[–] 1 point 1 hour ago

The only people still getting mad at the caravan are maga holdouts who just want something to be mad at, and don't want to talk about the war or Israel or fuel prices or inflation

Libs probably don't even notice the attempted media spectical because they have a huge buffet of things to get mad at, so why bother with this gruel

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago

    I've seen a fair bit of his stuff, I think he's a "centrist" liberal institutionalist who has both sympathies and frustrations with trump, and either of those could surface depending on how well/poorly things are going. I imagine a lot of mid-level officers have similar politics, and would make a similar performance of not displaying their (mundane and semi-coherent) opinions.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 days ago

    The problem is that the Israeli public wants maximum genocide, so their next leader will likely be even worse. Can the next guy be more genocidal while also telling the west that the genocide is behind us and was just the last guys fault? Maybe, at least for a while, and western institutions will desperately try to promote that message. But I feel like people are at the point where they'll still notice reality.

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    Sad to see random sailors get killed, but regardless still have to hand it to the Houthis for an extremely successful ongoing campaign. Shipping volumes passing through are down dramatically, and alternate routes are adding a lot of delay and expense. It's costing Egypt a lot of money in lost transit tolls as well. And shipping was in a less-than-ideal state to begin with, due to the Panama canal drought and issues with shipbuilding.

    Insurance rates were already keeping most higher value cargo out, it's currently mostly bulk goods, crude oil, and some refined petroleum products still transiting; that's why we never hear about container ships being hit, they were generally the first to leave.

    This attack will further increase insurance rates and further increase pressure on the west to "do something" but other than a ceasefire they don't have a lot of good options.

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