It's fundamentally racist - see Edward Said and Orientalism. While I have disagreements with some of what he says in that book, the concept of "racial traits" is a pernicious one. Just… (View Post)

It's also interesting to note the descriptions of entire nations/ethnic groups as arrogant or beautiful. Reminds me of something, that does - the time I met the Nigerian Hitler fan at Lagos Airp… (View Post)

There is a curious effect at work here. The drones are cheap. And easy to destroy. So something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flakpanzer_Gepard wipes them out. Why not buy a thousand SPAAGs? - t… (View Post)

Everyone and their dog is putting guidance on 70mm rockets. They are very very cheap, and stuff like laser grid targeting turns them into precision weapons cheaply. !950 has called and is offering an… (View Post)

If they've fired 800+ ballistic missiles, that's a good chunk of their prewar stock. Obviously, we don't know how many got destroyed in US and Israeli attacks, (View Post)