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Tom Schwoegler's avatar

So we are now paying for bombs dropped in Lebanon? USA, USA, USA!

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Bill Aaronson's avatar

This AI bubble is going to bust, and when it does so will the grossly inflated stock market. The big question is can it bust without harming the general economy; the more I see troubling signs in the general economy the more I believe it too will be severely damaged when the AI bubble bursts.

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George Leone's avatar

International stabilization force” sounds more like occupation rebranded. The same pattern repeats: military escalation first, diplomacy later—if ever. It’s tragic how the language of peacekeeping keeps being used to justify endless wars

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huey's avatar

I think what Carlson called Lindsey Graham as sick...is right on. Graham looks like he is about to explode everytime he's interviewed.

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marth frez's avatar

some are waiting for that to happen!

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David McAllindon's avatar

Please don't parrot mainstream media on Ethiopia. The report makes it sound like TPLF is starting a war, but there is nothing to gain for TPLF to attack Afar. How about getting a report from someone who knows Tigray?

The Ethiopian situation is extremely complicated with a lot of actors, even just in Tigray. The Ethiopian government is facing insurgents Fano in Amhara and OLA in Oromo, unrest in other regions, and is making threats against Eritrea about ports. Tigray is not simply the land of TPLF anymore. A faction of TPLF appears to be working with Eritrea now, whereas another faction broke away with Getachew Reda and support Abiy. Afar is hosting breakaway Tigray fighters called the TPF (Tigray Peace Force), who knows who they're aligned with.

Most likely the Afar Regional State has been instructed by Abiy Ahmed to create an excuse for escalation, with the end goal of war with Eritrea and capture of Assab port. 3 years after the Pretoria ceasefire and the federal government has lived up to almost none of it's obligations. 1 mil or so IDPs still linger in Tigray, waiting for security to return home to western Tigray. Eritrea still occupies parts of Tigray. Amhara occupies western Tigray. No rebuilding of Tigray is happening and Tigray's federal transfer is less the Somali region which makes it impossible to fund reconstruction. Land travel through Ethiopia to Tigray is extremely dangerous and commercial traffic, especially fuel, is limited. The AU verified handover of all heavy weapons from Tigray 2 1/2 years ago so how is Tigray attacking Afar with Zu-23s?

Besides which, why Tigray would attack Afar? What is there to gain in Afar? They would attack Amhara in western Tigray or Eritrea in northern Tigray.

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Steve Woodward's avatar

So, we're up to 18 overt acts of war against the people of Venezuela, and the Dumpster wants a peace prize?

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SAM's avatar

@DROPSITENEWS under "International",

"People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of attacking civilian villages, according to Al Jazeera."

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