It's total chaos because after the first set of 'great' powers finally left it alone, the next set of 'great' powers got involved and tore the country...
You've got this backwards. The reason classic liberals argue for a smaller state is because they assume people can take care of themselves, without th...
You know who put the Taliban in charge? I'm sure you do. Afghanistan wasn't such a terrible place before that. Reminds me a bit of Iran, actually. Ira...
It's Macron's rubbery spine that opened the door to this disaster in the first place. Merkel dared to push back against the Americans, knowing what wo...
Ironically, the post-Cold War plans for NATO and Ukraine were made not long after Vidal made that statement. The US is essentially an island nation. G...
We've heard it all before, Russia is going to collapse any day now. Meanwhile, the 21st century's real and only empire, the American empire, is showin...
I have no idea, truth be told. If any trustworthy sources exist for these numbers I have yet to see them. However, Russia's GDP and population size im...
Then again my point: If the Russians managed to capture 20% of Ukraine while outnumbered, how could the Ukrainians ever hope to go on the offensive su...
ISW has been the prime peddler of nonsense and some of the other articles refer to their claims. At this point the ISW is little more than a mouthpiec...
The Russians haven't been sitting still. They've recruited literally hundreds of thousands of troops. If we go back to the start of the war, they mana...
The CIA's track record is out there for all to see, and most of it isn't even being disputed - it's accepted history. As is the United States' self-ev...
If you're willing to entertain the thought that aliens exist and have visited Earth, you should be willing to entertain the thought that your governme...
Fantastical news stories are usually pushed to disguise failing US policy. So really it's an exercise in finding the fuck-up they're trying to cover u...
To be fair, while the US obviously isn't fascist, it shares an uncomfortable number of features commonly attributed to fascism. Nationalism, militaris...
Oh, perhaps. I don't really care. Smearing people with lies is degenerate. Believing such practices are acceptable just because one dislikes the targe...
So clearly you have no idea what he said, because here's what he actually said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHyHQiKS3f0 Degenerate journalism from...
That's not what he said, though. But if you're a political opponent of RFK that's how you might like to frame it. I appears that you might be showcasi...
They're terms that in the modern day are primarily used to whip people up into a self-righteous frenzy; a mechanic through which people are easily con...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd_RTf_ForA A recent Swiss study done on the risk of side-effects of mRNa vaccines, this time producing a 1 in 35 risk...
Countries may say one thing, and do another. That should be obvious by now. If it isn't obvious to you yet, ask yourself why the international sanctio...
As you probably know, my view is that the Russians were provoked into invading Ukraine. If they are provoked similarly in the future, and conventional...
The issue with "not giving Putin what he wants" is that the cost of that strategy is the destruction of Ukraine, and with a risk of Putin getting what...
I have a slightly different view about this, and I'm curious what you think about it. If these people were indeed coming from a place of superiority a...
What an ignorant thing to say. It's exactly what he said: The level of intellectual dishonesty here is truly astonishing. Or perhaps you're all experi...
Hilarious as you may find it, there are independent people giving acounts of the negotiations, and that's the picture they sketch. Here's what Jeffrey...
It appears those who would post lengthy and strongly-worded posts on how the Ukrainians must continue to fight and die, themselves lack the courage to...
Not in the slightest. makes a good point here: Since so many of you are happily contributing to said ad campaign, isn't there anyone among you who bel...
Of course that's what I mean. And I suppose that is your excuse for participating in said smear campaign without even bothering to see what was actual...
Here's what Kennedy himself had to say about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5e-Maq_q7E Is Kennedy secretly anti-semitic, or is this just a well-...
I'm sure on paper everything is looking just dandy for Ukraine. If there are people here who are predicting imminent major successes in line with this...
How far should the situation in Ukraine deterioriate before we can agree the peace accords that were on the table in March / April 2022, scarcely a mo...
A very simplistic way of imagining things. There's not really much point in debating. If you want to believe the propaganda spins and keep puffing the...
The offensive I referred to took place well before the Russians left Kherson. And it failed. It's pretty obvious that Ukraine lacked the offensive cap...
There have been reports of the Russians pushing for territory in the north. Meanwhile, the Ukrainians haven't reported any territorial gains for about...
Consider these examples: A person intends to harm, but fails to do so. Was the act immoral? I would say yes. In this case, apparently the intention is...
In my view, persuasion is skirting the line. I've explained that. It certainly can be immoral, but it doesn't have to be. Immoral acts depend first an...
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