting isolationists to even care enough to be able to sell weapons for hard currency. Cash 'n Carry was about having no other involvement than raking in gold bullion 3/
Second, Nazi Germany, like most empires, only employed German as an administrative language. Unless you were serving in an SS-volunteer unit, you didn't have to speak German. The conquest in relation to western Europe was about hegemony, not displacement. The white people were considered aryan, 2/
Why are conservative Americans this witless. First off, like any normal nation, many Europeans do in fact speak German. If you're Dutch, Danish, Czech etc., it does in fact pay to speak German since they're the neighbors. Same with living in the southwest and speaking Spanish because of Mexico. 1/
If exclusive mining rights are no longer enough to secure aid and a senile pedophile keeps not holding up his part of the deal because his advisor can just call Lavrov for help to change his mind, you can start cutting losses because you're not going gain on that end anyway.
Nah, he gave them to DHS to bribe Marine Command in allowing state abductions on Marine bases.
The question is why they just gave Iran all its demands just for the two-week ceasefire. Now the US is under the gun to get Iran to walk back any of its gain. How much is political fear and how much a desperate lack of munitions?