/mlpol/ - My Little Politics

Lindsey Graham can suck my dick

>>210438
Thanks for the bread

>>210501
np Snus

>>210438
Thanks for baking, Mosley?

Just saw this new video which was made about us.
Ah, what good times they were.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG1FWWX7ZPk

I haven't been on /sg/ in over a week.
Why are thousands of ISIS surrendering to the SDF, whereas they fought to the death in Yamouk and only gave up when the SAA agreed to bus them East?
Do they think the SDF will hand them over to Western countries and they'll get lighter punishments?
Everything about this is really pissing me off tbqh.

>Many Daesh surrendered this morning.
>footage of some of the surrendered terrorists. Many foreigners are present.
https://youtu.be/nPNZnxlt5rA
>Daesh is currently attacking SDF positions north of the camp
>Very very heavy clashes now as Daesh launch a large counterattack
Is this the helm's deep breakout charge we've been waiting for?!

>>210517
>Very very heavy clashes now as Daesh launch a large counterattack
Ah, this is nice news.
Hopefully many deaths will ensue on both sides.

>>210320 →
>then what about french and brits, the centuries long conflicts had racial undertones and then religious undertones with the protestant/catholic divide
Fair enough comparison, but if you compare the length of time of that period of conflict it pales in comparison to the Arab/Israeli conflict. It makes you wonder why Arabs and Jews don't just "get over it" like the Europeans did. What are your thoughts on why after all of this time neither party has moved on?
>what you call a racial/religious conflict is what would have been the equivalent of modern nationalistic conflict
Yeah but simply put it is Arab vs Israelite, whether you lump it into a nationalistic/ethnic/tribal struggle at the end of the day it can still be summed up as the oldest conflict, Arab vs Israelite.

>you're not escaping that looming days long argument boi
I'm not, but I wouldn't call this an argument, but the last part of this reply might start one tho ;^)

>this falsely assume that back in the days holy books existed as whole manuscripts
No, I am fully aware that the holy books were written from memory and retelling of the oral versions, and were very fragmented and "incomplete" for lack of a better term when finally put to paper. An oral retelling could be altered even more so than a written one, so the mentions of Ishmael could still have been removed or revised with no one to ever verify, but this wasn't done. Even after the "only son" reference the Bible still mentions Ishmael as Abraham's son. But like you said, it's just a theory as to revision and depending on which part of the spectrum you are on it can't really hold as an argument.

>again this is a question of bias/perspective
On this not so much, Mohamed took many parts of the oral/written histories of the holy books that he had heard from Jews and Christians, the Qur'an even describes his discussions with them on more than one occasion. Now not to disparage your religion by any means, but if an outside observer were to hear the origin story of the Qur'an and then compare the book itself to the Judaic and Christian books I think it would be clear that in the very least Mohamed copied parts of the Torah and the Christian scriptures. Keep in mind I say this knowing that muslims believe the true revelation of God was given to Mohamed, and just because many of the same stories are featured in the other 2 religions, this is to be expected.
Ultimately, Islam came last, and again, speaking from the perspective of an outside observer (not myself, because I am not an outside observer) then it could be easily assumed that Mohamed copied the Jews and Christians oral stories and gospels.

>Map showing all #SAA #RepublicanGuard #TigerForces deployments
Neat, can't find the actual source though...

>>210513
>Mosley?
Aye, it's me Nate.

>>210523
Good to know you still post. I migrated here about 6 months ago. It's hard to keep track of who is who, but I saw an American flag in the oc and assumed that it might be you.

They're bombing Idlib city now
>Russian bombardment hits the city of Idlib, targeting the outskirts of the western city of Idlib with high-explosive missiles
The offensive is surly happening soon, no? It's been weeks of v. high intensity bombing. The only things which create doubt are Turkey and the fact that I've had hope plenty of times in the past which have come to naught.

>Clashes in Caracas after Guaido’s supporters heed his protest call

Looks like we might get some use out of our Venezuela map after all...

>>210524
yeah I was away for a bit but I have been lurking/posting here for a long time, rarely do I ever visit 4/sg/, it's a bigger shitshow than ever.

Air strikes continue around #Idlib city.

>>210521
> it pales in comparison to the Arab/Israeli conflict
not really considering most periods of your so called conflict wasn't really a conflict but jews living as 2nd class citizens inside arabs/muslim countries
jews never amounted to numbers sufficient to put up a fight up until very recently, if anything the french-anglo conflict was more of a conflict if you take into account only periods of real wars/raids etc
at best the arab jewish "conflict" could be compared to the white vs black "conflict" in america since the 16th century
>like the Europeans did.
did they though?
you're missing a major point the europeans stopped fighting against each other when they stopped having the world wide influence to do so when america and USSR took over, now you're seeing this intra european conflict under different polarization (ie EU/NATO vs muh russia) they didn't stop on their own volition, they stopped because they were stopped being in the driving seat
as for arabs vs jews, i think you're over focusing on it, it's no more different than arabs vs iranian/majoosi by the baathists or arab vs kurds in irak and syria
the only difference is that today it's bigger than ever because of israel which is pretty much a launching pad of amerimutt hegemony over arab lands (especially when you considered the average arab POV of america after irak invasion)
>Yeah but simply put it is Arab vs Israelite, whether you lump it into a nationalistic/ethnic/tribal struggle at the end of the day it can still be summed up as the oldest conflict, Arab vs Israelite.
well in that case you may as well ask about the "centuries long arab/ethiopian conflict" and the "centuries long arab/iranian conflict" and the "centuries long arab/european conflict" and so on and so forth, only difference with jews is that they didn't form a defined outside nation but lived inside arab countries as a de facto nation thus creating this constant conflict

also i'll have you remember that the "centuries long arab vs jew conflict" is no different than the "centuries long christian/european vs jews conflict" ever since there were introduced to europe, yet i don't see you asking about it as if this one is normal but the other is the oddity

>it can still be summed up as the oldest conflict, Arab vs Israelite
oldest recorded*
ftfy
it's older because the cradle of civilization (especially abrahamic religions) and writing (thus recorded history is in the ME)
if jesus and the first writing system were born in east asia we'd be talking about the "centuries long chinese mongol conflict"

>An oral retelling could be altered even more so than a written one
quite the opposite actually, since oral tradition is shared through memorization (not a hard task, even illiterate people can do so) throughout many "books" (ie people's mind) and books are few and only accessible to a literate elite, it's far harder to alter oral tradition and make it mainstream than do it with a manuscript

>Mohamed took many parts of the oral/written histories of the holy books that he had heard from Jews and Christians, the Qur'an even describes his discussions with them on more than one occasion
as i said this is a question of bias/perspective, no point arguing with that when the argument is purely based on a question of perspective/bias just look at this
>Now not to disparage your religion by any means, but if an outside observer were to hear the origin story of the bible and then compare the book itself to the Judaic books I think it would be clear that in the very least jesus copied parts of the Torah.
>Now not to disparage your religion by any means, but if an outside observer were to hear the origin story of the Torah and then compare the book itself to the Zoroastrian books I think it would be clear that in the very least Moses copied parts of the Zoroastrian scriptures.

