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As always

BoraTas said:

As always

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1710723600645271715

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Welp, it is an abusive relationship...

Minm said:

This new offensive by Hamas might actually be aimed at the Saudi Israeli talks. Whatever the Saudis might have been planning to do, any chance of a recognition of Israel is dead once they start bombing Gaza. If they stab the Palestinian resistance in the back, their own rule in Arabia will be threatened

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If you put on the thinking cap, the catalyst for the whole mess is the Saudi-Iranian truth brokered by China earlier this year. The Chinese leadership are literally playing Go here -- the placing of a single strategic piece has made the Chinese position "alive" once again. Think about the relative cost the US has to spend due to that single move -- additional concessions to placate Saudi Arabia/UAE, military aid to Israel to combat the latest offensive, etc. Versus what it cost China -- an expensive dinner gala in Beijing. All that money and resource that could otherwise be used to contain China and stir up shit in East Asia must now be directed not only to Europe, but the Middle East.

siegecrossbow said:

If you put on the thinking cap, the catalyst for the whole mess is the Saudi-Iranian truth brokered by China earlier this year. The Chinese leadership are literally playing Go here -- the placing of a single strategic piece has made the Chinese position "alive" once again. Think about the relative cost the US has to spend due to that single move -- additional concessions to placate Saudi Arabia/UAE, military aid to Israel to combat the latest offensive, etc. Versus what it cost China -- an expensive dinner gala in Beijing. All that money and resource that could otherwise be used to contain China and stir up shit in East Asia must now be directed not only to Europe, but the Middle East.

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This event may have unintentionally killed or seriously slowed down the Indian Middle East corridor plan lol.

siegecrossbow said:

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If you put on the thinking cap, the catalyst for the whole mess is the Saudi-Iranian truth brokered by China earlier this year. The Chinese leadership are literally playing Go here -- the placing of a single strategic piece has made the Chinese position "alive" once again. Think about the relative cost the US has to spend due to that single move -- additional concessions to placate Saudi Arabia/UAE, military aid to Israel to combat the latest offensive, etc. Versus what it cost China -- an expensive dinner gala in Beijing. All that money and resource that could otherwise be used to contain China and stir up shit in East Asia must now be directed not only to Europe, but the Middle East.

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inbe4 China just bought a couple of more years of US distraction..

FriedButter said:

This event may have unintentionally killed or seriously slowed down the Indian Middle East corridor plan lol.

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That’s like saying krakens died out because of the ice age. Something that has no plausibility of existing cannot be killed.

siegecrossbow said:

That’s like saying krakens died out because of the ice age. Something that has no plausibility of existing cannot be killed.

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Doesn’t change the fact that the plan exists. Even if it was on paper only. The kraken is a pure work of fiction.

FriedButter said:

Doesn’t change the fact that the plan exists. Even if it was on paper only. The kraken is a pure work of fiction.

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Fun fact, Zambia had a plan to launch astronauts into space in the 60s.

siegecrossbow said:

Fun fact, Zambia had a plan to launch astronauts into space in the 60s

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Oh I am sure building railways and ports is the same scale of fantasy as the kraken or launching astronauts.