I was gonna say something similar. The amount of “activists “ that have never set foot at a protest is astounding. Most of the recent protests have been full of geriatrics reliving the past glory of the 60’s. Then the young people that do show up are nobody to look up to or admire, they are usually uneducated about the subject and have a plethora of mental issues or only there because they have a huge unrelated chip on their shoulder.

Also, the protestors of the past in my city were always well dressed professional people with a clearly defined goal. Currently, it’s just trust fund babies mad at daddy pretending to be anarchistic in their $3800/month apartment burning down the poor part of the city they don’t live in because they are mad at Trump and ice.

Iran has been threatening sine 79 for some reason, wonder what happened and if a certain ideology took over Iran?

It’s funny how quickly democrats turned on Tulsi saying she was a Russian plant back in 2016 and now that she continues to spew Russian propaganda supporting Iran everyone is acting like she is the bastion of truth.

Yes, one day for no reason at all Israel decided to blow up Irans secret nuclear facilities.

Pretty much the only people who claim it doesn’t exist is Iran. The only reason the UN can’t verify is because anytime they do surprise inspections they aren’t allowed into the facilities. No need to bury your refinement facilities 300 feet underground if you are making energy grade nuclear materials.

What apps only work for straight white guys?

I don’t think “Americans” is a good term considering a little over half of Americans prefer non-interventionist policies. Ironically, interventionist policies are bipartisan, with a large portion of both democrats and republicans taking neo-isolationist approaches to American foreign policy. Intervention can be one of four major fields referred to in politics as DIME (diplomatic, informational, military, and economic). Examples would include UN for diplomatic (we intervene via power held in the UN), 5 eyes for informational (we allow NSA to spy on allies, as long as those allies provide us with material about our own citizens), military (republicans prefer big bombs and boots on ground, Obama loved his drone strikes), and economic like NAFTA.

I feel you may be viewing this solely from a military perspective which is why I wanted to highlight these other means. Liberal IR theory actually encourages DIME, via rule of law and consensus via other democratic nation states, I.e. if Canada, and the EU want us to intervene in the Middle East, should we mind our own business? Liberal IR theory would suggest not, and that we are not being a world player. The main hypothesis in Liberal IR theory is actually the same as its more aggressive big brother called Realism or more commonly known form as “Realpolitik”. Both posit that the international order exists in a form of anarchy and it is the responsibility (whether hegemonic or multipolar) to control this anarchy via law ( for liberalism) or via power (for realism).

Generally, more of the academics you will read on this topic whether liberal or realists will claim that Americans were pulled in via a vacuum and didn’t force its way in. There are also deeper theories in this about Bipolar and regional hegemony that better explain the post WWII world. Pre-Soviet collapse, the first world appreciated the aggressive American approach as it lent a balance against the aggressive USSR. If it weren’t for the USSR, America would have returned to the western hemisphere and not intervened unless asked to by Western Europe

Yeah, but why would I use it when much worse options exist

SDE is software development engineer. CS is usually considered a field of mathematics that can take many routes. SDE as a learning path generally focuses on programming languages and frameworks to build useful applications, if CS is theory focused then SDE is the application focus. IT generally focuses on already built frameworks and tools for managing corporate networks and data security.

Can’t wait to “Special Military Operation” my neighbors pool and big screen TV

Also, it’s preventative, too. Why resort to a life of crime when you can do something that you are interested in and can get paid for it! I wish we ditched the “need to go to college” for expanded trade programs. I would have loved to go to a Junior College or CC or even a trade school if they offered CS courses. The problem with most local colleges is they think IT/SDE/ and CS are all the same, but they are getting better about distinguishing them

Islamist Tenets:

Women are second class citizens

Non-Believers are second class citizens

Jews are the worst people on Earth

Gays should be stoned to death

Adulterers should be stoned to death

People who dance should be stoned to death

A bunch of other terrible shit….

But the simplest way to understand it is that Islam celebrates death, while Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hindu celebrates death life