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wisconsingreg
Jan 13, 2019

how close is erdogan to dying

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Zedhe Khoja
Nov 10, 2017

sürgünden selamlar
yıkıcılar ulusuna
healthy as a horse

Ramrod Hotshot
May 30, 2003

Vasukhani posted:

how close is erdogan to dying

a few centuries at least

Brunch Covidian
Nov 21, 2020

by Pragmatica
So I hear we're going to suffer an inevitable, humiliating loss against Iran. Cool, cool.

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

lol Maryam Rajavi has a twitter
https://twitter.com/Maryam_Rajavi/status/1343172340423733250?s=20

gonna become one of her reply guys.

Ramrod Hotshot
May 30, 2003

Brunch Covidian posted:

So I hear we're going to suffer an inevitable, humiliating loss against Iran. Cool, cool.

If only, but where did you hear that?

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy
brig. gen. big chungus

Plutonis
Mar 25, 2011

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

brig. gen. big chungus

the isis dude with the sword is even fatter. the american invasions really let their mark...

Lustful Man Hugs
Jul 18, 2010

Atrocious Joe posted:

lol Maryam Rajavi has a twitter
https://twitter.com/Maryam_Rajavi/status/1343172340423733250?s=20

gonna become one of her reply guys.

So, genuinely what is the purpose of foreigners boosting the MEK? They have an approval rating of something like 0.001% and they're an aesthetically marxist cult. Isn't there any more on-brand dissident group that would be more logical for foreign policy ghouls to align themselves with?

Malleum
Aug 16, 2014

Am I the one at fault? What about me is wrong?
Buglord

Lustful Man Hugs posted:

So, genuinely what is the purpose of foreigners boosting the MEK? They have an approval rating of something like 0.001% and they're an aesthetically marxist cult. Isn't there any more on-brand dissident group that would be more logical for foreign policy ghouls to align themselves with?

it's not to convince iranians of the righteousness of the MEK, it's to demonize the current iranian government to domestic audiences by pointing to the loud shouty people that are living proof that iran is a horrible demon nation that won't tolerate dissenters, which is why they're in the US

it's the same thing that happened during the cold war and all the Governments In Exile in, like, london and new york - nobody gave a poo poo about the legitimate pre-revolution government of Belarus but it was a physical reminder to westerners that the communists were "illegitimate"

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

It's either the Islamic/Marxist themed cult or President Shah.
https://twitter.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/1327747890932899840?s=20
https://twitter.com/PahlaviReza/status/1333085815157760000?s=20

THS
Sep 15, 2017

either as shah or as president... you know. im cool with either..

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

President-Shah

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006

Raqqa Flocka Flame posted:

My wife got me a Sodastream for Christmas. When I opened it I must have given away a clear look of disappointment, because she immediately asked me what's wrong. I mentioned that they're made in the west bank and if it was possible to return it. Anyway, she's really upset now.

Good news, as of 2 days ago it will now be labeled "made in Israel" if it's a settlement, so you'll have no idea!

Plutonis
Mar 25, 2011

THS posted:

either as shah or as president... you know. im cool with either..

the former tsar of bulgaria was elected as a prime minister in 2001

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

the medication i steal is made in israel

Spergin Morlock
Aug 8, 2009

Fun Shoe

Plutonis posted:

the former tsar of bulgaria was elected as a prime minister in 2001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW8DNStF3TE

paul_soccer12
Jan 5, 2020

by Fluffdaddy
In pursuit of his aim to overthrow the rule of the #ayatollahs and to take back the leadership of #Iran, either as #shah or as president, Reza Pahlavi leads a body called the National Council of Iran for Free Elections.

Plutonis
Mar 25, 2011


this tweet got censored in turkey btw lol

Raqqa Flocka Flame
Dec 14, 2017

zegermans posted:

Good news, as of 2 days ago it will now be labeled "made in Israel" if it's a settlement, so you'll have no idea!

