An anonymous source inside the USGov saying "oh, yeah, we're totally still in control - the middle east is still materially in our sphere of influence"?
Come on, of cause they're going to say that - especially through the proxy of anonymity. They have reporters they own. It's a no risk play to project power - only that it waves more red flags than a sailor doing semaphores.
They also inked deals for gas/oil exporting rights to the Gazan coast.
Noooo, the USA? Flouting international law? Say it isn't so!
There is a solution. One state for everyone. Palestine.
So long as there is a settler-colonial ethno-state occupying the land - there won't be peace, because peace is antithetical to the process of colonizing Palestine.
Mate, hate to break it to you - but sovcits have as legitimate a claim to the term 'sovereignty' as the US does to unsanctioned acts of war on foreign soil.
They're committing a mask-off genocide after 75 years of ethnic cleansing - all the while bombing and assassinating foreign citizens on foreign, sovereign soil.
Tell me how any country on earth would like that.
Brother, that's not how we talk to people. Everyone here is treated like people and respected for their personhood. This isn't a theatre for bigoted nonsense - there's other platforms available if you want to attack people and get that out of your system.
Show people respect or leave people alone - but don't be like that.
Well that might change some geopolitical calculus... did China previously have an outward facing military foothold in SEA like this?
They recently started sending newsletter emails (hit my spam, thank God) that were super excited to let us know about his friends sharing "rare insight" into the "real Peter Dutton" which was just a fucking wild thing to hear.
Like if your leader requires "rare insight" for people to think he's not an ethically bankrupt sociopath/crypto christiofascist then jesus christ.
LNP-lite. I hope they haven't gone cold enough to stop feeling shame. Something important died back when the tree of knowledge was poisoned.
Mass transportation and last mile transport from there to the end point!
If we updated the train network, subsidised electric bikes (along with more sensible regulation about speeds and wattages, 250 isn't enough to get peek hills without sweating - which sounds vain but is important for people replacing a car) and provided safe places to park them all around (lockers etc) I earnestly believe a lot of people would find they amount of times they earnestly need to drive its slashed considerably!
A solid bike or scooter is effectively a low impact range extender for the rest of our infrastructure - which means more people can access it more easily too!
I can only speak for myself but doing the same thing, I'm only really driving twice a week now to handle a ~80km round work commute. It's great - and I'm going out a lot more because I'm not worried about fuel or parking.
I mean, it's far right attacks on left-leaning politicians. I can see where they're coming from - it's reminiscent of the brown shirts.