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If you ask ChatGPT this question it responds: "The statement says that Boethius has "justified cause to believe" that the police are planning to murde...
April 25, 2023 at 17:24
Yes it is very strange. explanation is a good one, but even then the original decision should be in the official language and then there would be a tr...
April 25, 2023 at 15:10
Really appreciated your analysis, thank you. Yes, it's badly written, which is another point I've made which is just "how do we even know what's meant...
April 25, 2023 at 14:25
For people's curiosity, the summary was a one page document with a bunch of boiler plate and simply stated: "No concrete grounds have been presented i...
April 25, 2023 at 13:40
Thanks for your input. As for a native speaker, the author isn't a native speaker either, so it's also useful to get the impression from similar Engli...
April 25, 2023 at 13:13
Also, to satisfy people's curiosity, the reply to my email requesting advise of what to do and my evidence be reviewed was the following: Which to me ...
April 25, 2023 at 12:28
Ok, well good to know we agree on the scientific facts. You also seem to agree the US is the world's super power and global hegemon ... and not merely...
April 21, 2023 at 08:44
Something that is worthwhile to note is that in any city the Russians held and then left, mostly the pro-Russian population would immigrate to Russia....
April 20, 2023 at 17:20
It's only within the last 100 years that humans believed species could even go extinct, so what is happening previously unimaginable. However, if you ...
April 20, 2023 at 17:10
Sure, you can fire a modern ATGM from an older tank, or any vehicle, but the point of my analysis was to demonstrate these tanks are useful without an...
April 20, 2023 at 11:55
Since you're so focused on these T-55s, here is literally the first video that came up in searching T-55's in Ukraine ... which describes how Ukraine ...
April 20, 2023 at 08:25
None of these positions I was arguing. However, it's not a false binary that one definition of a "better" army is winning on the battle field. If you ...
April 20, 2023 at 08:11
Case in point, the Ukrainians are using the WWI era Maxim machine gun which is even older than the T-55. So, do we therefore conclude Ukraine is certa...
April 19, 2023 at 12:55
I wouldn't go so far as to say Russia surviving sanctions in itself somehow destroys US hegemony, but it certainly does form a strong experience and a...
April 19, 2023 at 12:32
This is not the hypothesis, at least on this forum. The hypothesis is things are not going better for Ukraine, and evidence seems to suggest far worse...
April 19, 2023 at 12:23
Then we're in agreement on the fundamental morality of these situations. I fear this to be true.
April 18, 2023 at 20:14
The conflict started in 2014 and was Ukraine that attacked Russian speaking break away regions and the threat to Russia's naval base in Crimea due to ...
April 18, 2023 at 18:53
The several hundred billion dollar question in this situation is how intent Xi is on conquering Taiwan. This is why my question about Russia being a p...
April 18, 2023 at 16:22
Well, consider the Chinese point of view, especially if what you say is true and that China is now the main player. Of course, doesn't exclude Ukraine...
April 18, 2023 at 13:20
Yes, totally agreed the Russian war effort is completely dependent on economic support from Xi. Xi launching the "exercise" to surround Taiwan is also...
April 18, 2023 at 13:11
In which case it's not speculation but basic inference that the policy is not to let Ukraine in. What you're proposing is an entirely speculative scen...
April 18, 2023 at 13:09
Noting that NATO has not let Ukraine join for decades is not speculation. Speculation would be the idea that NATO would let Ukraine in all of a sudden...
April 18, 2023 at 12:29
Totally agreed. Though I highly doubt any direct conflict with NATO, as long as NATO is a thing, but conquering all of Ukraine is certainly something ...
April 18, 2023 at 12:18
The problem is NATO doesn't let Ukraine in ... which they could have done any day since 2008, or even 1991. No one in NATO actually wants some insane ...
April 18, 2023 at 11:51
Thanks. It's also nice that essentially pure propaganda positions without any evidence at all (like Russia will lose due to their own incompetence, or...
