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Jordanian authorities have announced the arrest of 3 terrorists after a joint security operation and armed clash. No injuries were reported among security forces.
The King of Jordan visited citizens wounded in the Greek Orthodox church attack in Karak governorate, Jordan, dressed in his military uniform.
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BREAKING: Flávio Bolsonaro:
It is impossible to recognize the election results in the context of how these things happened.
We are going to use our legal team, we are going to request the annulment of these elections.
It is impossible to recognize the election results in the context of how these things happened.
We are going to use our legal team, we are going to request the annulment of these elections.
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People forget how drastically different middle eastern politics was before 10/7
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Israel and Turkey are upgrading diplomatic relations and reinstating the ambassadors and consuls general of both countries.
Mazal Tov! Tebrikler!
@IsraelinTurkey
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Bill Gates recently said that the next twenty years will be the most tumultuous in human history. I agree with him. The silver lining is that feminism won’t survive this period (no pun intended) since men will be forced to be men again and women will need protection.
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Addendum: right-wing parties hold a supermajority in both houses of Brazil's legislature and can freely impeach and remove Lula from office.
This was what happened to Lula's successor, Dilma Rousseff, and paved the way for Bolsonaro's victory in 2018.
This was what happened to Lula's successor, Dilma Rousseff, and paved the way for Bolsonaro's victory in 2018.
It's worth reminding everyone that the only reason Lula was able to steal the 2022 election was because Biden had threatened Bolsonaro and his allies with sanctions if they investigated electoral fraud, which the Brazilian president is empowered to do under the constitution.
If the Trump administration threatens sanctions on Lula and HIS allies, they'll break and cede power.
"They don't care about sanctions!"
Actually, they do. They very much do. No mid-level bureaucrat or general wants to wake up and find his life's savings frozen and his credit cards shut off. Nor do they want to risk getting nabbed by Interpol on an international flight they had to pay for in cash.
Brazil is deeply intertwined with the U.S. on a fundamental economic level. Even the Chinese have to play ball with American sanctions; the Hong Kong politicians responsible for the anti-democracy crackdowns in 2019-2020 can't even open accounts with Chinese banks.
Bolsonaro didn't "cross the Rubicon" in 2022 because he was utterly alone, with the U.S., Russia, China, and the EU all in Lula's camp. Maybe the Russians and Chinese side with Lula. The U.S. won't, and the EU might be guilted enough into taking Trump's side.
Eat shit, nïglët.
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BREAKING: Brazilian electoral lawyers say a new vote may be needed after Lula’s former lawyer, now a Supreme Court justice, unilaterally extended voting hours.
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True at this point. This election is actually very similar to what happened in Venezuela in 2013 when Maduro was on track to lose until a 2 hour “extension” where Maduro ended up winning
We should treat the results the way we treated the results that showed Maduró winning
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One of the most irritating things about doing any kind of commentary on military matters in South Asia is both sides izzat-driven reluctance to acknowledge the other has any strengths or capabilities at all.
Hey guys, news flash. When it comes to air to air combat Pakistan is better, pound for pound, but India is better when it comes to artillery and standoff capabilities.
You ever notice you never see Israelis acting like this?
After Arab SA-6 air defense batteries caused a nasty surprise in the Yom Kippur war, they didn’t try to deny or hide the ensuing losses.
Rather, they went back to the drawing board, fixed their training, procured and developed weapons and systems better suited to that task, and began preparing for the next round.
The Syrians, on the other hand, were quite confident in the performance of their air defense, and failed to make necessary preparations.
So when that round came in 1982, Israel virtually destroyed the entire Syrian integrated air defense network and half their entire fighter force with minimal losses.
After suffering several serious blows from Hezbollah in 2006 they didn’t start saaring out about how they’d taken no damage at all. Rather, they demanded accountability from the leadership, analyzed their comparative strengths and weaknesses vs the enemy, and redid their tactics and training.
Hezbollah, meanwhile, flush with pride, failed to prepare.
And we all saw the results before our eyes. Their command structure was paralyzed with the exploding pagers. When their commanders gathered in person to plan, their electronics being compromised, they were assassinated from the air. Nasrallahs underground fortress became a necropolis of dead Hezbos and IRGC officers.
When the land invasion began, Hezbollahs notorious anti-tank missile tactics that proved so deadly in 2006 were neutralized by a combination of better training, active protection systems, and sensor-shooter integration.
They’re definitely not fully defeated, and caution is still warranted, but they are now a measly fraction of their former strength. The site where Nasrallah made his “spiders web” speech is a Merkava motor pool now.
