I heard someone describe it as late-empire rome

by MattG, Thursday, June 18, 2026, 12:33 (17 hours, 45 minutes ago) @ domer.mq

Announcing peace with Persia on the same day you hold gladiator fights in front of the emperor’s home to celebrate his birthday

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The terms of the US's surrender in the Iran war are stark. - domer.mq, 2026-06-18, 09:03
- Are these two paragraphs distinguishing energy v. weapons? - Grantland, 2026-06-19, 06:16
- Sounds like they went easy on us - fightinamish, 2026-06-18, 19:51
- I heard someone describe it as late-empire rome - MattG, 2026-06-18, 12:33
- What a joke! - oviedoirish, 2026-06-18, 12:32
- What does the $300B buy us? - San Pedro, 2026-06-18, 09:41
  - If someone has their knee on your neck - atxND, 2026-06-18, 19:08
  - Peace? - nedhead, 2026-06-18, 18:37
    - The better alternative... - domer.mq, 2026-06-18, 19:50
      - Sure, but we can't go back in time. - nedhead, 2026-06-18, 19:52
        
        Was Hiroshima a tolerable outcome for Japan - KGB, 2026-06-19, 05:34
        
        I don't understand this line of argument. - nedhead, 2026-06-19, 06:07
  - It buys us Trump’s attempt at development deals - Joe I, 2026-06-18, 12:21
  - Its helps secure Iran’s new young extremist leader. - Mark, 2026-06-18, 10:00
    - This doesn’t address my question. - San Pedro, 2026-06-18, 12:19
  - It buys us not having our Oil reserves go to 0 next month. - domer.mq, 2026-06-18, 09:53
    - Our oil reserves are nearly empty? - San Pedro, 2026-06-18, 12:18
      - as I have learned recently, it's a complex question - domer.mq, 2026-06-18, 12:29
        
        I guess taking over Venezuela - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2026-06-18, 12:54

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I heard someone describe it as late-empire rome