April 18, 2023 at 11:12
Yes, maybe we're overthinking their overthinking, but ammunition is just so basic to war fighting that it's difficult to believe it's just been overlo...
April 18, 2023 at 10:53
I agree. The narrative has moved from "Ukraine is winning" to "stalemate" as a transition to "Ukraine is losing". However, even if copious amounts of ...
April 18, 2023 at 08:56
Yes we agree on this point. I think in basic military terms it's certainly possible, as even if lines collapse in Donbas, Ukraine has lot's of fall ba...
April 17, 2023 at 22:06
The summary from the BBC is possibly the dumbest true statements I have ever read in my entire life. I'm not sure what you mean here. Think about wher...
April 17, 2023 at 06:00
To continue my military analysis, which, to remind everyone, so far been pretty accurate: such as 1. Predicting Ukraine would not be able to compete o...
April 16, 2023 at 08:51
Most of what politicians say is for their domestic audience. Belarus has been supporting Russia, so naturally the question arises of what Russia will ...
April 16, 2023 at 07:24
@"Tzeentch"'s claim here is pretty easy to support. We are literally in a 6th mass extinction event heading towards civilisational collapse that is en...
April 15, 2023 at 14:21
And notice how the BBC doesn't tell us which Filipino YouTube celebrity was running the show. What are they hiding?
April 14, 2023 at 15:04
It's first of all important to remind ourselves of how exactly these leaks happened: You see, when you join Thug Shaker Central you're not just joinin...
April 14, 2023 at 14:58
Finland joining NATO is not some sort of Ukrainian victory and only matters to Russia insofar as Russia was planning to invade Finland, which is excee...
April 04, 2023 at 15:11
Oh, I see ... what's happening in Afghanistan right now is the Afghanis fault? We (NATO) had our hearts in the right place and did all we could but ju...
April 02, 2023 at 21:21
Why would it be different in Ukraine? Why would this be different in Ukraine? Is the mere possibility worth any cost to Ukrainian lives and welfare in...
April 02, 2023 at 10:52
I would be inclined to agree with you. However, simply because such a conflict is inevitable does not mean the US plans to actually fight in it. They ...
April 02, 2023 at 09:53
When you : 1. Move military infrastructure closer to someone, such as alliances and missiles 2. Constantly refer to them as a rival / competitor, lite...
April 02, 2023 at 09:14
I completely agree the primary goal is to drive a wedge between Russia and Europe. I'd also agree a secondary goal is to remilitarize Europe. However,...
March 21, 2023 at 21:29
I use pretty clear language that it's a primary responsibility what we actually have power over. As for Russia, our Western governments (in Europe by ...
March 21, 2023 at 18:20
We've gone through this a nearly a hundred times now. We live under Western government, our votes and protesting affect most directly Western governme...
March 17, 2023 at 21:10
We're not talking about their definition, we're talking about whatever definition proponents of the idea "Russia must be defeated" or "Russia can't be...
January 20, 2023 at 14:30
Do you not know the basic facts of the discussion? Ukraine did not have a government that was pro-Russian, or then Wikipedia is way off in stating "Uk...
January 19, 2023 at 17:43
It's the Atlantic article arguing that a Russian victory must be prevented to avoid nuclear proliferation. It is the people who are proponents of this...
January 19, 2023 at 17:18
It's truly bizarre. It's basically kindergarten level of analysis.
January 19, 2023 at 16:33
The difference is that: - The Nazi's did not have nuclear weapons that could strike the US, which severely limited military options to "lose slowly" -...
January 19, 2023 at 16:31
Well said.
January 19, 2023 at 11:21
Definitely, the only reason for this is to change policy and not need to deal with journalists bringing up previous statements all the time. Neverthel...
January 19, 2023 at 11:08
For those wondering about the tank situation. According to the article "U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in Germany on Thursday to meet new Def...
January 19, 2023 at 10:53