Some thoughts on the F-35:
The #1 limiting factor in any aircraft is the pilot. Humans top out at a certain G force level. Drones outperform manned jets & remove the need to risk rescue missions if one gets shot down.
The F-35 is already old tech. Sell it while still valuable.
@0xcoked IRan sucks at peacetime escalation deterrence. It had the opportunity to keep delaying the MoU past July 4 as the SPR in America ran dry. Whether pragmatists wanted to sell out from the start doesn't matter now as their continuously poor negotiation has weakened their standing.
@zei_squirrel Jews have to be involved in every aspect of political life in a democracy. That's why they run Democrats, Republicans, Centrist "third way" and of course the anti-establishment left. No jew involved in your movement ensures it quickly gets branded as antisemitic & gets banned.
@RaniaKhalek yes it's a face saving facade. But it is still an easily reversible move for which Iran has to surrender irreversible leverage on other stuff.
@loomdoop I don't think harrassing and hectoring such officials helps to win support for the cause. They are a net negative because the videos make these politicians look like beseiged victims of a rabid mob.
@kenvogel@gekaminsky Did Gulf countries spending millions and millions on lobbying elevated their interest over ISrael's for this admin? No. US went to war for ISrael & even defended it better than Gulf countries. Foreign countries expenditure on lobbying is just free money for Trump grifters.
@shakoistsLog It would be a stain on The King's honour to let one of the nation's whores be harmed in a foreign country. Dig up Nelson and send the biggest armada to show we mean business that We will have our wench back.
@gen_enhazed Dimitriev said they are looking at all their legal options and will be sending a strongly worded letter. Isn't that strong enough for you?
@redaction then when confronted with actual rape culture as pakistani muslim rape gangs groomed and raped thousands of girls across UK, the feminists choose to fight against islamophobia than the safety of women and girls.
@FORTRESSMAXXING IT's probably because they aren't gonna fight anyone which allows them to get these deliveries. Otherwise they would be waiting like Iran to whom Russia keeps delaying deliveries to not annoy Israel and US.
On any given day there are Israel advocacy organisations holding meetings or events inside Parliament.
If you spend enough time in Portcullis House you will see Israel advocacy groups holding back-to-back meetings with MPs. What is more interesting about these types of meetings is that constituents are not made aware that their MP is meeting with Israel advocacy organisations because it is happening down in Westminster and MPs are not obliged to publish their meeting schedules for public scrutiny despite being publicly elected representatives. There are many MPs meeting pro-Israel organisations on the down low.
There are briefings happening every few days on Israel that are targeted at pro-Israel MPs.
But this machine goes way deeper - the friends of Israel organisations attached to individual political parties and the APPG on Israel are super active. Both Labour & Conservative friends of Israel have full time paid staff members who often double up as paid support staff for MPs and Lords. This gives them free access to the Houses of Parliament and the Westminster Estate.
Further to this, the Israel advocacy groups in parliament often identify politicians and even parliamentary candidates to recruit - offering them varying levels of support in exchange for them joining their voices & votes to the pro-Israel side in Parliament.
On a more sinister note, the friends of Israel groups in Parliament have what are 'spokespeople' (e.g. identifiable pro-Israel MPs and Lords) and then they also have silent members who do not openly state their position on Israel-Palestine.
Those 'silent' members often sign up to receive info, event invites and briefings from the pro-Palestine groups that operate in Parliament and will even attend pro-Palestine events so as to report back on what is being pushed for from the pro-Palestine side.
I have also personally witnessed friends of Israel staffers running around Parliament trying to book rooms before pro-Palestine MPs get the chance so as to force the events that are to be hosted into smaller spaces.
I also know from personal experience that sometimes it isn't the MPs at all but rather a staff member working for an MP who then leaks pro-Palestine mailings to friends of Israel groups.
I found the above out myself when I tracked the briefings I was sending into Parliament and how many times an email was forwarded then opened by a third party (some of the IP addresses showed as being in Israel).
If you want to talk about Israel's influence on UK Politics start by looking at the groups and organisations operating inside our Parliament and within our political parties. Ask them where they get their funding from and how they can afford to pay full time staff members.
Look more closely at the members register of interests for their staffers as well.
All of this needs thorough investigation and proper transparency.
@CBankingEditor Well the truth would bring the sky down upon the business and political elites who eagerly pursued this policy. Hence they've got to keep up the constant drumbeat of portraying China as the nefarious one to the gullible American public.
@michaeldweiss All one needs to know about Rubio's power of judgement is that he was hugely supportive of launching the war and thought it was going to be slam dunk win. This is why he was front and center in the early days when he fucked up by saying Israel dragged US into the war.
@AngelicaOung You can see the alternative happening in Canada where the govt regularly intervenes to establish a floor for the housing market to keep high unjustified house prices. Just last few days Carney unleashed new measures to bailout developers with unsold units.
@PAstynome Bubbles is a good cover for transferring of wealth from the lower percentiles to the top 5-10%. No one investigates or seeks consequences for a bubble. Bubbles are chalked off to exuberance of the masses and not to manipulation by the upper crust.
Argentina acaba de aprobar darle pensión y asistencia a ciudadanos israelies en su territorio.
Pocos entienden la dimensión de esa noticia porque pocos saben que los ancianos argentinos se están muriendo de hambre mientras los recursos públicos se trasladan a extranjeros.