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@Tacitus1 @RobertJMolnar No she won't. The most useless Intelligence chief in my lifetime. Rehashing fabels about the Obama and Biden administrations to run cover for the Epstein debacle. Embarrassing use of government resources with nothing to show for it.

@RobertJMolnar Tulsi will be missed but the other points are right

ok, let's summarize 1. We blew through a shitload of critical munitions 2. We changed the 1979 old fogies for a new young buck regime, intact 3. We did not get the enriched uranium 4. We did not galvanize or help the people of Iran who are now pissed at getting bombed by Israel and us 5. We bombed a school full of children 6. We did not end the nuke program 7. We here in America are facing huge gas prices 8. We did not accomplish a single thing 9. We have a surrender monkey President who is going to pay off Iran so they open the straits 10. We have a drunk fucking Secretary of Defense 11. We have a Russian spy DOI who just "resigned" 12. We have a President at 32% approval rating I mean, i think things are going well

@CodeCoderr @Tendar No it didn't. Found a laughable amount of fraud, stole US citizens sensitive information and produced zero convictions of any wrongdoing. It was a vanity project for Musk who fled DC like a coward after it's predictable failure.

@Tendar DOGE did work, but politicians (seemingly going to jail because of further investigation) didn't want to be investigated. Source: x.com/CodeCoderr/sta…

The unfolding disaster of the Trump administration in regards to Iran, is a self-inflicted wound on so many levels. It showed that military might alone is not a silver bullet. What went wrong? 1.) Atrocious planning and slow reaction It was known for 47 years that if Iran gets attacked that the Strait of Hormuz will be a target. When Iranian civilians were rising up in January 2026 and then were left alone, it was claimed that the military built up had to be concluded before an military engagement can happen. This cost valuable time. A military intervention so early and in conjunction with uprisings on the ground would have caught much more momentum. Worse, even after that delayed attack, the US strategy still didn't account for the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. So it was a double-loss. 2.) No coherent strategy and missed military developments Once the operation started, again, Iran was reacting in a predictive way, launching thousands of drones and missiles which they had refined in the war in Ukraine. It was clear that the low-cost but numerous weapon systems will eventually cause a lot of damage. Ukraine has been experiencing this for 4 years and developed effective countermeasures. The Trump administration, however, repeatedly refused to heed the help and advice from Kyiv, and even belittled it. The US military, on the other hand, and even more the Arab countries in the Gulf quickly learned the hard way that this rebuff was stupid. Eventually, they invited Ukrainian drone experts. The USA lacked any kind of strategy when the Iranian regime refused to collapse and were absolutely ill-prepared for this kind of war. 3.) Lacking support by allies You might argue that Bush's Iraq war was ill-planned and when it comes to long term planning this was certainly the case, but it was far more successful in bringing in allies. More than 30 countries participated as the "coalition of the willing" back in 2003. Trump's Iran war, on the other hand, was widely an "one-man-show". Aside from Israel, the USA were practically alone. This resulted directly from Trump's repeated attacks against allies, including those who supported the USA in Afghanistan and even Iraq. It was clear that after that nobody wanted to risk his or her neck for somebody who repeatedly insulted them and their countries. The fact that Trump didn't bother to consult them beforehand only reaffirmed their stance. 4.) Decline of US soft power thanks to "DOGE" The destruction DOGE left in its wake is immeasurable. Gutting crucial elements of American soft power such as USAID, Voice of America and dozens of other programs destroyed a lot of goodwill the US had in the region and across the globe. The perception of the USA moved from a powerful benefactor to an aggressive and transactional bully. In its relentless obsession to fight "wokeness" - or what was perceived as such - the foundation of soft power, which was built in almost a century, was trampled on in a matter of months. From the carrot-and-stick approach only the stick remained, and that one turned to be flaccid. 5.) Overall downfall of the USA Let's not mince words here. Trump is a wrecking ball for US' democracy. Insider trading, corruption, mass lying, cozying up to dictators and an absolute disdain for the rule of law had a direct impact on America's standing in more than just political or morale questions. No matter how loud you scream in certain parts of the USA, it is fact that the USA under Trump have lost huge respect in the world. The enemies of the USA hate you just as must they hated you before, maybe even more, but your friends are absolutely shocked and aghast about what is happening. Far more devastating, however, is US' unreliability. What was agreed upon before, can change on a whim. "Good relations" are defined by one man and one man alone. This is not how you conduct policy, neither domestic nor foreign. The USA are in full decline and the big bang will certainly come if the trajectory is not immediately corrected. The strategic defeat in Iran is even worse than Vietnam, because Vietnam gave Washington the lesson from which they learned and eventually won the Cold War. What Trump is doing, however, is just doubling down on stupid and denying reality, which didn't work before and won't work even less now.

