the script writers are really not putting a lot of effort into their propaganda at this point

I believe the official term is the Epstein Coalition

Your ability to regurgitate propaganda is impressive. Yet, it shows utter lack of capacity for critical thinking. Only an utter imbecile could think that a proxy war with NATO would last for days. And why would they go after Zelensky, what would that accomplish exactly?

Again, if you think the US attacking countries and killing their leaders is a show of strength then you’re deluded. What makes China and Russia more powerful is that they have actual domestic industry, and can produce their own weapons. The US cannot do that. Meanwhile, spending a bunch of money on war just shows how inefficient the US military industrial complex is. Here’s what the reality looks like https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/16/is-russia-producing-a-years-worth-of-nato-ammunition-in-three-months

The US is just a clown country run by senile pedophiles.

basically

Russia and China are nuclear superpowers, they can turn any country into glass. Meanwhile, the US isn’t even able to produce weapons on its own with importing critical things like rare earths from China which the US isn’t capable of producing in any significant quantity. If you think that deindustrialized shithole that’s currently being outproduced by Russia militarily is a global hegemon, then I don’t know what else to tell you.

even a broken clock is right twice a day

They’re very much a participant in the war. That’s what joining the war means. You don’t have to take offensive action to be a participant in a conflict.

Doing nothing includes sharing military intelligence such as satellite data, sending advanced radars, and keeping Iran economically afloat.

Yeah, that’s fair. If you’re already stuck on Signal, then it’s difficult to make a move to something else. I’m mostly talking about people who are using something like WhatsApp, and it’s better to make a fresh move to a platform that doesn’t have the issues Signal has.

You genuinely think that Russia or China does not have the capability to do that? The difference here isn’t that the US is more capable, it’s that it’s a rabid dog.

that’s very clearly the UK participating in the war:

Our forces are active and British planes are in the sky today as part of coordinated regional defensive operations to protect our people, our interests, and our allies - as Britain has done before, in line with international law.

Indeed, it does seem to be a consistent pattern throughout the ages. I imagine a big part of it is that the ruling class becomes increasingly disconnected from material reality, and they start making decisions based on how they think the world works rather than how it actually is.

yeah same

Even if Iran doesn’t take out a carrier, the US is now faced with no good options. It’s pretty clear they miscalculated, and Iran isn’t going to collapse. So, now they find themselves faced with an Ukraine style attrition war, except the logistics are far worse than they are for Russia which actually has a border with Ukraine. The US has to ship weapons and troops all the way across the ocean here. So, what does the US do now, do they commit to the war which is unwinnable, or do they run home with their tail between their legs?

Either scenario is a disaster. If the US commits to the war then there’s almost certainly going to be an economic crash as happened when the US invaded Vietnam. If the US is seen to be defeated, then everyone can see that the empire can be defeated. The whole narrative of the best military in the world that cannot be challenged falls apart at that point.

I’d argue attacking Iran was a far worse blunder than starting a proxy war in Ukraine, but it’s also compounded by it. The US has depleted a lot of its stocks of critical weapons like missile interceptors over the past four years, and the economic war on Russia forced a creation of a whole alternate economic system that’s outside western control. Both these factors have significantly weakened the American hand in the current conflict.

the US absolutely doesn’t control the world, the war in Ukraine and recent attempt at a trade war with China is a great example of just how weak the empire really is. The US failed to subdue Russia and their attempt to cut Russia out of the global economy resulted in a separate economic system forming with increasing amount of trade happening outside western control. Now, global majority is allied with China against the empire, and hence why we see the US desperately lashing out.

The US has hit an inflection point where the cost of maintaining the empire outstrips the plunder. All the forever wars have drained critical resources, while financial capitalism moved essential production overseas. Now the US finds that it has little economic leverage, and its material base is eroded.

It’s more than just inconvenience. The US does not have a good track record fighting prolonged conflicts. They can destroy a country and make millions of people suffer, but they rarely achieve long term objectives.

The thing is that there’s nothing special about Signal that makes it better than alternatives like SimpleX. I just don’t see why it should be promoted instead of them. Yes, it’s better than WhatsApp where meta has a master key and can read your messages, but why settle when you can use a platform without compromises?

Although, it’s worth noting that this was largely a stunt. The US did not have the ability to actually invade Venezuela or to topple the government.

Khamenei was the main reason Iran did not develop nuclear weapons up to now. With him gone, that becomes a much more likely scenario.