I added the archived link in the body of the post.

Polls I’ve seen seem to show that majority now recognize they’re not getting those back at this point.

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Happy bday comrade!

oh it absolutely is

That’s not true, they will proceed to continue providing political and material support for the genocide.

they tried already https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/26/coup-attempt-in-niger-heres-what-we-know-so-far

Israel threw the west a real curve ball doing a completely unapologetic genocide without even trying to hide it. All the moral posturing that we saw over the past three years in Ukraine is now crumbling in the face of such blatant hypocrisy. All of a sudden it turns out that unprovoked wars are justifiable, that it’s fine to murder civilians by their thousands, to bomb infrastructure, and commit every atrocity under the sun. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to explain the contrast to the western public.

looks like

That’s basically the approach that Russia’s been taking in Ukraine incidentally. They ignore all the provocations and just focus on winning through attrition.

Yup, none of this would be happening if Iran had nukes.

It’s literally an existential war for Iran.

these two books give excellent historical context on China

• The East Is Still Red Chinese Socialism In The 21st Century https://archive.org/details/the-east-is-still-red-chinese-socialism-in-the-21st-century
• People’s China at 75 – The Flag Stays Red https://redletterspp.com/products/peoples-china-at-75

seconded, excellent analysis in the book

It almost certainly is, because the US has already been complaining that it’s affecting military production.

There are reports of military transfers from China to Iran already. It would obviously be a huge disaster for both Russia and China if Iran was destroyed by the US. I think they will provide as much support as they’re able here.

He’s had a redemption arc since where he’s come to realize the west are the baddies. The fact that he was in the room when a lot of the decisions to cripple Russia economically were made after the fall of USSR gives him a lot of credibility as well. He’s not speculating about it, he was there he knows what was done and why.

There’s a lot of stuff happening all at once, and it’s hard to keep up with what’s actually been verified or not. I really hope the US is not crazy enough to nuke Iran, but at this point it’s hard to rule anything out.

ha