That's my interest as well. OK, fine. So you don't believe Putin. Understood. I don't blame anyone for that. I don't blame anyone for not believing Am...
This seems to be echoed by others. It's not unreasonable. But I don't see Manuel, or Isaak, or Tzeentch, or anyone else arguing in favor of Putin -- a...
True. The Vietnamese villagers didn't think it was a proxy war either. They just knew that their houses and crops were being burned and children were ...
I hope they get it all back. But that's easy for me to say. Putin will not simply slink away quietly, and since it doesn't appear that the US has any ...
First, the United States is principally responsible for causing the Ukraine crisis. This is not to deny that Putin started the war and that he is resp...
This is exactly it. The US government (not the people, the government and their foreign policy) and its hegemony just will not learn its lesson: not e...
"I robbed the bank because I needed money for drugs." Does this excuse him from robbing the bank? No. But that doesn't mean it isn't true. Nor does it...
No, what's weak is simply projecting motives to someone you dislike. I dislike Putin too; I also disliked Bin Laden. The latter's reasons for attackin...
I actually agree with this. I myself have tried -- maybe failed -- to communicate that. I wonder at what point do we get past it to the point where it...
Chomsky -- after 9/11, when he was accused of being "anti-American" because he talked about the motivations behind the attack. Emphasis mine. It's not...
One can enjoy the hard-fought rights of the US — freedom of speech, for example — and still recognize the awful foreign policy of the government. I co...
Well you only say this because you’re a statist, blinded by statist indoctrination. Statism. That’s the real enemy. There— I just summed up this threa...
Eh, it’s the same nonsense dressed up in different clothes. Government bad. Individual good. Statism. Fruits of one’s labor. Taxes. :yawn: All you hav...
I would suggest reading that speech -- not a Time article about the speech. Regardless, it's odd that we should take what Putin says seriously in this...
I reiterate: it's a stupid question. "Governed," to the corporatist, is to be forever infantilized. Might as well be asking, "Why MUST you always need...
Very true. But I’ve yet to see evidence of his imperial ambitions. Even with this invasion, the facts simply don’t align with it. We can discuss that ...
NATO expansion was seen as a threat to Russia, as they stated clearly for years. Whether it was “really” a threat isn’t relevant— they gave reasons, m...
I don't see it. He's not telling the truth about the referenda, of course. None of this lends like slightest evidence to the accusations of imperialis...
Yes, as I've now demonstrated several times. You're just running out of things to say, apparently. Oh, ok. I guess that settles it. :up: Cool. There's...
Watching “The Patient” on Hulu. Interesting premise— first few episodes seemed promising, but I’m quickly losing interest. I’m currently on the episod...
Then you either weren’t paying attention or you were clouded by prejudice towards Sam. I can’t see any way around it. It’s as if you watched the Choms...
Why MUST you be governed? Why— WHY? Don’t you want to be free from Big Brother? Yet you never choose freedom…you MUST go with being scrutinized, watch...
No. The US and NATO had been pushing for membership for years, as I’ve demonstrated. After repeating now several times, if you’re not interested in lo...
It’s true that Ukraine wasn’t admitted, but for a reason: Russia objected strongly to it. Nevertheless, attempts kept being made, before and after Cri...
Yes, success in blocking it. What was being blocked? And reiterated in June of 2021, which I quoted. Blinken— far more importantly — made the statemen...
Glad I wasn’t the only one who cringed. As a general fan of Harris, I was really disappointed. I was hopeful for a meaningful exchange, but Sam simply...
Read the Joint Statement on the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership from September 2021. Doesn’t seem all that reassuring. https://www.whitehouse.gov/b...
It isn’t true. The NATO summit of 2008, for those that remember, made it very clear indeed: https://web.archive.org/web/20080410213408/http://news.yah...
Right, but of course it’s not that simple. As I mentioned earlier, there seemed to be a possible agreement in March/April until the UK and US discoura...
I think Ukraine neutrality is good. Recognition of Donbas, no. Recognition of Crimea -- maybe. But it's not up to me. That's up to the people of Ukrai...
Then I stand corrected. I hadn't seen this either, but then it's a very long thread and I haven't always been great keeping up with it. There's a lot ...
Ok. Here's my position: I want the war to end, and I want to find out how best to help that happen. I don't have a lot of political power, but of what...
That’s not Chomsky’s position, and it’s not my position. Nor is it anyone else’s position on this thread that I’ve seen. The US government being the “...
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