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So was Jim Jones

Not a lot of guys get people saying things like “directly responsible for the collapse of the global economy”, I’ll give him that

Please, let this be the end of the american empire

Great novel and adaptation. Though Brian Blessed as Augustus still strikes me as an odd choice. I also love John Hurt as an actor but he didn't seem right for Caligula, either. Jacobi as Clavdivs seemed on point, though.

The American War machine hitched its wagon to the Mad King. So it’s only fair they get to share in the spoils of their misadventures. Some of us around the world cannot help to watch these delicious developments with glee, what with the US military being a historic foe for many in the world

first roman emperor us president

Hey, at least we got crumbling infrastructure and the worst healthcare of any wealthy nation in the world out of it

The downfall and balkanization of the US sure will be fun. Hail Cascadia!

This is all part of a concerted effort to isolate and attack China, I wouldn't be too quick to say the gamble didn't pay off.

The military industrial complex is a socialist jobs program, providing jobs for the employees of government contractors.

The U.S. military held its image of power for the last 20+ years because of the overwhelming blitz on Iraq. Some analysts said the initial victory was due to the U.S. dumping their load and a larger adversary could hold out. Guess they were correct

I used to mock people who said cutting funding to the military would leave us defenseless, saying that they thought the military was too incompetent to operate except by attrition. I had no idea how right they were.

The Pentagon has never passed an audit

It's just a bunch of contractors taking the money and assuming one of the others actually did the work

And while we've got to hand Donny some credit here in taking down the American Empire, this whole episode has also been one long showing of Shi'a excellence. From Lebannon to Iraq to Yemen to of course Iran, just a masterclass performance in beating an enemy who ought to be way out of your league!

George Lucas trade routes meme but it's Alan Pakula talking about petrodollars www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIKO...

Art of the Deal. Or something.

If they don't, I think the odds are better than 50:50 that America vaporizes Iran before 2029.

Saudi Arabia clearly expects they'll have a weapon soon, and doesn't want to left the odd man out

Really proving how Trump embodied this tweet

Like all of the MENA think tank guys are directly funded by various anti-Iran countries lol this was not good return on investment! And sure, if it’s UAE or Dubai you’re probably just gonna need a new job, but KSA bone sawed a guy over writing op eds

You can tell the accelerationists by the smug look on their faces

At least Nero could fiddle

It's pretty wild seeing the American war machine was just as much a paper tiger as the soviet one and the cold war only ended because the Soviets folded first

Hey man the last emperor is as important as the first

Pete Hegseth is the 2026 Jorge Polanco of war. By not participating at all, you are contributing more than he is to the cause

it's honestly been remarkable to watch; I know my fellow-travelers have said for a long time that the US is a paper tiger, but I guess I didn't realize just how thin the paper was

Consequential, yes

Never has a country shown their ass this bad in the history of civilization.

the funny part is there's no way in hell Trump understood he was "gambling" with *anything* he assumed it was his for the taking, just like anything else in his life if someone tells him "no," he can just bully his way past it that's not the case with Iran and he cannot wrap his brain around it