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Benkei's argument that "a genocide is happening now in Gaza" put very eloquently and convincingly by an UN official and a human rights lawyer, who res...

They used what they had. Period. In a rapid short war, Ukraine ought to have collapsed and a favorable pro-Russian government would have taken over th...

I think it's pretty obvious that Israel doesn't treat the people that lived in the areas that it has conquered in the same way that US and the (wester...

Equally congruent is that Russia failed to reach it's goals.

Very easy to do. Just look at how much Russia has gained more territory after the initial thrust. Let's remember that Russia has lost considerable ter...

And when define "liberal democracy" to be that "justice state" or "Rechtstaat", then the number of democracies decrease dramatically. And simply are: ...

A wonderful example of how little we actually now about our impact. But it's the human way of learning (if learning happens at all): learning from you...

Yes, the problems of an occupier. And yes, it is about how to wage a war. For many decades now. We would be closer to a solution if the US would treat...

Fair enough. Sorry if carried away Fukuyama and that he would have a point. I'm an optimist and presume that for people will consider the time we are ...

Here's why: Because that's the idea behind the neocon delusions. Because it's wrong to assume that if Germany or Japan could make a dramatic change af...

Wasn't it Leibniz that said in his time that this is the most perfect of Worlds? At least quite aptly Voltaire ridiculed him with Professor Pangloss i...

Something like that, I agree.

What else? 10 000 killed in a month hardly has shocked the West.

The fighting is far from over. After Gaza City, the northern part, then there is the southern part, the place that Israel demanded a million people to...

I would say the distasteful hubris is calling Japan / Japanese culture Western. Or (South) Korean. Or any non-Western country that has developed and p...

That the people are happy. :smile: That the society is prosperous... for everybody living there. Top 10 Most Prosperous Countries (Legatum Prosperity ...

You think the Palestinians here decide the outcome? Hamas can make terrorist attacks Right. So how they are treated (second class citizens, with diffe...

Nah. There are winners of conflicts and wars. Why otherwise would humans be so eager to fight wars if everybody would lose?

You think one state solution is best? Ok, so you are for a) a continuation of the Apartheid system or b) integration of Palestinians / non-Jewish peop...

Nonsense. Moderates can perfectly fight wars. It's the "bitter enders" that simply lose everything. Finland was a democracy when fighting Stalin's Sov...

Well, in the rape of Nanjing the usual estimate given is 200 000 civilian deaths (100 000 - 300 000 range). The city had swollen to one million people...

Because people, institutions and companies want to be respected and respectful. And because the United States, just like Germany, does have an ugly pa...

But that's simple: it's about here and now! France isn't anymore the most important ally of Isreal. The US is. UK isn't anymore actively meddling in t...

Ok, Let's remember that Sykes-Picot, just like nearly all of the imperialist border drawing competitions were drawn to please first and foremost the p...

Yes, but does being the most staunch ally of Israel help here? Both Egypt and Saudi-Arabia are allies of the US. If there would be logic here, that th...

...which is the delusional raving of lunatics, to put it mildly. But these kinds of delusions fit perfectly the minds of religious zealots like the mu...

I think I already mentioned that it was the US that deployed it's own forces to protect Israel. Not the other way around. HAH HAH!!! Well, I cannot fa...

And Israel's gas fields are a very late comer here. Besides, the US lost interest in the oil once it had it's fracking & shale oil revolution. Just lo...

Then give the example when Israel has done anything to help it's ally US. As I have stated, this "special relationship" with Israel started only after...

Actually this is a narrative that the right wing engaged in the Culture Wars promotes. Because "the Left" has no underlying master plan, no agents of ...

Do note that technically conservatism can have various leanings as it refers to preserving traditional institutions, customs, and values. Now those va...

I think the right has similar divisions: there are the classic conservatives who do value both free trade and classic liberal values, and then there i...

Starting from the Six Day War. Before the US-Israeli relations were friendly, but basically normal as with two countries and France was Israel's bigge...

I would go further and say it is part of Western culture, not just something that seems to be Western. Of course being critical about one's own cultur...

Naturally the term "genocide" is used in excess and is a basic word of propaganda. However, how you fight wars does have differences: Soviet war in Af...

Sorry that I've not responded to this earlier, @"Benkei", as your argument ought to be discussed here. I think there's quite enough of quotes of Israe...

It's a great and honest acknowledgement from Zaluzhnyi that the tech now has put them back to the trenches of WW1. And this is totally logical. If you...

Interesting detail: Just one day prior to "Al Aqsa flood", a poll was taken on how popular Hamas actually was in Gaza. About 29% of people in Gaza sup...

I agree that the compulsive response will exhaust its impetus. Actually Joe Biden's advice was good on the failures that the US did in 9/11. The Hamas...

That would actually be the least of their problems. The perpetual war in the Middle East simply has had and will have a destabilizing effect and unlik...

Here's an interesting interview about an US State Department official, who resigned after how weapons are now shoved to Israel without any previously ...

You can surely purpose a peaceful solution, but then I don't see that simply as being realistic. How about extrapolating the present history into the ...

Ummm.... hasn't that the Palestine Authority already done that? :roll: And oh yeah, now far less Palestinians are killed in West Bank than in Gaza.

Yes. And perhaps that Saudi-Arabia and it's allies have put a blockade on the Houthi controlled part of Yemen. Plus bombed them for years.

Glen Loury & John McWhorter are in my view the beacons of sanity, especially when it comes to race issues and academia in America. I always enjoyed li...

I think that the Houthis now attacking Israel shows quite clearly that they indeed are proxies to Iran. Which should have been obvious after they mana...

Ah! Well, the gauches are the perfect example of how critically Westerners (here the Spanish) do look at their past actions. And notice, your friends ...

Yes, various non-state actors. But not Egypt. Not Jordania, Iraq, Saudi-Arabia etc. And I didn't say that! What I said that Hamas defeating the IDF is...

First and foremost: Israel exists. It's existence is never or has been ever in doubt since 1967. Yes, Hamas can obviously make a successful terrorist ...

Actually it was Dersu Uzala and yes, it's an absolutely great film! I watched it in a movie theatre with my father as a child. Well, it did happen in ...