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Ukraine is so funny. There are literally two real sectors of the front that decide the long-term future of the war, the south in Zaporozhye Oblast, and the urban areas in Donetsk. We all like to talk about Kupiansk, Kherson and the Kharkov regions, but the war didn't drastically change when Russia controlled them, and it didn't change when Ukraine took them. The south with its relation to Crimea and the population centers in Donetsk is where the conditions for victory are set for both sides. So what does Ukraine do, they take out some of their best brigades and battalions from Zaporozhye and Donetsk, and send them on a useless adventure in Kursk. Yes they captured a bunch of villages and towns and HUMILIATED Pootin, but Russia have now obliterated Ukrainian defence lines near Pokrovsk and Toretsk and have moved into the connecting towns a few kilometers from Pokrovsk and into the suburbs of Toretsk itself. Absolutely incredible IQ by the Ukrainian command.

Come on do something Mr Khamenei, my hexbear reputation is on the line here. What if my son finds out that his dad became TinyPenis after being let down by the Axis of Resistance

News mega gang, listen up. Based on vibes, pit in my stomach, voice tone of family in Beirut, and the spirits of George Hawi and Kamal Jumblatt speaking to me:

Iran and Hezbollah will be attacking Israel before Sunday. If it doesn't happen, I'll show my face here again on Sunday and you're all allowed to call me a dumbass.

This had a bit of a different tone compared to previous speeches imo. Lots of emotional preparation for the people of Lebanon for the inevitability of Israel being unhinged in their response. I feel like the overall message was "we didn't want this, but we're forced to play the game now", but at the same time it's from a position of strength, not weakness.

I don't think that it has had a major impact in Iraq tbh. Yeah most people want Israel to disappear, but people in Iraq are so desensitized to even the most extreme forms of violence that no atrocities can actually move their emotions at this point. Youth are way more energized in Lebanon for example because it's just closer, and we have actual pro-Israel freaks that need to be pushed down. Iraq has no pro-Israel section of society or anything, so there's no need to "prove" your support for Palestine. People in Iraq just have no appetite for any conflict I think, it's hard to get invested in more war when you've seen so much already. I think that the genocide has been important in shaping youth opinions in the diaspora, as it has reminded a lot of Arab and Muslim youth of their actual worth in the eyes of westerners.

I'd give the Democrats credit for showing some decent political instincts for once. Walz seems like a human being at least and not a total freak. He's a lib, but someone with at least some humanity compared to that ghoul Shapiro.

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Keep asking comrade I enjoy answering these questions.

Hard to exactly determine the aims and the limitations of the Iraqi government due to different wacky ass international spider webs that Iraq is stuck in. But let's say this: the current Iraqi government is probably the most popular one post-2003. Prime minister Sudani is doing a fine job according to most Iraqis, the economy is mostly doing well, and there's a lot of transformation and ambition in the country recently. There's a metro project soon starting, they're building good infrastructure including bridges, tunnels and secondary stuff like stadiums and halls. My impression is that the atmosphere is positive towards the government in the country. The current state is basically stable considering what shenanigans that Israel, the US and Iran are up to. They're on the side of multipolarity. Iraq is one of the countries that helps breaking sanctions on Iran for example. Iraq probably won't go balls deep BRICS mode, because of American influence through political, economic and even military means, but China is a valued trade partner for Iraq and the flight last time I was there to Baghdad was full of Chinese nationals working on various projects in the country. As for opposition, I don't think there's any serious opposition that could realistically ascend to power or even affect the government in any way. There are libs on twitter and they have a pretty big influence on younger educated Iraqis, but it doesn't translate into a meaningful voting bloc.

The tribal clout brainworms is pretty unique to especially southern Iraq. You have a bunch of 40 year old dudes who wear exclusively tribal clothing while starting beef with other tribes because one guy from tribe B ran over a chicken or a lamb that a guy from tribe A owns. So these self-appointed tribal leaders from tribe A go and basically extort money from tribe B. These guys pretend that they're some type of fucking medieval princes or something.

Another type of brainworms is Kurdish nationalism in the style of "there are too many Arabs in Erbil we need to kick them out". This one is really funny, like how the fuck are you guys complaining about people from another city in the same country living in a slightly wealthier place. The even funnier component of this are the ones complaining about Arab tourists ruining Kurdistan. Yeah it's Ahmed and his three friends from Hilla visiting for three days that drove prices up in Erbil, not systematic corruption and monopolistic policies by the Barzani crime family.

Iraq also has the "one more lane" brainworms of course, they're more visible these days as Baghdad prepares for a Metro megaproject.

Tbh it's the same lack of direction and goals as in Western zoomers. Pan-Arabism died out slowly, and classic Islamism in both Muslim Brotherhood flavor and Salafist flavor died out because there is no one funding it anymore. There's still a dominating feeling of "we're one people" which is visible when it comes to major Arab Ws in stuff like football, but there's no language to express this politically. No one has a project nor a vision, everyone is sitting and waiting for something big to hop on

Kleicha making skills haven't really carried over to zoomers sadly, they just buy those mass-produced Saudi maamouls instead which sucks. My wife's mom still makes Kleicha for Eid every year, but the tradition is sadly dying.

Hell yeah I'm Surovikin. I'll fortify the comments at the 1000 comment mark and be called a dumbass on telegram. But I'll be proven right a year later when the trans mega can't hit 800 anymore. By then I'll be hanging out in the Algerian desert wearing flip-flops, but at least I was right. You also need a Medvedev to post the worst takes

It's true lmao, all the private enterprises just bribe the tax man. When it comes to government workers, the government just started cutting a part of their salary because no one would voluntarily pay

Speak Arabic, just talk a lot, and depending on the socio-economic position of her dad, either praise or criticise Saddam

It exists, but not in a big cultural way. Shisha is the replacement for drinking socially and dirt cheap

It's joever, secular left Arabism is just tiktok edit content, you'll get Saddam and Nasser clips in sigma males edits

In many ways, both positively and negatively. The first impression is that it's really ugly and dirty with all due respect, Syria despite the absolute destruction looks better and is cleaner. At the same time it's really alive, Baghdad just oozes life everywhere you go. The people are amazing, but that wasn't really a surprise. There's this strange sense of optimism that I didn't feel at all in Syria and Lebanon, there's so much construction going on and I could really feel the standard rise between visits there.

I'll ask the wife when she wakes up, but search this on YouTube and you'll probably find a gem by a woman that has 1273 views:

وصفة شيش كباب عراقي

I get their perspective and think it's true to some degree, but it's not the whole truth either imo. Yes, the American NGO-industrial complex is very visible in the country and many young people get dragged into liberal brainworms via these organisations. They undisputedly helped fund the 2019 protests and I'm sure that a lot of the "liberal" influencers in the country are paid off. At the same time, I feel like a lot of Shia Iraq, especially the PMU-aligned people, minimise their own role in the creation of the pro-American youth movements in the country. Iran despite our very important support for them right now is a power that projects religious fundamentalism in the regions that it's influential in. All the restrictive laws, all the anti-personal freedom movements, all the sectarian undertones comes from pro-Iran parties and politicians. This is not sustainable inside Iran itself, let alone outside of Iran. Like right now the PMU party are gathering signatures for a law that guts a woman's rights within marriage and restricts marriage to archaic religious laws, despite Iraq having some pretty progressive laws about marriage right now. They wanted to kill and imprison homosexuals a few months ago. They can't be surprised that a generation of atheist liberals grows up under these conditions.