This is a very good point. The most offensive view that still goes around is that Russia and Russians cannot have democracy and that they need a stron...
Someone who thinks you are going to attack them or have those imperial asperations yourself! States usually try to have good relations...because if th...
Ummm...yes! That the whole idea with nuclear weapons. They are for deterrence, not for use. And if you have doubts on Russian missiles working? Well, ...
What do you mean? The R-36 missile was deployed in 1988 and has continued up until now in service with Russia (to be replaced with the RS-26 Sarmat). ...
This is so true. And once we have no curiosity and just close our minds, we start to go backwards. The idea of lifetime learning is extremely importan...
You have a cool telescope, even if you say it's basic. Or then we have blurry image and a huge collective D'OH! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnaeIA...
Do notice the importance of NATO articles 1 and 2, not only 5. Having the European militaries working together is important force peace. That was a re...
Actually, for over 77 years now. And Russia has had the ability to cause similar harm to New York and Washington DC since 1949. Yes, there was a missi...
Your example just makes the point that @"L'éléphant" has an argument, perhaps it's just too much to say that human intelligence is declining. Yet our ...
Talk of a true strategic surprise. That the VDV airborne troops had only to take off their Russian flags from their uniforms and instantly, they were ...
Almost nothing? Let's start from that prior to the annexation of Crimea and the push, Putin was actually very popular in Ukraine. He really isn't now....
Don't forget Cuba or Venezuela. Or Nicaragua. You see, bullying and starting a "hybrid attack" (like we saw with the Bay of Pigs etc) simply puts thes...
Exactly. You said it even yourself. It isn't may be, it is no threat to Russia. And NATO? What you utterly (and intentionally) fail to notice is that ...
Sweden just announced that it's lifting all pandemic restrictions. People might remember that Sweden chose a different path from other EU or Western c...
But for some it seems that to be opposed to Soviet propaganda is the same as being against the Russian people. Btw, @"frank", do notice what I said ab...
Again false. Do understand that "mutual non-aggression pact" obviously refers to a situation where either side could show aggression towards the other...
The state usually makes only a rather mediocre effort in anything, hence the result of the state and the church being together is that secularization ...
What we established was only that both agree that Ukraine hasn't been the aggressor. So, are you going to answer my question: Do you or do you not con...
That is totally false. Your making up things. What you said and what I actually responded to was you very hostile statement about Turkey: This stateme...
So you do you or not condemn the annexations that Russia has done? Do you think it is similar to what Turkey has done in Cyprus or China in Tibet? Ple...
I'll ask you again. Do you condemn the annexations that Russia has done concerning Georgia and Ukraine? Do you view them equivalent to what Turkey did...
Intelligence isn't something easy to measure and define like measuring muscle strength or how fast can someone move from point A to B. Intelligence is...
I was only referring to poverty. Now crime is different and complex. Starting from having effective institutions like the justice system and a working...
Perhaps there are reasons also for that. http://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/22230.jpeg The economic recession due to the pandemic was ju...
All those masterpieces are actually far more accessible to me now as they would have been then. The most obvious case is when I look at my children's ...
Partly it's also about poverty being this vicious cycle: poverty creates poverty. If some region is poor, it likely will stay poor. Active entrepreneu...
Of course Putin would really want to see NATO going the way of SEATO or CENTO. If Russia can engage European countries on a bilateral basis, it will b...
And hence it's OK for Russia to annex parts from Georgia and Ukraine? Or do you condemn that kind of action, just as invading Tibet? (Do notice that t...
We'll see what it was. The likeliest thing is that this hasn't gone as Putin planned earlier, the moves of the game are still going on. Lol. I think a...
Back to the actual topic of the thread: Macron held talks with Putin. I think France is also in charge of the EU presidency now. At least France and R...
You didn't understand. The Suez crisis was the time when the US used real pressure on UK and France to stop their military operation. That's the time ...
I think that is way too optimistic to think so. In truth only a rise in the economic prosperity and a functioning local economy in the society will dr...
I remember the story of a German guy who made a decent amount of money by begging. But how he did it was different: he was well dressed, drove his BMW...
"And today we have as our guest an conservative internet commentator from the well revered Philosophy Forum, @"Hanover". https://ntvb.tmsimg.com/asset...
In truth I think something simply like a turf war of organized crime (or the lack of it being organized) or competition for the lucrative drug trade c...
Oh right. This is something that happened far earlier than Suez. You see, if you have the US forcing something on France and the UK, there you have th...
Actually, you made good points there. So some people put ice cubes into the best single malt whisky's there are. That's reality. Yet I think that the ...
This I've read now from many various references. When Russia occupied the Crimea in 2014, the lack of a logistics tail fooled Western observers (and t...
You seem to be simply a bit illogical or confused here, even if I think you have the historical facts correct. For example, let's take how you see Fre...
I am just putting things into scale here, when you talk about genocidal behavior. I think countries and their actions ought to be judged on a similar ...
Actually there ought to be a genuine debate (even here) about US "welfare state". Just like with the US health care system, I have really troubles of ...
Hmm, let's think about this. There's about two million Chechens of whom 1,2 live in Russia (and Chechnya) and then you have 4,75 million Palestinians ...
And you probably know that because the role of the unions is so small is the reason just why so often firing can happen without any justification or f...
A good question. I think the reason is that only the UK wasn't defeated, wasn't occupied, during WW2. The only two European countries that think they ...
A director of the CIA has actually been later the President of the US. (Not a career spy, but anyway) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7...
The welfare state, as nearly everything in our complex world, has negative sides too. Simply put it, if you don't need to work, some can choose then n...
I guess if he would be the US President Vladimir would have been born in a place like New York or Chicago, then joined the CIA and now would protect A...
I've always said that there was a brief window of opportunity when the Soviet Union collapsed when Russia and Russians were truly open for a new relat...
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