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Gee, I wonder why they didn't use their free money to improve their country. Was it the (at least for a while) US-backed dictator getting US aid and weapons to send young Iraqi men to their deaths? Or was it the US sanctions killing thousands of Iraqi children and impoverishing the rest of the population? Or was it the US invasion plunging their country into over a decade of civil war and instability that continues to this day? I suppose we'll never know!

I'd let her spy on me, which I guess is the point.

Okay you're either being disingenuous or you have no idea what you're talking about, and I don't care which it is. Educate yourself.

Which of those refers to their geopolitical rivals as "great satan"?

If someone does to you what America did to Iran you'd call them Satan too. There's still no basis for the fascism accusation; countries under fascism will do more than call their rivals bad words.

Modern Russia has many fascist traits.

Yes, and it's not because they hate America. Russia has everything from violence against minorities and expansionism to literal genocide. Contrast to Iran's somewhat aggressive but restrained foreign policy.

Iran doesn't "obsess" about the US and Israel; they're geopolitical rivals with the US and Israel. This is like saying Russia or China obsess about the West. As for Sharia, I don't know shit about the Iranian justice system, but theocracy does not equal fascism. These are two completely different things.

Yeah but F-35 is a NATO-wide program if I understand this stuff right. The F-35 and F-22 are also the only fifth-gen fighters the West has, so the effects of this, if there are any, wouldn't only be felt by America.

"a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and by forcible suppression of opposition"- merriam webster.

Well Merriam Webster is wrong. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism#Definitions. Fascism is a pretty complicated class of ideologies, but a characteristic attribute of fascism is always seeking enemies internal and external and "punishing" them and that is simply not present in Iran.

but isn't that the main faux pas?

No, that's the main faux pas if you're a US liberal with no care for human life that doesn't meet a property minimum or resides outside your borders, and not being that I don't give a shit about China getting access to US military tech. Arming Saudi Arabia is bad because Saudi Arabia is an autocratic imperialist slaver state.

Could the OP not think of any reason this would be a bad thing other than China? Not the slave labor? Not the support for autocracies? Not the crimes against humanity? Fucking yanks man.

That said, I have no particular opinion on the China thing, let Trump destroy Western military supremacy; I'll happily watch.

I mean, credit to the guy, he did invest early and hard in MAGA.

Do they expect Cloudfare to vet every single site they host or something? This is the most stupid shit I've read today, even if intellectual property wasn't actual bullshit.

In this context, it's Islamic holy war.

Imperial boomerang moment in 3, 2...

We Muslims have conducted jihad and conquered Piefed in the name of Islam (I have no idea I don't use Piefed).

The answer to a question in the headline is always going to be such that it decreases the reader's faith in humanity.

-Betteridge or something Idk.

Your comment doesn't actually address what the inital comment said at all.

It does. My point is that what they want is a pipe dream.

Its absolutely not guaranteed they can compromise the midterms enough to prevent the complete collapse of their coalition.

But if their coalition collapses Trump won't be able to execute his platform. Hence, the coup. The GOP is betting on being the ruling party of Trump's fascist dictatorship. Also like the other person said, the goal here is a white America; the immigration thing is just an excuse.

So they went from 50% support to 30% support. That's a pretty hefty change, but given that they're the regimes primary victims I have to wonder what those remaining 30% are thinking.

PS: In the current stage of American politics, voting blocs are meaningless.

I have no idea, how about you look it up and report back? Given that other mayors were spending as much or more than that, clearly the process costs a pretty penny.

this is why i hate when people throw the “colonizer” insult around like a frisbee….

Do you have an example of this?