TheLastHero [he/him]

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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • I told him they would have had so much more support and legitimacy if Israel attacked first

    this is where I think you are mistaken. The Palestinian independence cause was about to be quietly erased and forgot after many Arab states normalized relations with the Zionist entity, and this was in process (Abraham Accords, ect) until the Al Aqsa flood completely derailed this diplomatic plan.

    The atrocities committed by the IOF since then have sank normalization with Arab states for the foreseeable future, and attacking first allowed the resistance to capture valuable settler hostages. They would be in an even worse position with no leverage if the Zionists were allowed to start this war on their terms, though I understand that is cold comfort to the present reality of Gazans. They are on the frontlines of imperialism and all they can do is try to endure and fight.





  • Contradictorily I wish x-com or Xenonauts toyed more with unique geopolitical situations, specially the latter with the cold war. It would make a lot of sense for different countries to have very different reactions to alien contact in general for cultural, geopolitical, economic reasons in any context

    Terra invicta is an in-dev game that focus more on this aspect, but the geopolitics kind of drop off mid game in favor of space colonization being more powerful, which is a shame because imo the early game political maneuvering is more fun than the rest of a campaign right now. There’s only a 2022 start now but supposedly a cold war start is planned.