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2026-10-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran to mobilize regional proxies if US launches ground invasion: IRGC-linked official

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Posted by badanov 2026-10-05 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [74 views ] Top
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1 What ground invasion?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-10-05 03:16|| 2026-10-05 03:16|| Front Page Top

2 Megalomania: When Grandiosity Becomes Catastrophe
Self-aggrandizement spans a spectrum from ordinary vanity through narcissism to its most dangerous extreme: megalomania. While narcissism describes a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, entitlement, and lack of empathy, megalomania — derived from the Greek megas (great) and mania (madness) — represents its most dangerous and destructive evolution. The megalomaniac does not merely think highly of themselves; they become delusional, seeing themselves as destined to reshape history, dominate nations, or transcend ordinary human limits. They do not serve a cause — they become the cause.

Contemporary psychology does not list “megalomania” as a separate diagnostic category; it falls within the broader spectrum of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) as defined in the DSM-5, the diagnostic psychiatric manual. In its most severe form, it manifests with paranoid and antisocial features. The clinical label matters less than the observable phenomenon: a mind that has lost the capacity to recognize others’ humanity, inflated its own importance to cosmic proportions, and regards itself as beyond accountability.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-10-05 06:09|| 2026-10-05 06:09|| Front Page Top

3 Seems to me they mobilized them years ago.

Posted by chris 2026-10-05 13:23|| 2026-10-05 13:23|| Front Page Top

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