@6number6 @Ad_Tel_210168 Hey quick question is the strait of Hormuz open ?
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@Ad_Tel_210168 unfortunately for your argument, these missiles have not done any truly strategic damage..
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Iran saw Saddam Hussein trounced by American air power.
Knowing fully well that Americans will have full air dominance, Iranis prepared asymmetric warfare by going underground with missiles.
This must've been a moment of pure brilliance!
For the last 3 weeks, Iran has hit
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@PaxFred @PurefoyAmebo Americans are such murderous psychopaths that even when they notice that they've been blowing up a corner of the globe for 70 years their conclusion is "wow, those people are savages !"
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@PurefoyAmebo After witnessing 70+ years of near-persistent warfare in the Middle East, I am fairly certain that the only way it ever stops is if the entire region is reduced to a “sea of glass”. I have no hopes of it ending any other way.
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Will historians look back on 1978 as the birth of a new militant Persian empire and death of the empire of the “West” …?
My take: we’ve just seen the explosion of a militaristic Persian empire across the Middle East. It could last a day or 200 years — and, either the rest of the world accommodates this new empire OR they try to destroy it *now* it in its infancy.
My bet is most of the West — reports that NATO is coming up with a “plan” — does not understand (I think elements of US deep state and Israel do understand) the slippery slope we are now on.
The Islamic Republic has exploded by threatening to take the entire Middle East down in flames unless they pay tribute of seeing them as the regional hegemon.
Attempts by both sides to achieve escalation dominance of this critical global energy hub means that the West faces an enemy willing to take down the entire Middle East, and so all hell let loose on the rest of the world.
This means that any attempt by the West will ultimately mean the complete destruction of Iran to prevent any power projection. But, of course, as we know from Hamas, Hezbollah, etc, it doesn’t necessarily work. It’s possible to have both the Middle East destroyed and a rump Iran surviving despite our strategy.
The West faces a choice: a war as the Romans once fought, or take the knee.
But either way, we will not be the same at the other end of this war. A new dark age beckons.
Christian Purefoy@PurefoyAmebo
I just finished reading the brilliant Fredrick the Great by Tim Blanning (on recommendation of @dcsandbrook 🙏) We’re not there yet but it’s a tale of an emerging great power surrounded by enemies who underestimate him and miscalculate their own strategy. 👀
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@ThresherKing @Coldsteel6r1 @CynicalPublius Mdr. C'est fou comment il suffit que Washington émettent des sottises pour que de petits cons comme toi y croient. Le "gouvernement libanais" de l'époque avait à peu près autant de légitimité sur le Liban que toi en tant qu'historien.
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@Physics_Police @Coldsteel6r1 @CynicalPublius The US was in Beirut by formal request of the Government of Lebanon. Incidentally, we were there in part to protect the Arab Muslim minority from further slaughter at the hands of extra-governmental Christian militias.
Va ouvrir un livre, inculte.
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I don't know Marcus. What would America think if Iran destroyed a US Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut?
That's the far more pertinent question to any rational American with a memory of more than a month ago.
Marcus Stanley@MarcusMStanley
Good piece by Nicolas Kristof in the NYT today
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@ThresherKing @Coldsteel6r1 @CynicalPublius And as we all know, the natural environment of US armed forces is Beirut and we all need to shut up and accept that because pesky arabs aren't allowed sovereignty.
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@Coldsteel6r1 @CynicalPublius Like all living creatures, it has a right to exist in its environment until it denies any other creature a right to exist in its environment.
It's ironic that you go around calling people demonic at the exact same moment you are defying God.
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@ggreenwald @dbgetsk It's very simple Glenn. "The good guys" murders don't count because accident/democracy/feminism/pick your poison. "The bad guys" murders count a million times over because islam/communism/scarecrow of the day.
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@dbgetsk The country which is most likely to use nuclear weapons, by far, is Israel. Second is the US.
China hasn't fought a war at all since 1979. The US and Israel during that time have fought dozens, with millions dead.
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The greatest danger the world faces is from an increasingly fanatical and utterly unhinged nuclear-armed Israel.
The US doesn't see it clearly now because it does Israel's bidding - funding, arming and going to war for Israel - but that shouldn't be comforting. This is insane:
Shaiel Ben-Ephraim@academic_la
Israel has ordered that all civilians evacuate a zone of 25 miles from the Israeli border. The area includes 10% of the territory of Lebanon and is home to approximately 1 million people. The order is indefinite and will follow the model of Gaza where anybody who is in this area will be killed. This is de facto annexation and ethnic cleansing.
