I'm honestly curious. How much of the world is travelable at this point? Can't go to the US, Middle East, Cuba, parts of Mexico and South America, much of Africa, Eastern Europe... Really all that's left is Canada, Australia, a good chunk of Asia, and the NATO countries in Europe. I wonder if China will become a top destination for Canadian tourists in the next few years?
Ya know...if you'd asked 'High School Locke' if he ever thought there would be another land war in his lifetime he'd likely have said no.
Now? Its like half of the goddamned Globe is on fire.
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That is awful. I feel terrible for the families of those people.
Where was your “commentary” when the Iranian regime killed 30000 of their own citizens?
I also support the US acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security.
Do you? Or are you conveniently forgetting about this ?
Let me guess, that’s something a Nazi would say. !!
The lesson every country in the world learns from this though is get a nuke as fast as possible, now that the US is not a rational player
I'm honestly curious. How much of the world is travelable at this point? Can't go to the US, Middle East, Cuba, parts of Mexico and South America, much of Africa, Eastern Europe... Really all that's left is Canada, Australia, a good chunk of Asia, and the NATO countries in Europe. I wonder if China will become a top destination for Canadian tourists in the next few years?
Oh sure, ignore New Zealand. Just because it's left off map sometimes, doesn't mean it doesn't exist!
I'm honestly curious. How much of the world is travelable at this point? Can't go to the US, Middle East, Cuba, parts of Mexico and South America, much of Africa, Eastern Europe... Really all that's left is Canada, Australia, a good chunk of Asia, and the NATO countries in Europe. I wonder if China will become a top destination for Canadian tourists in the next few years?
How many of those places were high on your tourism list before an increase in tensions? I think that those regions are the places that don't offer much in the way of interest for 99% of the population, outside of resorts in Mexico.
Also I think that while tourism to the States has decreased, it isn't as though it isn't travelable for safety reasons as it is in the Middle East.
My guess is that things will get worse before/if things get better in Iran. It’s not like the regime had no plans for succession when the leader was in his 80s.
That and there is a pretty large number of people in this political class. This isn't going to be a place that you can just hit with air assaults for 3 weeks and move on. The IRGC would need to be eliminated to bring about a meaningful regime change and without boots on the ground that won't happen. Tehran is pretty much a mountain fortress that makes getting boots on the ground next to impossible. This is one of the oldest civilizations on Earth for good reason. Yes Khomeini was brutal as is the regime in general. But it's definitely going to double down on making sure the citizens don't revolt because them teaming up with the Artesh is the only thing that could possibly topple the IRGC. So they will do everything possible to eliminate that threat.
Although a few of the Iranian folks I know will tell me, life is bad and they believe the risk of ot getting much worse for the slight possibility of toppling this regime would be worth it. Their perspective is that life in Iran for a majority of the population will only continue to get worse. So increasing the rate of deterioration for the chance to reverse this is worth the risk. Hard for many of us who never had to live under that type of oppression to grasp.
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That and there is a pretty large number of people in this political class. This isn't going to be a place that you can just hit with air assaults for 3 weeks and move on. The IRGC would need to be eliminated to bring about a meaningful regime change and without boots on the ground that won't happen. Tehran is pretty much a mountain fortress that makes getting boots on the ground next to impossible. This is one of the oldest civilizations on Earth for good reason. Yes Khomeini was brutal as is the regime in general. But it's definitely going to double down on making sure the citizens don't revolt because them teaming up with the Artesh is the only thing that could possibly topple the IRGC. So they will do everything possible to eliminate that threat.
Although a few of the Iranian folks I know will tell me, life is bad and they believe the risk of ot getting much worse for the slight possibility of toppling this regime would be worth it. Their perspective is that life in Iran for a majority of the population will only continue to get worse. So increasing the rate of deterioration for the chance to reverse this is worth the risk. Hard for many of us who never had to live under that type of oppression to grasp.
Its a "Damned if you Do, Damned if you Don't" scenario.
You topple a regime and murderize a Dictator. Cool. Cool, cool, cool....then what? The guy was an Octogenarian, he surely had a succession plan in place.
Do you murderize all those guys too?
Cool. Cool, cool, cool.
Then what?
Who is going to step up and replace them? Are they good actors or bad actors? Do you risk it? Or do you replace the leadership yourself?
All choices inevitably lead to the same end. Its a giant #### sandwich and everyone is going to have to take a bite.
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