@Mankosmash@JavierBlas I think they realized Iran had the ability with missiles to destroy much of the GCC energy infrastructure. They really don't need nukes to bring world to its knees. But the time to prevent such capabilities of Iran was probably during Obama's regime.
NJ was a good State to be from in 1981 when I went in USN. I was good for job opportunities when I got out. In 1990's I realized why it was referred to as NYC's bedroom. A stop on turnpike rest stop looked like it could have been some third word shithole.
Moving out was a great improvement in standard of living.
@Mankosmash@JavierBlas Maybe he wanted to give them enough time to demonstrate they would never negotiate. Most of the world still wants to avoid the reality of religious zealots. Maybe he hoped for reason against all odds.
You just got a decent roll of the genetic dice. Enough brains and personality to apparently have a measure of life success. I see a few black households in my neighborhood who stay clear of stupid and violent people. I don't have to go far see I drove into wrong neighborhoods. They pay for that living with enough taxes to keep out most trouble and buy better school systems.
When Mark Twain visited the Land of Israel in 1867 under Ottoman rule, he did not describe some booming, densely populated Arab state that Jews later “colonized.” He described a neglected and desolate land.
In The Innocents Abroad, Twain wrote about empty valleys, uncultivated fields, swamps, ruins, and long stretches of land with barely any people at all. He famously described parts of the land as “desolate” and “unpeopled.”
That does not mean nobody lived there. Arabs, Jews, Christians, Druze, and others were living throughout the land. But Twain’s firsthand observations completely contradict the modern revisionist fantasy that the land was a thriving Palestinian national society before Zionism.
Jerusalem itself had only around 15,000 people at the time, and Jews were already the largest demographic group in the city. Much of the land was poor, undeveloped, malaria-ridden, and economically stagnant after centuries of Ottoman neglect.
The transformation came later. Jewish pioneers drained swamps, fought malaria and typhus, built farms, roads, universities, hospitals, ports, industries, and entire cities from the ground up, turning a neglected province into one of the most advanced and innovative countries in the world.
People ignore Twain’s testimony because it destroys the simplistic colonial narrative they try to force onto Jewish history.
@UsingLyft US Citizens below <85-90 IQ are really screwed between the invasion and AI. Training potential Slow, Simple, supervised will continue to be automated away.
The nurtured nature of many black citizens is an added hindered to life success.
I would not be surprised to see their imports be balanced by price and actual storage filling. Of course once oil starts flowing from SOH.
The competition for initial flows might be stiff by the time SOH starts recovery. Everyone expecting a wall of oil to flow out, but I imagine buyers will be aggressive. Its just not showing yet.
Usually people who say this wont acknowledge their gift. They think they did it, they made themselves intelligent and successful.
To acknowledge one's gift may promote some humbleness and generosity. It may be more rewarding for some to say I did it, whereas dummy you did not.
IQ can be offset by personality, all behaviors are heritable.
@col_a_buendia Luckily my roof got replaced last month before ICE could catch the crew. Now send them all back. I cant even find a landscaping crew now.