No, the exact opposite: The EU should encourage the minority of Israelis unhappy with Netanyahu and co to resettle. An Israeli mini-exodus is already ongoing, and encouraging more of that would do more to hurt Israel than shutting Israelis out of most of the developed world. As a plus, an influx of liberal highly educated immigrants is always nice to have. That’s of course different from tourists, which absolutely should be banned from entering the EU

Nope. In my other comment I was saying that both are bad but America is worse; here I’m trying to say that both are ego projects, and therefore that the CCP’s treatment of Taiwan doesn’t imply fear any more than America’s treatment of Cuba does. No real relation between the two comments except using the same comparison of how either powerful empire treats its pet rebellious province. For the record I think mainland China should leave Taiwan the fuck alone.

I mean I’m no fan of the CCP either but there’s likely not much fear involved here. It’s basically an ego project, not unlike Cuba on the other side.

No, but it makes it better. To understand how much better, the closest comparison on the Western side would be Cuba.

Finally some good news.

No and no. Israel won’t be “dissolved” by the international community; either Palestinians or neighboring states will have to do it themselves in a likely brutal war. Relocating their population is also not going to fly unless you’ll volunteer for that anti-guerilla campaign (setting aside the ethnic cleansing aspect).

Edit: Don’t mistake this for being pro-Israel because I am absolutely not pro-Israel, but let’s not push for things that’d prove the Zionists right and also produce a Jewish Hezbollah.

I mean literally yes.

Well that’s definitely the thinking of an Infantino.

No, look closer; that’s an edit. Someone recommended it and they edited it in.

I don’t think that’s realistic if the sanctions on them are even remotely worth their salt. Do you have a source for that?

What does that have to do with anything? There’s still no way for Iran to profit from Trump’s chaos.

Not quite “any nation;” it’d take a significant bloc within the EU for it to really sting.

I sincerely doubt it. The EU has consistently dropped the ball on this, with or without Orban.

The U.S. is now the enemy of the free world.

Correction: The “free world” is the enemy of the free world, because that’s how late stage capitalism works. The EU seems poised to follow in America’s footsteps, if anything. Also if the “most heinous war crimes” part was a dealbreaker NATO never would’ve existed.

What? Iran isn’t profiting off anything. They’re hoping they can undo their pariah state status, and they might even be able to do it, but so far they haven’t actually gained anything.

Maybe they’re channeling their inner Romans and just keep building more fleets?

Uh… that has nothing to do with what I asked? Is there context that challenges the framing of the article? Because the article treats the bill not getting out of committee as adding insult to injury rather than a boring event.

Okay not to your extent but having been thrown into the deep end in a foreign country with zero survival skills I can relate. First yeah I don’t think most people have this kind of trouble. The key I’ve found is to beeline towards the thing closest to instructions (written or verbal) you can find. While getting panicky probably isn’t normal (no judgement though, fuck normalcy), not knowing how to do things is perfectly normal and there’s 99.9% going to be someone or something easy to find for people who have no idea what they’re doing. Well, in the developed world anyway, but you don’t exactly give me “I’mma go to Mozambique” vibes so you should be fine. Anyway yeah, I for one can say that help desks and clear signage absolutely hard-carried me through my first (and second, and third…) time at the airport; just don’t be afraid to ask for help, look things up and pay attention to signs and you’ll be fine.

Basically, it didn’t get a hearing to get out of committee.

And how does that not confirm the point of the article? No, seriously, I have no idea how the whole committee system works; who would’ve been responsible for getting it to a proper vote?

I have absolutely zero faith that Obama would do anything to meaningfully help Mamdani, but let’s watch and see I guess.