#Domino theory

[thepoliticalvulcan]

Much in the way that almost everything terrible in the world can eventually be traced back to Europeans doodling on maps, if we look at what is happening right now at this very instant we could tell a story that begins with the invasion of Iraq.

Where did the Houthis, Hamas et al. get weapons and training?

Iran in large part.

Where did Iran get all of its knowledge on guerrilla warfare to pass on to various insurgent groups?

In part by supporting militias fighting the Islamic State but also fighting the US.

How do you wind up with an Islamic State to need fighting?

Well quite a few of them were previously in Saddam Hussein’s military and intelligence services. They found what was functionally a never ending supply of people angry and traumatized by the invasion and occupation or simply possessed of no better path forward in life other than joining a militia. Zealots do mutual aid tragically well in shattered societies.

Oh and guess what Iran did?

Also reached out to and provided succor to people fitting the very same template.

Where did Iran get the resources for this effort?

In part it was it was due to relief afforded to it by removing one of its biggest regional threats: a strong and coherent Iraq.

In part it was the restoration in part of trade and access to financial resources that had been tied up in Western controlled banks for years as punishment for terrorism and such.

Why was Iran given this money back?

As part of a deal to get Iran to idle its nuclear weapons program.

Why was Iran pursuing nuclear weapons?

George W Bush named it as part of an Axis of Evil along with Iraq and North Korea and then invaded Iraq.

There’s a lot of reasons why the US might not have restarted the Korean War but nukes probably helped dissuade it.

Jews, Muslims, American service people, cargo ship crews trying to transit the Red Sea living in fear?

Iran is not not responsible but make sure to thank Bush.

And everyone better think about this as we stare down the barrel of further escalation in the region. It never ends once you begin. There’s no honorable escape, just one damn thing after another after another.

You can’t just knock one domino over. It’s not how it works.

[gregor-samsung]

" President Nixon's chief foreign policy aide, Henry Kissinger, was also bathed and frustrated by the Communists during his secret negotiations with them. Kissinger had tried above all to avoid a repetition of the Inconclusive Korean war armistice talks, which had dragged on for two years because, he believed, America had not stiffened its diplomacy with the threat of force. He calculated that the North Vietnamese would compromise only if menaced with total annihilation—an approach that Nixon privately dubbed his "madman theory." But, like his predecessors, Kissinger never found their breaking point. His later claims to the contrary, the Communists agreed to a cease-fire in October 1972 only after he had handed them major concessions that were to jeopardize the future of the South Vietnamese government. The real pressure on the Nixon administration to reach a settlement in Vietnam came from the American public, which by that time wanted peace at almost any price—for reasons that Kissinger himself had perceived four years before. Early in 1968, on the eve of Tet, the Asian lunar New Year, the Communists had launched a dramatic offensive against towns and cities throughout South Vietnam, which Kissinger saw as the "watershed" of the American effort in Vietnam: "Henceforth, no matter how effective our actions, the prevalent strategy could no longer achieve its objectives within a period or with force levels politically acceptable to the American people." Americans had been prepared to make sacrifices in blood and treasure, as they had in other wars. But they had to be shown progress, told when the war would end. In World War II, they could trace the advance of their army across Europe; in Vietnam, where there were no fronts, they were only given meaningless enemy "body counts"—and promises. So the United States, which had brought to bear stupendous military power to crack Communist morale, itself shattered under the strain of a struggle that seemed to be interminable. An original aim of the intervention, first enunciated by President Eisenhower, had been to protect all of Southeast Asia, whose countries would presumably "topple like a row of dominoes" were the Communists to take over Vietnam. Ironically, as Leslie Gelb of The New York Times observed, the real domino to fall was American public opinion. The public, distressed by mounting casualties, rising taxes, and no prospect of a solution in sight, turned against the war long before America's political leaders did. "

Karnow Stanley, Vietnam - A History. The First Complete Account of Vietnam at War, Penguin Books, 1985 [1983]; pages 19-20.

[falseandrealultravival]

The Domino Theory and The USA

Won the decisive battle with Japan, The USA, which took control of mainland China, Taken over by the Communist Party He was paranoid.

He fears the Communist Party more than necessary, He also did a "red scare". The domino theory is also a product of such psychology. Fight Vietnam, which shouldn't be fought,

He bled in vain and lost.

Rei Morishita

ドミノ理論とThe USA

日本との決戦を制し、 中国大陸を手中にしたUSAは、 共産���に横取りされて、 彼は疑心暗鬼に陥った。

必要以上に共産党を恐れ、 「赤狩り」も行った。 ドミノ理論も、そのような心理の産物だ。 戦うべきではないベトナムと戦い、

彼は無駄な血を流し、そして負けた。

[frstndlstlns]

The Confessions of Brother Haluin

The worst of the winter came early, that year of 1142.

