Global Events & Politics Überthread

depends on what the market is doing.

tapate is also anxiously awaiting thethe's tweets so he can figure out how to vaguely agree with everything thethe posts as a rhetorical gotcha/own the libs snark.


Their 1-2 punch this last year has been nothing short of phenomenal in these threads. Might be a more successful run than 14 straight division titles.
 
Daily Mail described "staunchly right wing' per their Wiki page
Once owned by Murdoch family
don't know if that still true.
A NewsCorp subsidiary.

Telling that fellow Braves fans here would violate a 10 Commandment based on Fox News story.
But, none of them watch Fox.
its weird to me you see a story about a rape and cover up and your instinct is to attack the source
 
It seems to me that an operation to extract the uranium is worth the risk. It won't be easy and will likely involve casualties but this has struck me as a very important objective of this war.
 
It requires ground troops or some sort of arrangement with the Iranians. I'll leave the details to people who know much more about such matters than I do.
I just don’t see the wisdom of risking the lives of soldiers why they spend weeks (months?) digging through rubble with the daily threat of drone attacks.
 
I just don’t see the wisdom of risking the lives of soldiers why they spend weeks (months?) digging through rubble with the daily threat of drone attacks.
This is why I also supported the diplomatic efforts pursued by previous administrations. This is one of those thorny problems where both diplomatic and military solutions are difficult. But I don't think we can hope the problem goes away.

Do we want a nuclear-armed Iran controlling the Strait of Hormuz?
 
We could have done nothing to slow the spread and thousands more have died.

Similarly we could punt on Iran and wake up someday with a nuclear-armed Iran.

The cost/benefit argues against inaction in both cases.

Libertarians have a blind spot. They have this reflexive preference for doing nothing. Sometimes doing nothing is optimal. Sometimes not. The doing nothing option requires the same scrutiny as other options.
 
We could have done nothing to slow the spread and thousands more have died.

Similarly we could punt on Iran and wake up someday with a nuclear-armed Iran.

The cost/benefit argues against inaction in both cases.

Libertarians have a blind spot. They have this reflexive preference for doing nothing. Sometimes doing nothing is optimal. Sometimes not. The doing nothing option requires the same scrutiny as other options.
But we did do something. There’s an enormous chasm between Midnight Hammer and Epic Fury.
 
We could have done nothing to slow the spread and thousands more have died.

Similarly we could punt on Iran and wake up someday with a nuclear-armed Iran.

The cost/benefit argues against inaction in both cases.

Libertarians have a blind spot. They have this reflexive preference for doing nothing. Sometimes doing nothing is optimal. Sometimes not. The doing nothing option requires the same scrutiny as other options.
The point of my post was to point out the government’s propensity to sell us on something that they end up getting horribly wrong. Two weeks turns into two years in a snap. I’m sure we’ll end up sending in ground troops, and the folks in charge, almost none of whom are actually fit for their jobs, will tell us how quick and easy it’ll be. I’ll bet the over.
 
If you get the desired outcome it would be worth it. I guess it would make people feel better if they said it will take a few years but the outcome is exactly the same.

Terrorism being nixed abroad is worth it.

The evil of Tehran is being heavily discounted.
 
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