• romantired@shibanu.app
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    19 hours ago

    Anyone who still thinks Trump is to blame just isn’t paying attention.

    These strikes would’ve happened no matter who the president was it’s a geopolitical inevitability.

    And yes, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Ukraine is in serious trouble now.

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      19 hours ago

      Taiwan and South Korea probably shittting their pants right about now as well. Daddy’s about to be too busy to help out when their possed off neightcome knocking

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        18 hours ago

        They’ll be next — just not immediately. Over the next couple of years, Ukraine will likely be partitioned, and as the war with Iran de-escalates, a new conflict will be needed to fill the vacuum. That’s how the cycle tends to work.

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      18 hours ago

      I’m waiting to see if Trump/pentagon escalates or does their strike package and goes home.

      I doubt this is going to lead to some sort of ground invasion. Biden would have done the exact same although maybe more clandestine.

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        17 hours ago

        Iran and its allies and proxies have to retaliate against US positions in the region. If Iran doesnt respond, they will be considered fair game for bombing whenever the US and Israel are bored. Both US and Israel just proved that diplomacy is off the table with them. Neither country speaks any language but violence.

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          16 hours ago

          I don’t know if they can, honestly. Iran has lost air superiority in their own skies as well as, reportedly, a majority of their long range missile launch sites. US bases in the near gulf states might be in range of Irans short range arsenal, but do they really want a strike into their neighbors territory? We’ll see.