Simply put I just don't think Soviet era S-300s which make up the majority of Iran's AD are sufficient against stealth aircraft like the F-35. They would need quantum radar systems like China has to reliably counter them and Iran just isn't at that level.
Yes but I think most libs would superficially agree that the Vietnam war was a mistake. Praising the Vietnam war as something good is more of a hard right chud thing.
Demanding the PLA to go marching to Iran's aid of course would be silly but it's clear Iran is suffering a severe deficit in their air defense and are very much in a vulnerable position if no one steps to help them in that area at least. It's not going to stretch the US empire all that much if they decide to simply start wrecking havoc on Iran with B2 bombers. I don't think anyone who doesn't already hate China is going to be upset if they start sending Iran Pakistan level military aid.
There is a political sim/visual novel type game I've been playing called Suzerain where you have the option to investigate and arrest capitalist oligarchs, and if you do it ends up reducing gang violence because it turns out the oligarchs were propping up and arming the gangs.
Both are probably true tbh. It's clear those people were artificially propped up and put into the spotlight by sponsors behind the scenes. On the other hand, all of them made/make numerous efforts to downplay themselves as "neutral" when they were already clearly entrenched onto the right and clearly knew what they were doing to at least some extent. They may be idiots but I don't think a simple act of manipulation like that necessarily requires being a genius.
Yeah so many get suckered in by people like Joe Rogan/Jordan Peterson/Asmengold/Tim Pool etc. All of them of have this certain playbook of intentionally hiding their power level and slowly nudging apolitical people towards the dark side.
This is the sort of news that genuinely uplifts me. Taking concrete steps towards self-determination like this is what earns my highest degree of respect.
The JCP is one of the largest communist parties in a non-socialist country that also happens to be a US vassal but it comes at the cost of it being infected with this sort of left-liberalism. Just a product of it's environment really.
Unambiguously socialist in the traditional sense and uses a planned economy- Cuba and DPRK
Uses a capitalist mode of production, has a socialist government and constitution- China, Vietnam, Laos
Has a socialist ruling party majority but lacks a socialist constitution, meaning right wing parties still have some influence- Venezuela, Nepal, Bolivia
Nicaragua would fit in third category but I heard they are recently transitioning more towards proper socialism so I will just leave them out for now.
The ASEAN countries joining seems like a big deal since they were supposed to be the US's alternatives to China's manufacturing. The only other big alternative is Mexico who is also drifting closer to BRICS.
Simply put I just don't think Soviet era S-300s which make up the majority of Iran's AD are sufficient against stealth aircraft like the F-35. They would need quantum radar systems like China has to reliably counter them and Iran just isn't at that level.