Lawnchair isn't a one-to-one replacement unfortunately. I customized my Nova Launcher pretty heavily, I guess I'll have to just not download any more updates. I hope the update this week was just bug fixes, as the patch notes implied, otherwise I'll have to find an APK of the last version.
After US envoy to the UN said that russia was escalating with the use of Oreshnik missiles. Trump lives in his own, russian-curated information bubble.
We are "lucky", that the Trump admin is so open about their imperialistic goals. To quote them directly, they want to exert control over "their" hemisphere.
They most likely made deals with the ones next in line to power, mostly generals, to ensure success. Good luck getting russian or north korean generals to "look the other way" when you want to 'nap their president.
Yes, Avatar is critized for just retreading the Pocahontas storyline. But it's a story after all, a bit of narratization is needed. As for the fact that they need the 'big strong human to protect them', yes, that is woven into the story too. Jake has both insider knowledge and intel. He not only knows what the human military contractor is going to do, he also knows the motivations behind their action, how far they are willing to go and what it will take to stop them. As such, his input is crucial to rally the tribes and get nature on his side. Only with the help of Grace's memories is he able to rally Eywa to their side.
Imagine if people who know how to use search engine properly called themselves "search engine prompt engineer". Maybe people who are good at communicating should start calling themselves "human interface prompt engineer".
But the military doesn't care. Jake is still in a wheelchair at the start of the movie. Only by accepting a highly dangerous mission, infiltration, is he given the promise of having his old legs restored. And he is only given this job, because his brother passed away and left the Na'vi clone behind. So they are not offering this to any crippled army veteran. And yes, there are some good apples in the military. They turn on the military.
And he is not wrong. European support can be adequately described as Too little too late