yogthos

gotta love the projection here

“Because the Iranian government does not care much about the suffering of its people, it has been able to withstand both punishing economic sanctions and military bombardments,” he said.

The west will fight this war to the last Ukrainian, and this is precisely what every lib cheerleading this war wants.

Liberalism is inherently a right wing ideology. You have political liberalism which focuses on all these wholesome ideas like individual freedoms and democracy that are used to market it. But economic liberalism is the meat of the system and it centers around markets, private property, and wealth accumulation. So the whole idea that liberalism supports everyone’s freedom is fundamentally incompatible with enshrining private property rights as sacred because that removes them from political debate.

Equating private property with individual freedom provides the foundational justification for the rich to keep their wealth while ignoring the needs of everyone else. So all the talk of freedom and democracy ends up being just a fig leaf for capitalist relations.

I don't think even that would work, Europeans don't really have much in terms of a standing army, and there aren't the necessary logistics to attempt some sort of a ground invasion of Iran.

Most likely, although they have nothing they can contribute here.

There's a really good interview with colonel Lawrence Wilkerson who was the former Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State where he talks about how the US has full capture of the European political class. So, what we see happening in Europe isn't too surprising.

indeed

I find it really funny how libs see the US losing its geopolitical dominance as a bad thing.

Likely, and this also goes beyond Iran. The US has basically weaponized the dollar system now, and everybody knows they need to get off of it ASAP.

couldn't have put it better myself

That's fair, there's still a lot of work to be done there. At least most libs, like the one in this thread, fled Russia now, so the healing process can begin.

Yup, and I think you're completely right that United Russia is basically propped up by Putin's personality. Once he's gone, there will be a power vacuum and KPRF only keeps getting more popular. They're not without problems, but they're way further left than anything in the west.