Umm acktually this is Trump's mad dog 5D chess strategy.
Good article. Just another reflection that these guys are bumbling around. Even if there are still competent agents and effective mechanisms of power in the empire.
So if we can bring him over, we could acquire unique and valuable skills?
That others won't be able to get once he passes away?
Critical support to... OpenAI?
Causing drama to attack someone's mental health was an attack vector used to install malware in the open source repo XZ (for Linux zip handling code).
It's entirely possible this drama is an op to get the old guy to STFU.
Thanks. I need the reminder every time. Not sarcastic.
The war with Iran hasn't started yet, and it's already putting a dent in US imperialism.
US heads stay seething.
A number of people owned starlink terminals themselves.
Iran has a reputation for internet shutdowns, and having a way to bypass that can help businesses that rely on international trade or income.
But you're right, they almost certainly had their agents setup with terminals as well.
In the initial days of the internet shutdown, starlink was fully operational in Iran. I was wondering why they didn't shut it down earlier. It would be an insane logistical and organizational challenge to realize that StarLink is a problem only after the fact and get countermeasures brought in or manufactured ad-hoc and then to deploy in a few days.
A lot of people in and out of Iran say that Iranians are slow to act. This, I think is a fair point. That is, the idea that they had the counter-starlink capability and were inefficient at getting it setup.
However, in hindsight, perhaps the success of starlink in bypassing the initial shutdown provoked the US to send in 6000 units to provide internet for their cells to be able to continue operating. Iran also proved they had starlink terminal tracking capabilities. The news of Iran rounding up all of these terminals and intercepting shipments came soon after them successfully jamming the technology.
It's likely that the US was expecting:
It's important to remember, the US embassy in Tehran used to be their center of operations for the entire continent of Asia. The US has a lot of money and resources and is very willing to use them to get that back.
It seems Iran intentionally sat on their hands vis-à-vis StarLink in order to bait and countermanoeuvre the US, and as well as to pin-point the agents using them.
Another great decision by China. I remember all the talk of Chinese overfishing in anti-China circles.
Another propaganda point dead in the water.
That's wild. I also bought Chinese underwear and started having dreams about being gay with your dad.
In my echochamber, Maduro isn't the only socialist in Venezuela, and him being reversibly being taken out of the picture doesn't mean that the sky is falling.
US has bought Venezuelan oil for years. They resell the oil to Israel, and then try to get elements of the resistance to fight each other by spreading inflammatory rhetoric here.
On top of that US is actively stealing Venezuelan oil and their tankers, and then reportedly decides to send it to Israel.
And you want us to be demoralized by the supposed fall of Venezuela. Come on man.
What would an Iranian attack on Israel look like?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=llW5RUMkZLo
Note: the MIT professor uses an Iranian CEP of 1000m due to the 2024 strikes. From what we saw in 2025, I believe Iran has 50m CEP missiles. Perhaps those are the more expensive ones, idk.
It did appear that Iran used its older stockpile in 2024 compared to 2025.