@AegonDayne@AlternateTimel2@rhaenarae If Stannis loses the battle of Ice I don't see how he will be in a position to burn Shireen. Even if he doesn't die outright, how will he make it back to the Wall? Imo the likely path is win battle of Ice - take Winterfell by deception - Wall falls and he dies against the Others
@jiujitsu199@harolde8814@grayzoneintel Operation reasons are political reasons. War is politics by any other means and if you fail to achieve your political aims you have lost.
@grayzoneintel And now those 35 year old Taliban fighters are running the country and you are stuck in yet another forever conflict in the sandbox. If you cannot achieve your political aims you have lost the war.
@needtotweetfor@ergo_praxis@Solidarity_Star You can support an otherwise distasteful group if they are in opposition to a worse force. Targeting civilians is not only morally wrong, it is ineffective. Hamas' resistance is justified, but not every act is.
@thejfc@hisbravestsoldr@DandyGeorgism Cyclical famines were a fact of life in Imperial Russia. The first and second five year plans, despite the excess death they induced, ended this and transformed Russia into an industrial powerhouse.
@AmadeusBolshev "At first I thought this was an imperialist war, that the party elite were cynical capitalists using the shield of Socialism to increase their power. But after seeing the state of the American people I know better. This is a just war of liberation, we must free these poor proles"
@aryasmercy When he was always dark! He was a key part of the Lannister war effort, he signed off on the harrying of the Riverlands, he was glad to see Masha dead when she did nothing to him! Its why hes such a great character, charismatic enough to ignore his villainy until its impossible