If gas is a little high but we disrupt terrorists for 50 years (at least) i am very okay with that. The media never think of geopolitics beyond the first step.
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Dictatorships have learned to rely on the fact that western governments and societies have virtually no pain tolerance. You can simply outlast their myopic electoral cycle and “win” a geopolitical conflict long term despite getting a military/economic ass kicking.
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If gas is a little high but we disrupt terrorists for 50 years (at least) i am very okay with that. The media never think of geopolitics beyond the first step.
Dictatorships have learned to rely on the fact that western governments and societies have virtually no pain tolerance. You can simply outlast their myopic electoral cycle and “win” a geopolitical conflict long term despite getting a military/economic ass kicking.
Completely normal mockingbird media phenomenon.