@TukiFromKL More damagingly it created Darsh/Isis, killed millions and reinforced, and there wasn’t even much oil gained down the line. Also US is being kicked out of Iraq as we speak.
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Ramaboule
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🚨 let me tell you why France is the only thing that matters in this headline..
Russia and China blocking a UN resolution to authorize military force against Iran.. nobody is surprised.. that's been the script for 20 years..
but France..
France is America's oldest ally.. they bankrolled the American Revolution.. they gave America the Statue of Liberty.. they are a founding NATO member..
and they just sided with Russia and China..
this happened once before.. February 14, 2003.. France's Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin stood at the UN Security Council and told America it would veto any authorization for the Iraq War.. the chamber applauded.. breaking a protocol that had never been broken before.. France called military force "not justified.."
America went in anyway.. 20 years.. $2 trillion.. 4,400 soldiers dead.. and when the dust settled Iran had more influence in Iraq than America did..
France was right..
tonight France called military action in the Strait unrealistic and blocked the resolution again..
the last time France said no in that chamber, history proved them right..
America went in anyway..
and we all know how that ended.
The Spectator Index@spectatorindex
BREAKING: Russia, China and France prevent Arab push at UN Security Council to authorize military action to open the Strait of Hormuz, according to New York Times report.
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@Schizointel Last time France’s did that it was to try to prevent USA invading Iraq, which nearly ruined USA, created ISIS, killed millions and reinforced Iran. So, have learned anything, USA?
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France once again fails to maintain its military obligations in the Strait of Hormuz and abandons its own European only military coalition and sides with China, Russia, and extension Iran.
Faytuks Network@FaytuksNetwork
BREAKING: Russia, China, and France are blocking an Arab-backed push at the UN Security Council to authorize military action against Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, per NYT. According to diplomats, the three veto powers oppose any resolution language that would permit the use of force.
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@PollakDan @phl43 … seing our livelihood going to shit for reasons Trump himself can’t articulate cogently. He also explain we’re useless, but also needed, to somehow try to fix his retarded strategy somehow with means we don’t have which, had he asked us first, we would have told him. Thx USA.
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@PollakDan @phl43 Also I know it may be hard to imagine to fanatics but most of us are neither pro nor against Iran. We’re puzzled by this narration that Iran is some nefarious tyranny (compared to who in the gulf?) that has done so many things (name one?)…
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What is truly magical is that Trump and the rest of the government are openly saying they plan to bomb Iran back to the Stone Age, like they're not even hiding it, but people are so used to justifying war crimes at this point that they can't help it and just keep coming up with contorted arguments to the effect that bombing civilian infrastructure has some kind of military justification.
Andrew Fogle@andfogle
the Karaj bridge bombing is remarkable in that they can't even claim there was some secret meeting or weapons depot, it's just naked infrastructure wrecking in line with the openly stated dedevelopment plan
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Horrific! Iranian ballistic missile striking the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva, as families meant to be celebrating Passover, one of the holiest periods of the Jewish year!
World response? DEAFENING SILENCE!
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@romanhelmetguy @yvesai0 I remember French bashing. Freedom fries etc. We were 100% right, you were 100% wrong, same shit as now. You never apologized and never will.
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@yvesai0 In America, giving someone harsh but honest advice isn’t seen as hatred.
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I’ve warned Europeans about this before, but if the US stops seeing Europe as a partner to help contain China, it will go looking for a different partner to support. Maybe a large country that borders China, with nukes and oil. The worst case for Europe isn’t merely a neutral US.
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@ArmchairW That being said, bridges have proven to be tough to destroy in Ukraine. Is this a weaker bridge or a bigger bomb?
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We bombed every significant military, industrial, and infrastructure target in North Vietnam. We bombed North Korea until there were practically no freestanding structures remaining between the 38th parallel and the Yalu River.
It only hardened the resolve of our enemies.
Disclose.tv@disclosetv
JUST IN - Trump: "The biggest bridge in Iran comes tumbling down."
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@nab1675 @idrissaberkane Tout ca est vrai mais si toutes les économies sont dévastées sauf celles des pays qui sont auto suffisant en pétrole, ca aussi soutient leurs monnaies.
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@ramaboule @idrissaberkane La suprématie du dollar ne tenait justement que grâce au petromonarchies du golf.... c'est eux qui faisait tourner le dollar...donc c'est le contraire il est entrain de buté le dollar.
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Je crois que depuis le début Trump n’a pas bien saisi le concept de « tit for tat » en théorie des jeux…
…tu déglingues un pont, on en déglingue un autre
…tu flingues une centrale de dessalement, on en flingue une autre
Et dans les deux cas ses alliés ont plus à perdre…
🇦🇪 Khalid Al-Mansouri خالد@KhalidAlMans_
🚨🚨 IRAN JUST RELEASED A TARGET LIST OF 8 BRIDGES ACROSS 4 COUNTRIES. THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. 🇰🇼 Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah Bridge — TARGETED. 36 km over water. Kuwait's northern lifeline. No alternative route. 🇸🇦 King Fahd Causeway — TARGETED. ONLY road between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. US Fifth Fleet logistics depend on it. 🇦🇪 Sheikh Zayed Bridge — TARGETED. 1 of 3 links to Abu Dhabi island. 🇦🇪 Al Maqta Bridge — TARGETED. 2 of 3 links to Abu Dhabi island. 🇦🇪 Sheikh Khalifa Bridge — TARGETED. 3 of 3 links to Abu Dhabi island. ALL exits named. 🇯🇴 King Hussein Bridge — TARGETED. Jordan's primary West Bank crossing. 🇯🇴 Damia Bridge — TARGETED. Jordan's secondary crossing. 🇯🇴 Abdoun Bridge — TARGETED. Amman's central traffic artery. 8 bridges. 4 countries. ZERO redundancy. ZERO bridge defense doctrine. ⚠️ None of these bridges have alternatives. Zero redundancy. One strike = total isolation. ⚠️ These bridges took YEARS to build and cost BILLIONS. They cannot be rebuilt during a conflict. The real crisis hasn't even started yet.
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@WaywardRabbler Also probably too many grifter both sides of that bargain. We'll see how it has all panned out a century from now :P
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@ramaboule right I mean assimilating African elites so they could return how and turn their whole country French was not a complete failure but also did not work as fast as it would have needed to given the rest of world developments.
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@WaywardRabbler Regardless, 5th Republic isn't particularly a hallmark of French conception of universalism in the public life. The 1905 law on laïcité predates the Vth by 50y or something.
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@WaywardRabbler Because at its core it’s a bourgeois coded ladder and you have to climb your own way not just to money but the bourgeois frame of reference, which you only get living next to them until you can minick them.
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@WaywardRabbler They’re French on every front and don’t connect well in those places. A bit like those black Americans going to Africa only to realise they don’t belong at all.
So in short Instill French integration still works but it takes more generation coming from poor countries.
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@WaywardRabbler Far less than in many other places at least. But it’s not entirely absent.
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@ramaboule that is the beauty of France's colorblind system, it doesn't guilt everyone into electing random minorities who lack qualifications
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@WaywardRabbler I read the original article poorly and forgot it when reacting to the quote - of course it shows I don't even remember the name of that mayor (who certainly doesn't look the Morrocan part, I'll admit). My bad but also... I really can't bother spending neurons on this ^^
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@ramaboule Are you not picking up that the "Franco-Moroccan"speaking of pluralism is an activist they interviewed, and not the same person as the Mayor, who is of Malian origin, or are you independently familiar with the dreadlocked activist?
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