It actually said on the back of the box something like "Made in Israel, by Jews and Arabs, side by side."

jarofpiss
May 16, 2009

Raqqa Flocka Flame posted:

My wife got me a Sodastream for Christmas. When I opened it I must have given away a clear look of disappointment, because she immediately asked me what's wrong. I mentioned that they're made in the west bank and if it was possible to return it. Anyway, she's really upset now.

lol be nice to your wife

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
he is good at twitter tbf

https://twitter.com/Seamus_Malek/status/1343614693978435585?s=20

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

if that's accurate does anyone have a comment on how the moderate and conservative factions have shifted in popularity the last few years

Plutonis
Mar 25, 2011

i say swears online posted:

if that's accurate does anyone have a comment on how the moderate and conservative factions have shifted in popularity the last few years

The US shafting the nuclear deal and killing Soleimani probably destroyed moderate credibility.

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

I guess this fits in here now since Sudan is sort of in the Middle East. Looks like the Tigray crisis has evolved into a showdown between the Ethiopian central government and Sudan? I'm not very well informed about this whole region honestly.

edit: actually got some Sudanese reports of letting in Tigray refugees confused with the fight over territory.

https://twitter.com/MiddleEastMnt/status/1344031712339259394?s=20
https://twitter.com/Intel_Sky/status/1343824368489664513?s=20

Atrocious Joe has issued a correction as of 23:33 on Dec 29, 2020

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

One Day I Will Return To Your Side.
I for one desperately hope that Ethiopia will completely loving destroy the Sudanese army so that the civilians in Sudan can get the opening they need to take over the government.

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

Mahmoud learned well from Trump's posting

Ansar Santa
Jul 12, 2012

Every time i hear "Tigray" i think of Zoolander

wisconsingreg
Jan 13, 2019

Al-Saqr posted:

I for one desperately hope that Ethiopia will completely loving destroy the Sudanese army so that the civilians in Sudan can get the opening they need to take over the government.

noted poster "Africa conflict side-taker"

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

Vasukhani posted:

noted poster "Africa conflict side-taker"

he is african

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

https://twitter.com/StateDept/status/1344019942027493377?s=20
https://twitter.com/nytimesworld/status/1343874923597594624?s=20

lollontee
Nov 4, 2014
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

um...

THS
Sep 15, 2017


lol

Malleum
Aug 16, 2014

Am I the one at fault? What about me is wrong?
Buglord

dawkins' shirt was right, we are all africans

lollontee
Nov 4, 2014
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
finns are genetically the furthest haplotype from africans, and therefore their opinions are ideologically the least biased

PawParole
Nov 16, 2019

Al-Saqr posted:

I for one desperately hope that Sudan will completely loving destroy the Ethiopian army so that the civilians in Ethiopia can get the opening they need to take over the government.

Agreed


Abiy is starting fights all over the place. The land in question is Sudanese, and recognized as Sudanese by the Ethiopian government. The squatters farming on it are from the only ethnic group that currently somewhat supports the government (Abiy having angered everyone else), and so he needs to stand firm on this or be overthrown.

Neat note; the flag there is the imperial flag, not the Ethiopian flag.

PawParole
Nov 16, 2019

To look at this as "Ethiopia" is to see a fantasy of a united country rather than a collection of ethnic mini-states.

Right now, and arguably since the start of his presidency, Abiy has been reliant on certain Ethnic regions and their affiliated militias; militias that don't care about borders or agreements they just know that they've been farming on this land for 25 years and the Sudanese military never bothered them before, that's a loving generation of people born and raised who worked that land and were told it was their

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

One Day I Will Return To Your Side.

Is siding with military fascists backed by the UAE and Israel a hobbby of yours? You do realize these are the literal janjaweed/darfur/everywhere else mass murderers right? You do realize these are the spoilers who are preventing civilian democratic control over Sudan right? In what world would you support these loving thugs?

TeenageArchipelago
Jul 23, 2013


Just loving wild to remember that this year started with the US assassinating Soleimani

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PawParole
Nov 16, 2019

Al-Saqr posted:

Is siding with military fascists backed by the UAE and Israel a hobbby of yours? You do realize these are the spoilers who are preventing civilian democratic control over Ethiopia right? In what world would you support these loving thugs?

Let’s hope they mutually annihilate then, although Sudan deserves a W after all they’ve been through.

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