I was off social media for a good couple of months before this too. The allure of good information is usually what brings me back. But I have to say, even in the few months that I was gone, things have gotten immeasurably worse. I really feel no need for it anymore.
Yeah, Scott's sense of trepidation hasn't ended well, though he has been much more measured and reasonable than many others in his skepticism regarding Trump's Iran policy.
Great discussion on the Gulf War. Despite how much larger the 03 war looms in the public consciousness, the 91 war is really a much better analogy to the present.
It is really ironic, as you mentioned, that the sort of decapitation attack that the US and Israel have launched against Iran would probably have worked incredibly well against Saddam. The technological capabilities just didn't exist at the time.
Meanwhile Iran is less a tinpot cult of personality and more an entrenched ideological regime, so it's far more immune to that strategy. Saddam's Iraq vs the Islamic Republic is like comparing the Soviet Union in 1941 to the Soviet Union in 1981.
It’s still pretty good if you’re aggressive enough with the block and mute buttons and stay away from the For You tab, but it has gone down hill a lot.
The correct pronunciation of Kyiv is "KEE-ev" (contrary to what you said, this is the correct Ukrainian pronounciation.) "Kee-YEV" is American and incorrect.
LOL is that supposed to be some fucking joke? Plenty of people from there tell me that's bull, they don't pronounce in that way and that they think westerners who do are just gay sycophants.
Scott’s voice is not 100% because he spent the whole weekend karaokeing nu metal songs
So which is worse? This or the fact that he's smoked weed before
X is unbearable 😔
X reminds me of 4chan or Gab now. Just endless nonsense. Hopefully shitlibs come back to X so RWingers can tighten up their act.
Glad the algorithm served you up. Finally, some reasonable, thoughtful analysis on Iran that places it in historical perspective. Subscribed!
I have been lured back on due to recent events unfortunately. 😔
I was off social media for a good couple of months before this too. The allure of good information is usually what brings me back. But I have to say, even in the few months that I was gone, things have gotten immeasurably worse. I really feel no need for it anymore.
Soon as this got posted oil prices dropped.
Yeah, Scott's sense of trepidation hasn't ended well, though he has been much more measured and reasonable than many others in his skepticism regarding Trump's Iran policy.
Great discussion on the Gulf War. Despite how much larger the 03 war looms in the public consciousness, the 91 war is really a much better analogy to the present.
It is really ironic, as you mentioned, that the sort of decapitation attack that the US and Israel have launched against Iran would probably have worked incredibly well against Saddam. The technological capabilities just didn't exist at the time.
Meanwhile Iran is less a tinpot cult of personality and more an entrenched ideological regime, so it's far more immune to that strategy. Saddam's Iraq vs the Islamic Republic is like comparing the Soviet Union in 1941 to the Soviet Union in 1981.
It’s still pretty good if you’re aggressive enough with the block and mute buttons and stay away from the For You tab, but it has gone down hill a lot.
The correct pronunciation of Kyiv is "KEE-ev" (contrary to what you said, this is the correct Ukrainian pronounciation.) "Kee-YEV" is American and incorrect.
LOL is that supposed to be some fucking joke? Plenty of people from there tell me that's bull, they don't pronounce in that way and that they think westerners who do are just gay sycophants.