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Well, there are already channels between the US and Russia. What should be remembered that Mao's China had had an open war with the US in Korea, even ...

What's been present practically the entire invasion has been the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine. But of course that doesn't matter for...

A good and informative comment. :up: Perhaps letting at least some grain ships through would be a way for Russia to signal that it's open for some dip...

That's a good point. In a way all of these are criticisms of our present, either romantic or ideological, more things that some just say and not true ...

:up: The creation of prosperity (or wealth) is really not like the law of conservation of energy. Yet the false idea persists. Basically it's the cons...

Why? Prosperity isn't fixed. It's not a game of someone wins, others loose. For example, take all the Americans of 2022. Compare them with all the Ame...

Here's a list, that could be put far more... It doesn't include the biggest offenses (possible coups etc) as this is only at Western countries and bas...

Why on Earth? It wasn't an international border. Once states break away and get their independence, it's different. But what would you care.

I'm against wars, so I guess I'm for present borders to be upheld. Restoring borders, meaning moving borders, is contrary to the idea of permanent bor...

I think that those that Saddam killed are quite accurately estimated and studied. Of course at first Saddam was supported by the US when he attacked I...

When you rule with fear, you don't have to know international politics or what will happen if you start a war. What you have to know is how to frighte...

You don't apparently see it yourself, Apollodorus. But the truth is that many Russians think just like you. And you just add even smilies to it. If th...

You said it yourself. And the Soviet government isn't the Russian government. Interestingly just barely. In 1989 Russians indeed were the majority in ...

When you make these sweeping generalizations: "If one is a threat, then all similar are a threat", this generalization should be judged on what is you...

Was Nikita Khrushchev the leader of Russia or the leader of the Soviet Union (or more correctly the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Sovi...

When the sovereignty and independence of a state is recognized, you recognize it's borders. But that's of course baseless for you. Again you clearly s...

Don't forget that Saddam Hussein had even less rational thinking when he attacked Kuwait, his former ally, after a disastrous war against Iran. That t...

I think the US has been quite decent in it's response. And what is notable that it has been a quite unified response from the West.

Biden seems to have already gotten assurances that US systems aren't going to be used to attack Russia proper from the Ukrainians. (And seems that now...

Raise the standard of living and the people having so many children will rapidly diminish. And the interesting fact: Japan hasn't had an economic cras...

As the population gets more numb to mass shootings, then the mass shooters who want publicity will have to pick targets that get over the media barrie...

His wavering on the MLRS rocket launchers is telling. The weapon system is very effective, especially the M30/31 projectile with 70km range can avoid ...

As I said, more to your liking. And the topic isn't how bad the US is, so at least it's something different.

So well put on page 3 of this thread.

Well, How long are those millions of people be away from Ukraine? What will be the effect of millions of Ukrainian children now growing up in a differ...

When do I apologize for Nazis? Or is saying that the far right lost in the 2014 elections in Ukraine "an apology"? It isn't.

Compared to the Maoist China of the Great Leap / Culture Revolution or the Russia of Stalin's Soviet Union, both countries have improved a lot! Even i...

Yes. Ask yourself. How much in the thread are following issues being debated: - According to (UNHCR) over 6 million Ukrainians have fled Ukraine, 90% ...

It's you who are waving the "US is bad" flag. You simply don't perhaps notice it. And for you it's enough that someone says that Russia's actions are ...

From this article (given above), just to make a comment for others. Aaron Mate goes through what is usually now known about the Maidan revolution and ...

Indeed. I think it's obvious that either the Saudi's are either supporting the Sunni extremists (Al Qaeda) or at least not opposing them. In the Middl...

Likely in this case because of Sunni fears. Saudi Arabia has a history of entangling itself into the affairs of Yemen. Earlier the threat was Egypt an...

At least the people who do the dying stuff.

Here we have the real apologist in action. Giving this legitimacy to the actions of Russia, after it had recognized the independence of Ukraine on 2nd...

What else do we do? I think you are correct about hydrocarbons. "Oil" is such an useful resource, so it likely we cannot go without it. What we can on...

Except this is all bullshit. Especially when the siloviks, Putin at the forefront, and not the "Westernizers" took power in Russia. You would had to h...

And also this!! Nothing shows more clearly the stages of smart money/institutional investors/the public (as shown here earlier by ) than Super Bowl ad...

? Oh, I think at least for some of the Forum members, that would be the "Ukraine crisis" thread. Not this one. And I'll try to really end here... :sha...

Oh darn! You remembered, we were all just thinking about bringing on a class suite against you. :joke:

To quote myself: OK!!! Now nobody has commented on this thread for over 7 months. That's half a year ago. And then when the last time it was actively ...

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Why is this thread still continued? When Trump admitted he didn't win the election, this thread should have ended. Perhaps revitalized only if the GOP...

That you don't see anything wrong in the actions that Putin has done, like starting a war with Ukraine, and see the fault in the US simply shows how P...

Military tactics on the use of artillery equivalent to cuts in social spending? Right...

I think this is a general way populism works. The populist favors "the ordinary people" and creates a dividing line between the people and the elite.....

What I've said is that in the Russian (and earlier Soviet) way of warfare there is an extensive use of artillery. Of course the most successful large ...

So let me repeat, again: Civilian casualties during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (9+ years): 562 000 - 2 000 000 killed Civilian casualties duri...

That was the thing Putin was gambling on. And the spectacular success in 2014 likely contributed to these ideas being treated as totally serious. It w...

You're really clueless, you know that? OK. If the population is only two million and not forty million (like in Afghanistan), then 40 000 killed means...

...one has to be popular to become a President and gain power, even in Russia. And for Putin, starting a war has been the way to get that popularity u...