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Off the Record / Re: Iran War?
Last post by jimmy olsen - Today at 07:27:43 AMNot looking good guys
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/politics/trump-stark-choices-iran-war.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/politics/trump-stark-choices-iran-war.html
#2
Off the Record / Re: Iran War?
Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 06:11:12 AMQuote from: frunk on Today at 06:03:11 AMNATO countries should decline due to the ongoing threat to Greenland from a foreign power.Indeed
#3
Off the Record / Re: Iran War?
Last post by frunk - Today at 06:03:11 AMNATO countries should decline due to the ongoing threat to Greenland from a foreign power.
#4
Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by HVC - Today at 04:37:54 AMQuote from: Jacob on Today at 02:26:08 AMFree American airwaves?
It does have a little bit of that famous Hitler bunker scene about it.
I have no doubt that if the American people vote against Trump in the upcoming midterms he will want to punish them.
In the Immortal words of the Spartan ephors, "If" . I'm not so sure. Less sure about they'll even vote against his successor (if he doesn't choose to run himself). After all the surge in gas prices and cost of living is all the democrats fault
#5
Off the Record / Re: Iran War?
Last post by Richard Hakluyt - Today at 03:49:49 AMNot sure how accurate this piece is https://news.sky.com/story/the-drones-the-uk-is-considering-deploying-to-the-middle-east-13519993#:~:text=The%20UK%20could%20deploy%20autonomous,earlier%20this%20week%3A%20%22Now%20I've but it does appear to be the case that the UK has worthwhile anti-mine systems. The RN might even be keen to try them out in a real life conflict.
#6
Off the Record / Re: Iran War?
Last post by Richard Hakluyt - Today at 03:44:17 AMUK is considering sending mine-sweeping drones, I daresay Starmer also said a few soothing words in his recent phonecall with the orange baboon.
That is probably what NATO amounts to these days; I really hope European leaders are busy working out how to achieve strategic autonomy, we are very vulnerable at the moment.
That is probably what NATO amounts to these days; I really hope European leaders are busy working out how to achieve strategic autonomy, we are very vulnerable at the moment.
#7
Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by Syt - Today at 03:15:32 AMQuote from: Jacob on Today at 02:26:08 AMFree American airwaves?
It does have a little bit of that famous Hitler bunker scene about it.
I have no doubt that if the American people vote against Trump in the upcoming midterms he will want to punish them.
#8
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Syt - Today at 03:11:43 AMWith war in the news at all times now, I was curious how it was covered in the past.
The Austrian national archive has a fair number of newspapers archived till 1955 (many in their entirety), so I checked July 1863 to see what the reporting of the American Civil War and Gettysburg was.
Now, it took some browsing to figure out what the time delay was. Austrian international reporting was primarily focused on Polish uprisings in Russia, including diplomatic discussions about whether or not to intervene, with some speeches from the Houses of Parliament in London that called for/against Britain stepping in quoted in full on the matter. (Die Presse in 1863 generally seems to like quoting from British Parliament.)
By the 10th there were news about Lee's army moving into the North and that things were looking bleak for the Union and speculations about how this might go.
On the 13th Die Presse wrote that maybe there has already been a big clash in the Civil War, but that it's difficult to get any straight picture from fragmentary news and sift through exaggerations and misleading statements of the involved sides.
On the 14th it reported the news from July 1st(ish) that Hooker was relieved of his command by his request and various troop movement and rumors of command changes (McClellan taking over for Halleck) but that overall things are muddy.
It took till the 20th to get a report of the battleinto the papers. E.g. Die Presse gave it almost a full page (out of 8 or so total) about the battle itself in fairly comprehensive detail. A day later they're back to giving 20% of their space to the latest developments in The Polish Question.
Sidenote: one of the funnier finds was an article about the King of Hanover sending a telegram to the town of Stade, thanking them for their splendid hospitality a year prior, and wishing them all the best and God's blessing, getting almost the same space in the Wiener Zeitung of July 21st as Gettysburg.