If the *other guy* has an honor obsessed mentality, and *you don’t*, you’re going to win, because any tactics that work against you, they’ll see no need to improve, and when they don’t work, they’ll deny the problem exists at all- and thus he is defeated before his soldiers even tie their bootlaces.
Hey guys, news flash. When it comes to air to air combat Pakistan is better, pound for pound, but India is better when it comes to artillery and standoff capabilities.
You ever notice you never see Israelis acting like this?
After Arab SA-6 air defense batteries caused a nasty surprise in the Yom Kippur war, they didn’t try to deny or hide the ensuing losses.
Rather, they went back to the drawing board, fixed their training, procured and developed weapons and systems better suited to that task, and began preparing for the next round.
The Syrians, on the other hand, were quite confident in the performance of their air defense, and failed to make necessary preparations.
So when that round came in 1982, Israel virtually destroyed the entire Syrian integrated air defense network and half their entire fighter force with minimal losses.
After suffering several serious blows from Hezbollah in 2006 they didn’t start saaring out about how they’d taken no damage at all. Rather, they demanded accountability from the leadership, analyzed their comparative strengths and weaknesses vs the enemy, and redid their tactics and training.
Hezbollah, meanwhile, flush with pride, failed to prepare.
And we all saw the results before our eyes. Their command structure was paralyzed with the exploding pagers. When their commanders gathered in person to plan, their electronics being compromised, they were assassinated from the air. Nasrallahs underground fortress became a necropolis of dead Hezbos and IRGC officers.
When the land invasion began, Hezbollahs notorious anti-tank missile tactics that proved so deadly in 2006 were neutralized by a combination of better training, active protection systems, and sensor-shooter integration.
They’re definitely not fully defeated, and caution is still warranted, but they are now a measly fraction of their former strength. The site where Nasrallah made his “spiders web” speech is a Merkava motor pool now.
If the *other guy* has an honor obsessed mentality, and *you don’t*, you’re going to win, because any tactics that work against you, they’ll see no need to improve, and when they don’t work, they’ll deny the problem exists at all- and thus he is defeated before his soldiers even tie their bootlaces.
That’s a formal drill, leftover from the British.
They don’t actually fight like that.
Indian artillery is actually pretty good. During the Kargil War, their ability to fight in extreme high altitude and mountainous terrain proved decisive.
I think lately people really haven’t been taking India seriously enough, militarily speaking. Yes they’re way behind where they could be, and where they really need to be, but the Indo-Pak wars were massive, intense conflicts, and while last year Pakistan absolutely got the better of them in air-to-air combat, their standoff missile capabilities are nothing to laugh at and definitely did some damage.
You know I have a lot of praise for the Pakistani Air Force. Well, those guys wouldn’t train with the breakneck intensity they do if they thought the guys on the other side of the LoC were a bunch of pushovers.
They’re good because they take India seriously and respect them.
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Yes, it’s correct — the Supreme Court judge who unilaterally ordered some polls to stay open 2 extra hours was previously Lula’s personal lawyer
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Brazils Supreme Court just ended Brazilian democracy.
Only the military now has the power to restore it.
They must move quickly. TONIGHT!
Only the military now has the power to restore it.
They must move quickly. TONIGHT!
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We're about to find out whether the Brazilian Right understands what time it is, or whether they'll go the way the Liberals in Venezuela did 10-20 years ago.
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“There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know.”
— Donald Rumsfeld
— Donald Rumsfeld
We are looking at multiple possible scenarios here, linked to a number of variables. Those variables, and how they land, will decide which scenario we are going to find ourselves in.
Going to be an interesting 48 hours.
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I do sincerely believe that too.
I believe the US, with all its faults, is the glue that's kinda keeping the civilization together. Without it, you have intense factional warfare and constant global upheaval. No checks or balances. No accountability, even if selective.
Even in a jungle it's important to have a king.
Notice how the current upheaval in the MidEast coincides with the reduction in U.S. influence in the region. When U.S. influence recedes, that's what usually follows. I suspect we will find the same case in Europe.
I believe the US, with all its faults, is the glue that's kinda keeping the civilization together. Without it, you have intense factional warfare and constant global upheaval. No checks or balances. No accountability, even if selective.
Even in a jungle it's important to have a king.
Notice how the current upheaval in the MidEast coincides with the reduction in U.S. influence in the region. When U.S. influence recedes, that's what usually follows. I suspect we will find the same case in Europe.
Thiel: “There is no successor. When the US is done, the West is done, and the world is done.” — if you truly believed this, what would you do?
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