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What about New Yorkers, do they get free childcare?

Of course not. They just get the bill.
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"Mahmoud, here, jump into this vintage Vietnam War special and take the fight to the infidel!"

In all honesty, one of our first orders of business would probably be to crater their runways beyond use.
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It'd be nice for some Raptors to finally get confirmed A2A kills other than Chinese weather balloons.

Can you imagine being an Iranian pilot and being told take off in some old Russian POS knowing that there were Raptors up there? :lol:

re: Update: Situation in Iran thread

Posted by Tantal on 2/24/26 at 3:05 pm to
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Translation: They want to kill the Kurds.

When have the Turks NOT wanted to kill the Kurds?
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Some nefarious version of British banking doesn't control the world

It may be based in Britain, but it isn't British.
In all honesty, if I don't die suddenly from a heart attack or stroke, this is probably how I'll go. If I'm in chronic pain or have some terminal illness with no chance of improvement, why prolong the inevitable when there's no longer quality of life?
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I assumed it was so as to not have the built in targets of the Olympic venues out there for Iran to bomb…

I can't think of a faster way to turn the entire world against you than to intentionally target Olympic venues with no military value. It would be completely suicidal.
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Abandon Israel and let Iran murder all dissidents

Neither of these places are our business.

re: How would a war with China look?

Posted by Tantal on 2/23/26 at 9:49 am to
China can't project maritime power. They're also dependent upon imports for 75% of their energy and calories. We'd close the Strait of Malacca and starve them. Taiwan, parts of Japan, and the Philippines might feel the pain temporarily, but we'd eventually starve China into surrender. There would be no need to ever put a boot on their soil.
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The socialist's solution to failed policies is government bailouts and takeovers.
Leftists' solution to the failures of socialism is always communism.
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Living in MS, I just don’t see homeless. They don’t exist

Being homeless in MS would be the 4th ring of Hell. The heat and humidity would kill you.
Maybe she could just pretend to be straight for a while. My guess is that she's one of those "loud-and-proud" types.
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Massive infrastructure built for you that will be way less crowded.

Our government will crowd it with immigrants rather than let the Ponzi Scheme public benefits programs crash.
The Left has always been obsessed with political violence. And they have a leftist media that will excuse it.

re: Update: Situation in Iran thread

Posted by Tantal on 2/20/26 at 9:56 pm to
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Okay fair enough anything changed?

Sensors. Targeting. Drone technology. Lots of things have improved over the last 20 years.

re: Update: Situation in Iran thread

Posted by Tantal on 2/20/26 at 5:19 pm to
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Nobody is talking about GWOT

Well, you said decades. That includes the GWOT.

re: Update: Situation in Iran thread

Posted by Tantal on 2/20/26 at 5:13 pm to
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They don't have any data from decades of kinetic actions?

The technology is constantly changing. The data from the GWOT doesn't necessarily apply anymore.
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What is the big problem with discovering the methodology?

Because they know the numbers won't hold up to scrutiny, so they fall back on their "anti-semitism/Holocaust denial" cudgel to shut down any debate.
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I don't see Jews getting in anyone's business and telling them that they can't eat bacon, can't have a dog, can't have booze because it's haram.

No, but I've heard them saying that the 1st Amendment shouldn't apply to speech that they deem "anti-semitic". They believe themselves to be so special as to be above our laws.

re: Update: Situation in Iran thread

Posted by Tantal on 2/20/26 at 2:00 pm to
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No matter one’s personal views on the Israeli government and any specific policy, you have to acknowledge their commitment to the long game.

Yep. They've been trying to destroy Western civilization for well over a thousand years. That takes commitment.