I switched to regular F1TV on the website. Almost missed the start due to buffering in Multiviewer!
JCPhoenix
joined 2 years ago
F1TV via Multiviewer acting up for anyone? I'm having all sorts of buffering and hiccuping.
Not quite. The US isn't Israel. Israelis aren't Americans. I don't think I need remind you that the situation in 2001 was that the US was attacked. The US have not been attacked this time. This is another country.
As much as Americans and/or American officials are willing to go to bat for Israel on the international stage, Americans largely are not prepared to potentially put boots on the ground for not-America, even if it's an ally like Israel. Especially an ally as "divisive" as Israel and one who's in the ME. As such, American public support for Israeli retaliation is going to be somewhat muted to prevent the possibility of US troops getting dragged in.
Now if the US was attacked directly by Hamas, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now because Gaza would be...I don't even want to think about that. I'll just leave it there.
Eh, different time, different context, different people. The Gulf War went well enough. Highway of Death and all that. So why wouldn't Afghanistan and even Iraq 2 electric boogaloo ten years later not go well, either? Nevermind that we'd need to nation-build in both those countries, something that wasn't done or needed in Iraq in the early 90s.
But after 20+ yrs of Iraq+Afghanistan adventures, Americans today are hesitant to get involved in anything outside of the US, especially in the ME. That's why questions arise around support for Ukraine and Taiwan, particularly the latter.
Ah true. It'd be campaign slogan. Maybe even a party plank or tenet. Sigh.
Remember when "If it’s legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut the whole thing down," literally ended a then-winning senatorial campaign in Missouri? That was only 11yrs ago!
For those who don't know, that was Todd Akin (R) who said that. And before he said that, he was the favorite to win against the incumbent, Senator Claire McCaskill (D), when MO was turning from purple to red. It was a landslide loss for him. Just 11 years ago, a comment like that would've ended a campaign and career completely.
Nowadays, that'd barely register.
Max gonna have to do just a little bit of work this weekend starting at P6.
OK, what does that mean "Democrat Party?" I know it's supposed to be jibe against Democrats, but I never understood it.
Stewards eating good tonight.
F1TV commentators mentioned that he actually was sick over the whole weekend, but the team kept it quiet.
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