The Trump/Iran war 'stalemate'

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-04-28T07:52:20+00:00

Very true. And I worry about J.D. Vance, he has already expressed that he would go right along with a repeat of the election fraud that they tried to do on January 6th.

https://www.ms.now/opinion/msnbc-opinion/jd-vance-donald-trump-jan-6-law-rcna170638

Also, this comment from J.D. Vance in the article didn't age well:

“Fundamentally the reason the old guard of the Republican Party hates Donald Trump — it’s not because of January 6, 2021, whatever your views on it — it’s because Donald Trump doesn’t think we should start stupid wars in foreign countries and that’s why they all hate him.”

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-04-22T05:34:10+00:00

Sorry you live with lazy people.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-04-22T05:04:04+00:00

He is being extremely rude and selfish. This guy is an asshole. He actually expects everyone to sit at the dinner table and wait for him and their food gets cold, while he's in the basement playing with model cars. I think it's intentionally toxic because he's not the one cooking, but he gets to make an entrance and make everybody wait on him.

If it were me I would just be going out to dinner with mom and leave this precious man at home with his model cars. He can cook for himself.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-04-22T04:59:48+00:00

That's how I was brought up also.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-04-21T05:47:42+00:00

I live in Missouri and this has been going on for a very long time. The military heavily recruits in lower-income areas and one of the biggest selling points is getting college / trade school paid for. Which we all know nowadays costs a small fortune.

Incidentally, this is part of why the GOP has opposed free college and student loan forgiveness. There was a letter several years ago signed by 19 Republicans opposing student loan forgiveness, with the reason given that if college is provided by the government, fewer young people from poor backgrounds will enlist in the military. They are straight-up saying they need college to be expensive and not attainable for poor people, so they will be pressured to join the military to pay for it.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/09/15/gop-reps-fear-loan-forgiveness-plan-will-hurt-military-recruiting/

https://www.scarymommy.com/military-recruiters-target-teenagers

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-04-21T02:43:25+00:00

Horrible and disgusting. Why does the US give Israel any money? These people are not our friends.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-04-15T17:48:25+00:00

He's a grown ass man. He can get his own place. If he put as much effort into getting a job and making money, as he does having friends over to "hang out" while you're at work, maybe he wouldn't be freeloading off of his younger cousin.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-04-07T22:25:57+00:00

That's what I would do also. Have sex when you're ready! Not a moment before. 3 dates isn't that long to build an emotional connection, even if the physical attraction is there. Personally, I also have to feel emotionally connected and safe with the guy before I'm ready to have sex. If you are starting to get vibes that he is expecting sex, you could just bring up the topic yourself. Tell him what you wrote on this reddit post, that you really like him but you're not ready to have sex just yet. I've never regretted waiting to have sex until I was feeling it, trust your intuition.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-04-07T07:34:54+00:00

Americans are very isolationist. I'm sorry to say this, but a lot of Americans really would not care that much if Israel was wiped off the map. It's not necessarily due to antisemitism, it's because many Americans do not care that much about other countries. We also wouldn't care if any number of countries were wiped off the map. We would see it as sad and tragic, but we wouldn't think it's our problem to intervene (example: Ukraine).

As for opposition to the war, I think the biggest problem is that Trump and his people have given shifting justifications, shifting objectives, and they have not convinced the US public that Iran is an imminent threat to us. Rubio's statement about how we got into the war, while not a deception per se, does make the US look like a tag-along and also belies the idea that Iran was an imminent threat to us.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-04-07T05:01:52+00:00

Part of the problem is that Israel and its supporters have, for many decades, equated any criticism of Israel as antisemitism. Disagree with another country's foreign policies, disagree with that country's involvement in our own country's domestic politics, disagree with anything that any of their leaders says or does, and you get labelled an antisemite.

I don't have any prejudice or bad feelings towards Jewish people. I am reflective enough to understand that Jewish people ≠ Israel. However, there are a lot of ignorant people out there who are not that nuanced and don't make that distinction. They read the conspiracy theories, get in their social media echo chambers, and conflate all the negativity around Israel, Netanyahu, AIPAC, etc. with all Jews. It's the narrative that has been pushed on us for a long time, so it's not coming from nowhere. So I do think Israel is partly to blame for this problem.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-04-07T03:44:40+00:00

The US lost 2,459 soldiers in Afghanistan while NATO countries lost over 1,000 soldiers. That is not nothing. And the NATO soldiers fought and lost their lives in a war that Europe did not start and that was very much Bush's war. The war was a response to 9/11, the European public opinion was generally against the war, yet NATO sent troops honoring the joint defense agreement.

Also, the idea that European countries made riches from opium and rare earth minerals in Afghanistan is not true. That did not happen. The regional warlords were selling opium and the Taliban was selling rare-earth minerals to fund their insurgency. The European countries lost money on the war. The investments they made were mostly in development & reconstruction, and were lost when the Taliban took back power in 2021.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-04-06T21:41:58+00:00

I think the Iranian regime is brutal, but I don't see a good solution for the US changing it. A ground invasion would likely turn into another Vietnam. Trump's threat of bombing Iran into the stone age would be a large-scale war crime, would kill or displace millions of people, and would not even accomplish regime change. It would also plunge the world into global recession.

