Southern Boy
I guess it’s just one of those decades.
That got me winded since I’m on my phone, I forgot to mention the nuke thing. What is stopping Israel from nuking Palestine is a trifecta of linked issues
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expending its deterrence versus Iran
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counterattack which could flatten Israel is possible without nukes, and has been saved up already (this is not a joke)
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counterattacks against US oil interests in the region
It’s not about the unlimited might of the US being held back by goodwill. There are very real limitations, the Pentagon planned on doing what it’s being forced to do with Iran to China. Plans are scaling down all the time.
By the way the 170,000 pounds figure was from what they dropped on a single city block.
Your confusion is understandable as a mayor was murdered, coinciding with Sheinbaum’s victory
God bless her, but your grandma isn’t a significant European financial power or a major global south semi-colony like Brazil or China.
The US is frantic to maintain control over Europe and delegitimize its rivals, if the US could wave a magic wand, every rival countey would belong to the level of Russia and Venezuela, legally barred from accessing the UN for fear of arrest. Switzerland acknowledging the diplomatic weight of China and Brazil is very significant.
Now imagine if they had something to advertise which people actually want!
The current editor of The Atlantic was a Zionist prison guard during the First Intifada. But don’t worry, he says his friends describe him as very leftist.
Yes and the US assets and oil interests in the region are toast if things get much hotter. Interpreting the Iranians’ move to delegitimize the US on a historic scale as weakness is just another example of the sociopathy and arrogance which runs through the imperialist power structure