Completely justified to scrape clean the scum which was Assad’s regime from the face of the earth.

Those idiots are going to regret this when Chinese backed states expand across the region and subvert local democracies.

If you think about it, neon is a blinker fluid.

De-Stalinization began immediately upon Stalin’s death, and you’re not going to find competent leadership in any autocracy due to the nature of self-serving, greedy, amoral people rising to the top consistently in such systems.

Only news I can find about protests is over fuel prices.

EDIT: There was some news about a protest ending in deaths following a Kurdish soldier being captured and killed by members of Baqara recently. Of course this idiot I’m conversing with couldn’t be bothered to think of such a counterpoint.

And yet a few days ago the brutal terrorism courts that killed people for owning books were dismantled and all previous decisions nullified. And yet the Kurds and Turkey are no longer viciously fighting each other.

I’m not going to say the theocratic and sexist new government is good, but it’s sure as fuck better than Assad.

Ask Stalin how that went.

I was so fuckin worried that Syria was about to regress since it was slow progress to establish a newer fairer government, but they just abolished the Assad-era terrorism courts and nullified all previous rulings so things are looking up. It almost seems like, of all things, even the Kurds and Turkey are getting along (or at least not killing each other), as bizarre as that is.

Looks like Russia and China being preoccupied with Ukraine and Iran has had some beneficial effects.

@localareaman@lemmy.world huh? I’m guessing the local area is Shaoxing? lmao

Shouldn’t it be “coffee beans” ?

Lol

“Maybe THIS TIME”

Is that why Paranoid Pooh keeps executing his top officials and generals?

The distinction between a replica and a fake.

We might be rotating around the center of a supermassive black hole, but we sure as fuck don’t have any “real” AI.

China, Russia, and North Korea have operated joint naval fleets as a show of force. China is happy to buy up Russian exports like Natural Gas as Russia falters in trade relations, but they will also be happy to monopolize rare earth metals if the conquest of Ukraine succeeds.

China isn’t some opportunist supporting both sides, they’re the Eastern Bloc now and forever.

China is set up for destruction, either via collapse or war, as all autocracies inevitably fail. Betting on them is like betting on the USSR, the Nazis, the French Monarchy, the Roman Emperors, the Trump Admin, etc.

Leaning on China makes you weaker and reverses your nation’s progress, reduces your security, and makes life worse for everyone around the globe.

Yikes, sounds like Ukraine is trying to lean on China a bit since the relationship with USA has gotten so bad.

Mission accomplished by comrade Krasnov.

I don’t think any of the outlets I pay attention to take him seriously. I especially liked how Jon Stewart did a segment on the peace talks in Islamabad Pakistan.

Idk how to fit it into my schedule between my 12 hour shift and then harvesting roasting, grinding, and sealing coffee beans every day.

Math checks out.

Is this to say, extremely euphoric?