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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
- Anatole France

[Patricia Marins @pati_marins64]

When I hear Rubio talking about terrorism, I immediately remember the case of Luis Posada Carriles. He was the terrorist who planted a bomb on a civilian airliner, -Cubana Flight 455-, which exploded in 1976 off the coast of Barbados, killing all 73 people on board.

Despite facing legal proceedings, he was protected by powerful allies, lived freely in Miami, and died peacefully of old age at 90.

The Cuban regime certainly has many serious issues, but terrorism isn’t a word that applies to its classification. This case remains a textbook example of how the label “terrorist” is used selectively, depending on who holds power and whose side you’re on.

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@USA_PatriotMama @MurraySuggests

[Mark Ames @MarkAmesExiled]

We've been discussing on RWN the likelihood of Israel using Azerbaijan for assassinations & bombings in Iran as quo pro for Israel helping Az cleanse Karabakh. Oughta raise questions about Raisi's mysterious May '24 helicopter crash just over Az border.
https://t.co/XMEMyXefJX

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@Themacisback345 @matthew_petti Their enemies in the west backed Iraq in a war of aggression that killed hundreds of thousands of Iranians.

[kabir @KabirGoel]

the replies to this post are literally this meme

[Vali Nasr @vali_nasr]

In this article Narges Bajoghli and I argue that the war has brought about a generational change in Iran's leadership, changed the population in important ways.

"Three months in, however, the picture looks quite different. Iran retains its military and industrial capacity, and despite Trump’s call for Iranians to topple the regime, no popular uprising is in the offing.

Rather than breaking Iran, the crucible of war has transformed it in unanticipated ways. To survive and establish new strategic advantages, the Islamic Republic had to adapt and innovate, changing how it waged war, ran the state, and managed society. And it had to do so with unprecedented speed. Tehran is now confident in what it has achieved and determined to consolidate those gains at home and abroad. The war has given rise to a new Iran, one that will shape the Middle East and influence the course of geopolitics for years to come.

https://t.co/RATaDcKLBK

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@Abrashke @havivrettiggur Bombing tents and denying food and water to malnourished people is also disgusting.

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@brokenPrime @havivrettiggur No.

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@Itush30 @havivrettiggur https://t.co/RujEqJIard

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@Itush30 @havivrettiggur As opposed to the “Hamas-run Health Ministry” cliché Israel and its supporters endlessly repeated in order to cast doubt on casualty figures most now accept as accurate.

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@BretDevereaux See also: Nabokov’s translation of Eugene Onegin.

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@brokenPrime @havivrettiggur All genocidaires paint their victims as the aggressors.

[Policy Tensor @policytensor]

It is astonishing that Iran has allowed IAEA inspectors to stay in the country.

[John Hudson @John_Hudson]

Biden's top Middle East aide mirroring Trump admin language: "We've been at war with Iran since 1979"

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@LeonTigris @BretDevereaux @theo_nash If you ever become multilingual, try translating a poem.

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@nyneuropsych @jacobkornbluh Take one look at the price of gas rn

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@theo_nash Who was the first of these pseudo-classicists? Where tf did this genre of guy from?

[Sean Padraig McCarthy @SeanMcCarthyCom]

The 40 year period where patriotism collapses is the period where the economic policies you advocate for were implemented. They destroyed private sector unions and the social fabric. If the rules are every man for himself why would Americans give a fuck about the nation?

[Greg @GregGrandin]

For perspective, the East Germans over the course of nearly 3 decades, killed 140 trying to cross over the Berlin Wall.