@63902slycompute @Tendar Get serious please. Putin deliberately started and stalled out in a war and his opponent isn't to blame? Prolonging the war is only causing negative effects for Russia. The illusion of Putin being a strategic wizard is over.

@Tendar Good points except for Ukraine. The only reason that country still exists is because Putin wants it to exist. Not because of their drone expertise.

@PamelaWatson500 @fire_starter457 @1620Descendant Why did you post this? It's still a bad answer no matter what you highlighted. Everyone gets the context.

@fire_starter457 @1620Descendant My lord people! Way to take a sentence completely out of context (while discussing negotiating with Iran)! 😖

Trump: “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody.” MAGA: “I didn’t hear that.” -Here’s the quote. “He didn’t say that.” -Here’s the video. “Okay, he said it, but he didn’t mean it.” Trump on Fox New: “I meant every word. It’s a perfect statement. People love it.” MAGA: “WE LOVE IT!” 😭

@LeMinh1308 @squatsons Only a moron online would suggest this. Nobody is using nukes. This is the real world. There is nothing Russia can do. They insisted on this war and are now getting it.

Moscow was targeted by a large wave of Ukrainian drones this morning with an oil storage tank being the most prominent target hit. 3 civilians were killed and a number of civilian structures were damaged.

@CatRM16 @elonmusk Thanks for the further clarification. Elon has been going crazy on the timeline because of the Odyssey. He's only briefly highlighting DEI quotas in film because of this. x.com/esjesjesj/stat…

AMPAS choosing to expand their membership for the purpose of meeting DEI quotas--rather than for merit (which, as I pointed out, WOULD lead to diversity naturally... UNLESS they are racist themselves and refuse to recognize the talent of people of color) has nothing to do with any upcoming film...nor is it because of any 'conversation'. It happened last year. And I stand by my belief that if they ignored skin color and invited people based purely on their talent, they would not only get the best people, it would MEAN a lot more to the people themselves to know that it actually had nothing to do with their skin color. And that's what I find to be 'sad' about DEI. That's all I was saying. And for that, I was bizarrely accused of wanting movies with only white people by someone who obviously didn't even read the original post. 🤷‍♀️ Casting in films, of course, has the added nuance of 'fitting' cast members to the source material according to the vision of the director, but the same principle applies. If the director cast people based on their talent the film would be better than it would be if the director purposely 'cherry-picked' skin colors. As the for the Odyssey, (which is not what I was responding to, and which, honestly, I don't care about), the annoyance over the director's choice to break-away from the source material seems to be that he IS 'cherry-picking' to purposely cast roles of white people as people of color--and that it makes the film 'gimmicky'. I doesn't necessarily mean the people who are tired of that kind of racial 'gimmickiness' are just a bunch of racists who don't want to see Black people in films. It COULD be that they're just sticklers for representing the source material. This type of purposeful miscast, one could argue, sometimes is the entire point of the material. (For example, in 'Hamilton', the whole point of the musical was a sort of 'reimagining' of the founding fathers cast as people of different races. That was the creator's 'vision' for the historical retelling.) But it's getting overdone these days, to the point of getting stupid.

Yes

@Sac_Burner @BloodyMary19947 You tried at least.

@BloodyMary19947 pun intended? will it be a dark night when the odyssee serves as a memento to stick to the tenets of quality filmmaking?

No amount of PR can save Nolan's Odyssey from being a complete catastrophe. Whatever prestige he has built as a director so far will be obliterated. Sincerely, a very pissed-off Greek.

@JaelCIK @LegendaryEnergy Definitely fooled unfortunately. Even before 2015 his character was known by many. He was an NYC liberal Democrats would never elect to anything.

@LegendaryEnergy Colorado ranchers and gun rights folks will keep Boebert in. I cannot believe how much Trump has changed, or has he always been this way and we were all fooled? It's as if he's possessed by the Devil.

Trump is now trying to primary Lauren Boebert because she campaigned with Thomas Massie. Trump is truly a huge piece of shit. He is an Israel lobby plant and he hates anyone that isn’t completely compromised.

@Fairy_Ajumma @Staggly @Z_XSophie So Troy's casting was an accurate enough representation of Mediterranean people? I'm genuinely curious.

@Staggly @Z_XSophie Reading comprehension is low, I see. Should I spell it out for you? We would also be against someone looking Swedish.

