The whole DOGE thing reminds me of when the U.S. government fired the entire Iraqi government and army after we took over. 20 years ago about. Time is truly a flat circle.
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i guess they just disappeared an iranian engineering doctoral student who was *checks notes* critical of iran?
may as well say what you want on social media. they'll get you anyway.
may as well say what you want on social media. they'll get you anyway.
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it feels very strange, from the outside, to be part of that bloc of nations which dutifully joined in on america's foreign misadventures of the last 25 years, and in the process underwent a process of mass class dealignment, popular disillusionment, etc. with politics (and left-centre politics in particular; new labour's foreign policy was the nail in its coffin) ... only to see america turn around and basically declare trade war on us.
our countries have all been dragged in the wake of the USA in its imperial phase (we had little other realistic choice), and even that has been for nothing. the decoupling, if it goes ahead, will do lasting and inter-generational damage. insulting british, french, canadian, etc. troops and things like that will be remembered by the average punter.
our countries have all been dragged in the wake of the USA in its imperial phase (we had little other realistic choice), and even that has been for nothing. the decoupling, if it goes ahead, will do lasting and inter-generational damage. insulting british, french, canadian, etc. troops and things like that will be remembered by the average punter.
Britain offered its expertise on Vietnam (having dealt with Malaya) which was rejected.
Australia tried to help but realised everything the Americans were doing was counter-productive.
The US gave the UK minimal help during the Falklands, France gave immense help.
Iraq I, Afghanistan, Iraq 2 - so much stupid but Britain and Australia pitched in.
General Bonespur has really done a number.
It seems everything is transactional, yet none of the people involved are exactly business, financial etc experts.
Australia tried to help but realised everything the Americans were doing was counter-productive.
The US gave the UK minimal help during the Falklands, France gave immense help.
Iraq I, Afghanistan, Iraq 2 - so much stupid but Britain and Australia pitched in.
General Bonespur has really done a number.
It seems everything is transactional, yet none of the people involved are exactly business, financial etc experts.
Fuck Israel
you mean by making sure the argies were well-stocked with exocet missiles?Dilbert_X wrote:
The US gave the UK minimal help during the Falklands, France gave immense help.
Well its a bit mixed, they didn't supply any more during the war.
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17256975
From what I remember it came out recently that they helped the Navy train for an Exocet attack, running dummy attacks on the fleet as they headed south.
I think they also helped the British locate and buy up any available Exocets around the world.
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17256975
From what I remember it came out recently that they helped the Navy train for an Exocet attack, running dummy attacks on the fleet as they headed south.
I think they also helped the British locate and buy up any available Exocets around the world.
Fuck Israel
crafty, those french. always playing both sides. de gaulle wasn’t much different.
https://x.com/goodvibepolitik/status/19 … 7OKnIcMVqg
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https://x.com/goodvibepolitik/status/19 … 7OKnIcMVqg
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https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n06 … n-the-west
a very good piece by perry anderson, one of the most sagacious mf'ers on the planet today.
a very good piece by perry anderson, one of the most sagacious mf'ers on the planet today.
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if planes had oars, i guarantee the people being deported would be chained to them and whipped across the wrists until they put their backs into it.
lots more: https://www.propublica.org/article/insi … on-flightsThe deportation flight was in the air over Mexico when chaos erupted in the back of the plane, the flight attendant recalled. A little girl had collapsed. She had a high fever and was taking ragged, frantic breaths.
The flight attendant, a young woman who went by the nickname Lala, said she grabbed the plane’s emergency oxygen bottle and rushed past rows of migrants chained at the wrists and ankles to reach the girl and her parents.
By then, Lala was accustomed to the hard realities of working charter flights for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She’d learned to obey instructions not to look the passengers in the eyes, not to greet them or ask about their well-being. But until the girl collapsed, Lala had managed to escape an emergency.
if planes had oars, i guarantee the people being deported would be chained to them and whipped across the wrists until they put their backs into it.