There is a science fiction book "The inhabited island" ("Prisoners of power"?) by A. and B. Strugatsky. In one of episodes they try to describe the feeling of being in a very human-looking but also completely alien culture (a different planet with humanoid inhabitants). So they describe how a group of people works out a credentials/paperwork situation (they need to move a prisoner from one place to another) but literally, as these actions are seen by the prisoner who does not understand the meaning. "This one gave that one a yellow rectangle but that one refused to take it and said something in a raised voice."
I always remember that episode as I see headlines like that.
Prediction: it won't. HN is very touchy about things that make the president look bad, as well as about bold statements, as well as about politics (except when it's good for VC money, then it's apolitical).
I try to stay humble when predicting the future. But there is just no way there will be a literal military invasion. Trump would never risk a bunch of american dying on the ground, it would be terrible optics.
It's not an invasion, it is just a special military operation.
A Superb Military Operation, some even say it's Super, one of the best military operations they've ever seen!
First US need to lose 220,000+ of military personnel dead there and then you can call it that. Otherwise comparison with Russia is kind a dull.
It was called a military operation long before they lost 220,000+.
Which is just a euphemism for a certain kind of invasion
Yes they’re referring to what Russia called invading Ukraine
If any other country ran what they called a “special military operation” like this in the US, we’d call it an invasion.
> If any other country ran what they called a “special military operation” like this in the US, we’d call it an invasion
It's a reference to "the official term used by the Russian government to describe the Russian invasion of Ukraine" [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_military_operation
Don't need to go that far. Refugees coming to the U.S. is called an invasion.
Heck, the US claims Venezuela has been and is conducting an invasion of the United States, based on...a whole lot less than that.
When did we stop calling them “police actions” when side-stepping Congressional approval?
I think the term is “humanitarian aid”
> Prediction: this headline will be renamed "US invades Venezuela" very soon
I'll say I'm doubtful. I think we'll bomb from afar and hope to pot Maduro.
There is a science fiction book "The inhabited island" ("Prisoners of power"?) by A. and B. Strugatsky. In one of episodes they try to describe the feeling of being in a very human-looking but also completely alien culture (a different planet with humanoid inhabitants). So they describe how a group of people works out a credentials/paperwork situation (they need to move a prisoner from one place to another) but literally, as these actions are seen by the prisoner who does not understand the meaning. "This one gave that one a yellow rectangle but that one refused to take it and said something in a raised voice."
I always remember that episode as I see headlines like that.
Prediction: it won't. HN is very touchy about things that make the president look bad, as well as about bold statements, as well as about politics (except when it's good for VC money, then it's apolitical).
It doesn’t make him look stupid, it makes him look like a criminal.
Like Reagan. But they’ll find some guy, I don’t know, Bob South, who will take the fall.
No, not actually. But the mods do remove political content, so this whole thread will be gone soon.
They remove political content they don't like. Plenty remains up.
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It won’t, they will just quote whatever the Trump admin says
I try to stay humble when predicting the future. But there is just no way there will be a literal military invasion. Trump would never risk a bunch of american dying on the ground, it would be terrible optics.
If you think he cares about Americans? Let alone optics. I've got a bridge to sell you.
I think he cares about the optics of Americans dying at least between now and the midterms.
I think the strategy is more by creep. Desensitization. This will be just another inching forward
Or maybe not :(