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Nah, it sounds like they were mercenaries hired by militant groups in Mynamar to train them on modern drone and electronic warfare.

So while I'm not going to ever accuse mercenaries of being "good guys", the terrorism charges are also bullshit, like most terrorism charges are.

Right... Except impeachment was never on the cards for this congress, but a bill to resume funding the rest of DHS, was, which is what this article is about...

It's not getting passed in Congress specifically because Trump told Thune that he would publicly go after any Republicans who supported it.

I think I read reporting where he even asked Thune for names of any of the Senators who supported the idea behind closed doors, but I could be mistaken on the part, so definitely don't take my word on that specific detail.

Third-Way Democrats published an op-ed in the WSJ saying that the Epstein class is an anti-Semitic trope.

But at this point, all they're doing is trying to maintain their base of support among right-leaning boomers, because that is the last stronghold of Israeli support, no matter how much the mainstream media tries to cover for them.

I can see why they've been persecuted throughout history!

The irony is that you're parroting Israeli propaganda by conflating Zionism with Judaism.

The state of Israel thanks you for your service and doing the work of Hasbara for them.

This is just self-serving messaging that he's hoping will impact the AI spend and policy of other CEOs.

Maybe he believes it, maybe he doesn't, but it's 100% in his interest to make other decision makers believe that he believes it.

For those confused, they're basically saying that if America tries to seize any of its Islands, or attack its coast, they won't just close the strait, they will mine the entire Persian Gulf, which has many ships currently loitering waiting for the straight to open.

They also claim to have mines that they can simply drop from their own coastline, which will then subsequently travel into the the Gulf. Which is entirely plausible.

The environmental damage will be catastrophic from all of the blown up oil tankers still in the Gulf, and those oil tankers are not easily replaceable for the shipping companies, so even more medium term economic damage will be compounded as a result.

I think there is some limited truth in this.

I think what really happened is that Iran and the GCC countries had conversations, where Iran confirmed their position, and the GCC countries relayed to Trump that they will default on every single obligation they have to him personally, once their countries are made unlivable.

So in a way, there was a negotiation, just not directly.

Can't wait to see the reporting on how fucked up their air traffic control system is from Trump's cuts.

But never before were they this close to the nuclear football.

You were calling them mad in the context of geopolitical strategic thought i.e. madman theory, and that's just not true.

If you need evidence that they are thoughtful and measured, then just look at this war and how it's playing out.

And if you need more evidence, please read all of the reporting regarding the latest rounds of negotiations that Trump sabotaged.

Those are not the actions of mad men.

While I will not defend the concept of theocracy, the people running Iran are anything but mad.

Brutal and repressive authoritarians? Sure.

But their strategy going back 40 years has been thoughtful and measured, which are not the qualities of people who are "mad".

The same cannot be said for Trump, obviously.