Considering his first two predictions, this prediction is more than a little concerning.

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    In another post it was helpfully pointed out that the professor in question also believes in the illuminati and other secret cabals controlling society. Take that as you will.

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      He has another long YT video about how immigration ruined Canada. Full of stereotypes.

      I get that when you want to talk about geopolitics you have to generalize a bit, but this guy generalizes hard multiple times per sentence, these big crystal palaces out of those generalizations and then fashions predictions based on the layout of those palaces. It’s all a bit facile.

      Speaking of easy, someday we will realize that this is a guy who predicted Trump would win and that there would be a war with Iran and those two things are not exactly Nostradamus-worthy.

      Still I like him. Good food for thought. He thinks about things at a very high level.

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      Yeah, these “we interviewed the 1 out 10 doctors who think cavities are swell” articles are ridiculous.

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    Besides the nature of asymmetrical warfare, let’s not forget also that Iran is fighting for survival, whilst America and Israel are fighting for profit (and many soldiers, for the joy of murder and rape, I guess).

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    I love how there’s a ton of comments and upvotes here, yet OP’s article is paywalled behind a subscription. Did anyone here actually read it?

    It reminds me of a post I just saw elsewhere, with total nonsense in the link. Since it was already upvoted, the moderater left it up as an experiment: it got a boatload of upvotes and comments. No one cared, even with someone pointing this out in a comment. It was just a bunch of the same comments affirming what they already believed.

    …That about sums up the internet for me now. People don’t actually care where information came from; they just want to drive by, then keep scrolling :(

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      And also youtube is a cesspool of AI misinformation. Just blatant lies about major world changing events. And tons of comments about the completely fake news article. Have to scroll a mile down to finally see someone using a little bit of critical thinking. I think we are in trouble 😳

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      No.

      They are just a bunch of anti-USA types who just think this conflict is evidence of the collapse of America, or something. And they are eager cheering on the supposed downfall, and begging for any narrative or infopoint that makes america look bad.

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        Or I am someone who lost his enlisted best friend to the Iraq war.

        But yeah, you totally know me and my motivations.

        You worthless fucktard.

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        Bombing alone has never worked as a means of forcing regime change. So Trump will either have to succeed at this for the first time in history, back down (seems unlikely at this point) or put boots on the ground (for which he has not manufactured consent).I guess he could also just die on the shitter and make it the next guys problem. There are many avenues for the US to lose here.

        No

        The article was perfectly readable to me but sure cope harder.

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          He already backed down. Regime change isn’t the goal. It’s destroy the Iranian military. Which they will accomplish easily.

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            Regime change isn’t the goal.

            According to his latest tweet “unconditional surrender” is his goal. I wonder what his goal will be next week.

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    In most war, both sides end-up loosing. US couldn’t win neither in Iraq nor in Afghanistan. Unless they decide to win whatever it takes, and change their brute force strategy, they may also loose that one

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    Problem: You can’t lose a war you have no definition for winning.

    So in the end, the US literally can’t win or lose the war, all they can do is simply choose to end it.

    What is the end goal? What does winning the war look like? 🤷 Yeah, me either. But if you don’t define it, you can’t lose it either.

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    He posts his class lectures on YouTube which are worth a watch since he predicted this almost a year ago, and now he has an updated one for this semester.

    I think the only thing he got wrong (for now) was the US deploying ground troops. It could still happen, but I think it’ll take some time if it ever does.

    But aside from that he even guessed the details right like the IRGC shooting thousands of protesters, and Israel pushing Trump into the war, and the idea that they would mostly bomb city areas which would completely remove the chance of any revolution or regime change.

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    13 days ago

    Could the US lose in Vietnam? Of course not, they just got bored and left

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    Your experience is important to us. For optimal functionality on Pennlive.com, please disable your ad blocker before continuing.

    Meaning: fuck you, we want your money, your data, your life and if you don’t let us we won’t let you read our article

    Well that is something I’m very fine with, I’ll find my info elsewhere. Wanting to serve ads is one thing but I seriously can’t stand the “we love you so much, here, take another bullet!” type speech

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    Well, they lost to Vietnam and Afghanistan. Greater military might doesn’t guarantee success.