Nowhere did I claim that "woke" is an umbrella term for progressivism. "Typical tactics", "I understand what you're trying to do", "poisoning the well...
You call Putin a liar in one sentence and take his word in the next. Odd how that whenever it suits your narrative we should trust his word, and whene...
Also, "woke" is not liberal. It's progressive, though I would sooner call it regressive since it has effectively worked to dial back the clock on the ...
"You will recognize them by their fruit." As I said, What we're seeing today is the angry, radical, self-loathing Malcolm X approach. I wish there wer...
In a nutshell, this is basically it. Crimea is the prize here, however the connection a lot of people don't make is that a Ukraine in NATO (or otherwi...
The US bombed Nord Stream for the simple fact that it didn't want European opinions getting in the way of war, and the Europeans, especially Scholz, t...
Moreover, it implicitly promotes racial segregation, which Adams's comments are a clear indication of. When I start looking at their actual effects, t...
If European leaders are incapable of serving European interests, NATO is a threat to European security. So you're just going to support the US efforts...
What indication is there of this, and why would the Russians be pursuing a strategy like that? This sounds like wishful thinking to me. The same kind ...
You called it a good article, that's why I asked. To me it smells of the kind of war rhetoric that must've been prevalent before World War I, but if a...
What do you think is good about it? It talks about Europe as a "muscular geopolitical protagonist", Germany as having to reinvent itself to arm itself...
Your idea of pariahship is having people engage with you in page-long discussions? :chin: I'm sorry the forum isn't your personal echo chamber, I gues...
Also on the topic of Europeans. Hersh's article implicated Norway in the Nord Stream 2 sabotage. Norway is the world's third largest exporter of gas. ...
I think it's worth pointing out that while the US narrative is alive and well within NATO, NATO is standing more and more isolated internationally. Re...
Sounds like you're on a warpath. Who should be next? China? No, but really. You're sounding a little detached. Any idea how many lives your lovely pla...
NATO's Biggest European Members Float Defense Pact with Ukraine Possibly some important developments here. With the UK, France and Germany seeking to ...
You might be surprised that the countries comprising the majority of the world's population (China, India, Brazil, Pakistan, among others) do not seem...
Yea, why not? I think your view that the war in Ukraine doesn't represent genuine Russian security concerns is the prevailing view in the West. The wo...
My general sense is that you don't seem to take the Russian perception of NATO as a security threat very seriously. The assumption seems to be, if we ...
I think when Putin talks about the "destruction" of Russia, what he is talking about is the West seeking to end Russia as a great power. Of course wit...
190,000 troops is completely insufficient to control Ukraine. Everyone, even your own preferred experts, seem to agree on that. So we've made some pro...
This was a week into the war. You're using statements made months apart, under entirely different circumstances and in both cases no actual argument i...
Where did you get the idea that Mearsheimer argues the Russians could install a puppet regime by capturing Kiev? He doesn't make that argument at all....
He does say that, without any elaboration whatsoever. Do you know what a strawman is? Which it essentially does, whether you realise it or not. It mak...
It might be a little more complicated. The Chinese refer to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, aka the Chicago Convention. I haven't take...
Why would I? You're the one trying to use it to make an argument. If you don't care about searching and providing evidence for your views or the persu...
There's no need for us to discuss it, since those terms are already neatly defined. It's up to you to use those terms properly. Why are you using wiki...
We know roughly what was on the table during those first negotiations, and it didn't include regime change. Installing a puppet regime, regime change ...
Options include: 1) Showing the West the Russian threats were no bluff. 2) Forcing Kiev to the negotiating table, which, we now know, they succeeded i...
That's clearly not what Mearsheimer "is confirming". You have no idea what you're talking about if you consider it feasible to install a puppet regime...
Ukrainian alignment is what the conflict is about. Donbas and Crimea did not stop Ukraine from being turned into what Russia deemed a "western bulwark...
Edward Snowden's take on the significance of the balloon incident: engineered panic to divert attention from more important goings-on. Edward Snowden ...
I disagree, and evidently so did the Russians or they wouldn't have invaded. That Russia was losing the conflict over Ukraine prior to the invasion wh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W3rjlRwNrU Some of China's response to the incident. It seems fairly level-headed. It will be interesting to see what...
With the amount of financial and military support that was flowing into Ukraine before the war, there was no chance of Russia destabilizing Ukraine. U...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySNyAaw4VEI Jeffrey Sachs's take on Naftali Bennett's revelations about the peace negotiations that took place in Marc...
Kyiv says it shot down Russian balloons over Ukraine's capital It seems other nations are following the example set by the U.S. and guarding their air...
I agree, and we pretty much know for a fact that the Chinese are smarter than that, because they have all the capacity they need to perform reconnaiss...
I love these sorts of interviews and talks that were given before the full gravity of the situation in Ukraine became apparent. Less self-censorship, ...
The U.S. acts self-interestedly to maintain its position of domination (basic realism). About the term hubris I would change nothing, because that's e...
What exactly is considered national air space is up for debate, but the U.S. defines Class A controlled air space as the space from 18,000 feet above ...
I see all four points as perfectly compatible with my statement, so I'm not sure why you believe it is wrongheaded. Though I do believe that Russia an...
:up: Nonsense. I suggest you debate me on arguments rather than attempting to make things personal. I'd say it's a fairly accurate description of how ...
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