The June 2025 US-Israeli military assault on Iran—featuring Israel’s Operation Rising Lion and the US Operation Midnight Hammer confronted by Iran’s defensive Operation True Promise 3—despite achieving short-term tactical victories, represents a profound strategic failure that has accelerated the US-led imperial decline and strengthened global anti-imperialist forces. Rather than cementing Western hegemony, this illegal act
    • Avatar of Vengeance@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      17 hours ago

      Azerbaijan is getting freaky with it. Like Myanmar I might have mere months left to learn how to present myself as a fake expert on the subject I posted a good analysis of it by the least creepy exmilitary analyst in /c/geopolitics. Not Marxist just more Mearsheimer-slop

      • Maeve@kbin.earth
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        16 hours ago

        You make me laugh, and I need that, so thanks! I’m sure your analyses are closer to accurate than my best guesses. I suppose what government or economic system states call themselves (or what media calls them) mean fa anymore. I’m not sure if we live in a post-truth world, or always have and it’s just so glaringly obvious, only those really emotionally invested in their illusions and those without mental capacity to identify them (whether through overwork and other stresses or direct learning/developmental disabilities) insist otherwise. Maybe most fall somewhere between those points, I’m certainly not as informed as I prefer.

        I’ll have a look tonight or tomorrow. My project hours are all over the map, right now, which means my neighborhood and household obligations are, too.

        Cheers!