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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Free_Press</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@TheEconomist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheEconomist</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MiddleEastWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEastWar</span></a><br>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WarOfEndurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarOfEndurance</span></a>"<br>"Massive Air War" <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a></p><p>(3/3)</p><p>seem to have either.</p><p>👉IMO, after "both sides have had decades to plan this war," how on earth is it possible that this singular decisive capability has been overlooked?!? 👈</p><p>For <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShashankJoshi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShashankJoshi</span></a>, the think to look is if the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDF</span></a> is capable of destroying much of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Irans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Irans</span></a> remaining nuclear capabilities.</p><p>Otherwise, the remaining leadership might opt to speed up the enrichment process.<br>//</p><p>//</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Free_Press</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MiddleEastWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEastWar</span></a><br>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WarOfEndurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarOfEndurance</span></a>"<br>"Massive Air War" <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a></p><p>(1/3)</p><p>Don't count your chicken before they're hatched. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@TheEconomist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheEconomist</span></a></span> 's well informed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defence</span></a> Editor, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShashankJoshi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShashankJoshi</span></a>, <br>stated in yesterday's podcast <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheIntelligence</span></a>, "Bunkers unbusted.." 1) that 👉<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> has over 2,000 missiles left capable of reaching <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>. "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>'s own stock of air-defense interceptor missile is depleted." It would depend on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrumps</span></a> willingness to... </p><p>1)<br><a href="https://link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGandrmi0Hhr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGandr</span><span class="invisible">mi0Hhr</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Are Michael D. Higgins’ comments on NATO expenditure truly “disgusting”? <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/642116/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/642116/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DefenceSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefenceSpending</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/disarmament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disarmament</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IrelandNeutrality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IrelandNeutrality</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MichaelD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelD</span></a>.Higgins <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MilitaryIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peace</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ShashankJoshi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShashankJoshi</span></a></p>
Roman ALAN<p>Useless quote for 29 May:</p><p>"… wars are fought for political reasons, and waging them well is not just about winning battles, which Israel has always done proficiently, but translating those victories into political outcomes, which it has not."</p><p>~ Shashank Joshi, Feb 2024</p><p>Link to source, "How Israel Fights<br>And Why Military Prowess Doesn’t Guarantee Strategic Success" (Foreign Affairs, paywalled):<br><a href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/how-israel-fights" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">foreignaffairs.com/reviews/how</span><span class="invisible">-israel-fights</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/UselessQuote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UselessQuote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ShashankJoshi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShashankJoshi</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/profile/claralistensprechen3rd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>claralistensprechen3rd</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WarInPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarInPalestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <br>(2/n)</p><p>...that question should be directed to a@TheEconomist@press.coop's Defence Editor, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShashankJoshi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShashankJoshi</span></a>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@shashj" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>shashj</span></a></span>). 1) <br>My gut feeling is that, despite it being propaganda, Prof. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MuhammadMirandi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MuhammadMirandi</span></a>'s (see post above) assessment of the weaponry employed in the recent mass attack of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> contains more than a grain of truth.</p><p>In any event, not only <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> could have a claim to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>... </p><p> <br>1) *<a href="https://www.rusi.org/people/joshi" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">rusi.org/people/joshi</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>