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Dahobbs

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  1. Hopefully more reliable than the sources he relied upon in the Minnesota shooter thread.
  2. I don't think that means what you think it means.
  3. https://www.npr.org/2025/06/15/nx-s1-5434172/israel-iran-strikes Israel continues to strike targets in Iran. What's surprising is that we still see no evidence that Iran's air defense has offered any resistance. It is especially surprising since the initial strikes (and presumably the follow ups) didn't rely heavily on stand off munitions.
  4. Don't be a pussy. Come and take your medicine and apologize, especially after that condescending lecture on political inconvenience.
  5. Well, I'm generally skeptical of anyone over the age of 30 with roommates. I'm especially skeptical of 57 year old roommates. Maybe @Laxtonto can tell us more about politically inconvenient truths while apologizing for his misstatement earlier.
  6. Yes. Those that think the first page didn't age well are idiots. An anti abortion radical targeted democratic law makers, abortion providers, and abortion advocates. But sure, he must be a lefty because he wasn't kicked off a commission by Walz.
  7. Feel free to issue a mea culpa whenever @Laxtonto
  8. They haven't been. At least no reliable sources have confirmed it. It is also unlikely because Israel has been operating its non stealth planes in Iranian airspace. Many of those were loaded out with fairly close range ground attack munitions like JDAMs. If Iran had downed an F35, you'd expect many more reports of downed 4th gen aircraft. We haven't seen that.
  9. Iron Dome is really good against rocket and mortar fire from Iranian proxies. It has shit all to do with defending against Iran's long range ballistic missiles.
  10. Yeah everyone, like abortion providers, abortion advocates, and Democratic politicians... how are we going to solve this mystery?
  11. Ok, finally found corroborating links for this one: https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minnesota-shootings-manhunt-06-14-25#cmbwg03b9000s356m8a27n4un
  12. Yes they both voted. No, they didn't both vote for it. You didn't read your own link. Hoffman voted against: Hoffman actually voted against it twice. He voted against suspending the rules to accelerate its readings for votes and then against the passage of the bill.
  13. Sigh. Can we not post political misinformation? One voted for the bill. Not both. The right wing account you're quoting has already corrected that statement.
  14. Calm the fuck down. We were approaching the question from different perspectives. I was looking at purely from a technical "get it done" perspective of who can mediate. I wasn't suggesting who should or analyzing political implications. I understand your points generally and already said I agreed it wouldn't be good for the US. I don't know what else you want. Go fucking take a Xanax or something. Your brain fucking turns off and you go rage mode whenever Israel is mentioned.
  15. What is wrong with you?
  16. Let it go. Jesus.
  17. Some new weapons are giving it the ability to economically counter mass drone threats, APKWS II (Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II) is a cheap rocket with a laser guided kit added that gives it some air-to-air chops. You can fit them in pods so a single fighter can carry dozens. And they only cost like $20k-30k per shot, which actually makes them win price exchange with drones like the Shahed (cost estimates between $50k and $200k). And a fighter wing can actually counter a drone swarm in single sortie rather than having to go back and re-arm. These are already in service with F-16s.
  18. That's a given. China is going to look to fill the power vacuum we've left by withdrawing a lot our soft power projection assets. Back to missile defense, BBC did a decent overview last year of Israel's assets (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-20385306) The full article is worth a read for anyone looking for some good information. But I think this is most helpful: US promise to deploy THAAD to Israel was huge. I believe they now have 2 batteries in country (a cool billion dollars per battery).
  19. You're making the same mistake. The question wasn't about what he wanted. It was about which entity was in a position to do it. The answer demonstrates the difficulty of the situation from our perspective. At any rate, I didn't intend this to be a huge derail, so let's drop it and get back to updates on events. Iran has updated the number of scientists killed to 9. There is also this: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/14/world/israel-iran-news/db1009e6-b251-5d94-bdab-cb4e25bd1276?smid=url-share
  20. I think you've misunderstood the question. Your point appears to be that it would be bad FOR US. That may be true. But that isn't what I was analyzing. The question was who was in a position to negotiate a peace successfully, not what is the ideal outcome for the US. I don't disagree that China negotiating a peace isn't an ideal outcome for the US.
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