The whole situation feels surreal. The entire planet is discussing Nolan’s Odyssey, Elon is calling it out, and voices everywhere are speaking up for our heritage. From our side? Total silence. Not one word from the government or the Ministry of Culture. They had no problem handing over millions of our tax money, though. Our ancestors gave the world civilization. The least their descendants deserve is for someone in power to defend that legacy.

@Z_XSophie @MichaelCOToole They're "asleep" because they have actual important things to worry. The text and tradition isn't going anywhere and will be adapted again in n the future.

@MichaelCOToole I truly hope so Michael. People in Greece are still mostly asleep. Things need to change a lot.

@Z_XSophie Why don't Greek directors make their own movie? Is there no Greek movie industry? I'm sure the entire western world would come out and support it instead of crying online about Nolan.

@RalphT5 @theHellen_ Mainly just crying online about various forms of media.

@theHellen_ About that patience thing, it ran out a few years ago... A lot of us are now actively pushing back on all the BS.

After my posts over the last two days, I've noticed a blatant display of ignorance and hatred towards Greeks among blacks and other people of color who claim Greek culture doesn't belong to the Greeks. I've also witnessed that blacks in America and their white, wokist supporters are the most idiotic group in the world. I congratulate the other Americans who have to live with them for their patience.

@suzukisapers @JamesSurowiecki The cast including the main character are majority white. They'll be ok.

@JamesSurowiecki I think it's just white people who want to feel like The Odyssey is their story, and seeing the Greek characters as white or quasi-white helps them feel like it is. It reminds me of black families who have black santa clause figurines for their christmas decorations.

Christopher Nolan has made 13 movies, and in those films he has had one non-white lead. But because he dared to be inventive in his casting of Helen and Clytemnestra, he's now being labeled "anti-white." It's pure self-pitying lunacy.

@HughOpenshaw @thomaschattwill This is your red line?? Sheesh. Petition Daily Wire or Greek directors to make a version up to your standards.IMAX tickets for The Odessey sold out already last year. Crying online isn't going to make the film less diverse buddy.

@thomaschattwill That is technically known as a "you problem." If you ve been asleep for the last decade of the Culture wars, congratulations, you missed some utterly shite mainstream content. Those of us who've lived through this woke shitstorm have had enough. Homer is our red line. Buckle up!

Genuinely cannot understand why the world’s richest man is upset over a film director’s infidelity to the racial identity of … *the daughter of Zeus.*

@chiefoficrbarns @thomaschattwill Greek directors should make their own version that people crying online should happily support right? People are free to consume any media of their choosing.

@thomaschattwill Perhaps you should focus less on Elon Musks reaction and more on the Greek People themselves...they certainly DON'T like the race-swapping and most assuredly would tell you, Helen and their Gods were white...like THEM!

@Sososo0120123 @Shannon_MMcD @thomaschattwill Nolan can adapt what ever story he chooses. The movie was already cast and shot. IMAX sold out a year in advance. What is crying online going to do?

@Shannon_MMcD @thomaschattwill But it remains GREEK culture - that’s the whole point. It isn’t meant to be culture fluid. You want an epic, write your own. This is a Greek epic.

@AntonioGav86 @thomaschattwill Crying online about artistic license taken by a director is always dumb. See it or don't. You're not even that upset. I'm sure people have bigger worries in their lives at the moment.

@thomaschattwill Sort of how black people lost their shit over Gods of Egypt and Exodus EVEN when black people aren’t even Egyptian or Middle Eastern 😭. Some of yall were mad at the Passion of the Christ.

@JasonTheSchmidt @thomaschattwill People understand alright. It's just very dumb. Daily Wire can make a pure all white version that people who are upset won't support whatsoever. Greek directors can also make their own version to release to the world as well. I would never ever cry online about either.

@thomaschattwill You don’t understand? Really?

@gfysmf8302 @thomaschattwill The director cast who he casted in the role. Grown men & women are crying about it without having seen the film. What if the actors do a good job in their roles in the movie? Is that somehow going to change your thoughts on the Odessey overall?

@thomaschattwill Yeah if it's not a big deal then why did they feel the need to race swap her in the first place.

@SantasTavern @thomaschattwill C'mon on chief, it's been like 10 days since the latest trailer. He hasn't let it go whatsoever. x.com/esjesjesj/stat…

@thomaschattwill What makes you think he's "upset"? Maybe he just "disagrees" and then goes on about his business, not having much of an emotional reaction at all. Can you not imagine such a likely scenario?