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Iran claims ownership over Antarctica and plans military base there
(www.washingtonexaminer.com)
This is now my favorite potential cause of WW3.
this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2024
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Who the hell had "Iran colonizes Antarctica" on their bingo board?!
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Inshallah is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence.
I remember before going to Morocco with the military being taught some customs. Inshallah was a funny one to us, because it was suggested its use had a bit of a double meaning. Kinda like "Are you going to get out there and tackle the weeds today? You said you'd do it yesterday.". And the appropriate response would be "Inshallah," which essentially meant yeah, but probably no.
It sounds like that's implicitly "Well if God literally comes down and personally commands me (if God wills) then yeah, but if not then probably no"
I'm wondering if he actually said the rest in English or if the author didn't want to translate the one word because it's so heavily associated with Islam? I'm leaning towards the latter and it's weirding me out halp
God willing has a different hit in english. I have heard people leave it untranslated.
Inshallah 🙏
Military base in -80°. Uh huh.
By the time the treaty lapses global warming will 'help' with that
Hahahahahahahahahaha!
(Wipes eyes)
(takes breath)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
"Inshallah, the Antarctic Treaty will 'expire' in 2042. Might as well take a free claim now to hopefully make it permanent by then.
I hope they overlap with Argentinas claim so they can do Falklands but with Iran.
I declare ownership!
I mean, it works for bankruptcy right?
Iran are going to be so pissed when they find out
Is that real or did he smonk too many leaves? Wth...
Maybe they got the idea from Putin when he said Russia still has ownership of Alaska
Lol my guess is Rear Adm. Shahram is trolling and want to trigger the imperialists. Whenever I see the partitioning of Antarctica I think "what the fuck"
If Iran wants to do a scientific mission that's great.
Bless your heart, sweet summer child.
But do you have a flag?
Well, if you don't have a flag, then you can't have a country. Those are the rules... that I just made up!
Cake or death!
Ok
Do they know its cold there?