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HE WAS SO UNFORTUNATE BCOZ HE CHOSE NOT TO BE ABDUCTED BY MUJAHIDEEN WHERE HE HAS THE CHANCE TO BE CORRECTED

HE WAS SO UNFORTUNATE BCOZ HE CHOSE NOT TO BE ABDUCTED BY MUJAHIDEEN WHERE HE HAS THE CHANCE TO BE CORRECTED

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Prelovedbargains is based in Oxfordshire, specialising in unique, hadnmade , fine jewellery you can find something for yourself or a loved one.

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China supplies >3.6million drone batteries, 1million fibreoptic spools for Vandal drones and millions of drone components to Russia to aid their SMO so why not do business to another of their trade partners. Having China as an ally is very advantageous due to their supply range and capacity, no other country comes close. Russia needs it's missiles for now and they have amped their missile production to 9x the pre SMO level so capacity is close to maximum. China is truly a great ally in a time of war.

China supplies >3.6million drone batteries, 1million fibreoptic spools for Vandal drones and millions of drone components to Russia to aid their SMO so why not do business to another of their trade partners. Having China as an ally is very advantageous due to their supply range and capacity, no other country comes close. Russia needs it's missiles for now and they have amped their missile production to 9x the pre SMO level so capacity is close to maximum. China is truly a great ally in a time of war.

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I just got back from Lisbon and I’m emotional watching this vlog. First time there and I absolutely fell in love. Can’t wait to go back and see more!

I just got back from Lisbon and I’m emotional watching this vlog. First time there and I absolutely fell in love. Can’t wait to go back and see more!

https://youtu.be/satBKfO3Li8

My uncle General Ali & my bro. General Hussain & another uncle Air Marshall Raza are requesting you to restore Imran Khan who is robbed of his right to become Prime Minister whose mandate has been robbed by the illegal government of Pakistan.

My uncle General Ali & my bro. General Hussain & another uncle Air Marshall Raza are requesting you to restore Imran Khan who is robbed of his right to become Prime Minister whose mandate has been robbed by the illegal government of Pakistan.

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So….. the guy that throws Nazi salutes gave birth to a AI Chatbot that makes antisemitic messages? No surprise there. Like father, like chatbot!

So….. the guy that throws Nazi salutes gave birth to a AI Chatbot that makes antisemitic messages? No surprise there. Like father, like chatbot!
https://youtu.be/5bRYiAURKIQ

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really good excerpt from a longer documentary about the iran-iraq war and its impact on iranian society, focused on sadegh ahangaran, who sung patriotic songs glorifying martyrdom to troops headed to the frontlines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qmCwn3zOFM&t=251s

Locations near Iran's capital Tehran hit by Israeli attacks
Israeli strikes have hit military sites and infrastructure in Tehran, as well as residential buildings – causing many residents to flee the city.

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Jonathan's experience in Iran very much jibes with my own.

I don't think I've ever felt the level of openness, warmth, and hospitality toward me as a stranger that I felt from the people I met in Iran.

They elevate civility and etiquette practically to an art form — or, in the case of 𝘵𝘢𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘧, to a competive sport :)

If you've ever seen the late great Anthony Bourdain's Iran episode of his travel series "Parts Unknown," you know that he came away with a very similar impression of the Iranian people.

Tony once wrote: "The vibe in Iran, the general feeling of walking down the streets, through the markets, the way we were received everywhere by total strangers and passersby was overwhelmingly friendly. I have said that Iran is the most outgoingly warm, pro-American place we’ve ever shot."

https://x.com/jonathanacbrown/status/1935429975655502094?s=46

Air defense systems have been activated over Tehran, Iranian authorities say
From CNN’s Lex Harvey
Air defense systems have been activated over Tehran, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps posted on Telegram just before 4 a.m. local time.

Something that pro–US involvement pundits don't talk about:

Iran's deterrence strategy relies on being a "hedgehog" for lack of a better term.

Hedgehogs aren't predators.
They can be taken down but not easily.
And the predator will come out of the fight in massive pain.

Roughly, IR's hierarchy of priorities:

1. Maintain the nuclear and missile programs (in that order)

2. Ensure regime survival

3. Inflict max pain

– (1) isn’t existential yet.
– Advocates for US involvement and the IR opposition think (2) is already under threat. (I disagree obviously.)
– But if Iran does feel existentially threatened, it’ll activate (3).

Max pain will look like:

1. Guerilla warfare from within the borders.
Think Iraq’s Shia militias but x10.
This'll prevent any boots on the ground to 'finish the job' and will reach out of the borders to inflict pain.

2. Closing the Strait of Hormuz.
Massive oil shock. It'll last way than people currently expect.
This'll be naval guerilla warfare in the drone age. Basically, Iraqi Shia insurgents meets Ukraine-style drones, but at sea.
This is mainly unimaginable today the same way guerilla warfare in Iraq wasn't a concern during the invasion or even the first phase of that war.

3. Drones and ballistic hell across the region.
Israel’s Iron Dome level of defense is only sustainable short-term — and that level of defense doesn’t exist anywhere else in the region. On the other hand, the IR stock pile isn't infinite and won't be replenishable if we get to this stage. Still doesn't mean this'll be easy.

The max pain phase will drag far longer than the collapse of the regime if that ever comes. 
This is why it doesn't seem to me that "regime change" is a viability -- it'll just be *regime collapse* and max pain.

Disclaimer:
Putting this out because I don’t see it being discussed. It's not a statement of preference, just how I think the deterrence logic plays out from an IR perspective.

On the ground: Israel and Iran continue to trade strikes, with the Israeli military saying it has hit military targets in Tehran and Iran claiming to fire ballistic missiles toward Israel.

The counter to this is that Iran could have — emphasis on could — built up such a massive ballistic missile arsenal and impenetrable latent nuclear weapons program that this in itself is almost as effective as a nuclear deterrent against Israel. The evidence of this is the unprecedented damage that their missiles have had on Israeli society and infrastructure, all of which has been reinforced by Israeli military efforts to censor the reporting on the seemingly large-scale damage of these missile barrages. Still, a functioning Iranian nuclear weapons program might have deterred this fighting from ever happening in the first place — or it could have actually led to nuclear war 🤷

Iran’s warning: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a national address that Iran will not surrender and warned that any US military intervention would result in “irreparable damage.”

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a production company from America, called LEBUL, have acquired the exclusive rights to develop and produce his story.

Mr Howells said he's "excited" to "finally be able to tell the story in his own words".

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