The Biden administration has gotten itself into one giant mess, and seems to have no clue how to get out of it nor possesses the diplomatic credibilit...
There's not much reason to take the WWII comparisons seriously anyway. If people want to argue Israel and Hamas are engaged in total war, they have no...
, US, Britain carry out strikes against Houthis in Yemen, officials say (Reuters) Looks like the next step towards escalation. I doubt it was unexpect...
In my opinion, this is a classic example of framing. One hardly needs to be fascist to believe that the United States political ruling class is rotten...
If one wants to understand what is going on politically, first we must dismiss buzzwords like "fascism". There's nothing going on in the western world...
So Trump is fascist and anyone who thinks that's nonsense is a Trump supporter and trying to gaslight you? :brow: Casting suspicion on anyone who disa...
It would be nice to know some more details about how complex this truly was, but a strike of this size would have been very dangerous to isolated navy...
A revolution is usually the reaction to hitting a form of rock bottom. The problem is, the citizens will always hit rock bottom long before the elite ...
Up until now, there have been some folks who refused to accept the realities of the negotiations that took place in March/April 2022. Recently Oleksan...
Decentralization requires the powerful to part with their power, which is something that virtually never happens whether one lives in a democracy or a...
That's true but firing anti-ship missiles at civilian vessels is no joke. A military vessel can withstand some punishment, but civilian ships aren't m...
Shooting down a single anti-ship missile is indeed not much of a problem. The problem is that anti-ship missiles and drones are cheap, and their princ...
So with Trump II looming on the horizon, have people started to warm up to RFK Jr. yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD6kvDHbIYY First person I've ...
Hmm, this is probably true, but they have to draw the line somewhere. Can they really afford to continue to bide their time as another crisis erupts t...
Seconded, and good points. I've heard some talk about Azerbaijan being used as a potential springboard, though the route to Teheran would still be ver...
Or even just as a patsy. It's not like anyone would believe the word of violent extremists over US intelligence. By now IS is probably so badly fractu...
On a related note, look at this: US intelligence confirms Islamic State's Afghanistan branch behind Iran blasts (Reuters) "Confirms", Am I the only on...
The US can stop the war in Gaza at any point in time. Note that the US is supplying Israel with the weapons it needs to conduct this massacre, note th...
:ok: Also, continuously demanding more evidence while simultaneously refusing to take it seriously is exactly the type of dishonesty I'm talking about...
:chin: Again, in what part of the informed world is the US role in the Arab Spring even remotely controversial? The fact that the US jumped at the opp...
What is sad is how intent you are on wasting other people's time. There's no point in conversation, because evidently you are only interested in affir...
State practice, and thus R2P, is part of international law, and thus of the rules-based order. Of course. The US sought an excuse to invade Libya for ...
The point is that the 'rules-based order' is not an instrument for peace and stability, but an instrument the US uses to pursue its own objectives. In...
I think we're mostly in agreement - there are notable shifts going on and the Persian Gulf is moving away from the US, though how fast and how far rem...
Sure. For example, the US carried out its 2011 invasion of Libya under the banner of R2P, even though its goal was to despose Muammar Gaddafi - a pers...
During the unipolar moment the US used many of these systems to instate the so-called 'rules based international order', which in the case of the US u...
The problem isn't necessarily US imports and exports. It's the petrodollar, the dollar as world reserve currency, the various global financial institu...
The economic incentive is certainly there. The Ukraine war signaled to a lot of non-western countries that their money is not safe with the US dollar ...
Yet, it's been shaky of late: 'There is only so much patience one can have’: Biden appears to back off vow to punish Saudi Arabia It's quite clear Sau...
I think their becoming a part of BRICS indicaters that they're not US-aligned any longer. They were never allied to the US to begin with, but I assume...
I think it's quite clear that the BRICS is the center of a markedly anti-US economic coalition, and that some of the more influential countries inside...
If you're going to take this kind of attitude you should at least be aware that the Cuba Crisis erupted over Jupiter missiles being stationed in Turke...
If you're looking for philosophical insight, Fukuyama's book isn't worth reading. The long and short of it is that he believed the American empire con...
The balance of power being heavily in favor of the Russians is completely obvious, and nothing short of a miracle will change it because neither the U...
Not sure how many warnings Merkwurdichliebe received in order to be banned, but I feel like some leniency is in order with regards to heated topics li...
Russia is not conducting classic highly mobile offensives that rely on airpower, but uses grinding attrition warfare making use of drones and artiller...
It's up to people themselves how they want to govern their state. The United States has proven how futile the attempt is to decide for other people ho...
Why is calling Israel's conduct in Gaza a genocide a cynical ploy or inaccurate framing? It fits the IHL definition of a genocide. Israeli officials t...
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