Play Nice Random Chat Thread IV

[Kangaroos4eva]

Iran militia members chant 'Death to England' outside British Embassy

Dozens of hard-line militia members gathered outside the British Embassy in Iran on Sunday, chanting “Death to England,” and calling for the ambassador to be expelled and the embassy closed.

www.foxnews.com

interesting development, British Iranian Ambassador arrested for being at anti gov protests..

there’s no such thing as grass roots movements when it comes to these things.

There is a lot happening internally within Iran, with several anti and pro government factions going at it on the streets. In saying that, it’s difficult to fully know what’s going on in Iran, as the government controls most sources of information.

 

[DesertRoo]

There is a lot happening internally within Iran, with several anti and pro government factions going at it on the streets. In saying that, it’s difficult to fully know what’s going on in Iran, as the government controls most sources of information.

I guess the question I’m asking is are the demonstrations going to plan or just opportunistic?

cos trumps war mongering with a new round of sanctions points me to believe this is a well oiled machine.

 

[ferball]

Iran militia members chant 'Death to England' outside British Embassy

Dozens of hard-line militia members gathered outside the British Embassy in Iran on Sunday, chanting “Death to England,” and calling for the ambassador to be expelled and the embassy closed.

www.foxnews.com

interesting development, British Iranian Ambassador arrested for being at anti gov protests..

there’s no such thing as grass roots movements when it comes to these things.

It was in Egypt.

But I hear you. Colour revolutions are sus.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

It was in Egypt.

But I hear you. Colour revolutions are sus.

I had the exact same thoughts, but regime change is very complicated and has a lot of muddled internal and external dynamics. Look at how many different factions there are in Syria, it is mind-blowing. It can be quite confusing sometimes as to who is allied to who, what are their ideological principles, who is supplied/backed by external parties, who is fighting who, are they sectarian or religious based, do they recruit along ethnic lines, etc.

It is not as simple as the USA playing god with other countries, but they do often take advantage of situations, as a hegemony does in a realist framework and throughout history.

Divide and conquer is a time honoured, albeit slightly exaggerated, international tool.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

I guess the question I’m asking is are the demonstrations going to plan or just opportunistic?

cos trumps war mongering with a new round of sanctions points me to believe this is a well oiled machine.

1,500 Iranian protestors died in November 2019 over fuel, sanctions and other grievances. You’ve got to remember, at the end of the day, this is an autocratic theocracy, so some yearning for political change and freedoms shouldn’t be unexpected. Most of the protesters are uni students, so it doesn’t take much for them to challenge the status quo.

There is a Baloch nationalist group, but I think I’ve talked about them with JDG when I last spoke about Iran a few months back. They are not majorly relevant to these new protests.

I would love to visit Iran one day, a lot of history.

 

[Val Keating]

1,500 Iranian protestors died in November 2019 over fuel, sanctions and other grievances. You’ve got to remember, at the end of the day, this is an autocratic theocracy, so some yearning for political change and freedoms shouldn’t be unexpected. Most of the protesters are mostly uni students, so it doesn’t take much for them to challenge the status quo.

There is a Baloch nationalist groups, but I think I’ve talked about them with JDG when I last spoke about Iran a few months back. They are not relevant to these new protests.

I would love to visit Iran one day, a lot of history.

Most protest movements are started by students tbf

 

[DesertRoo]

It was in Egypt.

But I hear you. Colour revolutions are sus.

I had the exact same thoughts, but regime change is very complicated and has a lot of muddled internal and external dynamics. Look at how many different factions there are in Syria is mind-blowing. It can be quite confusing sometimes as to who is allied to who, what are their ideological principles, who is supplied/backed by external parties, who is fighting who, are they sectarian or religious based, do they recruit along ethnic lines, etc.

It is not as simple as the USA playing god with other countries, but they do often take advantage of situations, as a hegemony does in a realist framework and throughout history.

Divide and conquer is a time honoured, albeit slightly exaggerated, international tool.

The way the Iraqis, Iranians, Lebanese and others are rising up looks like Arab spring 2.0... and that was a well oiled machine directed from the state department by Jared Cohen, It was a coordinated effort by Twitter, Google, Facebook. That kicked off in 2006.
So Don’t get me wrong I think this has been 30 years in the planning, recent events mean it probably moved up in the timeline.

im just interesting how these things get started.

 

[Snake_Baker]

 

[hilly]

gopackgo

 

[Hojuman]

Was holidaying in Batangas Phillipines recently. Had lunch overlooking that volcano, was spectacular.

 

[Hojuman]

And l thought drummers just liked to hit the p**s

Yusaku Maezawa: Japanese billionaire seeks 'life partner' for Moon voyage

Yusaku Maezawa appeals for a "life partner" to join him on Space X's maiden Moon voyage in 2023.

www.bbc.com

 

[Snake_Baker]

 

[Gasometer]

I wonder if they are banned from US media and trash talking the Fam?

 

[Hojuman]

I wonder if they are banned from US media and trash talking the Fam?

Hey Gaso... ( mafia accent ) No-one ever leaves da familie......

 

[Gasometer]

Hey Gaso... ( mafia accent ) No-one ever leaves da familie......

 

[Val Keating]

One of those young Liberals who protested the trans reading to kids in the library suicided last night....

 

[Val Keating]

Young Liberal in 'drag queens are not for kids' protest is found dead

A young conservative student who led the controversial 'drag queens are not for kids' protest has taken his own life.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Snake_Baker]

Hey Gaso... ( mafia accent ) No-one ever leaves da familie......

Well...............there is one way............

 

[Hojuman]

One of those young Liberals who protested the ****** reading to kids in the library suicided last night....

Very messy and sad all round Val.

 

[Hojuman]

 

[Snake_Baker]

Very messy and sad all round Val.

A very confused kid.

This is what comes from identity politics.

 

[Firestarter]

One of those young Liberals who protested the ****** reading to kids in the library suicided last night....

..... wait. I have a few ideas of what got censored but....

 

[Val Keating]

..... wait. I have a few ideas of what got censored but....

The short word for transvestite. Didn’t realise it would be censored. Not much difference between trans and trans

 

[Orange Peanut]

The short word for transvestite. Didn’t realise it would be censored. Not much difference between ****** and trans

It was one of the first words ever auto- corrected on Big Footy. Talking early 2010s here. Turns out Chief's wokeness was ahead of its time.

I only cottoned on when one of our posters was talking about not having Foxtel for an interstate gsme and said something like

"It's ok, I'm old fashioned, I'll just head out to the shed with my trans woman"

 

[Gasometer]

It was one of the first words ever auto- corrected on Big Footy. Talking early 2010s here. Turns out Chief's wokeness was ahead of its time.

I only cottoned on when one of our posters was talking about not having Foxtel for an interstate gsme and said something like

"It's ok, I'm old fashioned, I'll just head out to the shed with my trans woman"

Thinking that was my good self wanting to listen to MMM