Play Nice Random Chat Thread: Episode III

[Del191229]

Oh God these idiots honestly think they can dislodge Hezbollah.

 

[Del191229]

IS did a fantastic job of turning Western nations hostile against their own Islamic citizens though, leading to isolation for a lot of these blokes and we know how that can end up.
I'm not an expert like the writer of that column, far from it, but I don't think he's read the goals of the caliphate right; which I always thought was to grow their nation by collecting only the most zealous and quote unquote fundamentalist Muslims, and turning them against the rest of the world with enough hatred to fight and kill

They're deluded, short sighted, but not idiots per se, and shouldn't be dumped in with other radicals who've fought for their rights. IS aren't fighting for acceptance from the rest of the world, they fight for it's death.
I could be way off pace tho

Thing people always forget about Daesh was that it was as much the remnants of the Saddam-era security forces as it was jihadists.

The real religious minded types travelling to Syria joined Al Qaeda's various iterations (Jabhat Al-Nusra, now HTS) after they split from Daesh..

Daesh was basically what happens when people who have been subjected to four decades of non-stop war finally crack.

 

[giantroo]

Oh God these idiots honestly think they can dislodge Hezbollah.

I can already see actors trying to hijack the protests. I hope the Lebanese people stay strong and not allow the sectarianism to cut between them. "Selmiye Selmiye - Peace Peace" they continue to chant on the streets.

Lebanon's protesters turn on their leaders, breaking taboos

In the protests sweeping Lebanon, nothing is sacred.

www.reuters.com

 

[Del191229]

I can already see actors trying to hijack the protests. I hope the Lebanese people stay strong and not allow the sectarianism to cut between them. "Selmiye" Selmiye - Peace Peace" they continue to chant on the streets.

Yep, and Hezbollah knows that if they get sucked into sectarian fighting in Lebanon, they are gone.

Make no mistake, that's the aim here now.

Like in Syria the first protests were spontaneous, but within days hijacked by internal and external interests, with the very clear aim of violent regime change.

 

[giantroo]

And in Iraq

Exclusive: Iran intervenes to prevent ousting of Iraqi prime minister - sources

Iran has stepped in to prevent the ouster of Iraqi Prime Minister Abdel Abdul Mahdi by two of Iraq's most influential figures amid weeks of anti-government demonstrations, sources close to both men told Reuters.

www.reuters.com

 

[Del191229]

And in Iraq

Exclusive: Iran intervenes to prevent ousting of Iraqi prime minister - sources

Iran has stepped in to prevent the ouster of Iraqi Prime Minister Abdel Abdul Mahdi by two of Iraq's most influential figures amid weeks of anti-government demonstrations, sources close to both men told Reuters.

www.reuters.com

But in a secret meeting in Baghdad on Wednesday, Qassem Soleimani, head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ elite Quds Force, intervened. Soleimani asked Amiri and his militia leaders to keep supporting Abdul Mahdi, according to five sources with knowledge of the meeting.

The most powerful man in the Middle East.

 

[Groin guru]

I worked at Bunnings as a teen.

I want reparations

 

[Del191229]

I worked at Bunnings as a teen.

I want reparations

Go and check if you were paid right.

 

[Themanbun]

Plus virtually every small business in the land on top of all the major ones which just haven't been caught yet. Unionism dying, weak regulation and the fact the this is literally the goal of the entire economic framework - to drive down labour costs - mean that it will only get worse until our concept of ownership changes.

 

[Del191229]

Plus virtually every small business in the land on top of all the major ones which just haven't been caught yet. Unionism dying, weak regulation and the fact the this is literally the goal of the entire economic framework - to drive down labour costs - mean that it will only get worse until our concept of ownership changes.

And the useful idiots obsess over culture war issues- on both sides.

 

[giantroo]

Anyone know who was the last country to have a technocratic government?


