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Super-Chevy454
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That SOB Soros did a move by buying the second largest group of radio stations in the US.
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It's the Darrel Brooks trial again but scary when you realize that people like Fani and her boy toy make up half of every level of Government in the country.
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I mean, it's bankrupt.
If he wants to cling to a falling nuke he's welcome to be dragged down with it.
Meanwhile everyone moved on to podcasts 5 years ago.
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Didn't he do the same thing with Hispanic station a few years ago?
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She is SLAYING
Super-Chevy454
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Yeah but looks like that SOB is still stubborn.
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Has the sheboon yelled "GROUNZ!" yet?
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Let's check up on our foreign policy in the Middle East...
UAE restricts US ability to launch retaliatory airstrikes against Iran proxies
Politico (archive.ph)
By Lara Seligman, Alexander Ward, and Nahal Toosi
2024-02-14 19:37:00GMT
Houthis vow to continue attacks in solidarity with Palestinians
Reuters (archive.ph)
By Reuters Staff
2024-02-15 15:00:56GMT
UAE restricts US ability to launch retaliatory airstrikes against Iran proxies
Politico (archive.ph)
By Lara Seligman, Alexander Ward, and Nahal Toosi
2024-02-14 19:37:00GMT
Some Arab countries, including the United Arab Emirates, are increasingly restricting the U.S. from using military facilities on their soil to launch retaliatory airstrikes on Iranian proxies, according to four people familiar with the issue.
The U.S. has long deployed thousands of troops at facilities in the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and elsewhere in the Middle East, and the Arab countries’ role in supporting U.S. military activities has come under intensified scrutiny since the Israel-Hamas war that erupted in October.
The conflict has pitted Arab governments’ interests in assuaging their citizens’ anger toward Israel against their desire to help Washington fend off Iranian-backed attacks. The restrictions on U.S. activities on their soil reflect Arab calculations on how supportive they can be — without angering Iran.
The news that some countries are restricting access is based on information from a U.S. official, a congressional aide and two Western officials, all of whom were granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive security issue.
Amid a rising civilian death toll in Gaza, several Arab countries, particularly those “attempting a detente with Iran,” are “increasingly restricting” the U.S. and partners from conducting self-defense operations from their soil, according to the U.S. official. This includes limits on retaliatory strikes against attacks in Iraq, Syria, and the Red Sea, the official said.
President Joe Biden has in recent weeks ordered multiple retaliatory air and missile strikes, some in conjunction with U.S. allies, against Iran-backed threats in the Middle East. Iran-backed militias have attacked U.S. troops in Iraq, Syria and Jordan using a mixture of drones, rockets and missiles 170 times since October, killing three U.S. service members and injuring dozens more. Meanwhile, Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched 46 attacks against shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since the campaign started Nov. 19.
Certain Arab countries are restricting access to basing and overflight for the assets participating in these retaliatory strikes, the official said. It’s not clear how many countries are taking this action.
The reason the UAE in particular is doing this, per one of the Western officials, is “they don’t want to appear like they’re against Iran and they don’t want to appear too close to the West and Israel for public opinion reasons.” The UAE has in recent years also raised concerns about increasing attacks from the Houthis in Yemen. The rebel group has previously launched missiles into the UAE.
A representative for the UAE embassy declined to comment for this story.
Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said the U.S. military has “the capability to flow additional assets to the region to support regional deterrence efforts and provide options for a wide range of contingencies” when necessary.
“We also maintain the capability throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to defend our forces and conduct self-defense strikes at the times and places of our choosing,” Ryder said, when asked for comment.
The UAE is home to Al Dhafra Air Base, which hosts dozens of U.S. aircraft involved in operations across the region, including fighter aircraft and reconnaissance drones such as MQ-9 Reapers.
In October, U.S. F-16 fighter jets carried out retaliatory strikes against two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its proxies. Although the Pentagon at the time did not disclose where the aircraft came from, Al Dhafra is one of the closest facilities in the region that typically hosts F-16s.
One Defense Department official disputed the premise that there is tension between the U.S. and the Emirates over U.S. military basing, pointing out that A-10 attack aircraft and armed MQ-9 drones have recently operated out of Al Dhafra in support of operations to protect shipping in the Arabian Gulf.
But soon after the October strike, the Pentagon stopped publicly disclosing many of the aircraft types used in subsequent retaliatory operations against Iranian proxies.
Meanwhile, strikes on the Houthis since January have been conducted by U.S. Navy F/A-18 fighter jets from the nearby aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, which is in international waters.
And after an Iran-backed proxy attack killed three American soldiers at a small U.S. outpost in Jordan in January, the U.S. flew long-range B-1 bombers from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, the Pentagon said.
“This was yet another demonstration that we maintain global strike capability, which means we can move quickly and flexibly to respond globally at the times and places of our choosing and that we’re not limited to just the aircraft that are in Central Command,” Ryder said.
