Mantergeistmann
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Mantergeistmann
2d ago
Wasn't there that one Texas judge all the conservatives kept shopping to?
Mantergeistmann
6d ago
Because it's easier for a right-handed man to button his own shirt, and easier for a woman's right-handed maid to button hers, is the story I heard.
Mantergeistmann
6d ago
Also, as I understand it, the government of Ukraine doesn't make it a deliberate tactic to hope their own population gets killed so they can get PR wins which bring international pressure on their behalf.
Mantergeistmann
6d ago
I mean, you could say that avout any ceasefire. Most of them don't take effect immediately, and a lot of people keep their guns firing until the alotted time for various reasons (some professional, some personal).
Mantergeistmann
8d ago
I don't think any president wants to have to make the call of "Hey, this country just nuked a non-Nato country and wiped them off the map. Do we... respond?"
You don't want to set the precedent that there's no response or a limited one, and you also don't want to be the one who gets dragged into a nuclear/heavy-handed military response that has to try to force regime change.
Mantergeistmann
8d ago
I'm not sure why Iran getting a nuclear weapon is such a disaster.
I suppose it depends on how seriously one takes their maximalist rhetoric against Israel.
Mantergeistmann
8d ago
AOC has concluded that a president ordering an airstrike without congressional approval is grounds for impeachment
I'm assuming there's no good analysis as to why this airstrike is grounds for impeachment whereas all the other airstrikes and drone attacks over the decades weren't?
Mantergeistmann
8d ago
the US didn't even use B-2 bombers against the Houthis in the failed campaign against them
I'm not sure what your point is there - why would the US have busted out B-2s against the Houthis?
Mantergeistmann
8d ago
Mantergeistmann
8d ago
It's similar to cluster munitions: a number of American allies are very willing to sign global treaties banning their use, knowing that in a shooting war, the USA will happily bust out its own stock.
Mantergeistmann
8d ago
My understanding is that from a realpolitik standpoint, the issue is that it becomes a fertile ground for terrorists and extremist groups. In the case of Iran, given hiw much support they already provide to Hezbollah/Hamas/Houthis... how much more could a disintegrated nation export?
Mantergeistmann
8d ago
Yes. I think if Iran were preaching peace with their neighbors instead of having a countdown clock to Israel's annihilation, the world would treat Iran's nuclear program very differently.
Mantergeistmann
11d ago
The temple's gates were open in times of war, and closed in times of peace. The formal declaration of war and peace was a superstitious, religious matter for the Romans.
Weren't the gates open for something like a 400 year stretch at one point? AKA longer than the USA has been in existence?
Mantergeistmann
12d ago
The United States is based on the idea that rights are bestowed by our Creator
I believe that only applies to certain inalienable rights.
Make 'em collapsible hats, and follow the rules of Naval Warfare: it's fine to be deceptive up until the final moment of the operation/arrest, at which point you must put your hat on immediately beforehand. Failure to do so will, again, automatically lead to harsh penalties so there's no "oh, well, in the heat of the moment I forgot".
Edit: Especially in a situation where they're putting on masks: if you have time to put on a mask, you have time to put on your Official Hat of Authority.
Mantergeistmann
12d ago
Solution: ICE agents must wear an absolutely obnoxiously visible hat. Anyone else wearing this hat is subject to massive minimum fines and prison sentences, no plea bargains allowed. The regular uniformed police receive a bounty of $50,000 dollars for each person they (correctly) arrest who is wearing one of those hats and is not part of ICE, and all ICE agents must carry some sort of badge/ID that they must provide the uniformed police on request to prove they are ICE.
Boom. ICE is very easily idenfitifiable and verifiable, while being anonymous, and the police have a massive incentive and simple way to ensure it isn't abused by other parties.
Mantergeistmann
13d ago
I'm reminded of a very pro-immigrant friend who was absolutely indignant at the Free State Project and people moving to New Hampshire to vote their values...
Mantergeistmann
15d ago
Other than the use of the term "sprawling" (which seems to be doing a lot of heavy lifting), is there anything to indicate that this center does go underneath skyscrapers, and not just the military complex above it? I couldn't find anything in the article you linked, but there may be other information out there.
Mantergeistmann
15d ago
Israeli Army command post deep underground beneath its headquarters
Isn't that like saying "there's a US Army command post/bunker deep underground beneath the Pentagon"? And yes, launch as many bombs as you want at the Pentagon/bunkers beneath it during a war; it's certainly not a war crime to hit any nearby civilians with a miss.
Mantergeistmann
15d ago
Why was this well-off man with a family renting with a Papa John's pizza guy?
Sublease for a temporary business assignment? I know a few people with a house several hours from where they work who get an apartment - sleep in town on work nights, go home on weekends.
Mantergeistmann
16d ago
10 million people, 7 million of them Jews, cannot sustain significant long-term military capacity against even low-medium strength foes if they lose the support of the US
Given that most of their neighbors want them dead and gone, and not due to generic geopolitical tensions, that just sounds like withdrawing US support will put them in a position where their only hope for survival is to establish regional supremacy as quickly and forcefully as possible, since they really can't sustain a long-term war against a coalition. Very unstable, certainly, but better than slowly and inevitably being ground into the ocean.
Mantergeistmann
17d ago
Follow-up question: what do you mean by the road train stuff?
Presumably, when one driver is going above the speed limit, a bunch of other drivers will assume a line behind the first and match speed. Safety in numbers, after all - the police can't pull everyone over (unless there's a speed trap set up).
Mantergeistmann
17d ago
I also find it fascinating not just for their decision to use it as a strategy, but for the population to go along with it with (apparently) only limited coercion required.
Mantergeistmann
17d ago
Hezbollah to a limited extent, but they're not what I would have considered a full governing body. Houthis, I have no idea what their infrastructure or... anything there actually is like, I will admit.
Yes, my understanding is that detergent a) never goes bad, and b) everyone needs. It's a very safe sale to make.
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