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[sndef888]

Russia just captured Hrodivka within mere kilometers of Pokrovsk, as well as Novohrodivka and Selydove. Ukraine is collapsing across all fronts

Once they take Pokrovsk they can move north and south to pincer the rest of Donetsk

At this rate all of Donbass will be under Russian control in a couple weeks/months max

 

[sndef888]

According to the CIA aka RFA, Cambodia will receive two 056 corvettes

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[horse]

So when is South Korea going to claim nuclear reactor was Korean 1000 years ago?

They are proud to be second class citizens to uphold the rules based international order.

Although one might suspect that people like the French and English are the true second class citizens, and there are the third class citizens such as some minority or like the cannon fodder in Ukraine.

Fatty Kim's brother should practice his karaoke.

 

[Minm]

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Iran’s supreme leader opens door to negotiations with US over Tehran’s nuclear program​

This is how Iran's leader really thinks. No one should have any illusions anymore about why Iran won't really retaliate after Israel's attacks.

Don't forget, a new nuclear agreement is in China's interest and China has been withholding investments in Iran since the deal was broken by Trump

China has in the past said that it supports a return to the old agreement

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[coolgod]

Don't forget, a new nuclear agreement is in China's interest and China has been withholding investments in Iran since the deal was broken by Trump

China has in the past said that it supports a return to the old agreement

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US duking out with Iran in the middle east is also in China's interest. I think China cares less and less about the western sanctions on Iran now, given the irreversible decoupling of the global financial system (fall of the USD hegemony). Ultimately it is in China's interest that Iran doesn't get nuclear weapons, weather an agreement is made between Iran and the west doesn't really concern China anymore.

 

[Index]

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How do you look up in a tank? You could have soldiers outside looking up for you but then they'll probably die from the explosion going off outside the tank.

NATO doctrine pretty much the modern incarnation of Zhao Kuo.

Best in the world at exercises. Meanwhile in real world: Mines? Just drive around them. Air strikes? Just look up. The enemy has air defenses? Let's linebacker through it and lose 10 000 planes.

Ukraine also had their own commanders that were doing ok before impatient NATO advisor decide they need to attack Robotino and Kursk, wasting 100 000s of men to achieve nothing, probably cutting the war short by several years. Exactly like the historical example.

 

[Minm]

US duking out with Iran in the middle east is also in China's interest. I think China cares less and less about the western sanctions on Iran now, given the irreversible decoupling of the global financial system (fall of the USD hegemony). Ultimately it is in China's interest that Iran doesn't get nuclear weapons, weather an agreement is made between Iran and the west doesn't really concern China anymore.

Iran threatening to strike is much more valuable than actually engaging in war. Currently, the threat of an attack means that there's no aircraft carriers in the Pacific. In a similar situation 5 years in the future, this might be a perfect time to strike Taiwan.

If there were a major war, the US wouldn't attempt to occupy Iran, which would cost them more than Iraq and they might not even be able to do it very quickly without a neighbouring country with a land border like in desert storm. Instead they'd do only airstrikes, similar to the destruction of Libya. Libya is the worst possibility for China. A champion of the global south destroyed at minimal cost to the west. The current situation with Russia, Iran and North Korea combining their military industries to bleed the west is really ideal.

If the west is willing to allow Iran's economy to strengthen in exchange for reducing nuclear material, that will translate into more drones and missiles sold to Russia or pointing at Israel

 

[luminary]

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Journey to the East.

Charles Lieber has late stage lymphoma cancer. He's pretty much giving the FU to the bastards on his way out.

 

[_killuminati_]

If there were a major war, the US wouldn't attempt to occupy Iran, which would cost them more than Iraq and they might not even be able to do it very quickly without a neighbouring country with a land border like in desert storm.

Quick look at the topography of Iran will show how difficult it is to invade, let alone occupy Iran.

Apart from a few southern coastal regions and Khuzestan (southwest lowlands next to Iraq), the rest is Afghanistan 2.0 + 100x worse attrition. We all know how good US is at mountain warfare.

 

[plawolf]

US duking out with Iran in the middle east is also in China's interest. I think China cares less and less about the western sanctions on Iran now, given the irreversible decoupling of the global financial system (fall of the USD hegemony). Ultimately it is in China's interest that Iran doesn't get nuclear weapons, whether an agreement is made between Iran and the west doesn't really concern China anymore.

Iran doesn’t have the hard power to have a great chance of being able to inflict meaningful, lasting damage on the US (ie sink a carrier). So unless China wants to kick off AR in the next few months, there is little benefit to Iran and America going to blows.

The US today is also very different from the one under Bush, where no concern will be had about moral responsibility or humanitarian normals.

This means that in the event of open war between the US and Iran, there is almost zero prospect that the US would burden itself with occupation and nation building afterwards (which it supremely sucks at). Instead it will just do what it does best, blow shit up on an industrial scale, collapse economic, industrial and social order and not even make any token attempts at alleviating the suffering of Iranian civilians or preserving regional stability afterwards.

That means Iran will only cost America ammo, which can be quickly replenished. In turn, Russia and China will loose a valuable ally to distract and stretch American forces with.

I think this is a major reason behind Russia rushing advanced weapons to Iran. Not to help fuel the fire but actually to try and control it because those new weapons won’t be operational for months if not years. The argument to Iran is, why fight now when you are so overmatched when if you wait a little, you will have all these shiny new weapons you can use that will greatly increase your odds.

I expect China to be making a similar offer on the economics side.

I think this Sino-Russian diplomacy is the main thing holding Iran back, and not because it’s truly cowed by Israeli and American military might.