Overflight access in the region has been mired in problems in recent years because of the fighting in Yemen. The Federal Aviation Administration previously issued a warning about operating aircraft over the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
The U.S. military, along with several international partners, has stepped up its activities in the Middle East as the Israel-Hamas war’s consequences have reverberated across the region. The war, which began when the Hamas militant group killed 1,200 people in Israel, is now in its fifth month, and Israel’s retaliation in the Gaza Strip has killed more than 28,000 Palestinians, many of them civilians, according to Hamas-controlled institutions.
The rising Palestinian civilian death toll in Gaza has infuriated the populations of many Arab countries, worrying the autocrats who run them. But many of the same governments also despise Hamas and its patron, Iran. At the same time, they are reluctant to get into an all-out fight with Iran and have in recent years sought to mend fences with that country.
The U.S. has long deployed thousands of troops at facilities in the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and elsewhere in the Middle East, and the Arab countries’ role in supporting U.S. military activities has come under intensified scrutiny since the Israel-Hamas war that erupted in October.
The conflict has pitted Arab governments’ interests in assuaging their citizens’ anger toward Israel against their desire to help Washington fend off Iranian-backed attacks. The restrictions on U.S. activities on their soil reflect Arab calculations on how supportive they can be — without angering Iran.
The news that some countries are restricting access is based on information from a U.S. official, a congressional aide and two Western officials, all of whom were granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive security issue.
Amid a rising civilian death toll in Gaza, several Arab countries, particularly those “attempting a detente with Iran,” are “increasingly restricting” the U.S. and partners from conducting self-defense operations from their soil, according to the U.S. official. This includes limits on retaliatory strikes against attacks in Iraq, Syria, and the Red Sea, the official said.
President Joe Biden has in recent weeks ordered multiple retaliatory air and missile strikes, some in conjunction with U.S. allies, against Iran-backed threats in the Middle East. Iran-backed militias have attacked U.S. troops in Iraq, Syria and Jordan using a mixture of drones, rockets and missiles 170 times since October, killing three U.S. service members and injuring dozens more. Meanwhile, Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched 46 attacks against shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since the campaign started Nov. 19.
Certain Arab countries are restricting access to basing and overflight for the assets participating in these retaliatory strikes, the official said. It’s not clear how many countries are taking this action.
The reason the UAE in particular is doing this, per one of the Western officials, is “they don’t want to appear like they’re against Iran and they don’t want to appear too close to the West and Israel for public opinion reasons.” The UAE has in recent years also raised concerns about increasing attacks from the Houthis in Yemen. The rebel group has previously launched missiles into the UAE.
A representative for the UAE embassy declined to comment for this story.
Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said the U.S. military has “the capability to flow additional assets to the region to support regional deterrence efforts and provide options for a wide range of contingencies” when necessary.
“We also maintain the capability throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to defend our forces and conduct self-defense strikes at the times and places of our choosing,” Ryder said, when asked for comment.
The UAE is home to Al Dhafra Air Base, which hosts dozens of U.S. aircraft involved in operations across the region, including fighter aircraft and reconnaissance drones such as MQ-9 Reapers.
In October, U.S. F-16 fighter jets carried out retaliatory strikes against two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its proxies. Although the Pentagon at the time did not disclose where the aircraft came from, Al Dhafra is one of the closest facilities in the region that typically hosts F-16s.
One Defense Department official disputed the premise that there is tension between the U.S. and the Emirates over U.S. military basing, pointing out that A-10 attack aircraft and armed MQ-9 drones have recently operated out of Al Dhafra in support of operations to protect shipping in the Arabian Gulf.
But soon after the October strike, the Pentagon stopped publicly disclosing many of the aircraft types used in subsequent retaliatory operations against Iranian proxies.
Meanwhile, strikes on the Houthis since January have been conducted by U.S. Navy F/A-18 fighter jets from the nearby aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, which is in international waters.
And after an Iran-backed proxy attack killed three American soldiers at a small U.S. outpost in Jordan in January, the U.S. flew long-range B-1 bombers from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, the Pentagon said.
“This was yet another demonstration that we maintain global strike capability, which means we can move quickly and flexibly to respond globally at the times and places of our choosing and that we’re not limited to just the aircraft that are in Central Command,” Ryder said.
Overflight access in the region has been mired in problems in recent years because of the fighting in Yemen. The Federal Aviation Administration previously issued a warning about operating aircraft over the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
The U.S. military, along with several international partners, has stepped up its activities in the Middle East as the Israel-Hamas war’s consequences have reverberated across the region. The war, which began when the Hamas militant group killed 1,200 people in Israel, is now in its fifth month, and Israel’s retaliation in the Gaza Strip has killed more than 28,000 Palestinians, many of them civilians, according to Hamas-controlled institutions.
The rising Palestinian civilian death toll in Gaza has infuriated the populations of many Arab countries, worrying the autocrats who run them. But many of the same governments also despise Hamas and its patron, Iran. At the same time, they are reluctant to get into an all-out fight with Iran and have in recent years sought to mend fences with that country.
Reuters (archive.ph)
By Reuters Staff
2024-02-15 15:00:56GMT
DUBAI, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis will press on with attacks on Red Sea shipping in solidarity with the Palestinians as long as Israel continues to commit "crimes" against them, their leader said on Thursday.
