In a counter-terrorist operation on Iranian soil, the Mossad apprehended the head of a terror cell which planned on attacking Israelis in Cyprus, thwarting the attack.
Senior Mossad official: "We will reach whoever foments terrorism against Jews and Israelis around the world, including on Iranian soil."
Iran’s Satellites to Extend Ballistic Missile Range
Iran recently announced that it has deployed three satellites into space using its notoriously unreliable "Simorgh" ("Pheonix") rockets. The launch has been widely criticized by the West, with claims that the new satellites present a significant milestone toward improving Tehran's ballistic
I'm tired and I'll probably pass out in 2 sec but I saw a post -that I can't share no matter what I do - with the main subject being "It's ironic that the P Bros complained about Curze being a monster when they were literally worse in terms of numbers of kills"
Can't give it much thought now because my brain is in safe-energy mode but I believe one of the main reasons why they all complained about his way was because even in war there should be rules to respect.
NL never gave a shit about rules in general,and so they did whatever they felt like doing.
On one side this was highly efficient: you brutally kill a small city to save 3 worlds worth of population.
On the other side, what they did to those people in the small city were the worst war crimes ever made in this grimdark future.
Also, no rules, no honourable war/battle, so most of the primarch would shit on their ways just for this.
I'll may make a better point when I'm able to form a coherent thought tomorrow byeee
I’m sorry but the best Jon Snow AUs are those where he is some sort of civil servant. I always see people headcannon him as ROTC/soldier or cop but I think they kind of miss the mark. GRRM has steadily been moving away from the traditional warrior archetype with Jon and more into the counts-pebbles ruler type. So the cannon compliant AUs are the ones where he ends up as some sort of government official. Maybe he could be a city hall manager or an ombudsman. He could be a state representative or maybe even a senator. Let me remind people that he’s the only elected leader in the series. AU!Jon Snow would totally be the extremely competent but also extremely depressed congressional representative from like, idk, Alaska.
This is just me spitballing ideas honestly, but do you think Sunako could have potentially met Damo before she joined TF141?
Before the Shadow Company, Sunako was in South Korea's 707th counter-terrorism unit. After doing a little research, I found out that the 707th have close ties with international military groups, like Australia's Special Air Service Regiment. While I'm pretty sure Damien's not in that (unless I missed something), maybe they somehow met? 707th took a trip to Australia for international relationships or something and they met on base??
(also terribly sorry to bother you with this question- im just trying to figure out how sunako fits into the community)
Hello dear!! I totally believe Sunako and Damien could've met before she joins the 141!
Damien and the 2nd Commando Regiment spend majority of their time deployed in the Middle East, mainly Urzikstan, during the Modern Warfare timeline but that doesn't mean they can't be elsewhere too!
Maybe they could have met in Sydney where Damien's base is, or maybe over in South Korea too for joint training activities (though I am leaning towards them meeting in SK... 🤔makes more sense given 707th's line of work). Either way, I think Damien would be absolutely delighted to meet Sunako and hopefully become friends :D It's great to know people from all over the globe!
Though in saying this, I also think that when Sunako joins the 141, she'd have a slightly better chance at meeting Damien as him and the 141 seem to ""coincidentally"" cross paths quite often LOL (especially Price)
All in all, I do think they would cross paths at least at some point during MW timeline, whether Sunako was in 707th or 141! Thanks for asking!! 🐻❤️
the no fly list is 100% an example of government surveillance and works through the amorphous threat of consequences you are exactly right and not overreacting. it's also not at all common knowledge in the US that for most people the no fly list ends up being a minor inconvenience. signed, political geographer researching privacy and surveillance
Oh thank you SO MUCH! I was quite worried. Although tbh I think it would have been better if I had been the one overselling it. :/
Hey, wierd question... I know a lot of missiles got through, but does anyone know how many missiles the Iron Dome actually stopped on October 7? Did it stop any of them? If it didn't stop any, why not?
I find Contessa in Worm really fascinating, cause she gets at a really fundamental point for me that your life experiences shape the kind of questions you ask, which in turn shape the kind of answers you get. Like.. she has The Best Possible tool of analysis. She can answer essentially any question! But she can't literally ask "how do I beat Scion and save the world", so she has to use her non supernatural human self to work out what questions to ask. So she asks "how do I kill the biggest scariest monster possible" and of course gets back to make the biggest most dangerous weapons possible. And like... This sets her on a path to commit uncountable atrocities, leads to the creation of even more terrors that kill billions more people, and it doesn't even work! Cauldron just gets destroyed by the result of all the contradictions they created in society, all the people they oppressed in the name of creating the biggest, worst monster-killing weapons possible.
And like...the problem is that all the magical analysis powers in the world can't stop you from asking the wrong questions. What you put in is what you get out, and what you put in is always human, fallible, shaped by the world you know
I've had students and adults sit here and tell me to my face that Jews never originated in the Middle East because Palestinians have been there since time immemorial as the only people of that land. I've had students and adults tell me that Israel is a name that was specifically created in the 40s to push the idea that Israel had always existed when it never existed as a concept before the 40s. I've had students and adults tell me all Jews are White Europeans that are only seeking to exploit and control the Middle East. I've had students and adults tell me that the Middle East belongs to the Muslims and they were pushed out by White Europeans and Jews are the ones who have caused American military policies of interventionism. I've had students and adults tell me thus Jews control all media around the world in return for financial resources from major Western countries.
These are from a wide spectrum of people who are indigenous to the US, people who have lived here all their lives, people who have moved or immigrated or sought refuge or sought asylum from other countries, people who have lived in Israel and Palestine, people who are still learning basic media literacy skills, people with PhDs, people who have spent decades doing activist work - all of them repeating this kind of White Supremacist rhetoric because they want to prove they're on the Right Side of Free Palestine.
And you see those exact same posts cropping up all over social media, of people perpetuating ahistorical information and falsifying facts because they think a more dramaticized and extreme story of Israel and Palestine is necessary to bring more attention to the genocide currently happening.
It's not really about "unless you know things shut up".
It's really about "you don't need to be spreading lies that get people killed to bring awareness and demand change".
Because doing that is antisemitic - and antisemitism isn't something people make up just so they don't 'feel guilty' or 'redirect' or 'erase' the opportunity for conversation or whatever else people justify that as in their minds.
Everytime i see the mf Connor 87 i get "where tf they gonna use this mf in DOS?". Cuz, like, i know they got some organizations inside DOS that got special agents and shit like that. Fed stuff.