>Keep in mind I say this knowing that muslims believe the true revelation of God was given to Mohamed, and just because many of the same stories are featured in the other 2 religions, this is to be expected.
then what's the point of your argument since you do recognize that it's all based on a question of perspective, i mean if an outsider is seeing this from the muslim perspective (ie considering the hypothesis that the source material came from the same God) how can it be shocking that there are similarities? if there was no similarities, this would imply that God changed in between prophets or that the God referred in the religion is different
>(not myself, because I am not an outside observer)
but you are an outside observer too

>>210536
>Airstrikes hit the central prison in downtown #Idlib several detainees reportedly escaped
The cartoon imagination of these jihadi supporters lol

>>210540
>>210521
also
>Ultimately, Islam came last, and again, speaking from the perspective of an outside observer (not myself, because I am not an outside observer) then it could be easily assumed that Mohamed copied the Jews and Christians oral stories and gospels.
this whole argument is faulty as it is biased since assumes that the outsider will see through a christian/non-muslim perspective and not see it through both a muslim and non-muslim perspective and come to the conclusion that both sides are right in their own narrative since they both don't self contradict and considering we can't really tell which religion is true then both of these theories/perspectives cannot be considered as more or less valid than the other

>>210536
>>210541
>it's reaö
NO FUCKING WAY LMAO
https://twitter.com/lummideast/status/1105859137722900481

>>210541
>>210543
kek
found the original (((source)))

https://twitter.com/((()))/status/1105855777191923712

>>210543
we're literally living in a cartoonish timeline

>>210543
higher qual
https://twitter.com/ISISlmao/status/1105856495588126721

>>210547
>((()))
>ISISlmao
>they all redirect to the same account
redpill me on this sorcery before i shoot you with a silenced pistol

>>210544
>>210546
I seriously doubt a single airstrike could take out all the guards, i suspect a breakout coordinated by undercover mukhabarat or russian/chechen agents.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.948598&lon=36.562446&z=19&m=bs&show=/25765243/Idlib-Central-Prison

>>210550
Only the number after /status/ matters, it's how twitter's tweet linking works.

>>210551
Yeah, it sounds quite far fetched. has to be coordinated or an inside job.

unrelated but facebook is down currently
might be something big such as a hacking or breach of security of some sort

Nusra-Linked Terrorist Group Planned to Attack Russian Hmeymim Air Base - MoD

The Russian Defence Ministry announced that it has conducted an airstrike on a militant warehouse in Idlib containing weapons and ammunition after having negotiated the move with Turkey.
>DETAILS TO FOLLOW

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201903131073205151-hayat-tahrir-al-sham-nusra-attack-russian-hmeymim-air-base/

guess it's this

>>210557
Instagram too
not that I really care

>>210558
>negotiated the move with Turkey
ooooOOOOoooOOO
Now all we need is a false flag IED strike on a TAF patrol to get things rolling.

>>210559
considering instagram is part of facebook, this seems to be big, can't be maintenance, not at the same time

>>210557
>>210559
>>210561
Probably maintenance, stop watching movies

>trying again to milk (you)s
filtered

>Afghan Army Base Is Wiped Out by U.S. Airstrikes, Officials Say

KABUL, Afghanistan — For the second time in a few days, an Afghan Army base was destroyed on Wednesday — but this time by American airstrikes that followed a firefight between the Afghans and Americans, Afghan officials said.

A local Afghan official said six soldiers were killed and nine others badly wounded, out of 17 soldiers at the base. Qais Mangal, a spokesman for the Afghan Defense Ministry, confirmed that the airstrikes had taken place after another Afghan unit attacked a joint convoy of Afghan Special Forces and American troops. He put the death toll at five soldiers, with 10 wounded

An American military spokeswoman said the Afghan Army post, which she described as a “checkpoint,” had opened fire on the convoy first.

“This is an example of the fog of war,” said Sgt. 1st Class Debra Richardson. “The U.S. conducted a precision self-defense airstrike on people who were firing at a partnered U.S.-Afghan force.”

The Defense Ministry spokesman said one Afghan commando had been wounded. There were no reports of American casualties, although the United States military rarely releases details on wounded soldiers.

In western Afghanistan on Monday, a Taliban attack wiped out a company of Afghan soldiers in their base in Badghis Province, killing or capturing more than 50 soldiers. Analysts have said that the Afghan forces’ tendency to stay penned up in fortified bases rather than going on offensives has hurt their effectiveness and led to a devastatingly high rate of casualties.

The airstrikes on Wednesday happened while American soldiers were patrolling on the outskirts of the city of Tirin Kot, the capital of southern Uruzgan Province, near an Afghan National Army base, according to Mohammed Karim Karimi, the deputy head of the Uruzgan provincial council.

Mr. Karimi said the American forces believed that they had heard gunfire coming from the base, and a firefight broke out between the Americans and the Afghan forces at the base. The long-established outpost, known as Satarman Base, guards the approaches to Tirin Kot, which has been repeatedly attacked by Taliban insurgents who dominate much of the surrounding province.

“It is still not confirmed who fired first, but then they both engaged in a firefight,” Mr. Karimi said. The fight went on for four hours, until 3 a.m., when American warplanes carried out airstrikes that destroyed the base, he said.

“There was a misunderstanding between both sides,” Mr. Karimi said, adding that in the darkness of the area both forces thought they were engaging the Taliban.

The insurgents often steal Afghan and American military vehicles and uniforms to launch their attacks.

“The Afghan and U.S. partnered force tried to de-escalate the situation but in the fog of war they continued to be fired upon,” Sergeant Richardson said. “We are operating in a complex environment, Afghans included, where attacks come from fighters who do not wear their uniforms.”