Lebanon's president calls for new government of technocrats to push economic reforms

Lebanon's president calls for new government of technocrats to push economic reforms

Lebanese President Michel Aoun called on Thursday for the formation of a new government of technocrats following the resignation of prime minister Saad al-Hariri amid nationwide protests against a sectarian elite blamed for mishandling the economy.

www.reuters.com

 

[Snake_Baker]

Maurice Blackburn

ABC

Hilarious.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Anyone know who was the last country to have a technocratic government?


Lebanon's president calls for new government of technocrats to push economic reforms

Lebanon's president calls for new government of technocrats to push economic reforms

Lebanese President Michel Aoun called on Thursday for the formation of a new government of technocrats following the resignation of prime minister Saad al-Hariri amid nationwide protests against a sectarian elite blamed for mishandling the economy.

www.reuters.com

A brilliant idea that could never be facilitated in this backward country.

 

[Val Keating]

Plus virtually every small business in the land on top of all the major ones which just haven't been caught yet. Unionism dying, weak regulation and the fact the this is literally the goal of the entire economic framework - to drive down labour costs - mean that it will only get worse until our concept of ownership changes.

I wouldn’t say all, but I agree unionism is dying. I’ve seen the CFMEU lose power first hand.

 

[Snake_Baker]

I wouldn’t say all, but I agree unionism is dying. I’ve seen the CFMEU lose power first hand.

White anted by the same excrement that rooted the ALP.

 

[giantroo]

A brilliant idea that could never be facilitated in this backward country.

The people are calling for it. It's whether the ministers will resign and allow it happen.

 

[Snake_Baker]

The people are calling for it. It's whether the ministers will resign and allow it happen.

It will piss off the bureaucrats for sure mate.

 

[Val Keating]

Anyone know who was the last country to have a technocratic government?


Lebanon's president calls for new government of technocrats to push economic reforms

Lebanon's president calls for new government of technocrats to push economic reforms

Lebanese President Michel Aoun called on Thursday for the formation of a new government of technocrats following the resignation of prime minister Saad al-Hariri amid nationwide protests against a sectarian elite blamed for mishandling the economy.

www.reuters.com

Is Lebanon non secular?

 

[Del191229]

Anyone know who was the last country to have a technocratic government?


Lebanon's president calls for new government of technocrats to push economic reforms

Lebanon's president calls for new government of technocrats to push economic reforms

Lebanese President Michel Aoun called on Thursday for the formation of a new government of technocrats following the resignation of prime minister Saad al-Hariri amid nationwide protests against a sectarian elite blamed for mishandling the economy.

www.reuters.com

Greece and or Italy in the early part of this decade.

 

[Del191229]

A brilliant idea that could never be facilitated in this backward country.

Yeah because we actually believe in democracy, not fascism.

 

[Del191229]

The people are calling for it. It's whether the ministers will resign and allow it happen.

Lebanon a slightly different situation given the sectarian issues and the bloody Civil War that lasted 20 years.

 

[Snake_Baker]

21st century democracy: A totalitarian dictatorship controlled by a collaboration of minorities.

 

[Del191229]

I wonder how long it will take until the penny drops that in a technocratic government the biggest winners are the dreaded political science graduates lol.

That technocratic government is literally government by bureacracy.

FFS

 

[Del191229]

21st century democracy: A totalitarian dictatorship controlled by a collaboration of minorities.

Yeah mate, you're being oppressed like in Soviet Russia right now.

 

[Val Keating]

From Wiki coz I have no idea,

Technocracy is a proposed system of governance in which decision-makers are selected on the basis of their expertise in a given area of responsibility, particularly with regard to scientific or technical knowledge. This system explicitly contrasts with the notion that elected representatives should be the primary decision-makers in government,[1] though it does not necessarily imply eliminating elected representatives. Leadership skills for decision-makers are selected on the basis of specialized knowledge and performance, rather than political affiliations or parliamentary skills.[2]