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  • The Insurgent Empire: Standoff War, Trashcanistans, and the Proliferation Trap

    04/09/2026 5:38:47 PM PDT · by EnderWiggin1970 · 7 replies
    Big Serge Thought ^ | 4/8/26 | Big Serge
    As we cross the one month mark of the Israeli-American war on Iran, a sufficient corpus of data is emerging to contemplate the kinetic dynamics of the conflict. This is a very strange war. It is not merely the fact that the roster of combatants and associated parties - Netanyahu, President Trump, Lindsay “Holden Bloodfeast” Graham - comprise the most polarizing figures in world politics today. As if to punctuate this fact, I fully anticipate angry comments berating me for using a sanitized and emotionally titrated word like “polarizing.” But we digress. Far more interesting than endless apoplexy over Israel...