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I wish I lived in a binary world. Life would be so much easier to not have to worry about nuance and moral ambiguities.

The saying 'The intelligent are full of doubt whilst the ignorant are full of confidence' couldn't be more true.

I'll leave you, dear readers, to work out who is who.
 
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Sharkman84 said:
Rita Panahi was born to Persian parents and lived in Iran as a child before her family was targeted by the regime which lead to her and the family being granted asylum in 1984.

This is deeply personal for her and the Iranian diaspora around the world.
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Yep. A Persian woman in the office today is celebrating the death of these terrorists.

She also said, "Trump will be seen as God to the people to the Persian people, we've been waiting for 47 years for this to happen"
 
Did some people only just realise that the Iranians hate their overlords and would be happy at their demise?
 
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Monoethnic Social Club said:
Its interesting which countries/actors are against this ....
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Russia that I can see.

People are against the violation of international law without providing a valid reason. But they are two different things

Bad news for russia with their ability to get drones
 
tsf said:
On a side note, has the USA actually given a reason for breaking international law to start this war?

I hope it’s for regime change and this marks the first stop in over throwing every repressive regime or dictator in the Middle East. And then Africa. Europe etc etc
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Oh, it's cause they rigged the election :ROFLMAO:

www.theguardian.com

Trump appears to link Iran attack to his 2020 election loss

President says in social media post that Iran tried to ‘stop Trump’ and now ‘faces renewed war with United States’
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
 
On the plus side my Woodside shares jumped 6.4% today bringing my holdings in them to a 90% gain.

Winning. Can Trump attack Saudi Arabia as well? Asking for a friend.
 
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Russia that I can see.

People are against the violation of international law without providing a valid reason. But they are two different things

Bad news for russia with their ability to get drones
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Pakistan and Turkey have both had some fairly big protests... not to mention rallys amongst the "faithful" in Iran... this is going get messy before it gets better... lebanon poised fro another civil war I reckon. Hezbollah too strong to just uproot... Iran is gonna need boots on the ground to change regime... I dont think US has the stomach for it...
 
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Muz said:
In his binary world these people can't exist.
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Yeah, you're spot on, geopolitics is one of the murkiest domains out there. Almost nothing is black-and-white, alliances shift like sand, motivations layer upon motivations, and what looks like a clear "good vs evil" story from one angle dissolves into shades of gray when you zoom in on history, incentives, power balances, and hidden agendas....

If you're trying to make sense of any of these hotspot right now (Middle East flare-ups, Indo-Pacific tensions, energy-security plays in Europe), starting from "everything is nuance" is a much healthier baseline than picking a team and running with it. It doesn't mean paralysis, just slower, more skeptical reasoning.

I'm as guilty as the next man of looking at some things as binary...

But like anything in this life - you live and learn!
 
Football us life said:
Yeah, you're spot on, geopolitics is one of the murkiest domains out there. Almost nothing is black-and-white, alliances shift like sand, motivations layer upon motivations, and what looks like a clear "good vs evil" story from one angle dissolves into shades of gray when you zoom in on history, incentives, power balances, and hidden agendas....

If you're trying to make sense of any of these hotspot right now (Middle East flare-ups, Indo-Pacific tensions, energy-security plays in Europe), starting from "everything is nuance" is a much healthier baseline than picking a team and running with it. It doesn't mean paralysis, just slower, more skeptical reasoning.

I'm as guilty as the next man of looking at some things as binary...

But like anything in this life - you live and learn!
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How wrong you are. There's only black or white. They're on here right now.
 
Football us life said:
Yeah, you're spot on, geopolitics is one of the murkiest domains out there. Almost nothing is black-and-white, alliances shift like sand, motivations layer upon motivations, and what looks like a clear "good vs evil" story from one angle dissolves into shades of gray when you zoom in on history, incentives, power balances, and hidden agendas....

If you're trying to make sense of any of these hotspot right now (Middle East flare-ups, Indo-Pacific tensions, energy-security plays in Europe), starting from "everything is nuance" is a much healthier baseline than picking a team and running with it. It doesn't mean paralysis, just slower, more skeptical reasoning.

I'm as guilty as the next man of looking at some things as binary...

But like anything in this life - you live and learn!
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Imagine if there was a season of Survivor that was just 18 world leaders
 
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