ChickenOverlord
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ChickenOverlord
5d ago
How many streets are named after disgraced Catholic priests?
Technically a ton, since MLK was named after Martin Luther.
ChickenOverlord
6d ago
Since 2014 the defining fault line in the Culture War has been race, not sex
And even then, any oxygen in the room for issues about sex has been sucked up by the trans issue.
ChickenOverlord
6d ago
What's the worst three things they have done in the past 15 years?
Just off the top of my head:
Threatening global shipping lanes by funding and supplying the Houthis (one of their proxies) which caused major disruption to ship traffic in the Red Sea and through the Suez Canal.
Attacking Saudi oil infrastructure (again via their proxy, the Houthis).
Supplying IEDs and shaped charges to insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan to kill American troops.
As I have heard, Iran actually cooperated with the U.S. in fighting ISIS.
Yeah, no surprise there. ISIS was an overwhelmingly Sunni group, that often explicitly targeted Shiite Muslims. Iran is majority Shiite.
ChickenOverlord
6d ago
and also get them out of their occupied land, which is a precondition for normalization among the Arab nations
Is it though? Israel has had decent relations with Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and other Arab nations for decades now.
ChickenOverlord
6d ago
I'd think it was a good idea, if we were going to secure access to Iranian oil and cut off Chinese access. My view is that we might be (but aren't definitely) heading towards a major global conflict along the lines of WW3 and securing resources and regions ahead of time is one of our smartest options. But I don't think that's what we're doing here.
Covid lockdowns actually enabled my dream career, letting me pretend to work from home instead of having to commute to pretend to work at the office. It definitely put unnecessary strain on my marriage though (which we fortunately worked through) and destroyed my faith in humanity and institutions.
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