Two Afghan soldiers who fled during the fight were apparently unhurt, Mr. Karimi said, but the nine soldiers who were wounded were in critical condition.

“It was a mistake between them,” said Mr. Mangal, the Defense Ministry spokesman. “The Afghan Army outpost opened fire first on a unit of Afghan and foreign forces headed to a military operation.”

In a separate attack on Wednesday, the Taliban again attacked Afghan National Army bases in the Bala Murghab district of Badghis Province, where the 50 soldiers were killed or captured on Monday. This time, seven soldiers went missing, either captured or killed, officials said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/world/asia/afghanistan-army-airstrike.html

>Footage of #Russia|n warplanes using cluster bombs to target areas in Idlib.

>>210561
interesting

>>210565
>oy vey goyim, nothing to see here
But of course, ((((Greatest Ally)))).

>>210568
sound please

>>210570
you live in sweden so just open your window

>>210569
I am not the jew.

>>210570
https://twitter.com/Kyruer/status/1105874211590098947

>>210571
jej

>>210571
n...no...
>>210573
beautiful

>>210573
>Scroll up one video
>The guy filming says "allahu akbar" as a plane flys by and drops bombs near him.

What...the hell? Is this the equivalent of Americans clapping? Is he praising God while in danger in the hopes of gaining protection, or if he dies, the grace to get into Jannah, and be in God's favor?

>>210579
allah akbar is also used as in "oh my god"

>>210580
Ahh. Ty

>>210579
>What…the hell? Is this the equivalent of Americans tipping?
ftfy
(sorry i had to do it)

>Daesh are trying to get suicide bombers (on foot) through without success. Many Daesh fighters have been killed.
>Clashed are still ongoing but the attack was blunted. No success by daesh.
^3 hours ago
>IS published dozens of claims about the attack on #SDF positions around Baghuz tent city
Haven't seen any though.
The camp tour/lunatics talking smack video uploaded by IS yesterday is up on jihadology btw
>>210522
Source:
https://twitter.com/GregoryPWaters/status/1105493010773504000
https://international-review.org/understanding-syrias-military-deployments-in-idlib/

#Breaking (1/3) #Safita, #Syria: According to @NewsChannelIL (Feb 2019), the Israeli intelligence marked this compound as an #Iranian missile site. #ISI visual #analysis findings increase the probability that the site is indeed a missile compound.

(2/3) Missile launcher activity near #Safita, #Syria? On a dirt area 500 meters west of the compound, #ISI has detected massive and extensive trails

(3/3) The site in #Safita, #Syria, has a military industry characteristics. The same construction visual patterns can be seen in other plants with the same purposes, such as the #SSM manufacturing in #Khojir, #Iran.

https://twitter.com/ImageSatIntl/status/1105891782204768256

Footage showing the 2nd #Russia|n airstrike (with cluster bombs) in Idlib city.

https://twitter.com/Kyruer/status/1105894764057149442

New communiques from #ISIS in #Baghuz #Syria, claiming attacks on #SDF positions, via @siteintelgroup

>>210587
Going ham with the last ATGM's huh

>>210567
ayyyy lmao

>>210573
Ruskie disco in Idleb wooooo

>>210591
That cluster bomb was more of a grindcore concert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybGOT4d2Hs8

>>210591
#Syria: #RuAF Su-34 pictured today during bombardment on #Idlib-city.

>>210589
and unto Allah is all praise.

Syria: remains of rockets used in last night's incendiary bombardment on Tamanah (SE. Idlib)

#BREAKING: A handful number of pro-#AlQaeda & #Turkey backed Jihadists are now protesting against #Russia & #Syria in #Azzaz and Al-Bab over the #Russia's airstrikes against #AlQaeda affiliated Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in #Idlib. They chant Jihadist "Takbir"!

https://twitter.com/BabakTaghvaee/status/1105929886810685446

>>210600
Fins look like GRAD rocket.

>>210600
>>210604
Don't quote me but i think Uragan and Smerch rockets both have more fins.

Oh god get a load of this horrible nasheed by HTS, literally jihadi attempt to mimic royalty free tactical war music
https://twitter.com/BabakTaghvaee/status/1105886046930251776

>>210606
are the lyrics part of a DLC?

>>210607
Exactly

>>210605
vid
https://twitter.com/Kyruer/status/1105934375219331074

>@RepKinzinger calls out @TulsiGabbard: "A modern Holocaust denier because she doubts Assad used chemical weapons." Calls her "someone nobody should be taking seriously."

Really makes you think...

>>210516
The range of mental gymnastiques is most definetly impressive when it comes to the situation in Barghuz and the surrendering.
Pick your fruit and give it credence.
>>210567
h-how?

>>210674
>>210673
Shame there is so little ponified memri.

>>210540
>jews never amounted to numbers sufficient to put up a fight up until very recently
I was approaching the angle more from starting back at the early conflict during Biblical times between the Ishmaelites and the Israelites,then as it simmered through the centuries and was not always open conflict. I concede the argument on that front though, with time many things have changed between Arab and Jew, and it isn't really comparable of ancient times to modern times as far as the conflict is concerned.
>you're missing a major point the europeans stopped fighting against each other when they stopped having the world wide influence to do so
but see that is the more nationalistic type of mindset you referenced earlier, yes there were Catholic/Prot struggles as well but as Europe entered the modern era this was more about dying kingdoms and nation-states vying for influence and trade control, the Arab/Israeli conflict is a bit deeper than that.
>as for arabs vs jews, i think you're over focusing on it
Yeah probably, I guess I see it as unique because of the Biblical/Judaic/Islamic roots and seeing as how these were some of the earliest races of people it interests me more.
>yet i don't see you asking about it as if this one is normal but the other is the oddity
well if you remember the main reason for my question was based on the Arabs and Jews having a direct common patriarch in Abraham, I think that fact makes it more interesting than the "centuries long christian/european vs jews conflict".
>quite the opposite actually, since oral tradition is shared through memorization
I disagree, on principle you are correct, but man is fallible, and the accurate retelling from oral sources relies on a few factors, the main one being the integrity of individuals who memorize it. Just as a manuscript can be altered, an oral retelling could be as well, and if one person altered and then had another memorize it, who then passed it on to others then the original version could be lost. I don't mean vast sweeping changes, but a word or phrase here or there, maybe a sentence, and without multiple written manuscripts to compare then alterations could stick.
>if an outside observer were to hear the origin story of the bible and then compare the book itself to the Judaic books
The Old Testament is literally the Judaic books tho, the only difference would be some minor translation variances, other than that they are the same.
>would be clear that in the very least jesus copied parts of the Torah
Jesus would have known all of the Judaic scriptures by heart, all Jewish children at that time were required to study and memorize them, and he quotes them numerous times in his teachings. He also didn't write any scripture directly, the New Testament is about him, and it was added to the Judaic scriptures to form the Old and New Testaments.
>observer were to hear the origin story of the Torah and then compare the book itself to the Zoroastrian books
The Zoroastrian scriptures were physically written down in the 14th century, well after the time of Moses, Zoroaster, and the Judaic, Islamic, and Christian scriptures had all been put to paper by that time, so it would be harder to believe that the oral retelling had stayed "pure", especially considering the impact in scale of Zoroastrianism compared to the Abrahamic religions on the world.
>then what's the point of your argument since you do recognize that it's all based on a question of perspective
To be fair this was more of a "I just want Doc's thoughts on these questions", not so much of an argument ;^)
>but you are an outside observer too
I should have clarified, to me the "outside observer" would be a person who does not practice one of the Abrahamic religions, and I do practice one of them.

