Comments on: The core of the original Project Maven was spotting potential terrorist targets in mind-numbing hours of drone surveillance video https://www.isegoria.net/2026/10/the-core-of-the-original-project-maven-was-spotting-potential-terrorist-targets-in-mind-numbing-hours-of-drone-surveillance-video/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:09:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Lucklucky https://www.isegoria.net/2026/10/the-core-of-the-original-project-maven-was-spotting-potential-terrorist-targets-in-mind-numbing-hours-of-drone-surveillance-video/comment-page-1/#comment-3763142 Lucklucky Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:09:52 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=54832#comment-3763142 Since when did Afghanistan not initiate the conflict? Or Iran?

Actually there are several times the US would have been justified to answer Iran’s aggression and did not.

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2026/10/the-core-of-the-original-project-maven-was-spotting-potential-terrorist-targets-in-mind-numbing-hours-of-drone-surveillance-video/comment-page-1/#comment-3763135 Isegoria Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:27:50 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=54832#comment-3763135 Asking Grok about that claim was eye opening:

The frequently repeated claim that the US “initiated 81% of 248 armed conflicts from 1945 to 2001” originates in a Chinese Society for Human Rights Studies report (circulated around 2022 amid US-China tensions). It is not based on transparent methodology matching UCDP, Correlates of War (COW), or similar standards, treats “initiated” expansively (including indirect involvement, proxies, or interventions in existing conflicts), and is widely regarded as propaganda rather than scholarship.

]]> By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2026/10/the-core-of-the-original-project-maven-was-spotting-potential-terrorist-targets-in-mind-numbing-hours-of-drone-surveillance-video/comment-page-1/#comment-3763134 Bob Sykes Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:23:38 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=54832#comment-3763134 One is reminded that of the 250, or so, armed conflicts since 1945, 80% were started by the US, and almost always against countries at peace with us and our allies. Recent examples are Panama, Haiti (too numerous to count), Granada (a UK commonwealth member), Serbia, Somalia (still active after 34 years), Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq (twice), Syria, Yemen, Iran, Venezuela, Lebanon (by proxy), and Ukraine. The coup of 2014 that installed the current neonazi junta was our doing.

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