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@TheOrangeEleven @SohrabAhmari None of them meant it. Even Gabbard didn't mean it. It was a niche that worked for her at one point and she's happy doing the exact opposite now if that's what gets her ahead somehow.
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@SohrabAhmari The complete refusal of the administration’s restrainer camp to engage in this sort of comic book style flattery is its biggest weakness I think
At least among those who actually meant it and aren’t enjoying their current arc as Third Wave Neocons
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@InsideTheInsid1 @SaysSimulation On what planet do you live that outside of a few deluded westerners anyone is blaming Iran for being invaded ?
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@SaysSimulation > Iran knows the Strait of Hormuz is their primary negotiating weapon, and they want to retain full control over it.
Which greatly pisses off the entire world that needs the Strait.
Iran is making so many enemies behind closed doors.
GIF
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Imo, Iran knows the Strait of Hormuz is their primary negotiating weapon, and they want to retain full control over it.
With every day, the pain for our Asian allies gets worse, and on average, the price for oil goes up, along with the prices for diesel & gasoline in the US.
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Neil McCauley@NeilMcCauley226
@SaysSimulation I think the real question is why haven’t the Iranians mined the strait. They declare it’s closed by rocketing ships that sail by, allowing the to reopen as a negotiating measure. But mining is different, irreversible, and requires months of minesweeping work we can’t support
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@stevenmenix @ggreenwald @jconricus What is it specifically about Glenn being gay that explains anything whatsoever about anything other than who he fucks ?
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@ggreenwald @jconricus This!! Exactly my point! You ran directly to Trump as you do with EVERYTHING, you can’t get him out of your head for a moment! As I said, I don’t like people based on that, I said it does bring some clarity - your infatuation with Trump detracts from many good points u have
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I asked former IDF spokesman @jconricus, on Piers Morgan's show today, if it's true that Israel builds its most critical military command centers within and below residential and civilian buildings in Tel Aviv: using civilians as human shields.
Listen to his candid answer:
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@ggreenwald I am happy that the only partisanship you're guilty of is your unending love of tennis XD
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It's long been obvious that exercise and playing sports significantly extends life and improves health over those who are sedentary.
But the research is now overwhelming that tennis is the best sport to play to maximize those benefits, as NYT documents.
nytimes.com/video/well/mov…
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@Ocuroj @ggreenwald If someone did what was just done to Venezuela to your country, would you or would you not consider it an act of war ?
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People have written about the neocon psyche for years:
A lot of men who never found the courage to do things like go fight in wars or do anything else requiring bravery (like Matt Walsh) get vicarious strength and self-esteem from cheering as others go and fight instead:
Zaid Jilani@ZaidJilani
Matt Walsh is the antichrist. I mean that haircut alone exudes evil.
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@DeanInNYC @ggreenwald If a foreign nation kidnapped your president you wouldn't consider it an act of war ? Are you fucking retarded ?
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I didn't say anything about us fighting wars to benefit anybody, I said it will benefit the people of Venezuela. And if you think the same government is going to remain in place, maybe it's you who needs the lobotomy. Also, this isn't a war. Wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? Geez...
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I actually feel bad for the people who got convinced that when Exxon Mobil takes Venezuelan oil and exploits it for massive profit, that this will somehow redound to their benefit as well.
Red Pill Media@RedPillMediaX
WE DEFEATED THE COMMUNISTS MOM VENEZUELAN OIL IS OURS
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@ggreenwald "Try to ignore who said this" Chomsky will be adored for generations across the third world. I realize Epstein mania has rotted everyone's brain on your side of the pond, but for the majority of planet Earth that man is a saint.
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Try to ignore who said this (which never matters) and focus instead on the vital substantive point that is made:👇👇👇
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How come Americans pay more attention to the behavior of countries they fund and arm than they do to those they don't fund or arm?
Why hasn't @ChrisCuomo, and anyone saying this, ever denounced racist police abuse in Peru or corruption in Cambodia or repression in the UAE?
Christopher C. Cuomo@ChrisCuomo
FREE IRAN! Why aren't we seeing the same energy and support as gaza gets...or gaza used to get before it was hamas doing all the oppressing? I think I answered my own question. FREE IRAN!
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@techysarah @ggreenwald @brooklynmike21 Do you realize what a fucking idiot you sound like ? What principle are you even invoking here ? Is it bad for a journalist to have a focus ? Do you ever walk up to a physicist and tell him he's an asshole for never doing chemistry ? Why do you retards think this is a "gotcha" ?
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@ggreenwald @brooklynmike21 You have two topics: Israel and Brazil. Never hear you tak about the depravity in North Korea, the slaves and honor killings in the arab world. Sudan is a mess right now. You have two topics.
