Decrepit war hawk says we should attack more countries! Misunderstands what AGI is, more at 6!
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Strike with what? We can't even protect our bases from Iran
Well technically iron dome has been wildly successful in protecting Israel and it has even been expanded upon since the conflict started, but it's kind of an odd statement "How could he stab anything, he has no shield!"
More like "How could they win a fight when they can't handle someone smaller who punches back"
Well, that's more than a bit disingenuous to imply the USA has exerted it's full military might on Iran, not to mention it doesn't really capture the nuance that Iran's military is basically the same as China's: they supplied the armaments to begin with.
Nuance is when you say Iran is China's peer in terms of military power? Sure thing bud
Nobody is saying that, but I definitely did say Iran's military can be considered an arm of China's, and that I mean with full seriousness and genuine belief.
Iran's military is basically the same as China's: they supplied the armaments to begin with.
Indeed.
Here's hoping humiliation will deliver the lessons to the illiterate, as they are unable to understand their own words.
I wasn't planning to deliver lessons today but since you insist:
"The Same As" does not mean the same thing as "Equivalent To".
E.G. "Paul is the the same guy as the one in the movie" versus "Paul is practically equivalent to the guy in the movie".
If you want to insist on reframing what you said, while undermining your larger point, go ahead. But i would like to know what exactly it is you were trying to say by making the comparison.
"We threw a ton of shields at their arrows and it defended us well enough, but we are running out of shields and their cheap arrows are cheap to manufacture at scale......well be fine!"
I know, as a species, we're desperately trying to start World War 3 on a bunch of fronts, but this is one of the stupider ones.
It's propaganda. It's not a serious consideration. It's intention is to make you feel exactly how you felt after reading it.
We making anti-Obama posts now?
People might be more open to this post if they mentioned his current position at CNAS or even his former position as an Analyst in Institute of Peace, clearly an ill fitting role for the slopper, instead of some shit he did over a decade ago. And, a minor nitpick, he was an advisor for VP Biden (under Obama) and Congresswoman Amy Klobuchar, not Obama specifically.
With that out of the way, fuckin sloppers, man. They actually believe this shit or is Microsoft paying him up the wazoo?
Agreed, though that might be the way to actually get people who aren't already opposed to stupid warhawks saying stupid warhawk things to apply some critical thinking to what's being proposed. Because I'd say almost everyone can tell at a glance how stupid this idea is, but a lot of trump supporters wouldn't apply the slightest bit of critical thought to something that came from trumps Institute of Peace.
We live in a time where faith in the DNC has never been lower and fascism in the USA has never been higher and I don't think thats a coincidence. We shouldn't tolerate smearing the DNC right before a major election.
You’re conflating Obama with an opinion from someone who was in his admin and is clout chasing.
Edit: With the current hardware crunch, vaporizing hardware is stupid af. Can we all just gtfo ourselves.