"Our operations have a big impact on the enemy which constitute a great success and a real triumph", Abdulmalik al-Houthi said in a televised speech.
He said the group would continue to support the Palestinians despite U.S. and British strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in retaliation for the Houthi attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea.
The Red Sea attacks have disrupted global shipping and forced firms to re-route to longer and more expensive journeys around southern Africa, and stoked fears that the Israel-Hamas war could spread and destabilise the wider Middle East.
"Our operations have a big impact on the enemy which constitute a great success and a real triumph", Abdulmalik al-Houthi said in a televised speech.
He said the group would continue to support the Palestinians despite U.S. and British strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in retaliation for the Houthi attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea.
The Red Sea attacks have disrupted global shipping and forced firms to re-route to longer and more expensive journeys around southern Africa, and stoked fears that the Israel-Hamas war could spread and destabilise the wider Middle East.
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I feel like this is going to turn out like all the billlionaires buying up news companies a decade or so ago. Let’s check how that’s going for them…
Unironically, Musk buying Twitter has probably had at least an order of magnitude greater effect than Soros wasting his money propping up a dying industry.
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Agreed.
Musk shutting out anyone who refuses to make an account has rendered twitter considerably less influential over the past few months.
I no longer visit the site or its proxies.
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For greater context here's a graph comparing African Americans to actual Africans.Also this is topkek of how much nigger worship has been tolerated or normalized by liberals and cuckservatives.
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Not sure if anyone is putting out clips but I am pretty sure she just heavily implied her boyfriend had testicular or prostate cancer under oath which is pretty funny(not the cancer the fact that she brought it up unprompted).
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Actually HIV is mostly something you can live with. AIDS still is fucking crippling, it literally is a barely functional basic immune system.
AIDS will quite literally age you prematurely. It’s why during the height of the AIDS crisis where you had gays decide to not attempt to control themselves you’d get AIDS zombies. A gaunt, aged faggot covered in sores and a rash driven half mad by either a fever or mild infection causing brain swelling.
There’s a billion dollar propaganda campaign from rich faggots world wide so people don’t realize how bad it is to get HIV.
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Admitted to keeping money from her first campaign lol. Also just general chimp level shit to the point where they had to take a break cause she wouldn't stfu. If this was Trump doing this he would be arrested for obstruction 1000%.
I'm sure a supercut will be posted but she is exactly what you think lateesha and shaniqua going off on a cashier is.
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I think it's less that and more Stewart coming back with the explicit intent by one wing of the DNC to try and force Biden out.
As seen with the fall-out from his first episode back, there are people who will risk burning everything to the ground for the left if they had their way and Biden stays in office in time for the election this fall. Stewart's probably one of the few people they can use to make the case/do PR to convince the base to roll the dice with Kamala as President, since he's been MIA for so long and has such a trustworthy rep, that he might be able to get the Democrat rank and file to hold their nose and vote Kamala.
Clinton "conveniently" had the OK Federal Building blown up by a madman shortly after a good amount of Whitewater documents were stored at the building before they could be inventoried to find out what they contained (effectively causing the trail to go cold, and the few people who could build a case either died of natural causes and "suicide" along with rotting in jail thinking they were protecting a friend only to be left to rot and be driven into poverty in legal fees).
And the Clinton/Lewinsky thing was super sleazy and tied into the fact that Clinton, when you look past the charm, was an evil whoremonger who got by in life off of said charm and the fact that the people going after him were so obnoxiously vile that you wanted to see Clinton skate purely to deny those trying to bring him to justice the chance to be vindicated as being right all along.
I'll also add that the Patriot Act will never go away because the two parties are terrified of getting rid of it and then another act of terrorism happening on American soil and the party that pushed for it to be sunsetted being blamed for the attack happening because they got rid of the Patriot Act.
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The naive well meaning may have failed but the scheme succeeded spectacularly.
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Watching over one of the youtubers watching it live. The Judge keeps jumping out and protecting her whenever they start laying out how corrupt she is. It's hilarious. They're going to let her get away with it and go right back to lawfairing against Trump, corruption be damned.
Lawyer: "Yes or no, you kept campaign cash at home?"
Monkey: "Well it's not a lot of money a few thousand, and I like to bribe corrupt people in Europe when I'm traveling."
Lawyer: "Yes or no, you..."
Judge: "Oh we don't have to make her answer questions that's just mean."
Shaniqua: "ooga booga I just bribe people with money I stole it's nbd"
Judge: "See? No big deal, next question."
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Confusing shit.
Hillary was going to flash fry the boiling of the frog. Not slow boil it. Obama fucking left office putting into place a bunch of shit to give Hillary God-mode executive powers and shit, so she could go full Mad Queen on America. Hillary is a vengeful and vindictive hyper cunt and keeps an enemy list a mile long of anyone who's so much as told her "no" on anything and unlike Obama, Hillary gives not a single fuck about optics. Meaning we dodged a MASSIVE bullet when Trump got elected.
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