cm0002@lemdro.id to World News@quokk.au · 1 day agoIran has won the war. Trump and Netanyahu now face a reckoningwww.middleeasteye.netexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up196
arrow-up196external-linkIran has won the war. Trump and Netanyahu now face a reckoningwww.middleeasteye.netcm0002@lemdro.id to World News@quokk.au · 1 day agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareSt.Elsewhere@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 day agoWon? Not at all. Will survive indefinitely in an asymmetrical, unpopular war that will bolster the legitimacy of their increasingly repressive government? Yes. Which is better than winning, in some ways.
minus-squareJhex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·1 day agoThat’s what “winning” a war is in real life
minus-squareSt.Elsewhere@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day ago“Winning” is right and not as sensational. “Won” is looking for clicks.
minus-squareyoucantreadthis@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoNuh uh sometimes the imaginary parts of the map look different
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day ago“War does not determine who is right. It only determines who is left.”
minus-squareSeeSmudges@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-218 hours agoI’m reminded of a comedy song from the 90s about the amazing Hugo Zacchini (I know, way to change gears) that, well, here are some of the lyrics. There was Hugo And there was Hugo There was Hugo all over the place I gotta go listen to that again, but I forgot to bring my headphones to bed and if I get out of bed I’m gonna eat a bowl of salsa. Anyways, my point before I got distracted is that war just leaves people in pieces.
Won? Not at all. Will survive indefinitely in an asymmetrical, unpopular war that will bolster the legitimacy of their increasingly repressive government? Yes. Which is better than winning, in some ways.
That’s what “winning” a war is in real life
“Winning” is right and not as sensational. “Won” is looking for clicks.
Nuh uh sometimes the imaginary parts of the map look different
“War does not determine who is right. It only determines who is left.”
I’m reminded of a comedy song from the 90s about the amazing Hugo Zacchini (I know, way to change gears) that, well, here are some of the lyrics.
I gotta go listen to that again, but I forgot to bring my headphones to bed and if I get out of bed I’m gonna eat a bowl of salsa.
Anyways, my point before I got distracted is that war just leaves people in pieces.