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Tzeench’s claims are plagued by rhetorical inconsistencies which betray his pro-Russian propaganda. On one side he’s dismissing the European military ...
July 25, 2024 at 08:37
Poll says 32% of Ukrainians open to territorial concessions for quick peace https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/poll-says-32-of-ukrain...
July 24, 2024 at 13:19
Legally speaking, allegations of genocide. And there are allegations of Russia committing a genocide against Ukrainians too: https://en.wikipedia.org/...
July 22, 2024 at 12:21
I won’t argue for SSU’s claims, he can do it by himself. I can argue for my claims. And I think here again you are playing with words, like “victory”....
July 22, 2024 at 12:11
You don’t seem to follow through your own reasoning here. Indeed, what is true for Russia, it is true for the US and Ukraine too: regardless of what y...
July 22, 2024 at 12:11
far right and nazis uncorking bottles of champagne in Europe with Putin's great satisfaction but sure the Ukrainian denazification by Putin is what we...
June 10, 2024 at 08:51
> It is simple, clearly, unambiguously genocide. Even if that's the case, Hamas and Palestinians who support Hamas are to be blamed for it. They provo...
June 08, 2024 at 07:28
If we should not confuse military achievements with political goals, then we MUST NOT confuse Russia's military achievements with political achievemen...
May 31, 2024 at 09:34
> But not if the US manages to embroil the two in a war with each other. Ok let's stick to your reasoning, despite the manipulative framing. Here is m...
May 31, 2024 at 08:17
OK, if "The whole situation is one of the many dark sides of colonialism" is not the issue of "who settled where in pre-history" but an "issue of self...
May 31, 2024 at 07:47
We can go further back: the Arabs colonised Palestine too. What shell we do with this piece of information now? I didn’t write it’s inevitable, nor im...
May 29, 2024 at 16:42
Unfortunately contended territories easily end up in genocidal or cleansing perceived practices. When one evokes self-determination aspirations agains...
May 29, 2024 at 11:52
Why though? Why should the two people care about what seems wrong to you about their beef? Why do you take your humanitarian feelings as universal if ...
May 29, 2024 at 11:44
So NATO is winning too now? Or is NATO policy to slowly lose to Russia? What about Russian security threats from NATO enlargement? Did Russia get rid ...
May 24, 2024 at 16:37
I guess your question refers to a non-instrumental evaluation of “war crimes”. Indeed, if “justified” means to have compelling reasons to believe that...
May 24, 2024 at 07:46
I challenge you to make explicit the “interpretation” of imperialism you think @“ssu” is forwarding, because maybe you are misunderstanding his claims...
May 10, 2024 at 10:03
You have to clarify what you take others to mean by "imperialist" before making objections to them. We can quibble also over Israel committing a "geno...
May 08, 2024 at 09:11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtI3e9rQjj4
May 05, 2024 at 12:05
Self-determination is at the heart of Palestinian nationalism for sure and the belief that Palestinians who voted for Hamas and sided with Iran (both ...
April 29, 2024 at 08:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyT-krDx9Q0
April 29, 2024 at 08:20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBcf2DioY3Q
April 26, 2024 at 12:52
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-afds-krah-faces-probe-on-russia-china-payments/a-68912872 https://newrepublic.com/article/180630/russia-corruption-netwo...
April 25, 2024 at 08:27
:up:
April 24, 2024 at 12:26
Concerning Scholz's speech, I would highlight the following claim: “We all want peace for our time. But peace at any price – that wouldn’t be any at a...
April 24, 2024 at 07:37
Also to assess risks on hypothetical and counterfactual scenarios you need arguments or evidences to support them. Besides, pointing at a risk is not ...
April 22, 2024 at 21:52
The Russian spy network in Europe: https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-spies-infiltrated-romania-disguised-230100892.html https://apnews.com/article/po...
April 22, 2024 at 08:21
Republicans denounce Russian propaganda within their own party: https://www.aol.com/news/luxury-yachts-other-myths-republican-090000423.html
April 18, 2024 at 16:33
Let's fact-check the fact-checkers of the fact-checkers: https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/creature-of-the-right-james-ball/ https://hopenothate.org.uk...
April 18, 2024 at 12:06
That’s a possibility, sure, but I would need a more solid argument for the likelihood of something happening in a hypothetical or counterfactual scena...
April 17, 2024 at 09:29
If that's the task of a dissident, then he can still be very misleading (because a balanced view should consider pros and cons of one country's polici...
April 17, 2024 at 08:23
Right, simple minded people admire dissidents for speaking truth against power in their own country where they have an impact, that's why rival powers...
April 15, 2024 at 19:56
I find it rather perplexing: 1. He claims that credit is given to those who criticize their own government's foreign policies not other people's gover...
April 15, 2024 at 17:10
What I find baffling is how certain people cling on the charicatural idea that - the US is the world’s superpower and that is a major player in shapin...
April 15, 2024 at 16:46
What I find baffling is how certain people cling on the charicatural idea that - the US is the world’s superpower and that is a major player in shapin...
April 15, 2024 at 16:44
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/jordans-air-defence-ready-shoot-down-any-iranian-aircraft-that-violate-its-2024-04-13/ https://english.alara...
April 14, 2024 at 13:17
AFAIK, there are no official documents about the negotiation proposal (which was not an agreement, of course, and far from being one) just reports, li...
April 14, 2024 at 11:41
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-iran-begins-attack-on-israel-launching-dozens-of-drones-thatll-take-hours-to-arrive/
April 13, 2024 at 20:50
This is claimed to be part of the 10 points of Instambul Communque: Proposal 1: Ukraine proclaims itself a neutral state, promising to remain nonalign...
April 13, 2024 at 10:35
Your question intrigues me because it’s the kind of core question where apparently meaning looks so intuitive, and yet all sorts of ambiguities show u...
April 11, 2024 at 12:21
I’m sure that I’m “not sure if that’s relevant”. If you are reasoning in terms of counterfactuals, I can do the same. There were US political advisors...
April 11, 2024 at 12:16
My understanding is that back then Poland was perceived to be the oppressor and Russia the convenient protector. Unfortunately such an alliance didn’t...
April 10, 2024 at 17:03
Not sure if that’s relevant: Putin may have been furious and still deterred. Especially in the firs years of his Presidential mandate, imagine during ...
April 10, 2024 at 17:00
I have no problems to acknowledge that historical circumstances are often more messy than narratives and ideas about them suggest. Yet to the extent s...
April 09, 2024 at 20:27
Sure, I also already acknowledged that the conflict with the Jewish colonisers and Israel shaped Palestinian Nationalism. Yet, to distinguish Palestin...
April 09, 2024 at 08:43
All right, so it’s not that you do not see. You do not see anything new. Even though foreign policies can be inherently controversial, especially if m...
April 08, 2024 at 17:37
Despite all the grievances Russia may have voiced out loud about NATO enlargement (but let’s not make a drama about it https://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...
April 08, 2024 at 17:36
Playing dumb ain't gonna help you, dude. First I doubt you are intellectually honest in claiming that you are not arguing that "Russia is right in wha...
April 06, 2024 at 11:26
More loaded than simple. The framing is suggesting a questionable alternative: either Westerners didn’t take the Russian warnings seriously or they we...
April 05, 2024 at 16:14
More existential provocations against Holy Russia by the Great Satan and its European servile coward minions: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/22284...
April 04, 2024 at 20:52
To the extent nations are cultural phenomena, they ALL are artificial construct. There are however some traits about the Palestinian nationalism which...
April 04, 2024 at 20:31