Meanwhile, elsewhere,
Shooting mothers and their newborns seems like it should get more attention.
The Taliban normally own up to their attacks, so this is probably Islamic State. Assholes. Of course theyāll do whatever they can do spread even more misery during the pandemic.
BTW: as with Afghanistan beforehand, an implication of this is āwe want to turn this country into a permanent warzoneā. And, as with Afghanistan, the impact of this on the welfare of the locals does not appear to be a factor.
Chaos, not stability, has become the effective means of extracting resources since the end of colonialism. Itās the new gold standard to keep the goods flowing from the global south to the north. As always, the locals are never the concern.
And I thought Turkey was just buying AA missile systems from Russiaā¦
Well, this sort of thing happens when the opportunity presents itself:
A certaIn Fla golf resort comes to mind for a test site.
Over the last couple of days, on and off, I have been thinking:
It is my considered opinion that itās a given that part of the Trump re-election campaign will be stoking up one or two āregional conflictsā, possibly to the point of āminor proxy warā.
Iām still deliberating about the where and how; with āhowā as in
(1) what will be the pretext?
(2) who will be co-opted to do the dirty work (and is first in line to get shafted afterwards)?
Any thoughts?
Muth, whose spearheading the drive, said the ā22ā refers to the number of cities the initiative tends to target. Those cities include New York, Boston, Chicago and Seattle, which have a large Gen Z population that might not ordinarily consider military careers.
Military brass would utilize tools including Zoom and Microsoft Teams to reach potential recruits. Traditional recruiting efforts have focused on the South and Midwest.
The obvious targets are Iran and Venezuela.
Recent potential flashpoints:
https://twitter.com/mahyar313/status/1263237667665448960?s=21
And on a larger scale:
Aww, man, like I didnāt have enough nightmare material already. Looks like I picked the wrong timeline to quit drinking.
Malcolm X never lived to see the government fallThose new islands in South China Sea.
US Navy not being allowed to dock on a nearby island to resupply due to Covid.
āAccidentalā boat confrontation.
Taiwan sacrificed shortly before Hong Kong.
Nobody wastes 6 months of anti-Asian racism and you canāt have a land war right now.
I do NOT want to be right.
