I lost a three-month contract because of the current war involving Iran.
It is honestly very hard.
I was supposed to be brought in as a contract freelancer for PLC control work related to a factory expansion. But because of this war, the factory expansion was cancelled.
I still do not understand why Iran had to be attacked. Now I am suddenly looking for work for the next three months, and I am really shaken by it.
> I lost a three-month contract because of the current war involving Iran.
I’m sorry for your loss of work. It’s very difficult in the current economic environment. I’ve been laid off twice in the last ~6 months in mass layoffs by large tech companies and finding employment has been a struggle, even as a senior and experienced individual in the industry.
> I still do not understand why Iran had to be attacked.
The Iranian regime has killed over 1000 Americans over the last 47 years of its rule and has been persuing nuclear armaments at all costs to itself and its people, because it’s led by religious fanatics bent on destroying all of western culture and society. Their leadership is not reasonable and has no survival instinct, even when they’re on their last leg (in some cases literally).
The US is in the precarious position of 1) resolving the issue with religious fanatics persuing nuclear weapons, 2) doing so with as little impact to the Iranian citizenry as possible, 3) spending blood and treasure to do so, 4) doing the world a favor while being critiqued for it every step of the way, and 5) doing all of this in the historical context of appeasement and kicking the can down the road by feckless former US leadership setting a precedent of tolerating terrorist regimes and activities.
As is the case in an abusive relationship, when we’re so used to the wrong thing being done, it certainly does seem confusing and jarring when the right thing is done for once.
The United States leadership is full of religious fanatics saying this war is for Christ, that God stands with their army, those that bless israel will be blessed, etc in the context of political speeches. If the Iranian regime has killed 100 Americans in 47 years, it's shocking how small that is compared to the 1000+ reported civilian deaths that the USA caused by attacking civilian infrastructure and even schools and hospitals. The abusive relationship here is the one American people have with the political class that benefits from these forever wars.
What I'd like to understand is whether your President (& his advisers) understands why Iran had to be attacked.
That will inform his decision on which actions he will take to "help open up the Strait" in the short term. These decisions will then inform us somewhat of his long term strategy for Korea, if he has any.
Does he think that ~5000 troops are truly required to be good neighbours? Does he think LNG is critical to the long term industrial policy? Then you'd know which factories to apply to (defence, definitely, but details matter too, like, are you a man of peace? :)
I lost a three-month contract because of the current war involving Iran.
It is honestly very hard.
I was supposed to be brought in as a contract freelancer for PLC control work related to a factory expansion. But because of this war, the factory expansion was cancelled.
I still do not understand why Iran had to be attacked. Now I am suddenly looking for work for the next three months, and I am really shaken by it.
> I lost a three-month contract because of the current war involving Iran.
I’m sorry for your loss of work. It’s very difficult in the current economic environment. I’ve been laid off twice in the last ~6 months in mass layoffs by large tech companies and finding employment has been a struggle, even as a senior and experienced individual in the industry.
> I still do not understand why Iran had to be attacked.
The Iranian regime has killed over 1000 Americans over the last 47 years of its rule and has been persuing nuclear armaments at all costs to itself and its people, because it’s led by religious fanatics bent on destroying all of western culture and society. Their leadership is not reasonable and has no survival instinct, even when they’re on their last leg (in some cases literally).
The US is in the precarious position of 1) resolving the issue with religious fanatics persuing nuclear weapons, 2) doing so with as little impact to the Iranian citizenry as possible, 3) spending blood and treasure to do so, 4) doing the world a favor while being critiqued for it every step of the way, and 5) doing all of this in the historical context of appeasement and kicking the can down the road by feckless former US leadership setting a precedent of tolerating terrorist regimes and activities.
As is the case in an abusive relationship, when we’re so used to the wrong thing being done, it certainly does seem confusing and jarring when the right thing is done for once.
The United States leadership is full of religious fanatics saying this war is for Christ, that God stands with their army, those that bless israel will be blessed, etc in the context of political speeches. If the Iranian regime has killed 100 Americans in 47 years, it's shocking how small that is compared to the 1000+ reported civilian deaths that the USA caused by attacking civilian infrastructure and even schools and hospitals. The abusive relationship here is the one American people have with the political class that benefits from these forever wars.
It's like asking the scorpion "why did you sting me?"
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Do you care to understand?
What I'd like to understand is whether your President (& his advisers) understands why Iran had to be attacked.
That will inform his decision on which actions he will take to "help open up the Strait" in the short term. These decisions will then inform us somewhat of his long term strategy for Korea, if he has any.
Does he think that ~5000 troops are truly required to be good neighbours? Does he think LNG is critical to the long term industrial policy? Then you'd know which factories to apply to (defence, definitely, but details matter too, like, are you a man of peace? :)