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Image is a frame taken from this video of Iranian missiles raining down on Israel without interception due to a weak and depleted air defense system after a year of war and genocide.


Mao, 1956:

Now U.S. imperialism is quite powerful, but in reality it isn't. It is very weak politically because it is divorced from the masses of the people and is disliked by everybody and by the American people too. In appearance it is very powerful but in reality it is nothing to be afraid of, it is a paper tiger. Outwardly a tiger, it is made of paper, unable to withstand the wind and the rain. I believe the United States is nothing but a paper tiger.

When we say U.S. imperialism is a paper tiger, we are speaking in terms of strategy. Regarding it as a whole, we must despise it. But regarding each part, we must take it seriously. It has claws and fangs. We have to destroy it piecemeal. For instance, if it has ten fangs, knock off one the first time, and there will be nine left, knock off another, and there will be eight left. When all the fangs are gone, it will still have claws. If we deal with it step by step and in earnest, we will certainly succeed in the end.

Strategically, we must utterly despise U.S. imperialism. Tactically, we must take it seriously. In struggling against it, we must take each battle, each encounter, seriously. At present, the United States is powerful, but when looked at in a broader perspective, as a whole and from a long-term viewpoint, it has no popular support, its policies are disliked by the people, because it oppresses and exploits them. For this reason, the tiger is doomed. Therefore, it is nothing to be afraid of and can be despised. But today the United States still has strength, turning out more than 100 million tons of steel a year and hitting out everywhere. That is why we must continue to wage struggles against it, fight it with all our might and wrest one position after another from it. And that takes time.


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[–] [email protected] 57 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (5 children)

Apparently the IOF cut off Sinwar's index finger, ostensibly "to check his identity". There's a video, but I'm not gonna link it.

First off, isn't that considered desecration of a corpse and therefore a war crime?

Second, isn't that also kind of a religious hate crime? Raising the index finger has significance in Islam, no? (I am not Muslim, please fact check me)

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 9 hours ago

According to Hezbollah, around 55 Israeli soldiers have been killed in clashes since the start of the invasion last month, while more than 500 have been wounded.

They also claim to have destroyed 20 Merkava tanks, four military bulldozers and two drones.

“According to the Resistance leadership, the operations room announces the move to a new phase of escalation in the confrontation,” which will become clearer in the coming days, he added.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 10 hours ago

RIP Yahya Sinwar. Palestine will be free fidel-salute-big

[–] [email protected] 58 points 10 hours ago (22 children)

From @/Iran Spectator on X:

𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗺𝗶𝗿-𝗔𝗹𝗶 𝗛𝗮𝗷𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗵 [commander of the IRGC Aerospace Forces]:

“We will soon reveal a weapon more sophisticated than drones, missiles and nuclear technology that will change everything”

Is there anything to this? And if so, does any newsmega heads wanna wager a guess at what the new weapon could be?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 hours ago

As a white person I hope it's an engineered disease that kills melanin deficient people or maybe just makes us blind. If all the crakkkers were blind maybe we could live in peace?

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 9 hours ago

Iran has weaponized the djinn.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 9 hours ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The Havana ray but instead of giving the victims a tummy ache, it gives them an aneurism

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago

Deploying the orbital shit ray over DC. The besieged octogenarians run out of metamucil on day 7 and surrender unconditionally.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 hours ago

A weapon to surpass Metal Gear?!

[–] [email protected] 46 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The Islamic Republic has built its very own Goldeneye.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

thanks Cuba

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 hours ago

Go-karts with machine guns strapped to their steering wheels

[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

a new cum extraction technique that the zionists will do anything to get

[–] [email protected] 42 points 9 hours ago

Iran now has access to Chinese cum milking dungeons.

he tried to warn us peterson-pain

[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 hours ago

Rods from god

[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 hours ago

Slightly more seriously, perhaps a hunter-killer satellite platform to threaten Israeli/western orbital infrastructure.

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