Oh, and finding under "domestic news" Prague, Pest, Ragusa, Venice, Hermannstadt (now Sibiu) ...
Also, browsing through the papers I came across a short article about the Kingdom of Two Sicilies struggling to recruit for their military to fight against brigands and over 3500 people fleeing recruitment.
And there's sporadic news from Madagascar whose king had been murdered in May: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radama_II
The Militärzeitung had an article about the Englische Armee and their recruitment rules (number, how they're split between infantry (and how many of those are grenadiers or guards), cavalry etc.). I found it interesting that it distinguished between troops and officer pools from Great Britain and Ireland, though I suppose that's because so did the Brits.
But a lot of it is budget discussions, who made what proposal and which aristocrat and/or diplomat is traveling where. Die Presse's financial news page is called "Der kleine Capitalist" 
So over two weeks for battle reports to get from America to Viennese printers. Not sure if I prefer it over the breathless LIVE reporting these days.
Link to the archives: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?zoom=33
The Austrian national archive has a fair number of newspapers archived till 1955 (many in their entirety), so I checked July 1863 to see what the reporting of the American Civil War and Gettysburg was.
Now, it took some browsing to figure out what the time delay was. Austrian international reporting was primarily focused on Polish uprisings in Russia, including diplomatic discussions about whether or not to intervene, with some speeches from the Houses of Parliament in London that called for/against Britain stepping in quoted in full on the matter. (Die Presse in 1863 generally seems to like quoting from British Parliament.)
By the 10th there were news about Lee's army moving into the North and that things were looking bleak for the Union and speculations about how this might go.
On the 13th Die Presse wrote that maybe there has already been a big clash in the Civil War, but that it's difficult to get any straight picture from fragmentary news and sift through exaggerations and misleading statements of the involved sides.
On the 14th it reported the news from July 1st(ish) that Hooker was relieved of his command by his request and various troop movement and rumors of command changes (McClellan taking over for Halleck) but that overall things are muddy.
It took till the 20th to get a report of the battleinto the papers. E.g. Die Presse gave it almost a full page (out of 8 or so total) about the battle itself in fairly comprehensive detail. A day later they're back to giving 20% of their space to the latest developments in The Polish Question.
Sidenote: one of the funnier finds was an article about the King of Hanover sending a telegram to the town of Stade, thanking them for their splendid hospitality a year prior, and wishing them all the best and God's blessing, getting almost the same space in the Wiener Zeitung of July 21st as Gettysburg.
Oh, and finding under "domestic news" Prague, Pest, Ragusa, Venice, Hermannstadt (now Sibiu) ...
Also, browsing through the papers I came across a short article about the Kingdom of Two Sicilies struggling to recruit for their military to fight against brigands and over 3500 people fleeing recruitment.
And there's sporadic news from Madagascar whose king had been murdered in May: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radama_II
The Militärzeitung had an article about the Englische Armee and their recruitment rules (number, how they're split between infantry (and how many of those are grenadiers or guards), cavalry etc.). I found it interesting that it distinguished between troops and officer pools from Great Britain and Ireland, though I suppose that's because so did the Brits.
But a lot of it is budget discussions, who made what proposal and which aristocrat and/or diplomat is traveling where.
Die Presse's financial news page is called "Der kleine Capitalist" So over two weeks for battle reports to get from America to Viennese printers. Not sure if I prefer it over the breathless LIVE reporting these days.
Link to the archives: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?zoom=33
#9
Off the Record / Re: Iran War?
Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 02:51:29 AMLet the don clean up his own mess.
#10
Off the Record / Re: Iran War?
Last post by The Brain - Today at 02:40:43 AMIt is unclear why the mighty US, who has destroyed Iran and wages war mercilessly, would need any help. Those sculpted abs glisten with sweat after a hard shift firing off US ordnance inventory on low-value targets. The US is fine.