The (infuriating, I absolutely agree) choice was “Gaza in rubble”, or “Gaza AND the West Bank AND wherever else Israel feels like annexing (probably a good chunk of Lebanon) in rubble, and the possibility of open war with Iran”.

Glad you got what you thought you wanted, I guess.

Hey, Arab American Trump voters:

WE FUCKING TOLD YOU SO. YOU FUCKING IMBECILES.

Tbh I’m having a hard time understanding why these authoritarian leaders are basically low key begging Ukraine to actually commit to their theoretically-possible crash nuclear program they’ve mentioned a couple times. They can do it. If people stop giving them support, they will.

Nobody’s saying NATO should invade Russia.

We’re saying NATO could EASILY establish IADS over the vast majorly of Ukraine to defend their civilian population and infrastructure.

Narrator:

it definitely happened.

I’d like to make it clear as an American that I’ve thought US policy has been extremely wrongheaded for a while now. But at the same time, China is going to exert just as much - if not more - leverage in the long run, as compared to the US.

Yeah, after Tuesday, I think that’s a pretty shrewd estimate tbh

Post an overly obsequious yelp review? Believe it or not, also jail.

China’s 100% gonna shoot their shot at invading Taiwan in the next few years

hahaha I’m not worried are you worried?

Touch my boats, Russia. I fucking DARE you.

Well just to be clear: I’m absolutely NOT shitting on them for doing this, particularly in this geopolitical context. That was my original point, as a matter of fact.

For them? No. For the region and the world overall, because carbon doesn’t give a shit about national boundaries: absolutely.

We can’t keep thinking in terms of “how does it affect country X”. This is a global problem, and it must be framed as such.

…that’s quite pedantic, tbh. I’d say it’s rather implicit that a wind farm wouldn’t be planned for an area that doesn’t experience strong winds consistently.

Can you name any others?

Though the carbon implications are unfortunate, this is quite frankly an extremely pragmatic and prudent decision in a geopolitical sense. Hopefully they can consider reviving the project once all the bullshit Russia is doing concludes one way or the other, but for now, this definitely seems like the right call. Seriously , this is probably the ONLY legitimate reason I think I’ve ever seen for halting an offshore wind farm.

Remember that China is having a bit of an economic crisis at the moment

Also, maybe the IDF shouldn’t have, you know, drove a fucking Merkava Mk 4 through the main gate of the compound and wrecked the UN base’s physical security? Just a thought.

All China wants is the mineral and petroleum reserves in Siberia. They don’t give a fuck about the population centers in western Russia.

DAS enclosures are super easy to set up. Disk won’t be a big issue if you go that route.