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Holy fuck. Because for some fucking reason, the goddamned director of the fucking central intelligence agency doesn’t fucking know that just because you’re able doesn’t mean you should.
Never fucking mind also apparently just not fucking knowing about the JWICS that’s designed for this exact motherfucking purpose.
‘Fuck’ count: 7
(Sorry, couldn’t resist. 😋 😇 I get your anger though; agree.)
From the article …
On March 23rd, as Mr Imamoglu was being moved to a maximum-security prison on the city’s outskirts, the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) staged a primary election to confirm him as its candidate in the next presidential elections, scheduled for 2028. It was open to all voters, not just CHP members. The party said 15m Turks took part.
… and …
Meral, a housewife, joined the protests with her daughter, a university student. “This is not about Imamoglu or the CHP,” she says. “This is because our right to vote and to be elected is being taken away.”
Paywalled.
The article’s title does not match the content. I read it and it does not talk about how Musk controls Trump. It talks about retaliation for those organizing protests against Tesla.
Welcome to Lemmy, where people’s personal agendas/marketing shape the titles of their posts.
From the article …
“What’s happening, it seems to me, is they’re being fed propaganda by the far left, and they believe it. It’s really unfortunate,” Musk continued, claiming that the “real problem” isn’t the “crazy guy” who attacks his vehicles but rather the people that push the “propaganda” that encourages him to do it.
“Those are the real villains here, and we’re going to go after them,” the DOGE chief warned. “The president has made it clear, we’re going to go after them.”
“The ones providing the money, the ones pushing the lies and propaganda? We’re going after them,” Musk said, casually pointing his fingers in the shape of a gun.
That doesn’t mean they want the US to inflict half a million civilian casualties, as they did when ridding Iraq of Saddam Hussein. And this time, Trump and Hegseth will be running the show, so it’s a certainty it’ll be worse.
Personally I would tend to agree with you, but that didn’t stop the Iranians from having protest events in Iran calling for Trump to win/invade.
People don’t always act logically, or maybe they measure the ‘lesser of the two evils’ and take actions based on that. Iranians were hoping Trump would win the election just for that reason, to invade and kick out the Mullahs.
You need to make the connection that this is U.S. Government-sanctioned slavery.
Slavery existed in Africa for hundreds of years (unfortunately).
Though they do worry about what you’ve mentioned, most Iranians I’ve talked to currently are “willing to risk it”, as they are sick and tired of the Mullahs at this point.
Its not a matter of knowing the history or not (I do), its a matter of using extreme dumb hyperbole (‘slave market’) in trying to make a point. Its bad conversation.
And it happen way too often here on Lemmy.
Yeah, no. The Iranians had a front row seat on what happened when the Americans ‘freed’ the Iraqis.
I spoke to a younger Iranian once who ran an electronic store in Tehran about the very same thing.
I asked him if they wanted (at that time) G.W. Bush to come in and free them, Iraq style. He took a moment to think, then said, before the Iraqi invasion, yes definitely. After, the invasion, not so much. But also, that he definitely hated the Mullahs.
If you ask older Iranians, they all overwhelmingly want that to happen. So might just be an age divide thing.
the US could reintroduce the slave market in Iran
Most (70%+) Iranians would welcome the U.S. getting rid of the Mullahs, freeing them.
Man, this current age of AI really sucks.
From the article …
GNOME sysadmin Bart Piotrowski shared on Mastodon that only about 3.2 percent of requests (2,690 out of 84,056) passed their challenge system, suggesting the vast majority of traffic was automated.
Denzel Washington reenacted the heroics of Sgt. William Carney in the movie “Glory.” The Pentagon removed a story about him for DEI reasons.
Would love to hear what Denzel Washington would say about this.
No valid arguments there either.
Just to be clear, I agree with you, and those links are me doing so. Don’t quote have the hang of cross posting here on Lemmy.
What I will never support is the stupidity of defining any object by external criteria.
Yep. I know its a rule (that is being ignored), but it isn’t actually a law?
Wonder why we bother with rules, if nobody is ever going to enforce them, especially when we vote into office those who don’t care to follow them.
and sought a direct secure line to the Oval Office, bypassing the attorney general.
FBI directors since J. Edgar Hoover have maintained independence from the White House, but Patel is closely aligned with Trump.
Congress should really codify that into law, instead of it just being a “Gentleman’s/society Agreement”.
Not to be pedantic, and to be fair, but it is political speech. It’s definately not complaining about customer service or warranties.
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