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Re: Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in Southern Turkey

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Post by GhettoMaestro »

netsharc wrote: post #105
_xnmw wrote: post #70

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> There's an official denial of a "green light" Have you considered the possibility that a green light was, in fact, not given, and that Putin has simply outmanoeuvred America in this case? I think the evidence points towards Russian intel backing Turkey's latest operation. America completely failed to implement her interests in the region partly due the absolute mess of her internal politics, e.g. a still completely…

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> And I do wish the military would stand up against him as a domestic enemy [...]

No. You don't want this. You have no idea how much you don't want this.

Have you ever had a gun fired at you? It is not a pleasant experience.

Re: Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in Southern Turkey

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Post by buboard »

ahbyb wrote: post #95
oldmanthrowit wrote: post #71

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I live in Türkiye. You're just entitled westerners with 2 steaks complaining you don't have a potatoe.

They also have the potato, their complaint is about having to share it with poorer people. :P

They re just looking for the right metaphor to use :p

Re: Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in Southern Turkey

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Post by Faark »

plehoux wrote: post #6
dopamean wrote: post #4

> Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in Southern Turkey It's kind of incredible how that head line are so terrifying. The only explanation for this is that people don't want information getting out of that area. It's so fucked up. Maybe this is a bit naive to say but I really hate that this is just how things are. We all know what's going to happen and there's nothing that can be done about it. It d…

Wouldn't Starlink by Space X solve this? Authoritarian govs. would make it illegal to subscribe... but like VPNs it would be very hard to police, even harder.

I know the fan community likes to make this argument, but SpaceX will most likely cooperate with major governments.

Fighting oppressive regimes is not something I remember Must doing, yet. And he has no problem setting up shop e.g. in China.

Re: Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in Southern Turkey

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Post by _xnmw »

throwaway5752 wrote: post #104
_xnmw wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> There's an official denial of a "green light" Have you considered the possibility that a green light was, in fact, not given, and that Putin has simply outmanoeuvred America in this case? I think the evidence points towards Russian intel backing Turkey's latest operation. America completely failed to implement her interests in the region partly due the absolute mess of her internal politics, e.g. a still completely…

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The source you posted seems to support my point, that America was outmanoeuvred. Even if Trump did greenlight the operation, it seems that he was forced to. Trump saying that he did in fact greenlight it is the easiest way to save face.

Re: Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in Southern Turkey

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Post by _xnmw »

netsharc wrote: post #105
_xnmw wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> There's an official denial of a "green light" Have you considered the possibility that a green light was, in fact, not given, and that Putin has simply outmanoeuvred America in this case? I think the evidence points towards Russian intel backing Turkey's latest operation. America completely failed to implement her interests in the region partly due the absolute mess of her internal politics, e.g. a still completely…

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> And I do wish the military would stand up against him as a domestic enemy

Are you calling for civil war?

Re: Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in Southern Turkey

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Post by megous »

spoiledtechie wrote: post #85
ipsin wrote: post #51

I'm still shocked at how thoroughly the United States betrayed the groups like YPG that we were working with months ago. Destroying fortifications on the Syrian border [1], providing intel to Turkey. There's an official denial of a "green light", but it's pretty clear that that's exactly what it was -- a surprise withdrawal and support ahead of Turkey's offensive. U.S. hardware, support, and consent. It might as well…

Its a CIVIL war that has been raging for the last 200 years. It won't stop anytime soon until there is diplomacy. Real diplomacy and HARD diplomacy is needed here. It can't be stopped unless people sit down and talk things out.

Since when CIVIL wars involve several remote superpowers and a bunch of local countries?

Re: Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in Southern Turkey

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Post by anticensor »

untreasure wrote: post #16
plehoux wrote: post #6

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Wouldn't Starlink by Space X solve this? Authoritarian govs. would make it illegal to subscribe... but like VPNs it would be very hard to police, even harder.

You need to have the ground receiver and those seem relatively easy to restrict.

Hackable SDRs and small planar antennae are very cheap.

Re: Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in Southern Turkey

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Post by hugo19941994 »

enriquto wrote: post #12

everybody is freaking out about Hong Kong, and not without reason, but there are much larger movements going on elsewhere (Ecuador, Kurdistan, Yemen, ...) Edit: if you think all these places are too far from the "western world", well, think about Catalonia. We have a lot of arrested political prisoners without trial.

Comparing Catalan independence with Kurdish independence is a quite a stretch IMO. A more honest comparison might be Flemish or Padanian independence movements.
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