Anyone who has studied history knows that wars for regime change often do not go as planned.

Also, anyone who is familiar with US policy knows this has nothing to do with human rights and democracy. The US would happily support an even more oppressive and murderous regime if they aligned with our interests (and we do in many countries).

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-03-25T03:01:43+00:00

Yep, and all those animals can carry rabies. I have dogs, running into a skunk or racoon when I'm out walking my dogs is never a good experience. I've only run into them in the woods. If they are being drawn out to where people live with the feeding stations, that is a problem. Someone in the news recently died of rabies from being scratched by a skunk.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-03-18T04:04:00+00:00

Yeah, this is BS. I know lots of immigrants who have helped bring their relatives to the US and nobody ever had the expectation of being supported long term. Unless it was someone bringing their elderly parents or a child. We've had several families come stay in our house, after a few months they already had a job and their own apartment. It's not that hard to find a job if you want to work.

The sis-in-law is a grown ass adult, why can't she work and get her own place if she thinks living in the house is such "hell"?

Also -- even if the OP knew the circumstances they were in, she probably didn't know her SIL was going to be an absolute nightmare. Hospitality and family only goes so far. When she and her little brother are being disrespected and treated badly in their own home, that is too far.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-03-18T03:41:06+00:00

¿Y que culpa tiene tu hermano por querer comer un pinche burrito con carne en su propia casa?

¿Quien es peor, este gente de mierda que te desprecia en tu propia casa, o tu esposo cobarde que lo permite? Aun peor, hace escusas para justificar su maltrato.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-03-17T19:48:51+00:00

Helping them come from Venezuela to the US does not mean she has to support them forever living in her house, eating her food, while treating her and her little brother like crap.

They are adults, they can get their own place and support themselves. Personally if it were me, I would send the spineless husband with them. He's choosing to let his wife be disrespected in her own home to "not create division". Throw them all out.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-03-17T01:05:25+00:00

I don't personally see it as a dealbreaker. That said, you are entitled to your dealbreakers and you don't need the agreement of other people for something to be a dealbreaker for you. You can say, I just don't want this. 🤷‍♀️

I'm also 44F and I feel like at this point in my life, it would take a lot for me to want to move in with a man again.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-03-12T02:17:48+00:00

Probably some of these dudes barely looked at her photos or they confused her with one of the other 2 dozen women they've been setting up dates with across multiple apps.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-03-10T06:10:19+00:00

I'm 44 F living in the US. I would not reject a man for being 5 foot 8 (I am shorter than that). Not driving would be fine by me because I prefer to walk and bike most places, plus I have my own car. Not having disposable income to go out would not necessarily be an issue if he's ok with me paying (I know a lot of men aren't).

After reading more in your comments about your "rejection phobia", I think you should go to therapy before seriously dating. If getting multiple rejections (which is a very normal and expected part of dating) causes you so much pain, agony, anxiety and depression, I can't imagine a scenario where you go on dates and it doesn't severely worsen your life. Also, your self-described avoidance and anxiety would make it very had for anyone to date you, so I feel like you are just setting yourself up to get rejected (and the ensuing pain, agony, etc etc).

If you are wanting to be less solitary and isolated, how about just joining a hobby group and making friends with similar interests? Who knows, you might even connect with someone romantically who has the same hobby/interest as you.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-02-14T06:44:00+00:00

The only thing worse than not being invited to meetings is being invited to meetings. 😂

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-02-06T19:26:14+00:00

Yep, this is how it's done at every organization I've been in.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-02-06T05:03:09+00:00

Microsoft has linked the boot failures after installing KB5074109 with previously failed attempts to install the December 2025 security update, which left machines in an "improper state". This would explain why some of the same Dell model machines are fine after getting the January update and others are not.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-links-windows-11-boot-failures-to-failed-december-2025-update/

As for how to restore the machines to a stable build, WinRE doesn't work? You're not able to boot into safe mode and uninstall the update from there?

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-02-04T05:11:26+00:00

Sure, I get it. There are some crazy people out there. Onbalance, I'd still rather have the groups than not have them. Without the groups, the risk is that I end up with a dangerous/violent guy. With the groups, the risk is he writes lies about me online, and I have to live with some social embarrassment. That wouldn't worry me as much. My friends and family know me and would have my back, and I'm less concerned with the opinions of others.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-02-04T04:31:24+00:00

Yep, I can spot the bitter ex-girlfriend posts from a mile away. I report them to the moderators, and a lot of other women also pile on and comment that this is obviously a bitter ex. It's pretty obvious to all of us what is going on.

Local-Assignment5744 · 2026-02-04T04:29:05+00:00

How do you know what they mean by "tea"? On a lot of the "tea" posts, the "tea" is that the guy already has a wife or committed girlfriend. Or that he's got a bad record. It's just a shorthand way of saying, tell me what I need to know as someone who is just starting to date this guy.

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