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Find yourself a partner in life whose obsessed with you the way Greenwald is obsessed with Israel.
Glenn Greenwald@ggreenwald
Two of the largest and most alarming media stories in years: 1) Larry Ellison -- the largest-single private donor to the IDF -- bought Paramount, CBS, CBN News, and is trying to buy Warner Brothers/Discover/CNN, right as support for Israel unravels (done through his son). 2) Congress forced the transfer of TikTok into Ellison's hands (which Nentanyahu said was one of Israel's greatest victories) because the platform allowed too much anti-Israel content, and now there's a former IDF soldier in charge of TikTok censorship on all matters relating to Israel and anti-Semitism:
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@JeremiahDJohns These aren't just well curated, the initial pairing are extremely well chosen ! Well done, you just made my night.
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It's been a long year - but it's finally time. Welcome to the Worst Tweets of 2025 Bracket!
I've spent the entire year collecting hundreds of the most deranged posts on this website.
Only 64 were chosen. Now it's time to crown a champion.
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@ggreenwald @SupermansTruck Talk is cheap. Trump has escalated Ukraine in many significant ways. And "no new wars" is a game of metrics. I can also say Biden has never assassinated an iranian general. They're all bloodthirsty lunatics and trying to eke out differences is counter-productive.
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In Trump's first term, he was the first president in decades not to involve the US in a new war. He ran on a campaign that denounced the Bush family and Cheney for a hideous foreign policy, talked about NATO being obsolete, working with Assad, etc.
The Cheney win found Hillary/Kamala far more stable and reliable. Trump is still trying to stop the war in Ukraine, whereas Kamala would have funded it forever (like Biden).
These things aren't binary. It's not like the whole Trump heterodoxy is either true or a fraud. It's always somewhere in the middle. But this has been quite a warmongering, neocon-pleasing year.
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The US only starts wars against countries with weak militaries. Even then, it loses -- as it did in Afghanistan, where the Taliban waltzed back into power after 20 years and trillions of dollars, and Iraq -- but it likes to invade countries like Panama, Grenada and Venezuela.
Liam Nissan™@theliamnissan
It's funny how Trump will seize Venezuelan oil tankers but never a Russian one
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@Physics_Police I did momentarily wonder if I should use another example since that one would date me, but decided it was fine since (a) Garbo was so long ago that I obviously wasn't her contemporary and (b) gay men get an aging pass for citation given the expectation they know old Hollywood.
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I actually didn't think it was possible to take one of the three major TV networks (even the lowly CBS) and, in prime-time, drag it down to the lowly ratings level of CNN, yet Bari Weiss -- in her first on-camera special -- managed to accomplish this remarkable feat.
Dylan Byers@DylanByers
NEW: Early numbers for Bari Weiss’s Erika Kirk town hall ain’t great… 1.5 million,* comparable to an average CNN town hall and down considerably from the Army-Navy game (7.3m) and post game (3.5m) that preceded it …. YouTube views around 100k *final # will tick up
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@ggreenwald How many gray hairs did you grow just making that Greta Garbo reference ?
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My favorite part of CBS's aggressive promotion for Bari's prime-time special was how they had Bari walking around the newsroom breathlessly telling the camera that she had just spent a FULL HOUR with Erika Kirk - as though she had just scored some seemingly impossible historic exclusive with one of the most publicity-shy enigmatic stars on the planet (Greto Garbo spoke to us!), rather than a person who has been extremely visible in every media sector for 3 months straight.
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@ggreenwald It is self destructive to one of the most brutal tools of US imperialism, so good.
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One can make the argument that the US should have no role in Brazil. Other than censorship of Americans and US companies — which Moraes is doing — that’s my view.
But once Trump beats his chest and imposes punishment on Brazil until it releases Bolsonaro and ends censorship, crawling away with nothing is weak and self-destructive.
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Whatever you think of Lula, he is one of the shrewdest and most consequential world leaders of the 21st Century.
In his third term, at age 78, he just gained one of his most spectacular victories, handing a huge defeat to Trump, the US and its sanctions regime.
The US just withdrew all sanctions against Judge Moraes despite his escalating all the behaviors the sanctions were ostensibly designed to punish (censorship and imprisoning Bolsonaro for decades), while Lula still pursues BRICS and de-dollarization.
Lula told the US to fuck off with its sanctions. And Trump just did. Brazil created a new model to defeat US sanctions: it implemented a law (via court ruling) barring its banks from adhering to US sanctions. It worked spectacularly. Trump just slinkered away after a trivial amount of flattery and charm from Lyla.
