Iran launches allout retaliatory war on Israel.

@WandererTony The US has been allied with Israel for decades, and received excellent information from Israeli intelligence. Isreal is a trading partner, with the highest ratio of Nobel prizes per capita of any country. It's also the only Democratic free country in the region, and the most humanitarian.

@sree251 its reasons are such that it is blind to 35000 dead in supposed retaliation to 1000 killed in a war that started decades back. But it believes that Hamas drew first blood as that is a convenient narrative. Hypocritical

@IronHamster In a unipolar world, US does not need allies. It does need war to sell its arms and also to keep the oil nations poor.
Nobel prizes have nothing to do with this. Such a democracy where the election is forced to be postponed by warring with neighbours is no democracy.

@WandererTony Hamas is 100% responsible for each death. Don't taint the Israelis with their sins against humanity.

@WandererTony [quote] its reasons are such that it is blind to 35000 dead in supposed retaliation to 1000 killed in a war that started decades back. But it believes that Hamas drew first blood as that is a convenient narrative. Hypocritical [/quote]

The US has lost the narrative and no longer care about even appearing as a hypocrite in defending freedom and democracy. Our politicians don't even look human. They appear to me as AI activated talking heads. I don't think another world war can restore human sanity again. We are not zombies because our bodies are not corpses but alive. We are humanoids driven by "an eye for an eye" response program.

@WandererTony I would not call the world "unipolar". Russia is still in its death throes. Poland is rising. India, Iran and Turkey are rising. I think China should get honorable mention before it collapses into irrelevance.

@sree251 Covid was a big changer. Democrats got away with so much mass crime during Covid that it has emboldened them to do crimes like J6 and more. Imagine the things they used to theorize they might be able to get away with, then actually doing it and realizing nobody would hold them accountable. We are there.

@IronHamster [quote] I would not call the world "unipolar". Russia is still in its death throes. Poland is rising. India, Iran and Turkey are rising. I think China should get honorable mention before it collapses into irrelevance. [/quote]

China is the only living civilization that went back at least 5000 years. I will settle for 2000 years. 600 years ago, before it went into decline, China was the sole superpower and the largest economy that was closed to the outside world. It missed the industrial revolution but has caught up with the west within 50 years and heading to push forward. White supremacy has relegated China to that of a non-white indigenous culture populated by yellow colored coolies good only for making cheap goods for white people. We regard China as the enemy aiming to displace us as world superpower in a head to head confrontation. The Chinese are too smart. They could not care less about world domination. Their 1.4 billion people are already a dominant presence on the planet. Chinese technological advances will power the world economy. They don't need us. We will crumble from within.

@sree251 Hann Supremacy is still big in China, such that they harvest the organs of ethnic minorities. Let that sink in then rephrase your answer.

China's buildings and bridges and dams are collapsing due to quality problems, so we know China uses the same quality standards for themselves that they use when they make stuff for us.

China is expansionist. They have no valid claim on Tibet but still commit genocide there. The good news is, China has defeated itself. This one child policy has created a generation that will not reproduce. Their cost of labor and lack thereof ensures trouble for a country so dependent on trade. 80% of what they use must be imported.

@IronHamster [quote] Hann Supremacy is still big in China, such that they harvest the organs of ethnic minorities. Let that sink in then rephrase your answer. [/quote]

This could be true. The Chinese eat anything and everything. Do we harvest organs? How about fetuses?

[quote] China's buildings and bridges and dams are collapsing due to quality problems, so we know China uses the same quality standards for themselves that they use when they make stuff for us.
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How about crumbling US infrastructure? The potholes are wrecking my BMW again, my mechanic says. He replaced the stabilizer bar, trailing arms, and ball joints a year ago.

[quote] China is expansionist. They have no valid claim on Tibet but still commit genocide there. The good news is, China has defeated itself. This one child policy has created a generation that will not reproduce. Their cost of labor and lack thereof ensures trouble for a country so dependent on trade. 80% of what they use must be imported. [/quote]

You guys feel good spouting that bullshit. I visit Hong Kong every year. Americans have businesses there. Some are married to Chinese. Here is a video for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPw4SaS-C-M

@sree251 Organ harvesting is for medical money. Oddly, Middle Eastern Muslims in need of new hearts or kidneys prefer Ouighur parts because they are clean by Halal standards. I am perfectly aware of true Chinese food. If you don't know what it is, don't ask. Just enjoy it.

Potholes?! Lol. It takes an errant ship to destroy a bridge in the US, but the same happens in China from a mere gust of wind. Apartment buildings collapse without the aid of a seismic shift. There should be dyke systems to protect all from floods, but the government chooses who to flood and who to save, so that's double bad government on steroids. Oh. Cracks in Three Gourges are so big we see them from space, and you know what happens when that fails?

@basilfawlty89 Georgia was absorbed by Russia in 2008, was it not?

@IronHamster [quote] Potholes?! Lol. It takes an errant ship to destroy a bridge in the US, but the same happens in China from a mere gust of wind. Apartment buildings collapse without the aid of a seismic shift. There should be dyke systems to protect all from floods, but the government chooses who to flood and who to save, so that's double bad government on steroids. Oh. Cracks in Three Gourges are so big we see them from space, and you know what happens when that fails?
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Their high speed trains have yet to run off the rails or crash into each other. Do you think they are not reporting it in the news?

@sree251 Um. China tech couldn't figure out the train software they stole from Japan. They don't even look for survivors. They just dig a trench and bury the whole thing.

https://youtu.be/q9Ap0aRUx8E?si=bqcwQsEO7L9ieify

@IronHamster um no. Georgia lost a bit of Ossetia to Russia. Hence they were at war. Georgia has long turned its back on Russia. Armenia is doing the same.

It would help it you actually knew something about Southwest Asia before prattling.

@IronHamster [quote] They just dig a trench and bury the whole thing. [/quote]

This is what we do also. Boeings are still flying despite multiple crashes and doors flying out. What's with you guys?

@sree251 Nobody ever covered up a crash so we know exactly what is going on, right down to who didn't put the bolts in and why, and all the human remains are recovered. Hmmm?

@IronHamster Your video on China's HSR crash was more than 10 years ago. One high speed rail crash. They are running all over China today and abroad. The technology is cutting edge. Maglev. Only three countries have this: China,Japan,and Korea. The fastest is in China at 500 km/hr. Our only hope is Elon Musk.

@sree251 Only one quick example. Youtube is full of videos of "Tofu Dreg".