godisidog [none/use name]

Like, wasnt The Departed based on a Chinese cop trilogy?

Infernal Affairs from HK.

You do get a lot of crime/cop movies from the mainland too. The cops are required to always win.

Well you’re half right at least.

feedback loop of escalations per MAD

Who’s gonna escalate? Assuming Israel only used them in the Middle East, and I see no reason why they’d attack further afield, why would Russia or China involve themselves? Maybe Pakistan could, what are Israeli-Pakistani relations like?

How many old people died while they were bolted inside their homes during COVID?

Far fewer than died outside of their homes in the rest of the world.

China actually cared about their people’s lives honestly, all the west cared about were their economies.

Apparently these are normal storage levels for this time of year, and most British gas comes from its own natural supplies or Norway.

The war might be disruptive but this situation is far from existential for Britain.

Sorffly Davius is straight out of a Japanese baseball videogame for sure

So they really were just trying to repeat Venezuela in killing the leader and then hoping the successor is more compliant to demands?

Even if it is true, it’d never have happened if the US and Israel weren’t bombing Iran. They’re directly responsible regardless.

I don’t agree with the idea that this is all a distraction

Amerikans just love war

nations swore to stand with Iran

Who does that include?

the radar system was worth around $1.1 billion.

what is that, like 0.2% of the US annual military budget?

deaths of US soldiers

Have there been any?

Weren’t there reports that the US wanted Israel to start shooting first? Any reason to think they haven’t endorsed this attack?

I’m genuinely really curious about what you want to scold about?

I think the point is that this guy is obviously not gonna win anyway so there’s no point in becoming too emotionally invested.

Yes

I don’t think even Yanks are dumb enough to use nukes over this, what would be the point?

why?

For real, polling this far out is a reflection of general vibes - in this case a real frustration with the establishment parties - but the numbers don’t really matter.

Starlet’s in hot water for choosing a known friend of Epstein, and by extension Trump, as US ambassador. It’s a dirty logic but there’s some sense to it.

Not a fan of the man but it’d be kinda fucked if he went over this, especially considering who we’ve got on the horizon.