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There aren't a lot of alternatives - the amount of mass killing going on right now is unusually high. People can't spend all day frothing with moral outrage at

by roenxi 7mo ago

There aren't a lot of alternatives - the amount of mass killing going on right now is unusually high. People can't spend all day frothing with moral outrage at the horror of it all. If something is routine there isn't much of an alternative than to discuss it as routine. This article is actually unusually good, I wouldn't be surprised if the site was generally anti-war. It isn't unusual for the level of analysis to be "we're the in-group, we're morally right, they're the out-group, we can't imagine they're competent, lets kill them it'll be easy". The moment people start doing serious analysis they become well-armed pacifists. As a case study; this war is part of a trend of the US hurting itself in aid of ... nothing useful for the US. The only silver lining is I don't see the Trump presidency surviving this and that might be a lesson to the next guy about trying to start fights.

div 7mo ago
It’s really quite amazing how the US went in without seemingly an iota of planning beyond “kill ayatollah for regime change”, but at this rate we will see US regime change before Iranian.
- ZeroGravitas 7mo ago
  Enough planning for the Secretary of War to buy defense stocks and the son of the president to own a drone manufacturing company. Just not planning for anything that might help "make America great again".
  - ryandrake 7mo ago
    It's really this simple. People seem so confused as to why this administration is doing this and why this administration is doing that, but it's clearly about personal enrichment of leaders. It's not some complex 5D chess game. If you want to know why Trump did this or why Hegseth did that or why Bondi did thus, just look at who placed bets, owns stock, owns companies, and/or will be personally enriched by the decision. That's all there is to it.
- gzread 7mo ago
  Trump asks the Oracle at Delphi what will occur if he invades Iran. "This war will surely bring about regime change," says the Oracle. "Good," thinks Trump as he heads into the defense meeting.

by roenxi 7mo ago

div 7mo ago

It’s really quite amazing how the US went in without seemingly an iota of planning beyond “kill ayatollah for regime change”, but at this rate we will see US regime change before Iranian.

ZeroGravitas 7mo ago
Enough planning for the Secretary of War to buy defense stocks and the son of the president to own a drone manufacturing company. Just not planning for anything that might help "make America great again".
- ryandrake 7mo ago
  It's really this simple. People seem so confused as to why this administration is doing this and why this administration is doing that, but it's clearly about personal enrichment of leaders. It's not some complex 5D chess game. If you want to know why Trump did this or why Hegseth did that or why Bondi did thus, just look at who placed bets, owns stock, owns companies, and/or will be personally enriched by the decision. That's all there is to it.
gzread 7mo ago
Trump asks the Oracle at Delphi what will occur if he invades Iran. "This war will surely bring about regime change," says the Oracle. "Good," thinks Trump as he heads into the defense meeting.