• amniotic druid@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      To the surprise of literally no one. Every single war game with Iran for the past 50 years has called them mining the Strait of Hormuz, it’s one of the reasons no other leader in the world has taken up Bibi’s offer to invade. To have done so without an immediate plan for capturing the Strait is so retarded it just about makes my brain start to believe in 5D chess.

      My pet theory is that Bibi saw that he was about to lose his most obedient pet when Congress flips this fall and decided to cash in early and convince Trump to go in on an invasion. The pretense of this was last summer when AIPAC-affiliated media channels ran 24/7 pieces against every anti-Isreal person on the right, to shore up support (See: The Mossad-linked killing of Charlie Kirk).

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        2 months ago

        makes my brain start to believe in 5D chess.

        I like the term “100 ELO chess”. Here is one description of 100 ELO chess:

        100 Elo chess represents the absolute beginner level on platforms like Chess.com, often characterized by frequent, accidental hanging of pieces (leaving them undefended), missing basic one-move checkmates, and limited opening knowledge.