Cole Smith

@onlyry7654 @attitudegratis @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari They know how unpopular it is amongst Americans and that there is no political will for regime change. They just have to make it painful. The fact our administration didn’t realize that is absolutely baffling. No rational person outside of MAGA thinks this was a good strategy.

@ColeSmith78 @attitudegratis @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari Iran operates almost two separate governments. It’s not impossible for the current president to seize control. Iran is emboldened by weakness. It’s our allies tepid nature that they are hoping on. Their strategy is literally to make our allies force us to stop.

The American Right be like: "OK, cool, from now on, the US will have just a single, tiny ally. This is fine."

@onlyry7654 @attitudegratis @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari On top of that, we emboldened them further because they get to see how wildly unpopular the President’s action were politically, which makes it even less likely that we would have an appetite to intervene again in the future.

@onlyry7654 @attitudegratis @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari We have no intention to excise them and we just gave them more legitimacy and them control of one of the world’s key choke points with potential to monetize that control. 6 months after claiming we had already decimated their nuclear program.

@onlyry7654 @attitudegratis @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari Nobody wanted us to do this. It wasn’t on their behalf.

@ColeSmith78 @attitudegratis @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari We are pissed off that we have to police the world on their behalf. It’s the same as Ukraine.

@onlyry7654 @attitudegratis @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari All of this is completely besides the point of the ‘allies’ argument though. Again, if we don’t care about the Strait being open, then why are we pissed off at our allies for not opening it?

@ColeSmith78 @attitudegratis @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari Saying the ‘same regime’ is also a mischaracterization. The true power is the IRGC (an Islamic revolutionary military, under a religious leader). Eliminating all these heads has changed the regime already. If the Iran president can take control we would achieve significant change

@onlyry7654 @attitudegratis @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari Also, if we don’t care about the Strait being open, then why are we crying about our allies not helping to open it? Makes no sense.

@ColeSmith78 @attitudegratis @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari Neutere their military capacity. Specifically nuclear threat. Iran reacted asymmetrically by targeting civilians ships in the strait. But if we don’t care then it doesn’t change the US posture. If our allies care, then they should do something about it

@onlyry7654 @attitudegratis @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari Because we broke it and it is an everyone problem. I thought the goal was to neuter Iran, not strengthen them.

@ColeSmith78 @attitudegratis @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari Because the cost benefit ratio exceeds US interest. The straight of Hormuz is a Europe problem, why should we fix it?

@onlyry7654 @attitudegratis @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari That’s completely untrue. If it were true and they’re so inept, then why do we all of a sudden need them now?

@ColeSmith78 @attitudegratis @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari They were there, but not in significant numbers that mattered to the overall war effort. The only ally that used to back us was UK. But now they don’t have a military enough to protect themselves

@ButcherBoy415 Your Ace had been struggling and frustrated. He finally just had a strong inning he could build off. I love running him out there for another inning, in that situation. Feels like you get benefits that extend beyond just this game.

not all pitch counts are equal. How many stress pitches? How many breaking balls? How good ya feel? It’s deeper than a specific number. We don’t even know how many warmup pitches thrown/between innings or between starts yet we attach value to a number in the game -disagree

@BontaHill Like the decision to let Webb go another inning. He’d been struggling and finally found something to build on. Gotta give your Ace that opportunity if they’re asking for it.

1-2-3 - Webb breezes through the heart of the order in the 5th. Will Tony V let him pitch another inning? Asking the bullpen to get 12 outs is challenging against this lineup. #SFGiants

@SomaKazima2 I love Asian food. I love fish sauce, fermented shrimp paste, etc. I imagine I’d love whatever she is eating. Doesn’t mean that it doesn’t stink like shit when someone cooks with fermented shrimp paste in the house.

They are eating her UP for this 😭😭😭

@SmokedManhattan @attitudegratis @SohrabAhmari You’re right

@ColeSmith78 @attitudegratis @SohrabAhmari They’re so goddamn stupid. It’s never worth explaining things to them, pointless.

@attitudegratis @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari Denmark had more fatalities per capita in Afghanistan, on our behalf, than the US did. What did we do as a thank you? We threatened to invade Greenland and steal their territory. Who is the bad ally in that situation?

@ColeSmith78 @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari You mean the forever wars that were gruesome money laundering schemes? Nope, that doesn't count.

@attitudegratis @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari Yeah the wars were stupid and guess who started them? The US. Just like we started this one. Our allies still came to help us in those idiotic wars because we asked them to and they were loyal. Now idiots like you shit on them on the internet and pretend like they wronged us.

@attitudegratis @SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari Are you saying the UK and Europe weren’t fighting alongside us in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and pretty much every other military conflict that the US has embarked on in modern history?

@SmokedManhattan @SohrabAhmari That's your answer? Our "allies" have gotten protection from the US, have put tariffs on our exports, have censored and fined our companies. How has our relationships with these allies benefited the US?

@cozyhomerun @MurdockJDF Completely disagree. Definitely one of the best airports

@ColeSmith78 @MurdockJDF It’s not the worst airport but it’s definitely not the best either. It’s pretty mid.

If whoever runs the SFO airport authority became the Governor-General of San Francisco, it’d be a top 5 city.

@cozyhomerun @MurdockJDF Other airports have those things and SFO blows the out of the water

@MurdockJDF If SF required you bought $200 tickets in order to be there everyday, And had a 20:1 citizen to armed police ratio like SFO, the city would be a paradise.

@JaredC47931 @FavaMandies @JedKolko *last

@JaredC47931 @FavaMandies @JedKolko Median household income has been on the rise in SF the class couple years. Kinda the point of this entire argument. Are you arguing median household income is going down? Because you’d be wrong.

Miami is the new San Francisco, with the highest out-migration rate of all large metros.