@VerminusM Bennett?
He has experience in several fields (combat officer, entrepreneur, PM), has pretty sound center-right politics, and isn’t a man of the system (not to the extent Eisenkot is, in any way).
@pegobry_en Two years ago, they would be the elite class in that future. Now, they stand to lose all their hard-earned status. What is idle luxury to a man who has lost his honor?
@VerminusM Moreover, in Arab honor culture, every admission of weakness brings irrevocable shame. Even if everyone sees your bluff, you can never plainly admit you lost.
@MitraHispana@romanhelmetguy I think we can agree there is a difference between civilian women dying in war and women being sent abroad to the front.
And I would take Iranian state reports with a grain of salt, anyway.
@MitraHispana@romanhelmetguy He assumes war is abroad, which is the case for Americans - if so, civilians and women aren’t supposed to die.
If the barbarians got to your village, a whole lot of things had already failed.
@EddieTheAnvil@ASFleischman Man, you’re the one talking shit about places you’ve never been to and know nothing about. We live a decade longer than you, we are richer and more prosperous, we built a villa in the jungle from scratch. And I have data to show. Everything you say is vibes you had while high.