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Israel vs everyone war thread
Iām sorry it doesnāt match your worldview but itās objectively true for whatever the reason youād care to think. Surrounding Arab states started viewing the PLO as an existential threat in the 1970s (they tried to overthrow the Jordanian government) and basically all of them loathe Hamas for various reasonsā only the Iranians and sort of the Qataris. A huge reason Hamas launched October 7 was to get popular opinion wound up because there was just no focus or energy from erstwhile allies on their cause.
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Israel vs everyone war thread
Should have clarified āEast Asia.ā Pakistan is in Asia too. The Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, etc arenāt going to be doing this.
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Israel vs everyone war thread
The IDF has quietly built a really good working relationship with most of these militaries even during the war. They might break the ceasefire ans shoot at locals but not peacekeepers.
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Israel vs everyone war thread
No other real choice. Hamas is an Islamic supremacist movement and non-Islamist troops in Gaza would be the end of aby claim they have to rule. And no Europeans or Asians want a part of this. Something in it for Israel, tooā historically Arab and Muslim nations and populations rapidly lose interest in supporting Palestine in direct proportion to how much exposure they have to Palestinians. That is for sure a bit of the calculus.
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Things not going well for James Franklin [FIRED]
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Israel vs everyone war thread
I think itās too early to tell. Itās going to be some time before we get fidelity on what the mandate and RoE is for the peacekeeping force and who will actually make up the boots on ground. Right now it appears to be mostly Arab with some Turks and U.S. advisors not in Gaza. The Arabs are not known forā¦uhā¦effectiveness. Likely will be a lot of paying the bad guys to not stir shit up. Israel will be fine with Palestinians killing each other.
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Things not going well for James Franklin [FIRED]
Itās a lot easier to turn an 11 win program into a 7 or 8 win program as opposed to a 14 win program. PSU likely to find that out. I used to kind of like Penn State; a hard-nosed football crazed place thatās less insufferable than Michigan and trashy than tOSU. That was before the whole thing where they let a DC rape kids in the shower and didnāt tell anyone or stop it.
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Things not going well for James Franklin [FIRED]
The reason this is funny is that they are very likely to end up with a worse coach unless itās Cignetti.
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Things not going well for James Franklin [FIRED]
I think heād be a better choice than Rhule. And theyād likely pay him less if they can get him to leave.
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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
The only knock against Cignetti is his age, you have maybe 5-6 years of him left. And also whether he wants to jump and how much IU is willing to pay to keep him there for those 5-6 years. They might be willing to redirect some hoops cash to make it enticing not to move. Dude is a badass. āI win. Google me.ā
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2025 CFB Polls/Rankings Thead
Theyāll start to get CFP chatter if they beat ND, although I think the Irish win. Feels like a game where the score will look closer than the game is. Meanwhile this guy wonders why losing by 4 points total to two teams in the top 5 impressed voters more than losing by 71 points total to two teams in the top 5. Illinois basically didn't take the field against IU. They looked like a middling FCS team.
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Things not going well for James Franklin [FIRED]
PSU is basically the football school for the Acela Corridor when they are good, and Franklin had gotten the pipeline in order. Northern Virginia to New York. Thatās a lot of dudes. It might get chippy with Maryland when they are good or VaTech back in the day at the South end but PSU is not far and is the big choice for DC, Maryland, Penn, NJ, New York.
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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
He could turn them into a 7-9 win team. That never beats Texas or LSU. So far weāve got these P4 jobs open: PSU, MSU, UCLA, Arkansas, VaTech, Stanford, Okie Lite. Florida is likely getting added to the list. Those are some big jobs and not a lot of sure thing hires. Some mediocre corches gonna get PAID.
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Things not going well for James Franklin [FIRED]
I can see Penn State going the way of Tennessee for a while. Pedigree, fans, right pieces but just wandering as conference mates clean up. Although I donāt think Moore at Michigan is the answer which will help. Come to think of it, Heupel has kind of a Franklin-type thus far.
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- Things not going well for James Franklin [FIRED]
Last year wasnāt a fluke IMO. He won 11 or more games 5/10 years there and another one with 10. The fair knock against him was that he canāt win against the top 10 and get over the hump.- Things not going well for James Franklin [FIRED]
Penn State is a great job. All this āblue blood or notā is meaningless. Massive fan base, massive money, great school, good conference. Franklin had a .700 winning percentage there. They can win big.- Things not going well for James Franklin [FIRED]
Fairly surprised that they moved this fast but they want a jump on things with Florida, UCLA, Arky, VaTech already open and sniffing around. Elko will more likely get paid at A&M. Cignetti is 64 so how much does PSU want to pay for the rebuild that will take a good percentage of his time there. Matt Rhule good possibility. The bloom is a bit off of Matt Campbellās rose at ISU but he may be ready to restart and heād be cheaper. Dillingham at ASU? Fisch at UDub? Maybe throw Drinkwitz in there. And they wonāt go to the same Vandy well but Lea should be considered all over the country.- 2025 CFB Polls/Rankings Thead
OU should have sat Mateer. He was not well and the backup wouldnāt have been less effective. With their schedule better to take an L and get him healthy for later.- 2025 CFB Polls/Rankings Thead
Significant overreaction imo. Indiana is a damn, damn good team that will likely be undefeated going into the Big 10 CCG. Oregon will be favored from here on out in all theirs. I donāt look at Tennessee, Georgia Tech, LSU, and UGA and think āyeah, they are better than Oregon.ā The opposite.- 2025 CFB Polls/Rankings Thead
Iād put Tech and Oregon over Georgia. They are disjointed and uninspiring. Iād also drop Okie a couple. Notre Dame, I think, will end the season in the top 10.- UCLA's return to dominance no longer featuring DeShaun Foster
UCLA never had a roster as bad as it looked. It was clear that the team was fumbling around via Fosterās ineptitude and lack of vision. Thatās not to say the roster was great or theyāre close to a contender, but getting a boost from an energetic coordinator whoās calling games like he has nothing to lose made football fun. Enjoy @Sbbruin!- Government Shutdown 2025: This Time Itās Personal
This entire admin is basically run to appeal to people like Ana. Announce that youāre going to hurt people he doesnāt like then quietly fix it because doing it is tremendously stoopid. Adults bigly in charge. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-administration-lays-off-dozens-cdc-officials-nyt-reports-2025-10-11/- Things not going well for James Franklin [FIRED]
- 2025 CFB Polls/Rankings Thead
Iām not sure what Okie had done to be ranked over Mizzou. Mizzou played a far more impressive game against now the likely SEC fave. Indiana has the best win of the season of aby team. I like them at 3. Waiting for the big polls. I think the top 5 above will be the same. Iād have Mizzou over Okie. ASU, FSU fall out. Texas likely back in around 22 or so. - Things not going well for James Franklin [FIRED]
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