>>210680
Where_do_you_think_we_are.jpg
In oher news, here's current "never-offensive-land" situation.

>>210681
>never-offensive-land
Though do I hope those ISIS captives who ran away from jail stir shit up.

>>210678
we could keep going in circles on this topic until we are both dead btw

>>210677
Agreed. It's such a good meme.

>>210678
>but see that is the more nationalistic type of mindset you referenced earlier, yes there were Catholic/Prot struggles as well but as Europe entered the modern era this was more about dying kingdoms and nation-states vying for influence and trade control, the Arab/Israeli conflict is a bit deeper than that.
well in that case it's no different for arabs who had their own power/ingfluence wars with neighboring nations, the arab/jew conflict is nothing in comparison
if anything the jewish/european conflict was much more brutal when you take into account nboth periods of "peace" and "conflict" as a matter of fact jews had it far better in arab lands since their were considered as ahlu al-kitab (people from the book aka people following religions set by the same god) and thus had far more rights/protection in comparison to the point that arab kingdoms were the main refugee destination for european jews
so why would they constantly flock toward arabs when shit started hitting the fan if the arab/jew conflict is as bad as you describe it?
>well if you remember the main reason for my question was based on the Arabs and Jews having a direct common patriarch in Abraham, I think that fact makes it more interesting than the "centuries long christian/european vs jews conflict".
i could also argue over the fact that europeans were constantly at war with each other even though they're all closely genetically related (as much as jews and arabs are ie you can find common ancestor if you go back far enough even though it's not very relevant considering the groups split long ago to be clearly distinguishable from each other) )
>but man is fallible
A man is faillible, 10 000 men failing at the same time on the same thing is wishful thinking pushed to the extreme
>n oral retelling could be as well, and if one person altered and then had another memorize it, who then passed it on to others then the original version could be lost
again a faulty logic, this implies that people learn and "box" themselves into isolation like hermits without never interacting with anyone and never getting into an opportunity to make their mistake known to other people and thus corrected
it's like if you're telling me that if you learn a word from a faulty source and can't pronounce it properly then you'll never eventually end up learning it the right way from someone calling your mistake. and that's only the pronunciation of a word, far from the alteration of a full sentence of even just a word switched
> and without multiple written manuscripts to compare then alterations could stick.
said it before and i'll say it again, memorization is superior to books because it's gets "rechecked" through recitation over and over again by the same "manuscript" (aka person who memorized it) and is cross checked over and over again through interactions with other "manuscript" and that during every generations unlike a manuscript who can't auto check and can't cross check and who'll carry a fault through generations
you want some proof?
there is only one version of the quran even though there are tens if not hundreds of splits in the religion, yet there are a shit ton of different version of the bible, guess which one of the two religions have as a tradition the learning by heart of the scriptures
>The Old Testament is literally the Judaic books tho
yeah so? the point still stands even more solidly if anything
from an outsider POV this is the proof of copying, from an insider POV this is the proof that the religion is true and is merely the continuation of god's religion
no offense, but the fact that you're failing to see the obvious parallel i'm pointing out with your statement about islam being a copy is astounding, it really says a lot about the quality of the education system that creates individuals that can't make abstraction of something and be able to have an objective look at a situation and realizing that the points they are pointing out can also be applied to their very own situation
>Jesus would have known all of the Judaic scriptures by heart,
no explicit mention of that in christian books, also i doubt that a social outcast as the son of a single mother (from the jewish contemporaries of jesus i mean) would get education from jewish communities
>The Zoroastrian scriptures were physically written down in the 14th century
why is it so hard for you to understand that texts can exist without physical copies and thus a "copy" of said religion doesn't require a written manuscript? how do you think Zoroastrian priests learned the religion before the physical copy?
> He also didn't write any scripture directly, the New Testament is about him, and it was added to the Judaic scriptures to form the Old and New Testaments.
yeah my mistake, lazy copy paste, should have changed jesus with apostles but you still get the point
>so it would be harder to believe that the oral retelling had stayed "pure"
i don't see how is this relevant to the fact that the hypothesis of judaism being a inspired of zoroastrian old texts (key word is "old"), if we follow this hypothesis then it doesn't matter how "pure" the source is if you're going to create a new religion out of it
>"I just want Doc's thoughts on these questions", not so much of an argument ;^)
you wrote "Doc's thoughts" twice
and i'm barely memeing
>I should have clarified, to me the "outside observer" would be a person who does not practice one of the Abrahamic religions, and I do practice one of them.
yes but what i meant was that you could still see it from an objective perspective by putting yourself in a "thought experiment" situation, but apparently you weren't taught to be able to do as such (again no offense intended)

>>210686
>we could keep going in circles on this topic until one of us is dead btw
ftfy :^)

>>210695
Character limit is 6000

>>210696
is that a challenge i see?

