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20 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

This is a very big deal. Whichever way it goes shall change Israel forever. 

With the victory, Netanyahu's supporters both in his cabinet and out, are vowing to go even farther (further!) and a whole shit-ton more reservists are going to resign from the reserves/IDF.  And a plenty of former defense/Mosad/etc. chiefs and leaders/generals are all saying "yeah, hey, this is a really bad idea, you're dividing the military".

Looking at all of the videos/photos of protests, what gets me is that this isn't one singular group that's pissed off - it seems to cut cross all demographics.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israels-netanyahu-discharged-hospital-reuters-witness-says-2023-07-24/

 

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22 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

Syria/Russia/Iran building up forces near US forces in Syria.

 

So, does the US do a preemptive strike, or wait to react? Are these regular Russian troops, or all Wagner mercs?

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1 minute ago, CHIEF said:

So, does the US do a preemptive strike, or wait to react? Are these regular Russian troops, or all Wagner mercs?

CHIEF

Wagner, I'm pretty certain.

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42 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

Syria/Russia/Iran building up forces near US forces in Syria.

 

Gosh, if only we had some sort of playbook to run on "how to slaughter Russians in Syria"......

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8 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Gosh, if only we had some sort of playbook to run on "how to slaughter Russians in Syria"......

Have they not been watching what our 80s-90s tech has been doing to their buddies in Ukraine? I'm sure we've already got every inch of their AO pre-sighted and ready to rain hell down on them with much newer/better kit. 

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48 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Have they not been watching what our 80s-90s tech has been doing to their buddies in Ukraine? I'm sure we've already got every inch of their AO pre-sighted and ready to rain hell down on them with much newer/better kit. 

You would have to think that, and with what happened last time they pulled this shit. Knock out their AD, and circle three or four AC-130 gunships overhead, and there wouldn't be anything left but little sheriff meatballs.

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2 hours ago, Parliament said:

So whose side are we on with this Niger thing?  Any chance we don't care?

We are on the side of ECOWAS, the deposed president, and not the Coup leaders. We have supported and fed Niger for quite some time. 

Agree that Wagner is going to do their usual shit, but that is what those fucker's do!. Look at Mali and Sudan. 

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Another layer is that france makes a large amount of their domestic power from nuclear energy. Niger is a former French colony and exports a lot of uranium to france. Kazakhstan and Russia are some of the other major suppliers of uranium. So in essence this is an extension of the energy war Putin is trying to play. 

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Posted
19 hours ago, Schulz2.0 said:

Syria/Russia/Iran building up forces near US forces in Syria.

The Syrian build up of forces in Syria needs to be squashed before they try to invade Syria. 

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5 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Cool. Cool. WWIII with active theaters in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Get some trunks popping and tops dropping in Taiwan and this gonna be fun. 

Global instability? Demagogue populists? Global pandemics? Massive economic inequality?

We've got all the historical markers of more shit about to pop off. 

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Just now, Captainant said:

Global instability? Demagogue populists? Global pandemics? Massive economic inquiry?

We've got all the historical markers of more shit about to pop off. 

And with bonus nukes this time around!

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46 minutes ago, Captainant said:

Russia going failed state and doing a Tom Clancy novel with all their nukes is gonna be a hoot 

Post Cold War NATO: “Mission accomplished!”

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17 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

We definitely should let dipshits run amok. Just in case.

This is literally the depth of US middle east foreign policy strategy summarized succinctly. 

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Posted
4 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

ECOWAS stated they will intervene in Niger by tomorrow if the President is not reinstated. 

 

The Niger situation is of quite a bit of interest to me because I have a really good friend here from Niger and the majority of his family is still there. I genuinely have an interest in Niger (Would like to travel there one day with him to see his homeland) and he has told me a lot about their history. His train collapse story is humorous when he tells it with his thick accent. 

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18 hours ago, Bevo 3000 said:

I know where I stand if you want to join me. 
 

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Can we get one that says “Niger, Please!” On the front and “Reinstate the President!”  On the back?

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Niamey, NigerCNN — 

Niger’s armed forces have been bringing in reinforcements to the capital to prepare for a potential military intervention, a military source told CNN, just hours after the military junta running the countryrefused to abide by an influential regional bloc’s deadline to cede power.

A convoy of about 40 pick-up trucks arrived at nightfall on Sunday evening, bringing troops from other parts of the country to both reassure a nervous public and prepare for potential battle. 

Niger has been engulfed in political chaos since late last month, when President Mohamed Bazoum was ousted in a coup d’etat by the presidential guard. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) responded days later by enacting sanctions and issuing an ultimatum to the ruling military junta: stand down within a week or face a potential military intervention.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/07/africa/niger-coup-deadline-intl/index.html

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Posted
30 minutes ago, Superhero said:

Bet you like your sweaty foot wine just fine.

 

Maybe...

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Actually, though, I can't drink red wine. Some white wine is okay.

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No matter what caused it, this will end very badly. 

The fighting in the west (Darfur) has been rough the past few weeks. 

Would not surprise me if this was a third group, like AQ who can thrive on the instability. 

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