India is already one of the cheapest service providers for such launches - ISRO puts 36 OneWeb satellites in orbit - https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/isro-successfully-... (They are ofcourse working to create a reusable launch vehicle too).
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Live in the now. Don't brood over your past, don't worry about your future, unnecessarily. You accept it and keep doing what you would normally do. Don't try to find meaning or ascribe some meaning to what is otherwise a natural process of our modern life. You have health issues, you get it treated it and try to live healthier. That's it (what more can you do?). You got a new job. Congratulations. Give it all you got as you would normally do. Your company got acquired, you got a new boss, your job sucks now. Skill up. Fight for your current job or search for a new one. (Also, talk to your old boss and close co-workers). Looking back at your past, or worrying about your future is only useful if it helps your present. Live in the now.
Iran's neighbour, Israel currently has a genocidal regime (where Netanyahu is trying to become the Jewish Ayatollah by crippling its democracy with the help of his right-wing buddies) that has already massacred and injured more than 50,000 children ( https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/unimaginable-horrors-m... ). (The Palestinian genocide is still ongoing). The start of the Iranian war with a massacre of 100+ children suggest that an Iranian genocide too is planned.
America is today run by a President who believes that the rise of India, China, Brazil, South Korea, EU etc, means that American might will be challenged soon, and thus America needs to drop its facade of respect for international law and order and use its full economic and military might to strengthen itself. The Attack on Venezuela and Iran has no politically moral goodwill behind it and is a pure resource grab - it's just a return of imperialism not even trying to pretend otherwise, which none of us in the Global South (former colonies) wish to experience again.
So, tell me again, how is Israel and US morally better than Iran?
As for Ukraine, nobody in the west really cares for it - that proxy war has given all the dividends it can for the west (EU has cut off all economic ties with Russia, EU is now dependent again on the US for its energy thus making the US richer, EU's next generation have now been brainwashed to hate the Russians again, Finland and Sweden have been successfully pressurised to give up neutrality and join NATO, Finland and Sweden joining NATO means the Arctic Council is now dominated by NATO - Arctic is where the west will next try to cut off Russian influence, Ukraine - which had a large territory and the one of the largest military in Europe - has been cut down in size and is now totally economically and military dependent on the west in effect a vassal state) and the Ukraine war is a stalemate now, where Russians will make slow gains as their army grinds down and keeps losing soldiers - and that's a plus too. As Russia becomes weaker, another proxy war or even a direct attack against it can be waged later in the future (maybe after Putin?). American deep state always plans long term - Death by a 1000 cuts ...
I believe in karma and genuinely feel that the bad karma that the US has earned by supporting such wanton massacres and war crimes is going to haunt your nation pretty soon - this is all going to be a precursor to the downfall of the United States as a superpower and a nation. I don't see how you can salvage this in any manner - the nation may benefit materially in the short term, but the soul of the nation is surely doomed.
This is genuinely worrying. It shows contempt towards (American) democracy. Worse still is what it means - is this because of the changing nature of warfare?
AI, drones, missiles, missile-shields etc. means that unless you want to occupy a territory, you don't really need to send your army / troops to a country any more to "punish" them. If you aren't going to put boots on the ground, you don't have to worry about body bags returning home and generating (unmanageable) political anger. Thus, politicians (from superpowers) who hold a contempt for the general public may feel that there is no need any more to get the public's approval for a war as these "ungrateful" citizens aren't anyway going to volunteer for a war without a reasonable justification. The Gaza genocide has already shown that unless the victims are "white, blue-eyed blonde Christians like us" ( https://www.newslaundry.com/2022/02/28/europeans-with-blue-e... ) western politicians are genuinely not going to care about such kind of war crimes. Combine that with extremist right-wing views of a new wave of imperialism (that is all about "regime" changes and killing leaders to install puppets) all stemming from the right- in the US, a multi-polar world order doesn't just seem like a "nice idea" but a political necessity.
Yes, they however do spout the policy of the government they represent. And they are supposed to be diplomats (good diplomats do not say anything to jeopardise their country's relationships with other countries whom they call "allies" too).
> Iran said it was the United States that set a precedent for such attacks when it targeted a water desalination plant on Iranian soil. “The US committed a blatant and desperate crime by attacking a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Island,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X on Saturday. “Water supply in 30 villages has been impacted. Attacking Iran’s infrastructure is a dangerous move with grave consequences. The US set this precedent, not Iran.” ... Meanwhile, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned on Sunday that Iran would be “forced to respond” against neighbouring countries if their territory is used to attack it. - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/8/bahrain-says-water-d...
(Most western news media are terrible when it comes to middle-east reporting and only tend to parrot and enforce a one-sided western narrative.)
As for the fire in UAE’s Fujairah oil industry zone, as the media report say, it was caused by drone derbis (which means damage was caused by a falling debris of a drone that was destroyed mid-air). Nobody has suggested that Fujairah was the target. (Note that Iranian drones and missiles also lack precision. And Fujairah could indeed be a legitimate target for the Iranian military if the American military depends on it too).
Note that one of the stated goals of the Republican Party and the Trump administration is - Make America the dominant energy producer in the world, by far! and - Keep the US dollar as the world's reserve currency ( https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-pa... ). Both are linked - the only way the dollar can remain the reserve currency of the world is if the US control oil and gas production (petro-dollars).
Iranians, in effect, are sadly doomed as victims of modern imperialism (and even face a possible genocide from the current genocidal regime of Israel, as they are unlikely to surrender without a fight). It all depends on how much destiny / luck will favour them. If the other Middle-East countries get really jittery, they will pressure the US to end the war. Or, better yet, Iran may still get to retain some of their sovereignty if they can effectively and successfully block the Strait of Hormuz - China will then be forced to get involved in the war, siding with Iran, as blocking of the Strait could mean the death knell for its economy (40-50% of China's and India's oil and gas is mported through it). If China gets involved, the Russian too would be willing to get involved in the military conflict. India would also be forced to choose a side. We would then see either Word War 3, or Iran falling into the Spheres of Influence of China and / or Russia.