>Video: 61st brigade - 326th Battalion targeting militant locations at Al-Tuwayna and Qalaat al-Madiq in NW Hama.
>The 61st Brigade was deployed two months ago in Hama CS.
https://twitter.com/Bosni94/status/1106250022113476608
>There will be more aerial operations against HTS, like the one we saw yesterday in Idlib, in the upcoming few days.
https://twitter.com/WithinSyriaBlog/status/1106252408798220288
>#Austrian Foreign Minister: #Vienna is considering reopening its embassy in #Damascus
https://twitter.com/eha_news/status/1106237622006018049
>Food was delivered to Baghuz on 22.Feb by SDF. Iraqi fighters confiscated it and sold it for a high price. Observers of surrendered people at SDF side noted a difference between some families, ones were well feed while others were starving.
https://twitter.com/warsmonitoring/status/1106241155702968323
>Video: More ISIS surrendering
https://twitter.com/werej__1/status/1106234716880072704
>Syrian government and SDF have reopened their Euphrates crossing again. Oil sales have resumed, which is imperative to the government because of the ongoing fuel crisis across the country.
Interesting to note: Syrian government oil tankers are entering areas where the U.S., French, and British forces are present.
https://twitter.com/leithfadel/status/1106215407340253184
>An intelligence source confirmed to me that 44 fighters and field commanders of HTS were killed in the Russian strikes on Idlib city yesterday.
https://twitter.com/WithinSyriaBlog/status/1106212763477655552

Imagine being about to have an orgasm over writing 20 lines on a mlp forum

Iran hacked into Benny Gantz's cellphone and drew all his contents, which of course included personal information and private correspondence

Iranian intelligence has hacked into the phone of Blue and White leader Benny Gantz and taken all its contents, including sensitive information, Gantz was recently told by the Shin Bet security service, Channel 12 reported on Thursday night.

Two Shin Bet chiefs arrived five weeks ago to meet with Benny Gantz, chairman of the Blue-and-White party, and informed him that a cell phone held in his possession had been breached by Iran's intelligence services, which is defined as an enemy state. Contents: Personal information and private correspondence.

The report also mentioned that senior officials warned him that any detail there could be used against him in the future if the Iranians chose to do so.

https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Iranian-intelligence-hacks-Benny-Gantzs-phone-583453

lmao

>>210708
>senior officials warned him that any detail there could be used against him in the future if the Iranians chose to do so.
>p-p-please invade iran now america
are they trying to appeal to muh hacking to get trump's attention by drawing parallels to the situation in USA?
if so this is getting too cringy

>>210708
Sure they did.

>>210708
wait, got an idea for OC

>>210709
wut
they mean they could blackmail him if he had nudes or something

p.s. missiles in tel aviv

https://twitter.com/Joyce_Karam/status/1106272346854305794

>>210714
> if he had nudes
posting them online would be considered as cyber-terrorism

>>210715
lmao

>>210720
> Its still not clear what's happening
just some run of the mill israeli rain

>>210721
>>210722
>bibi will get his traditional pre-election gaza purge
>goes on to win the elections
every time

A hostile strike on #Syria (west-north sectors) is expected.

https://twitter.com/Syrian_MC/status/1106286379875606530

>>210731
brace yourself for the OC
(with original)

>>210738
the video:
https://twitter.com/NotWoofers/status/1106303767706824705

>Children of notorious IS fighter Michael Skråmo left orphaned and alone in caliphate after he is killed in Baghouz
https://www.itv.com/news/2019-03-14/children-islamic-fighter-michael-skramo-caliphate-sweden-video/
ay yo hol up didn't he get captured?

>>210744
It was reported in the press (also here in Norway) that he was captured. Perhaps we don't have to worry about getting him back here after all.
http://archive.is/80FfI (Norwegian article)

>>210746
Underbart

>>210744
Were those children raised in arabic, thereofre swedish/norwegian being a bit difficult? (assuming the dad and mom even spoke arabic enough)

>>210749
I assume they speak kebabized Gothenburg dialect Swedish, from what i've seen most foreign non-arabic fighters/family members seem to not speak fluent arabic.

>>210750
>>210749
>I assume they speak kebabized Gothenburg dialect Swedish
like their father*

>>210733
Just got warned there for not speaking English, jej

>>210756
>But they are without parents.
Snus, it's time for you to do your civic duty once those children are found. You have to adopt them.

>>210755
stesso
Immagino che stava segnalando

Special PH, in #Baghouz #syria #Daesh #SDF Source @DefenseUnits

>>210758
I think the path of light fag is probably lurking and reporting.

>>210755
don't let that distract you from the big ass argument waiting for you

gaza livestream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qExNHsePjOI

maybe about to get lit

>>210760
yeah could be, he's out of his mind too

>>210761
Nigga I'm saving that autism for tomorrow, I'm phone posting rn, there's no way I'm going to rebut those nearly 6,000 words on a phone.

>>210763
kek
i was about to go to sleep anyways

>>210764
I figured you already were, didn't see you post for a bit. Hey real quick question doctor, what would you break a 40 day fast with?

>>210765
>what would you break a 40 day fast with?
food

>>210766
granted you're still alive, otherwise a last will letter

>>210766
Was going to do a few boiled tomatoes, and chicken broth to start

Loyalist cells in Raqqa fucked up some SDFags & US forces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pYmARtnbEA

Sleeper cells in Quneitra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s_5sN-JY1Yv

Dara findings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf0bgHzWz7g

Jesus https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6738131/SAS-troops-severed-heads-50-Yazidi-sex-slaves-close-barbaric-ISIS.html

>>210697
>>210698
Jej, you almost got fucked.
>>210708
lel
>>210766
JEJ
>>210768
Get a burger. An actual proper burger not that shite they serve at mcDICKs

>>210771
>Jesus
Jesus Christ indeed. I hope those who got away is caught and executed.
>it is feared that more than 100 hardcore jihadis have successfully passed themselves off as refugees fleeing the fighting and they are now in camps set up to house and feed civilians displaced by the war.

>>210773
>Get a burger
Bruh, you can't go 40 days without eating anything and then eat a burger, no matter if it's a "quality" burger or not. You gotta start slow

>>210776
tomato soup

>>210776
wait what type of 40 days fast are we talking about? like legit no food from day 1 to day 40 or one of them flimsy ass partial "fast"? and what for?
also how do you get the energy to go to work without eating for 40 days? unless your BMI is above 25 you can't get enough energy to finish it and still go to work

>>210777
Checked.
Yeah I saw something online that recommend peeling and boiling some tomatoes, and starting slow with chicken broth, also throwing in a little (sheeeit) watermelon. Doing these for the first few days, then slowly working your way through to different foods. I'm on day 39, breaking the fast tomorrow at sunset. I figured I'd ask the good doctor for his take, plus I assume he fasts due to his religion, and he would have some tips.

