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Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

#191

This is so non-specific to be meaningless. Like actually tell us what you know so we can make useful decisions about our safety.

This is just more victim fear being pushed so (mostly Christian) conservatives can claim to be the victims, once again, as they colonize another people/land.

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What the fuck was even the intended purpose of starting this war in Iran? Like in their mind, what was the best case scenario?

Hegseth is a white christian nationalist with a crusades tattoo. Whatcha think the intended purpose is here? People said this was going to happen when he was nominated.

There's a christian prophecy involving israel occupying certain lands, a cow, and some other nonsense. A weirdly high number of Americans, mostly christians, believe it. There are a ton of them in the Trump admin.

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#193

Has there been any official WH note on the need for this war, yet? Or objectives?

This war is not a war. Not a.war war. Just a "war". No war has been declared.

It identifies as a special operation and people should just respect that.

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#194

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This war is not a war. Not a.war war. Just a "war". No war has been declared.

We already won. Are you tired of winning yet?

I keep reading this, is it meant to be a joke? What is being won?

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Would anyone argue that the TSA, Theatre Security Agency, shouldn’t be defunded?

The TSA is responsible for more than just airports. As someone with family who works (worked) on port security in the maritime division, I would argue that Chesterton's Fence [0] applies here just as much as anywhere else. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton#Chesterton's_...

Ports had no security before 2001? What does TSA do there?

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post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The TSA is responsible for more than just airports. As someone with family who works (worked) on port security in the maritime division, I would argue that Chesterton's Fence [0] applies here just as much as anywhere else. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton#Chesterton's_...

Ports had no security before 2001? What does TSA do there?

The Coast Guard has long been responsible for port security. TSA does administer TWIC, the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program, which is a biometric identification system go access to secure port facilities.

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Why do they chant that? Is it due to acting against US interests in favor of another state, maybe one in the Levant?

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It’s bold to get presumptuously snooty about people’s understanding of history, and even mention the closeness of the Shah with the US, without acknowledging how the Shah came to power…! To say nothing of the US’s more recent interventions in other Muslim-majority countries. Do you not think that might go further to explain the discontent, especially considering Khomeini’s comments that you refer to, than some nebulous idea of “values”?

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post #195
post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The TSA is responsible for more than just airports. As someone with family who works (worked) on port security in the maritime division, I would argue that Chesterton's Fence [0] applies here just as much as anywhere else. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton#Chesterton's_...

Ports had no security before 2001? What does TSA do there?

Ports did indeed have very little security before 2001 (compared to now). See ISPS code: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Ship_and_Port_Fa...
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