TBF any NATO vs Warsaw Pact war past the mid 1950's was going to end up like That Scene From War Games and everyone knew it.
Middle East Running Iranian threat news and discussion thread
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PsihoKekec
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There were plans for coventional and conventional with limited nuclear exchange (mostly just Germany), but planners acknowledged that escalation to full nuclear war was practically certain.
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There is a book called the War that Never Was that deals with a lot of the other theatres of the conflict.
Norway, The Balkans, the Caucasus, The Pacific Theatre and so on.
Central Germany gets the bulk of the attention when talking about Cold War era WW3 scenarios, but isn’t where all the action would take place.
Norway, The Balkans, the Caucasus, The Pacific Theatre and so on.
Central Germany gets the bulk of the attention when talking about Cold War era WW3 scenarios, but isn’t where all the action would take place.
Arch Dornan
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I have a neutral viewpoint on him so I can see his death in terms of who benefits.
But the fearmongering from all that cucking about, is it the loss of what's called soft power or is it just a facade because other countries also do it?
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Honestly it’s not that much different than assassinating Bin Laden or Baghdadi.
The only difference is that Suleimani had a state behind him.
Also back before the church commission the CIA assassinated heads of state.
It’s an evolution of US policy, not some moral event horizon beyond which nothing can be predicted. Whether or not you think it was a good thing depends on what you think of US policy.
The only difference is that Suleimani had a state behind him.
Also back before the church commission the CIA assassinated heads of state.
It’s an evolution of US policy, not some moral event horizon beyond which nothing can be predicted. Whether or not you think it was a good thing depends on what you think of US policy.
Arch Dornan
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Church commission?
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Church Committee - Wikipedia
Arch Dornan
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Iran’s leaders have a problem they can’t fix | Brookings
The downing of a plane showed citizens what’s wrong with the Iranian government, but the regime has no plans to change.
www.brookings.edu
‘Perilous times’ for Iraq’s Shia militias after Soleimani killing
Death of militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in US strike throws future of Iraq’s Shia armed groups into uncertainty.
His death has certainly made Iran and their proxies never more vulnerable.
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What keeps the regime in power is the fact that in the end, Iranian security forces will shoot their own people if ordered to do so.
Maybe not the regular Artesh conscripts, but the IRGC, and the state police will do so.
Sulemaini was willing to do so.
Unlike in Syria or Libya-there is no real way for a revolutionary movement to acquire arms and supplies. Unless of course the army starts defecting. The borders are far more difficult to get through and the country would likely seal itself off rather effectively from any US/Saudi/Turkish/whatever efforts to start managing some rebellion.
Which is probably why your 2 year Iranian conscript will never actually be in a situation to defect.
Maybe not the regular Artesh conscripts, but the IRGC, and the state police will do so.
Sulemaini was willing to do so.
Unlike in Syria or Libya-there is no real way for a revolutionary movement to acquire arms and supplies. Unless of course the army starts defecting. The borders are far more difficult to get through and the country would likely seal itself off rather effectively from any US/Saudi/Turkish/whatever efforts to start managing some rebellion.
Which is probably why your 2 year Iranian conscript will never actually be in a situation to defect.
Arch Dornan
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How would it go when the entire state is vulnerable to infection with the virus?
They're still voting despite the infection so expect more infections.
Iran elections put support of regime to the test as frustration mounts
Support for Iran’s leadership is being put to the test Friday as voters are heading to the polls in the Islamic Republic to elect a new parliament amidst a period of economic hardship and growing frustration with the government.
www.foxnews.com
Interestingly enough, we in Israel also have elections exactly in a week from now. We also have an unknown and currently unknowable amount of infected after confirmed infected South Korean tourists criss-crossed the whole country for a week without any barriers or precautions.How would it go when the entire state is vulnerable to infection with the virus?
They're still voting despite the infection so expect more infections.
Iran elections put support of regime to the test as frustration mounts
Support for Iran’s leadership is being put to the test Friday as voters are heading to the polls in the Islamic Republic to elect a new parliament amidst a period of economic hardship and growing frustration with the government.
PsihoKekec
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The Korean tourists were from that crazy cult?
I have no idea... I know they were on a pilgrimage of some sort (probably Christians?) but that's it.
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If the virus starts spreading in the Middle East, I wonder if it will effect the ongoing conflicts in the region. And if so how.
Yep.
It's gotten very weird, very fast on parts of Twitter once that news broke out.
The cults long name some long Korean name but it's tranlation starts with the letters SHIN and ends with the letters JI.
At some point some weeb shortened it to Shinji.
Shinji Ikari's laughing face was then posted behind a collage of different Corona Virus updates. It's...not a comforting image at all to associate with a likely pandemic.
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Arch Dornan
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Secretive Church Sect At The Center Of South Korea's Coronavirus Outbreak
With 833 cases, the country now says it is on "red alert" and is taking measures to contain the disease.
t.co
They're from this one.
Arch Dornan
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Iran gets the locust swarm too. With the virus and this they won't be planning any more hegemony games anytime soon.
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Well there's the fact Iran is pretty much spread as far as it can go. It holds its sway in Iraq and Assad is victorious in Syria, I suspect with Khomeini's death and the elections coming up(or just having passed), its probably trying to reassess its options.
Almost biblical.