“How good it is,” he said, “to be going home!”

— Ellis Peters

[pinetree-tbb]

I was watching TCW for old times sake again and there is this scene in S3 E1 Clone Cadets

It got me thinking who Bric means by "other rejects"

Probably CF99. Since we know they get bullied by the other clones he must be reffering to them, right?

Tho I believe they must have been quite young there?

When Domino Squad finnished their test by scaling the wall using the guns, El-Les said that "no unit has shown such inhenuity" where I think that our beloved Bad Batch would have done something even crazyer, meaning they where to young to attend this test.

Maybe they where little cadets there, hanging out with 99 and doing their training.

We need Cadet Batch, I wanna know how they where when they were little and how they grew up together. (Besides the fact that Hunter and Crosshair often got into physical fights xD )

Feel free to join and share your theories :D

[distressed-bird]

it is important that Parkour Civilization 2 is about yaoi and trust instead of classism and systematic oppression because Parkour Civilization 1 can not only be an example of the pitfalls of a rigged meritocracy but also an example of a society that has forgone the need for community, and connection and the sequel thus allows for the rediscovery and reintroduction of community and connection that will lead to a restored-to-sustainability meritocracy

[abelle25125]

With the mention of Trevor -'semi-responsable for Daisy's death, kidnapped Jhon in America, used Gerry as a monster manual, invaded the archives and spilt his statement in 2 making it really hard to file properly' -Herbert showing up in TMAGP, and also the existance of the archivist which is maybe Jhon - who has every reason to hate him …

What im trying to say is that I think the archivist should fist fight that old man in the OAIR breakroom

[byler-invested]

Domino’s “Mind Ordering” app

aka a clear reference to Manifestation Theory.

there’s A LOT to analyze in this video and also in the app itself.

[pookiepiastri]

How can I link Kate Middleton’s disappearance to Alex Albon’s appendix

[chipistrate]

Steel wool saying that we gotta go to the past to understand the future… we’re definitely heading back to Vanessa and Gregory when we return to the present

I HOPE SO!!!! As hyped as I am about a Mimic game, Gregory and Vanessa will always be my #1s I want them back!!!!

[chirpsythismorning]

We moved on too quickly from the Karen Wheeler lookalike in front of the missing persons board…

[coffee-jelly544]

Domino timeline rewrite

Edit: after thinking about it more, I thought of ways to make it make more sense.

This is my rewrite for the Domino wonky timeline. I just need to advise on whether it makes sense and there aren't any plotholes.

Bloom is the second princess of Domino. Her parents were King Oritel and Queen Marion, with an older sister named Daphne, the current Keeper of the Dragon Flame. When she was born, the Dragon Flame chose her as its next guardian. She was raised for a few months on Domino when the Three Ancestral Witches tried to steal the Dragon Flame. Daphne fought them but the Three Witches combined their powers to curse her. If she were to use her Dragon powers, they would turn against her.

After realizing she wasn't going to defeat them, she grabbed Bloom and hid their presence inside the palaces hidden chambers that only the royal family new of.

Thinking that Daphne had somehow gotten away with Bloom, they froze the kingdom in ice. This ice reached Daphne and Bloom in the hidden chamber and froze them. For the next 300 years, the Dragon Flame slowly melted the ice. With whatever magic she had left in her weakened state, she transfered the Dragon Flame to Bloom and sent her to Earth. By doing so, this activated the curse, and she sacrificed her life. Bloom was discovered by Mike, a firefighter, in a house fire. He brought her home to his wife, Vanessa, and they adopted her. They raised for 16 years before she discovered she was a fairy.

[hajihiko]

Not gonna lie, I saw somebody say polycule? no, poly ecosystem and my first thought was what you had going on here because like, everyone is connected somehow, some way, different connection for each individual but still has a place in the whole group and there's an "Apex Predator" wherein, oh, you can take them away, sure, but it Will change up the dynamics a lot because they're intrinsically connected with each one even if there doesn't look to be a solid line between them because their very existence helps keep the balance just by being there.

Poly-game of Mikado, pull out one stick and the rest teeter on the brink.

[hibernating-stag]

I FORGOT THAT THE NEXT GUILTY GEAR X2 CHARACTER STORY MODE I NEEDED TO WATCH WAS I-NO…

I abandoned my girl I’m a fake fan…

[pinata-candy]

I had a fucking epiphany yet again forget what I had about Punchinello before he is their baby

[three-bunnies-in-a-trenchcoat]

Like I know it was to be cinematic and shit but. I still cannot get over the logistics of five bosses fitting into one arena.