>>210779
Maybe a Ramadan-style fast?

>>210780
start with sugary shit like fast sugar type and also slow sugar (pasta/rice/bread) for "regenerating" well after your meal, take low quantities at start (you most likely will try to eat a full meal by your pre fast standard but that shit's dangerous because your stomach has shrunk)
also try to get some protein, i'd say fish or chicken, but not red meat to not tire your digestive system trying to break it down
also hydration is very important

nigga i though you were shitposting

>>210779
Legit no food, mainly water, I have drank a little bit of green tea, and a Gatorade every now and then for electrolytes even though the sugar content is high, I didn't drink many of them though.
>what for?
A greater connection to God through sacrifice, deep prayer, and studying the Bible more than I normally do.
Luckily I don't have to do anything extremely strenuous at my job since I'm in management, honestly I haven't really felt much fatigue, sometimes when I get home I'll lay down for 20 minutes or so, but overall I feel better physically right now than I have in quite some time.

>>210783
> a Gatorade
there it is
> for electrolytes
unless you're drinking distilled water, then there already is electrolytes in your water

>>210782
>you most likely will try to eat a full meal by your pre fast standard but that shit's dangerous because your stomach has shrunk
No, I've done the research, I definitely won't be trying to eat a big meal, just plan on small quantities spaced out throughout the day until my stomach can accommodate more.
>also try to get some protein, i'd say fish or chicken
That's what I was thinking too.
>not red meat to not tire your digestive system trying to break it down
Yeah I figured I'll give it 10 days at minimum before even considering red meat
>also hydration is very important
Yeah my water intake has been great, I don't plan on cutting back on it.

>nigga i though you were shitposting
Well to be fair an American willingly going without food is an aberration and not to be believed, kek.

>>210784
The Gatorade was only if I went walking or had a day at work out of the ordinary where I had to do something strenuous, I probably only had about 3 though, I didn't feel they were necessary after the fact.

>>210787
>Well to be fair an American willingly going without food is an aberration and not to be believed
kek, true
gotta go to sleep now but i definitely have some questions for you about that fast, i think i'll try it too

>>210779
>how do you get the energy
Forgot to add, God.

>>210789
Ok, talk to you later

>>210790
>he starts calling his gatorade god
bruh dem hypoglycemia induced hallucinations are hitting you hard
:^)

>>210792
Jej

49 mohammedans KIA confirmed in New Zeeland, fps livestream:
https://twitter.com/uunionnews/status/1106460797516029952

>HAT (Kurdish anti-terror units) in #Baghouz during the last (?) assault on #Isis positions.
https://twitter.com/Kyruer/status/1106473258872958977
Somewhere around here:
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=34.453059&lon=40.962900&z=17&m=bh&gz=0;409630072;344517318;23388;32025;18990;21055;16736;12297;17273;2565;0;0;375;12651;1662;21498;8690;35829;23978;31937
This axis was untouched because it was used as a "humanitarian" corridor.

>>211002
Meaning the corridor is closed and SDF are advancing on this axis too for the first time in weeks.

>>211000
>the difference was ebba akerlund
>the trigger point was an attempt at white knighting
>not race
>not nationalism
>but muh fee fees
if there was no live stream i would have though that this was yet another cringy fantsay blogpost

>The hands of the SAA and the Russia forces are long, and WILL reach anyone in northern Lebanon who try to disturb the situation in the Syrian coast.
https://twitter.com/WithinSyriaBlog/status/1106506251826012162
WDHMBT?

>inb4 that Melbourne (?) shit was Gruber who was fed up with that iraqi diaspora nigger
A man can hope.

Ah, it was NZ.
Interesting.

>>211067
The guy was an Aussie though.

>>211077
I didn't bothered to check, I just heard that Auassie did it.

>>211078
ok

>>211079
Anyways, what was his fucking problem anyway?

>>211081
literally amerimutt tier "we wuz europe" "muh byootiful civilizashun" "why do you yuropoors allow this to happen guize" reasons
also happens to be a failure in school and din't make it to college according to his interview, so i guess he just wanted to give a purpose to his life

>>211082
Well at least I can laugh at the may-mays.

Damn, Iraqi diaspora nigger is going ape-shit crazy.
https://twitter.com/sofian259/status/1106576089625882624

>>211091
based
also
>not cheering for escalation
what are you? a faggot?

>>211092
Who says I'm not?
Just you know Doc... it better not spill into your own yard. :^)

Oh also,
>be sunni
>cheer for ISIS lone wolf
Imagine my shock...

>>211104
what you're only learning it now?
https://twitter.com/pewdiepie/status/1106419935390171136

>>211106
The PewDiePie shoutout was new to me

>>211102
>accelerationism ride
You ment carefully engineered plan towards one worldwide government?
Sure, why not.

>>211115
> one worldwide government?
how does one achieve such results through civil wars and chaos? the only result i see is post apocalyptic tier future

>>211115
>accelerationism
>carefully engineered plan towards one worldwide government
Ding dong your opinion is wrong.

>>211117
>>211118
>thinking (((they))) don't have a plan for such scenario
Oh you of small faith.

Give me your biggest BIG GRIN coz holy fuck this is gold.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf6_DBqF7UQ

>>211127
that's the only grin you're getting from me nigga

anybody got a link of the stream of the Christchurch shooting?

