Recent content by rodoheel

Unclear, but probably doubtful for Foster at least

Why only 20 times harder? Why not A MILLION times harder?

Just one big international politics shell game. Can't wait until six months from now when we re-sanction Venezuela and compensate by lifting sanctions on Iranian oil.

What you are eliding, as usual, is that this isn't a black and white thing. There isn't the fully good side and the fully evil side, in this war or any war. Just like there aren't only two options here: "intentional destruction of school" and "complete accident." In fact, leaving aside the...

I don't think there's ever been any doubt that Trump is such an unredeemed narcissist that he believes his hagiography. He believes he's the greatest real estate developer of all time. He believes the Apprentice has the best ratings of any show ever. He believes he's incredibly popular and...

You simply cannot accuse Israel of any form of wrongdoing without zenmode popping up and saying something like "So I guess you support Hamas?"

"They all pray alike"?

We have established that Hamas is evil. I am fairly confident, though, that Hamas did not bomb the Iranian school. Perhaps we should keep the focus on what actually happened in that incident, and who is responsible, rather than trying to change the subject? “Hamas is really evil” is not really...

“What if I invent a counterfactual with no basis in reality” is usually the argument people go to when they would rather not address the actual facts.

Ok. How exactly does that matter to the discussion of whether it is more likely that Israel, Iran, or the US would have intentionally bombed the school, with the understanding that the most likely explanation is that it was hit accidentally?

Despite undeniable similarities, they are still far different actors. Hitler was a megalomaniac with genuine goals of conquering and ruling the entire world, and a fanatical desire to exterminate all people he perceived as "lesser." He spent years building and leading a political movement that...

Israel has certainly intentionally dropped bombs that they knew would cause large numbers of civilian casualties because they believed they would hit a military target that justified those casualties. There have certainly been credible allegations that they have hit purely civilian targets...

Of the three involved countries, which has the worst recent record when it comes to dropping bombs that result in civilian casualties?

They are targeting their messaging directly at young male incels. The people they see as their primary base.

I think about this sometimes in relation to the preparation of blowfish (fugu) in Japan, which if not done exactly correctly can lead to the ingestion of an incredibly lethal neurotoxin. How many people had to die learning how to do it right? And when people kept dying, how were there people...