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December 11, 2024 at 10:37
Well, you could say I'm banging my head against a wall when discussing Ukraine with Tzeentch, but I think discussion is important. Especially with peo...
December 11, 2024 at 08:22
Exactly. In many of these conflicts in countries that lack social cohesion and strong institutions, something like a collective "defending your countr...
December 11, 2024 at 08:00
Indeed. But for you 41 000 - 45 000 killed is a reason that it's not a genocide? Yes, it indeed isn't 100 000 or 400 000. Or at similar level that Bas...
December 11, 2024 at 05:44
With the Republicans, the fear of Trump is actually a fear about the MAGA crowd and the voters in the next election. How will that go if inflation pic...
December 11, 2024 at 05:29
Then there's inherent complex problems in this situation. And here issue like the oil fields. With oil fields now controlled by the SDF is something t...
December 10, 2024 at 20:43
Sigh. That's the real problem here. First it's a security zone. Intended to create a distance between the now annexed Golan Heights and possible morta...
December 10, 2024 at 20:02
No. This is quite historical. When there is nobody willing to fight for something, then the whole thing simply comes down. Armies can simply unravel a...
December 10, 2024 at 07:45
Do we really celebrate violence? Usually we remember those that have perished wars, which makes the remembrance not a happy celebration anniversary in...
December 10, 2024 at 07:31
Unlike you portray it, both politicians and the media are extremely heedful as what comes of the HTS. One is what you say, other what you do. HTS have...
December 10, 2024 at 01:59
Indeed they did. And indeed they also showed very quickly there own side. But in Afghanistan, there was just one actor that took power. Also, notice h...
December 09, 2024 at 15:03
I'll just say it again: It's just whimsical to say that a guy that has now since the start of the war said how Ukraine is collapsing and how victoriou...
December 09, 2024 at 12:51
Well, he said that And just look at the guys videos! Positive commentary on Russia, Russia and Russia. This guy is really a spokesman for Putin's Russ...
December 09, 2024 at 10:57
Thanks for the Pro-Kremlin Putinist line. :wink: :up: (No seriously, naturally the Russian line here is interesting.) Yet I think that unlike mr Merco...
December 09, 2024 at 09:33
If we really believed in what the UN stands for, and didn't treat it like rubbish. If country or a region collapses in a way that it cannot take care ...
December 09, 2024 at 07:48
Firstly, 1) They showed cooperation. That's a big issue. 2) At least what I've noticed, there hasn't been atrocities against minorities done in the li...
December 08, 2024 at 22:27
Or simply once when the insurgents clearly showed sings that they wouldn't be genocidal lunatics as ISIS was in wanting to create an international Cal...
December 08, 2024 at 12:56
Now as the Assad regime has fallen, the question of this thread is extremely important. It also shows how the US stance, which is still tied to 9/11 a...
December 08, 2024 at 10:56
Yes, the Syrian Army is collapsing and I presume Damascus will soon fall. What happens in the coastal area of Syria where you have the Alawite minorit...
December 07, 2024 at 18:44
A lot of people are saying the Trump is first pushing the MAGA crazies first and thus to see who goes through, and only then gives other candidates. I...
December 07, 2024 at 15:38
At least on the video footage, you could hear the ominous and very distinctive sound of the GAU-8 gun going off. That's more than show of force. Well,...
December 07, 2024 at 15:25
Two credible commentators have given the line that Assad fucked up really badly in the international field, both Turkey and Saudi-Arabia were willing ...
December 07, 2024 at 13:31
At least South Koreans take democracy seriously: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhxnvVn0IVw (btw, not just a women as the caption says, Ahn Gwi-ryeon...
December 07, 2024 at 00:30
:grin: The problems of the present day politicians.
December 06, 2024 at 23:38
Looks like at least one president is going to be impeached. And very quickly. After your own party is against you, not much to do then.
December 06, 2024 at 23:26
Even if this thread is 9 years old, I think it's now time to revive this and debate the thread started by @"BC" The Assad regime is now collapsing. Th...