>>211155
torrent: https://kiwifarms.net/data/video/694/694847-518a3baf6096388726e4e9ac7ca0336f.mp4

>>211155
not sure if you have a loicence for that

>>211167
really makes you think why they didn't start earlier, prolly out of explosives

>>211156
Thanks. seems like the guy didn't get why people didn't shut up after they where shot like in Call of Duty and kept shooting until they did

>>211162
Remember that the cause of all *nglo bullshit politics is their culture, never allow that crap to become dominant

>>210694
>so why would they constantly flock toward arabs when shit started hitting the fan if the arab/jew conflict is as bad as you describe it?
You are over thinking my original line of thought on bringing this question up, it wasn't "how bad" the conflict is/was, my interest was just since both Arab and Jew have a common religious origin (that is documented in their holy books unlike Euros)and how long throughout history it has continued with varying degrees of intensity through the years. However this answers a lot, "were considered as ahlu al-kitab (people from the book aka people following religions set by the same god)" thanks for that.
>this implies that people learn and "box" themselves into isolation like hermits without never interacting with anyone
But many did, maybe not as much from the Islamic side but many men lived like monks in small communities, preserving the oral retelling among themselves with very little interaction with other outsiders. Now if one of these small groups had an agenda (like even you said it is believed the Jews altered the original stories from the holy books) then you can see how a revision could eventually be spread. But I concede the point, and I would have to say I agree with you that groups who memorized their scriptures would be more accurate, with potential for small groups who had revisions, but on a whole the majority who knew the accurate scripture would correct the ones who were either incorrect or attempting to alter the original words.
>there is only one version of the quran...yet there are a shit ton of different version of the bible
Firstly, correct me if I am wrong but isn't it a rule that if the Quran is in any other language than Arabic then it loses its holy status? Plus to be honest conversion to Islam has never taken on a wide scale to Europeans or those of Euro descent, but as Christianity did, it was translated into multiple languages and not considered as losing its holy status. Plus the oral and then written scriptures from the old testament were passed down through more than one language since the start, whether Aramean, ancient Hebrew, probably some Egyptian even, etc. When you say "versions" of the Bible it would seem that you think they are all somewhat different from each other, but the "good versions" (produced without agenda by worldly or liberal sources) as I would call them, are all basically the same. The King James Version has a lot "thee, thine, thou" and older medieval words, compared to the English standard version which would turn those into you, your, yours, etc. If you meant versions in the way of comparing a Protestant to a Catholic Bible, you would see Catholics have a few more books, but this is an entirely different story, will save for another discussion.
>guess which one of the two religions have as a tradition the learning by heart of the scriptures
Christians as well are instructed through the whole Bible to learn it and keep it in their heart, unfortunately most don't, Islam is very admirable in that sense.
>Side note copy paste on comparing the task of memorization between quaran and others. >"There are 18,248 words in the Quran. This is in contrast to the Torah and the Christian Bible with 79,847 words and 774,746 words, respectively."
>yeah so? the point still stands even more solidly if anything
>the fact that you're failing to see the obvious parallel i'm pointing out with your statement about islam being a copy is astounding
No I see the parallel, you missed my point about the Old Testament being a direct copy of the Judaic books, and not an adaptation of the stories from some of the Jewish scriptures in the Quran. My point was that there is no difference between the Torah and the Old Testament, but that the Quran is in fact different with many of the same elements, but not a word for word copy.
>no explicit mention of that in christian books
It is a known fact that Jewish children were introduced to the scriptures by the age of 5, and expected to memorize them by the age of 10 or so, then afterwards they would continue religious study and their future trade. Not sure how familiar with the New Testament you are but the story of Jesus at the age of 12 answering the rabbis' questions in the temple and astounding them with his knowledge gives credence to the fact that he knew the scriptures very well. In the New Testament, Jesus quoted 24 books of the Old Testament 180 times, further suggesting memorization.
>a social outcast as the son of a single mother (from the jewish contemporaries of jesus i mean)
But she wasn't a single mother, she was married to Joseph when Jesus was born and they had children together, one of the apostles, James the Just, was Jesus' brother. (Keep in mind Catholics do not believe any of this, rather believing Mary was a virgin in perpetuity.)
The region where Jesus was from (Galilee) was also known as the most pious and religiously in tune place of Jews in Palestine, here is a good article on the region and what Jesus' early education would have looked like.
https://www.thattheworldmayknow.com/rabbi-and-talmidim
>why is it so hard for you to understand that texts can exist without physical copies and thus a "copy" of said religion doesn't require a written manuscript?
I understand it, I am calling into question the accuracy of the Zoroastrian written scriptures in comparison to the oral ones, you yourself place more accurate emphasis on oral retelling, so how do we know the written version is more accurate than the oral version, especially considering the length of time before Zoroastrian scripture was put to pen.
>i don't see how is this relevant to the fact that the hypothesis of judaism being a inspired of zoroastrian old texts
You are correct, I concede that.

>>211183
Somwhere in Idlib?

>>210694
>you could still see it from an objective perspective by putting yourself in a "thought experiment" situation
The original question I asked was from an outside observer stance, it was only when you said I was an outside observer I brought up the fact that since I practice one of the abrahamic religions I actually wasn't.
When I said I understand that muslims believe that Mohamed was given the direct scripture from God I said that from an neutral stance. You know I am fully capable of being an outside observer, our past conversations on the Sunni persecution in northern Iraq should be evidence enough for that, I have no personal connection to them that would make me be anything but an outside observer, and yet I understand their frustration and anger.

>>211184
Could be north Aleppo but yeah, probably Idlib.

>>210789
Before we commence another round of autism, do you want to do this first?
>i definitely have some questions for you about that fast, i think i'll try it too

#Syria: Rebels recently started production of rockets w/ longer range (reportedly able to reach the Mediterranean). After successful tests, several ones were fired today in retaliation for recent wave of bombardment on Greater #Idlib. E. #Tartus countryside confirmed hit.

https://twitter.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/1106624620843724802

>>211117
Depopulation through war while they sit nice and cozy in prepared bunkers, then they come out and rule a much smaller and therefore more easily controlled populace

