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China is well poised to 'buy' Russia, I agree. Ultimately, their eyes are on Siberia.
May 12, 2022 at 13:29
In other words, much cynicism has been spilled and spent here, as if hope was an offense.
May 12, 2022 at 13:24
Why so aggressive all the time? Why can't you just agree to disagree in a cool headed manner? Keep some sense of humour; try and understand others. Wh...
May 12, 2022 at 12:57
We can do better than that. Even @"Isaac" can, I suspect. This is an important topic, about war and peace, life and death, far more important than any...
May 12, 2022 at 12:44
@"Isaac" keeps misunderstanding others, all the time, that's what he does here. He's good at it. I guess it stems from 'the will to be dumb', the desi...
May 12, 2022 at 12:21
I agree. It's now or never.
May 12, 2022 at 10:22
Maria Alyokhina, the leader of the Pussy Riot band, escaped Russia by disguising herself as a food courier to avoid Moscow police, the New York Times ...
May 12, 2022 at 10:20
We shall see, now that Finland has applied.
May 12, 2022 at 09:57
Not sure what you are trying to say here. The Europeans are saying to UK/US: "the goal is to repel the invasion, not to 'bleed Russia', so don't get t...
May 12, 2022 at 09:41
Between some European states and Ukraine.
May 12, 2022 at 06:34
I imagine a mutual protection treaty.
May 12, 2022 at 06:31
Now Macron is ringing a similar bell: "While suggesting the creation of a "European political community" likely to create closer bonds between the Eur...
May 11, 2022 at 21:11
https://www.cartooningforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Cartoon-Kazanevsky-1-e1588838659414.jpg Vladimir Kazanevsky, Ukraine
May 11, 2022 at 20:55
Since when are western media supposed to be coherent? And what does that have to see with the Finns and their security? Does CNN make policy prescript...
May 11, 2022 at 20:40
Personally, I'm quite happy that the US fought in WW2, and in WW1. But that's just me. If you see the US as equally dangerous to your own security as ...
May 11, 2022 at 19:52
Does being a brutal dictatorship apply to America too?
May 11, 2022 at 19:15
Which factor, pray tell?
May 11, 2022 at 19:05
So, Mario Draghi, Italian prime minister, is in Washington. The US media has not (yet?) reported it but he is saying something relevant to the present...
May 11, 2022 at 19:01
Very few intercepted flights entered allied airspace, though. The Swedes took the March 2 case very seriously. It was not just one plane and they ente...
May 11, 2022 at 18:44
That's just whataboutism. Nothing to see with Finland's and Sweden's reasons to fear Russian. Either you take the issue seriously, or you don't.
May 11, 2022 at 18:07
The Russians have flown four military jets in Swedish air space early March. Two of those were reportedly equipped with nuclear weapons, although this...
May 11, 2022 at 17:50
Yes you do need security against America when you are in their crosshair. And even more so if America becomes a ruthless, immoral dictatorship. Fascis...
May 11, 2022 at 17:24
For one, I can understand the need of other human beings for a sense of security.
May 11, 2022 at 16:56
It means that the Russians could potentially try and invade (or try to otherwise damage militarily) some of their other neighbours. They've just unlea...
May 11, 2022 at 16:53
No reason for it. My question was about the choice of rationality as a overarching criterion. Communism or Nazism are rational, far more rational than...
May 11, 2022 at 15:50
I did but you were not interested. The Finns will do whatever they want or can do. I am just saying that their position is not so hard to understand a...
May 11, 2022 at 15:47
What I am saying.
May 11, 2022 at 15:16
Why should reason be superior to, say, love?
May 11, 2022 at 15:11
You are good at misunderstanding, when you want to misunderstand. And I could also pretend to misunderstand you, but life is short. So by all means, d...
May 11, 2022 at 15:08
Strategic thinking is not about what will happen tomorrow, but what may happen 10, 20 or 50 years from now. Putin is temporary. He will soon be dead, ...
May 11, 2022 at 14:56
Nietzsche was no idiot and he is basically at the root of Nazism. As an atheist, I think it is tempting to just throw off our Christian tradition, lik...
May 11, 2022 at 14:50
There were other offshoots, way beyond the national (Swedish) tale of origins. E.g. the Normands were offered a solid chunk of France which became Nor...
May 11, 2022 at 14:29
Well then, watch Vikings. I believe it's quite well done from a ethnographic standpoint. Of course it's entertainment and not a history book but there...
May 11, 2022 at 14:17
No offense, but that was a long time ago. BTW, I really enjoyed the series Vikings, as well as the Last Kingdom, which is more pro-Brit while Vikings ...
May 11, 2022 at 14:07
The assumption from some here is apparently that, if you're not anglo-saxon, you have no agency whatsoever.
May 11, 2022 at 13:56
Anna Politkovskaya: 'Putin doesn't like people. We are a means for him' The journalist from Novaya Gazeta, Russia's last independent newspaper, publis...
May 11, 2022 at 13:03
Indeed, if China ever tries to invade Australia, I won't care much, and you probably won't care much either.
May 11, 2022 at 12:29
Hey Chris, be aware that people living in very secure conditions often don't care about the risks others are incurring. So take a guy like @"Streetlig...
May 11, 2022 at 12:25
No. We are talking about Finland's and Sweden's reasons for trying to join NATO. And I was pointing at the war in Ukraine as proof that Russia can't b...
May 11, 2022 at 12:12
There's no comparison between the US and Russia. Russia is a brutal militaristic fascist regime, the US is just a somewhat imperfect (sick) democracy....
May 11, 2022 at 10:31
Look at what the Russians did in Busha. Who in his right mind would want the same thing for their people? Because they were afraid of Russia's reactio...
May 11, 2022 at 10:21
Ought to do? From an ethical standpoint, or from a geopolitical, strategic planning standpoint? Let's assume the latter, as ethical considerations hav...
May 11, 2022 at 09:53
Well, here's an issue you would actually be somewhat competent to speak of: do lobby for the UK to leave NATO asap. But once again, what the Finns do ...
May 11, 2022 at 09:33
What I want to know is why oh why the UK remains in NATO, since there are no credible external threats to the security of Great Britain that I can see...
May 11, 2022 at 09:01
Hey! How is Skippy doing?
May 11, 2022 at 08:50
Easy to say when you live in a country either far away from Russia, or protected by NATO. People have a right to take steps to defend themselves. What...
May 11, 2022 at 06:38
Nowadays, it doesn't matter where the missiles are launched from. Russia cannot 'control' Finland (or Sweden) but it could still destroy it. I think j...
May 10, 2022 at 20:42
Interesting. I think there might be a simple solution to the 'contradiction' Chomsky keeps pointing at, between on the one hand the representation of ...
May 10, 2022 at 19:54
Life and death of a Russian tank (David Attenborough spoof) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gLFbwH_SgJk
May 10, 2022 at 18:17
:fire:
May 09, 2022 at 19:37