Huge win for Lula and Moraes, major defeat for Trump State Department, US power and the Brazilian Right.
Ana Schaffert@AnaSchaffert
ALEXANDRE DE MORAES IS OFF THE MAGNISTKY SANCTIONS LIST. This is a hard pill to swallow. As a legal professional deeply invested in the principles of human rights and the rule of law, I am profoundly shocked and dismayed by the recent decision to remove Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes from the Global Magnitsky Act sanctions list. This action, taken without apparent evidence of behavioral change or accountability, undermines the very purpose of the Magnitsky framework, which is designed to hold foreign officials accountable for serious human rights abuses, including the suppression of free speech and arbitrary judicial overreach. The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act clearly stipulates that sanctions may only be terminated under specific criteria, such as when credible information shows the individual did not engage in the sanctioned activity, has been appropriately prosecuted, has demonstrated a significant change in behavior along with paying appropriate consequences and committing to cease such actions, or when termination serves U.S. national security interests. In this case, none of these conditions appear to have been met. Justice Moraes continues to preside over cases that have resulted in serious human rights abuses, including the prolonged arbitrary detention of individuals such as former Bolsonaro advisor Filipe Martins, who was held in preventive custody for months without formal charges in connection with alleged coup-related activities, amid allegations of flawed evidence and denials of fair trial guarantees—practices that directly echo the abuses cited in his original designation under the Global Magnitsky Act for arbitrary detentions and suppression of freedom of expression. This ongoing conduct, far from demonstrating any cessation of the sanctioned activities, raises serious questions about the integrity of the delisting process and whether it is being influenced by extraneous diplomatic or economic considerations rather than adherence to the law. Historically, removals from the Magnitsky list have been rare and contingent upon verifiable reform. For instance, Uzbekistani national Gulnara Karimova was removed after entering into agreements to forfeit billions in corruptly obtained assets and ceasing her involvement in the underlying schemes of corruption and human rights violations. Similarly, Latvian politician Aivars Lembergs was delisted following his criminal conviction and imprisonment for corruption, satisfying the criterion of appropriate prosecution and consequence. These precedents underscore that delisting is not a mere formality but requires concrete evidence of cessation and redress—elements conspicuously absent here. This decision not only risks emboldening similar judicial overreaches globally but also erodes trust in U.S. sanctions as a tool for promoting accountability. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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@HenryPierzchala @ggreenwald @damintoell So here's an obvious question for you. If "Mexico level" is that much worse, and in fact we agree it is, why is he focusing on Venezuela ?
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@ggreenwald @damintoell "To the US". As in, currently. Which cartel is it that is happy with their current level of revenue? You don't think stopping cartel activity early is a good idea? Should we wait for Mexico-level?
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Maduro funds JIHADISTS! And he will give them chemical and biological weapons for use against Americans inside the US! What's next?
Glenn Greenwald@ggreenwald
As we get closer to regime-change wars, they start linking every conceivable evil to the Bad Guy. Thus is Maduro now linked to ISIS, Hezbollah, fentanyl deaths, the CCP. Probably soon blamed for syphilis and Epstein Island (remember the files? no? huh). Why not throw in the 2020 election? If Venezuela -- strangled from the world with US sanctions -- can change US presidential elections, the US should probably fortify its election systems rather than go billions more into debt for another regime-change war. Also, stop justifying US wars based on motives that the US Government itself is not even offering.
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@jsof2010 @ggreenwald @JDVance I'm almost in admiration of the imperial propaganda system. It's reached a level where you don't even need to make shit up for why you're about to invade a foreign nation : citizens will invent reasons and propagandize themselves. Congrats on being a proactive sucker.
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Well said.
Eric Schmitt@Eric_Schmitt
A quick note on @SecWar. Democrats never wanted @PeteHegseth. He was and is a threat to permanent Washington’s status quo. They didn’t defeat the nomination and they tried hard. I saw all the behind the scenes craziness. He was their top target. Since then there have been countless “anonymous” leaks meant to undermine him and thwart President Trump and other Realists in the Administration. Bogus story after bogus story. It’s the same tired playbook. And for their next act? —They want him tried for war crimes. Yep—war crimes. They intend to prosecute another political opponent. They have lost it. Congressional Democrats are fueled by a radicalized Leftist base and are hellbent on power. The rules don’t matter to them. At all. Sound familiar? Russiagate, Dem censorship, Covid tyranny, Dem weaponization of DOJ TO MY FELLOW REPUBLICANS: Understand this reality and never bend the knee to this bullshit. Fight back. The liberal media will never love you.
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