They shouldn’t be surprised at all. Other than his first term, there has been many clues.
Should have voted for Jill Stein or Claudia De la Cruz.
“If there were an Oscar for best theatrical performance by a country, Israel would win every year. It’s a country based on theater. It’s a lunatic state - completely insane”.
Norman Finkelstein
They shouldn’t be surprised at all. Other than his first term, there has been many clues.
Should have voted for Jill Stein or Claudia De la Cruz.
No, it is a parliamentary democracy.
A democracy is never a guarantee of favorable or progressive outcomes.
The people voted for this though. The secular dictatorship was replaced by a democracy, and this is something Sunni and Shia parties agree on with a majority in the parliament. The old (abolished) law was introduced in 1959 with the beginning of the republican era after the end of the monarchy in 1958.
Even the opposition to it doesn’t look that popular, not a lot of people:
The US put Iraq through sanctions, killed its scientists, and artists, and then invaded it and destroyed its infrastructure. The majority of Iraqis left through all that trauma had nothing but their religion institutions and tribal connections left, and through the democratic system the US imposed voted for this directly or indirectly. It sucks, but the destruction of Iraq started years ago.
I don’t argue with Zionists, bots or otherwise. The humans are just as insufferable.
I don’t know if Netanyahu is glad now that the Iraqi resistance is attacking Israel. But he did a good job selling it to congress.
I must be getting old if Gnome 3.0 is considered a classic now. Gnome 2 (MATE) forever for me.
US sanction power is not like it was in the 1990s. I think most people don’t realize that.
Being poor is why I had a Chevrolet Spark once. I would have bought a Chinese car if I could.
Scholz is on his way out though.
I misread secrecy as sorcery and got excited for a moment.
She is still a horrible person who have excused Israeli crimes in the past. Hopefully this is the beginning of real change.
This is the lesser evil they wanted millions to vote for
Be optimistic, he might accidentally destroy it.
I am not going to get my hopes up. The government has the ability to keep functioning on autopilot regardless of who is at the top.
I am pleasantly surprised to see it this high.
The aid that was never enough. The US and Israel are intentionally starving Palestinians in Gaza.
The DNC chose Harris who got zero delegates the last time the voters had a say.
it may be in humanity’s best interest to direct and curb it though
It is okay, you don’t have to. You are freed of your burden. The rest of the world can manage themselves better in a multipolar world.
Nuclear power should be adopted more