Rhaedas

for what it’s worth, Mbin can see and interact with both Lemmy type communities as well as the Mastodon type of broadcasts. They are still two different parts, but within a single interface. Often I see things on the sidebar from them, usually dropped into “Random” as the algorithm doesn’t know what to put it in, and have the same thoughts as you. That it seems like it’s shouting out into nothingness. But…I could respond to the commentary, and it would bounce back to them. It’s just a different way to communicate, not as “permanent” as a discussion board format.

The ONLY good point to this would be that it would draw the US public into action. A base in the Middle East got hit? People shrug it off, it’s nothing new and doesn’t affect them. A naval or army base on the East Coast gets a missile hit? At least if there was disagreement on what to do, we’d be arguing about it. Assuming that Iran can even get that far…

And to be clear, it’s only a good point in that it would wake people up that shit isn’t right, and maybe they’d feel threatened enough for their own welfare to do something.

“Stop shooting ourselves in the feet!”

So many decisions being made are very isolationist, and that never works well for the one shutting everyone else out. But who looks at history, right?

“As I’ve long maintained, this was the correct move by (Trump),” the Pennsylvania centrist posted on X. “Iran is the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism and cannot have nuclear capabilities.”

Seems intelligence is saying that after strikes on three places where such things would be, nothing has changed. So basically they didn’t have any. Good job, you needlessly attacked someone. Very brave. Are we trying to make 2020 feel like not as bad of a year as 2025?

Doing anything more would likely get more strikes from a war-hungry US administration looking for any reason to flex. At least a passive response might get some sympathy from the rest of the world…not that they’ll jump up to do much even if the US does something else.

First we were shocked. Then we went aww…

The military establishment is really enjoying their moment in the spotlight, aren’t they? Look what they can do, wow. Great that there was no questioning the rational of making the world stage even worse. Good job, everyone.