BeefiousT
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He was 3 years into his atrocity denial, association with Russian state media and open attacks on Syrian paramedics and you were absolutely fine with all of it then. You only turned on him when he turned on you. Facts.
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@AUserofNoImport That one with the PFV strike finishing off the crew was one day before (Russia lost 2 Ka-52s in 2 days).
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A pilot of this Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter wore this unofficial patch, meant in this context to suggest that its targets are forced to face death.
This pilot, a veteran of the war in #Syria, got a taste of his own medicine last week.
x.com/KilledInUkrain…
Qalaat Al Mudiq@QalaatAlMudiq
A Russian Pilot, awarded for his deployment in #Syria, was killed 2 days ago in Ukraine after his Ka-52 attack helicopter was downed. H/t @KilledInUkraine.
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once asked a British friend who works as an English teacher, while showing them our staff,
“If you go to Britain, are there still people like this there?”
They immediately said,
“No! Absolutely nowhere!”
That was the moment my dream was destroyed.
I remember thinking, “So this is probably how foreigners feel when they find out there aren’t actually ninjas in Japan.”
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“1984” has done immense damage to our assessments of life in authoritarian societies.
In reality, life in authoritarian places is pretty…normal. There were enough punks in East Germany that the Stasi could classify them with charts. There are women complaining today about f***boys on dating apps in Minsk.
The only thing you can’t do is criticize the government.
sugarskullangelic@sugrskllangelic
I was just in China. Proof Pic attached. I saw a Chinese citizen get into a verbal altercation with a member of the government about a traffic light and they were cussing the whole government out in front of an official building. They definitely have free speech.
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@ggreenwald @milkchaser Not too terribly by the sound of things.
Iran’s proxies and militias, on the other hand
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@milkchaser The US totally dominated Iraq for months after invading.
How are American bases in the region doing?
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Yes, the world -- outside of MAGA and Israel -- knows that the US and Israel are not winning this war right now.
For that reason, they can't stop now. The damage of such a defeat would be generational.
The huge risk is that the US/Israel escalate out of desperation and panic.
Mary Alvarez@MaryAlv67558984
Iran hasn't ask Trump or anyone for cease fire because Iran has won the war and controlling the world's oil"😂
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@zhao_dashuai @mattbramanti Neither of which, respectively, went or are going well
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@mattbramanti 1988 against a peer enemy Iraq.
And ever since they have constantly been active in unconventional warfare.
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The US military has not fought a corps-sized maneuver warfare against an regular military in 35 years. (Iraq 1991)
They have not fought a corps-sized maneuver warfare against a peer enemy for 73 years. (Korea 1953).
They are not going to survive invading the fortress of Iran.
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Cosmically funny that the true heir to his legacy is the love child with the Mexican Cleaning Lady.
New York Post@nypost
Arnold Schwarzenegger helping train love child at Venice gym for bodybuilding debut trib.al/GI9jT6N
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@PopovaProf These are like old-timey Polish jokes, pretty stupid in and of themselves
The guy is a buffoon, remove kebab and move on
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WTAF. Watch the clip of Hasan's random, gratuitous insults of Poland. This is not normal.
Destiny | Steven Bonnell II@TheOmniLiberal
Hasan won't talk about Ukrainians because his kind HATE Eastern Europeans, there's a reason why even his own community has noticed how much he attacks Polish people, for example. Anyone who doesn't stand with Stalin or the Soviet Union are considered his enemies.
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@K_Niemietz Gaddafi’s regime permitted “Days of Rage” provided that they be guided at approved targets (the US, Israel, Danish cartoonists).
IIRC it was nominal protests about the latter - when really most protests were upset about disappearances of relatives - that sparked revolt in BZ.
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It was often the case in totalitarian states that people were allowed to slag off individual bureaucracies. They just weren't allowed to connect such failures to the ruling ideology.
You had to frame criticism as "The system is great, but some of us aren't living up to it."
sugarskullangelic@sugrskllangelic
I was just in China. Proof Pic attached. I saw a Chinese citizen get into a verbal altercation with a member of the government about a traffic light and they were cussing the whole government out in front of an official building. They definitely have free speech.
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@RandomSprint Should have said your husband hasn’t met your wife but they’re both very fine spouses
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@BassandBotany @hasanthehun @Wilson__Valdez > multiple times
Apparently not, and even then mostly via Young Turks videos.
Inter alia the guy was on firmer ground bitching about American obesity and Logan Paul.
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@AUserofNoImport @hasanthehun @Wilson__Valdez So he wrote on the subject multiple times 10 years ago when he was nobody, and holds the same position today. I afraid u might be retarded if u think hes left wing grifting
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@Wilson__Valdez yeah i wrote extensively about our moral duty to take in refugees from the syrian civil war you moron. this was me expressing my frustration at those who refused but used them as a talking point. kind of like how are doing right now.
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@BassandBotany @hasanthehun @Wilson__Valdez “Did” … and it’s a few hundred word snippets on HuffPo
He’s a bullshit artist
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@AUserofNoImport @hasanthehun @Wilson__Valdez took 5 seconds to find that he did write articles about this situation in 2016
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he simply found out that the most efficient way to defend his “analysis” is just to repeat the same old lazy conspiracy theory about boris johnson to wear out any dissent in his community and refuse to engage with anyone who actually has an idea about ukraine. perfect formula
yeet@Awk20000
Hasan says his Ukraine/Russia analysis ended up being correct & that the only criticism he receives comes down to him not giving out enough pro Ukraine hopium "Yes my initial prediction that Putin would never Ukraine was wrong..the analysis was still obviously correct..look at the situation now, every single thing that I said, including the initial ceasefire agreement should have been taken..the offramp..should have been taken..these are no longer controversial..now universal position..it was foresight at the time" "That sh*tty peace deal would have been a massive W in comparison to the battle lines currently..they pushed back on some Russian positions, they got a little bit of territory back..Ukraine has lost leverage..every single day..now facing..permanent annexation" "It feels like every single criticism anybody makes of ur Russia takes ultimately comes down to, ur not giving me as much pro Ukraine hopium as I want therefore u must be pro Russia, have u ever seen a more reasonable critique?" - chatter "No I have not, also saying Russia economy is crumbling rn when strikes on Iran..we gave Russia sanctions relief..price of oil barrel goes up..Russia benefits, they don't rely on the Strait of Hormuz"
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@Doomer_Armus @PicardVegeta > Two metres
Full body glove territory
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@AUserofNoImport @PicardVegeta The target area is only two metres wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port.
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Hesham, please forgive me.
I did not know these people still existed 🥲
Aussie Egyptian 🇦🇺🇪🇬@AussieEgyptian
Trailer for the new documentary about the Samaritans
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@MichaelShurkin Myanmar
Zimbabwe
Haiti
Libya
UAE
China
The hits keep coming
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I see at least two countries that voted for this yet actively practice slavery.
Edwy Plenel@edwyplenel
Honte à la France qui s’est abstenue lors du vote de l’AG de l’ONU déclarant la traite et l’esclavage racialisé des Africains comme « l’injustice la plus inhumaine et la plus durable contre l’humanité ». Double honte pour les États-Unis, Israël et l’Argentine qui ont voté contre.
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