I think the US is calling the base withdrawal a "punishment" to save public face when really it's probably Spain kicking out them. Similar to how Trump made big talk about bringing Iran to the stone age to make it look like Iran surrendered when it was the other way around to anyone with actually the ability to read.
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The strongest counter to foreign bribery is to become a richer country overall so that others have less to give compared to what the government is already providing.
Honestly it's pretty impressive how Iran has been able to pinpoint and take out the US's most irreplaceable assets. Losing things THAADs and AWACS is a very painful loss that weakens the US globally.
Let us cheer and rally for the downfall of monarchs like the good old times.
ONE OF US SOUTH KOREA! ONE OF US!
Yep, there is a reason the Gulf states are so hesitant to get directly involved, empowering their own trying domestic militaries will lead to a Gaddifi couping their asses and Iran knows it. Their paper thin rule depends on material wealth to keep their populations placated and for the US to act their as their personal bouncers.
The most insightful thing Canadians researchers could teach on the subject is how the Soviets could of correctly and successfully done genocide instead if that was their goal.
It's possible we'll see a lot US aircraft getting down as Iran figures out what works and what doesn't. There is a lot more room for Iran to adapt to F35s than there it is for the US to adapt and change their F35s.
At this point Japan is more likely to invade and attack Taiwan then China. You can guarantee their imperial nostalgic government isn't going to be happy about seeing a former colony they still see as theirs' choosing to reunite with China and they will make up whatever bullshit they can.
Naturally Marxist Leninists are going to hold at least an ounce of distain for "welfarism" due to the way the bourgeoisie have historically used welfare to placate the masses into accepting a temporary band aid rather then actually seizing power for themselves. That's not the same thing as opposing welfare in principle the way conservatives and reactionaries do, unless you're advocating for an extreme degree of welfare that ignores material reality.
Hormuz blocked means fuller storage tanks, fuller tanks means more strikes on tanks, less tanks means the less storage.
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In the case of the gulf states, I do think they (their ruling class) actually do need US bases since there is a very strong risk they would overthrown by anti-zionists and pan-arab nationalists if they expanded their own militaries beyond being a private security force made up of mercenaries. Their absolute domestic power comes at the cost of being unable to empower and trust their own citizens in any way and having to be puppets to a foreign power.