December 06, 2024 at 23:20
FBI directors are given a ten year tenure for a reason: that they wouldn't be political appointees that are replaced as the administration changes. It...
December 06, 2024 at 16:55
Great! Somebody understood me. :smile: I wouldn't say this. Randomness doesn't meant that there isn't any reason. Randomness simply means that there i...
December 06, 2024 at 15:13
This is how it seems to have gone. An attempt of a self-coup, when everything else has not worked... So the positive side here might be the democratic...
December 06, 2024 at 13:12
Yes, this is a small forum. Quite a strawman argument. The hostages, just as killing of civilian families, is evident, as I referred to Al Aqsa Flood ...
December 06, 2024 at 12:36
I've been thinking that what logic is missing is some kind of axiom of uniqueness, which would give the logical foundation for subjectivity. What this...
December 06, 2024 at 02:22
This is the real problem in uh... modern science, logic, philosophy. As I said, we can see this in how lost we are when the issue is subjectivity itse...
December 05, 2024 at 14:28
I agree here with Banno. There's no contradiction, even if Alexa would refer to the cloud-based voice server. Then there's obviously a huge difference...
December 05, 2024 at 11:54
The point is that metaphysical randomness wouldn't refute PSR. There are so many events where simple probability theory /probability calculus works we...
December 05, 2024 at 11:30
What is happening now, yes. It's telling that when the ICJ issued the arrest warrants for both Netanyahu and Gallant, the Hamas leader also issued tha...
December 04, 2024 at 22:10
Yes, I think it was him, thanks for reminding it. Nice that others too follow what fellow members write here! And I think it was really a honest reply...
December 04, 2024 at 15:44
In my view @"RussellA" has a point. Why link Quantum Mechanics with something that is on a basic theoretical level? You'll easily simply drift to a de...
December 04, 2024 at 11:20
Well, don't know so much about South Korean politics. :yikes: Because this doesn't look like the actual tit-for-tat conflict that the Koreas sometimes...
December 04, 2024 at 09:06
In a way it is, yes. Yet a counterculture cannot be the prevailing culture. If it's the dominant culture, then it's not anymore a counterculture. A co...
December 04, 2024 at 07:02
I'm not making any ad hominem remarks. But coming back to the topic of the thread, one has to understand that Anti-Americanism typically leads to a di...
December 04, 2024 at 06:26
I don't think the inflation is transitory. It's endemic, structural, will happen in waves. But anyway, if the present global monetary system collapses...
December 04, 2024 at 00:18
You think we aren't capable of adapting to a changing climate? Do you think that a declining Global population will still mean perpetual growth? Peopl...
December 04, 2024 at 00:08
That's a really neat way to look at it. Well, global trade had been around for a long time. Some might argue that it really went off when the Ottomans...
December 03, 2024 at 23:31
As things will definately change, we simply have to cope with that change. This will force us to change our ideas and the models we use to think about...
December 03, 2024 at 23:17
I wouldn't be sure about that. Trump might not be a dependable partner, we'll see. There's still those Americans that actually believe in a healthy wa...
December 03, 2024 at 21:52
In the case of Afghanistan, it was raised. You don't need a global government to do this. That women were educated, could go to work was one of things...
December 03, 2024 at 21:41
Yes. It can happen, even it's extremely rare and the person getting the "original" idea won't usually know that actually his or her idea is quite orig...
December 03, 2024 at 21:26
Indeed the American response was totally different as in the first Twin Tower bombings, but you did it. As the saying goes, once you break it, you own...
December 03, 2024 at 20:56
Have you ever looked at how the Trump works and how the Trump team has worked? Have really followed how his prior tariffs/trade wars went in reality? ...
December 03, 2024 at 17:19
Did you notice that when you bugged out from Afghanistan, the ally of yours collapsed immediately after you directly negotiated with your Islamist ene...
December 03, 2024 at 16:32