Let's see how it goes now with McCarthy out. — ssu
I agree with you.I think it's going to be a complete fiasco. — Wayfarer
The way it's going I really think they will let the US have a default. — ssu
It's insanity. It's going to be an absolute nightmare if Trump wins again, which seems quite possible. I really, really wish Biden would have stepped down. It seems the height of hubris for him to run again at his age, with his abysmal approval ratings, during one of the most consequential elections in US history. Then again, from what I understand, he basically got the nomination by threatening to stay in no matter what, giving the nomination to Bernie and thus, in his and his rivals' estimation, making a Trump victory far more likely (probably true). Despite the media blitz to boost his image, his actual actions at key moments make him seem a good deal like Mitch McConnell, e.g. "if I can't sit in the important seat I'd rather watch the ship sink." — Count Timothy von Icarus
I guess being partisan is the trend now.e's a ignorant blowhard and diehard partisan. — Wayfarer
So Trump is young???I really, really wish Biden would have stepped down. It seems the height of hubris for him to run again at his age, with his abysmal approval ratings, — Count Timothy von Icarus
Democracies ought not to be dependent of one man.The whole last 8 years has turned me sour on presidential term limits. Obama would have won against Trump in a landslide. — Count Timothy von Icarus
I'm surprised the Dems voted for removal TBH. It would have been a good move towards forcing the GOP towards the sort of compromise politics they should be pursuing considering they hold just one chamber and on razor thin margins. — Count Timothy von Icarus
Fiasco for sure. — Count Timothy von Icarus
Given the number of atrocities we've seen in the world, and in that same region, and given how little has generally been done about it, this seems like a pretty long shot thing to hope for, a sort of nihilistic millenarianism where somehow its better if more, less accurate, higher payload weapons go flying into an urban area because some unlikely cascade of geopolitical shifts might happen. — Count Timothy von Icarus
Uh, I'm really not sure about that, apart from weapon systems that can hit Iran itself. Israel isn't facing a conventional enemy, hence it's not fighting a conventional war. Just look at the videos and photos that come from Southern Israel: it can park equipment next to each other and mass the troops who walk in large groups. This would be absolute suicide in Ukraine... if Israel would be facing an enemy like the Russian armed forces.The case for giving Israel PGMs at this point would be:
1. To deter Iran. The idea is that, if Iran thinks Israel isn't being resupplied, they might think they are low on munitions and decide now is a "window of vulnerability." — Count Timothy von Icarus
If the stocks of missiles, guided munitions and overall ammo supply gets low, armies you them less frequently. If they are plentiful, then you can use them far often and not only when the most urgent need arises.
Uh, I'm really not sure about that, apart from weapon systems that can hit Iran itself. Israel isn't facing a conventional enemy, hence it's not fighting a conventional war.
Hence the wars against Egypt and Syria were actually quick with the Arab side being the one that had gone through it's ammo and vulnerable to Israel marching to the Capital, basically.
That's exactly what I'm talking about.Sure, but Israel is at risk of running low on PGMs in the short turn, not "all munitions." — Count Timothy von Icarus
Israel probably isn't out of PGM's, but out of anti-air missiles for their Iron Dome. — Tzeentch
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