>>211181
> since both Arab and Jew have a common religious origin (that is documented in their holy books unlike Euros)
>what is christianity
same argument could be used for the religious persecution of jews by christians (although in that case without the racial aspect)and same could be said of european nations (same race and same religion) and same could be said for sunni arabs vs shia arabs (same race, same religion)
it's just how it is, people who are even slightly different will always end up fighting each other, i don't really understand the extra focus over arabs vs jews
>But many did, maybe not as much from the Islamic side but many men lived like monks in small communities, preserving the oral retelling among themselves with very little interaction with other outsiders
maybe in their own enclaves, but not enough to make it mainstream amongst the cities where people go to the mass/shabat and thus have the ability to spot the changes, monasteries are nothing in pop compared to cities in order for them to influences to bigger one
>but isn't it a rule that if the Quran is in any other language than Arabic then it loses its holy status?
not exactly, it's not a question of "holy status", a translated version is considered as not whole by default because a lot of subtle meaning are lost through translation hence why for the same language you have a ton of different translation with small variation for the same word (just try google translating a text through multiple languages)
the reason for such emphasis is to not end up with far away nations using translation of translation losing a lot of the meaning from the original and thus creating ground for schism (bigger than shia sunni (which isn't a religious schism but a political one) i mean, with mormonism being a prime example (no offense if you're a mormon))
> it was translated into multiple languages and not considered as losing its holy status
i'll have to point out that translations of the bible are fairly recent and in the past people tended to keep the bible only in latin or greek depending of the region, and only after said translation you can see a shit ton of fractions created amongst christianity (especially in protestantism who were more liberal in the use of translations compared to for instance catholics who still keep somewhat a close link to "original" latin bible)
>When you say "versions" of the Bible it would seem that you think they are all somewhat different from each other, but the "good versions" (produced without agenda by worldly or liberal sources) as I would call them, are all basically the same.
that's were the nuance is, what you call same is indeed same in the broad sense but has small variations in interpretation/meanings depending of the choice of word which varies version from version
call it autism if you want but since no one can claim to know what god meant exactly (including the different meanings loaded in a same sentence), then it is better to stay on the safe side and not take the liberty of using a synonym for a word for fear of losing some subtleties
>Christians as well are instructed through the whole Bible to learn it and keep it in their heart, unfortunately most don't, Islam is very admirable in that sense.
this is coded in the practice of prayer which require the recitation of verse and since you can't just read it from a book while praying then the habit of learning by heart is maintained
it is rare (at least from my POV, maybe it's different in USA) to see a christian priest (let alone a regular christian) being able to recite all the bible in one take, and it is not uncommon to see a regular muslim knowing all th quran by heart (let alone imams who are compelled to know all of the quran)
>>"There are 18,248 words in the Quran. This is in contrast to the Torah and the Christian Bible with 79,847 words and 774,746 words, respectively."
yeah so? the human brain can stockpile up to 2.5 petabytes of info, it's a question of habit and i sure as hell know how impressive it is to learn massive texts by heart up to the small details, yet how easy it is when you put yourself to the task and do it regularly
also imams have to learn by heart thousands of different hadiths (which would amount to multiple time the length of the quran put together), yet they still do both hadith and quran
>No I see the parallel, you missed my point about the Old Testament being a direct copy of the Judaic books,
i wrote bible in "if an outside observer were to hear the origin story of the bible and then compare the book itself to the Judaic books" when i meant new testament
>and not an adaptation of the stories from some of the Jewish scriptures in the Quran.
i don't see how this changes the hypothesis that christianity can also be seen as a copy (from an outsider POV) (due to the new testament being "inspired" from the old) with the old testament added to the bible to add legitimacy for the claim of christianity being only the continuation of the religion (from the christian POV)
same goes for islam, an outsider observer would still make the claim of it being a copy yet the muslim pov would still say that it's a legitimate continuation of the same religion (and what is seen as "inspirations taken from older text" being merely a confirmation that it is indeed coming from the same god)
if you think that adding the old scripture would give more strength to the claim of christianity being a legitimate continuation of the previous religion (and not a copy) unlike islam which doesn't re-use the old scriptures then one could also ask how come the bible doesn't add the scriptures of previous prophets like abraham for instance since it is a compilation of old and new scriptures
the only difference being that it is explicitly written in the quran that previous scriptures were altered throughout the time (both voluntarily and involuntarily) thus rendering the need of adding them to the quran pointless

>>211181
>It is a known fact that Jewish children were introduced to the scriptures by the age of 5, and expected to memorize them by the age of 10 or so, then afterwards they would continue religious study and their future trade. Not sure how familiar with the New Testament you are but the story of Jesus at the age of 12 answering the rabbis' questions in the temple and astounding them with his knowledge gives credence to the fact that he knew the scriptures very well. In the New Testament, Jesus quoted 24 books of the Old Testament 180 times, further suggesting memorization.
alright i'll concede the point, but the original point (in the lazy copy paste) was about apostles (which i lazily forgot to correct in said copy paste) taking inspirations from the old testament to write the new
>But she wasn't a single mother, she was married to Joseph when Jesus was born and they had children together, one of the apostles, James the Just, was Jesus' brother. (Keep in mind Catholics do not believe any of this, rather believing Mary was a virgin in perpetuity.)
ah my bad, my knowledge of christianity comes from the catholic perspective so the whole argument is heavily relying on the denomination of christianity and not christianity itself
>so how do we know the written version is more accurate than the oral version, especially considering the length of time before Zoroastrian scripture was put to pen.
even if the changes between oral zoroastrian scriptures and the written copy being different there would still be enough similarities persisting through history (unless you make the claim that old zoroastrianism and new zoroastrianism have nothing in common, new and old being pre written and post written scriptures) thus enabling the hypothesis that enough similarities between the torah and the written zoroastrian scriptures to conclude that there has to be some sort of similarities in between and since zoroastrianism predates judaism, then it can not be excluded that judaism was inspired by zoroastrianism (at least such was the first hypothesis in the copy paste)

>>211187
ah apologies then, i misunderstood it
guess that's how it is to deal with hundreds of brain damaged americans in 4chinz, you end up assuming that they're all the same

>>211190
alright
tell me about the weight loss and the muscle mass loss
how bad is it
also i personally tried a 4 days full fast (only water, no tea/gatorade/anything that could be used as energy by the body) and felt like my IQ dropped by 30 points, as in there were some instance were i was too "dumb" to solve an issue even though i knew that it was fully in my capacities since i dealt with similar issues when not fasting
so the question being how handicapping is it to go through 40 days without being able to achieve complex tasks

>>211196
to rule would imply that they have something that could give them power over the masses, but in an apocalyptic situation, the survivors would have adapted to the new environment leaving the bunker dwellers as handicapped in dealing with new daily challenges as they are reliant on technologies and structures of power that they have not anymore

>>211208
Say China technologically outpaces the West by a large margin, their companies dominate communication networks and they produce (and retain) the first quantum computers.
Except for a few military networks with quantum cryptography, all data which passes through their networks could be decrypted by the chinks. This means an unparalleled amount of "soft power". But of course they could easily use this for offensive measures too, such as disabling key infrastructure.
Most realistic "world government" in the future imo.

>Reports of violent clashes between militants in several villages in Hama CS.
>According to other reports, there are clashes near Al-Janahera in NW Hama, and dead and wounded on both sides, without further information.
https://twitter.com/Bosni94/status/1106638777575968768
a.k.a al-Banah
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.411088&lon=36.461005&z=15&m=bs&show=/21295288/al-Banah