This kind of stuff happens in Africa all the time, and our own ally the Saudis have been doing this for years in Yemen. Something like 1 million...
Yes, Russia would be allowed to invade Finland, or Sweden, just like how we were allowed to invade Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, etc. Before you...
I mean, it was a training building on fire, I doubt the Russians would care much about that. Apparently they have control of the facility now, so...
Many don't like to hear this, but this is about red lines. Ukraine is Russia's red line. The reason nobody's intervening is because everyone of...
North Korea had mastered the art of being rationally irrational.
If it were that easy we'd probably have done it a long time ago. The issue here is that the oligarchs have no leverage over us, meaning nothing we...
They made that a while ago, I think a more realistic option is to integrate with China's CIPS, which in turn is integrated with SWIFT. They could...
Not sure, perhaps they were told to do so by China? Interestingly, population-wise the bloc who abstained or voted against actually constitutes...
Tally of UNSC vote to condemn Russia. Notable countries (with fairly large populations) which abstained and thus are not even willing to pay lip...
Maybe there should be a thread about the ramifications of the Crimean War? I'm interested in what's happening in Ukraine, but more so due to our...
The main difference is that we could coax Ukraine to go along with us with soft measures but we couldn't with Saddam so we resorted to war. Russia...
I like that you qualified on this planet lol. I agree, so I think the A-10 is still very useful, at least for us.
Depends on the adversary. They're invaluable against insurgency types, less useful against peer competitors that you can't achieve air supremacy...
I agree. If any direct NATO involvement warranted nukes then the Red Army and NATO wouldn't have needed such massive armies during the Cold War. A...
That makes no sense. The only situation where Russia would need nukes is if NATO intervenes, and NATO would not intervene without our involvement....
I'm not saying Russia, or anyone else, is pure as snow. I'm saying that we, like anyone else, is dirty as coal. Let's calm down a bit and not use...
When was it ever? How many juntas, tyrants, and dictators have we propped and are propping up right now? How many popular or democratically...
OK, but you're missing the point. It doesn't matter why Ukraine is planning to join NATO, it only matters that it is, and that's a red line for...
It's a self fulfilling prophecy, keep treating someone as an adversary and he'll become an adversary even if he isn't now. That goes for both...
Much of all "diplomatic" staff of most countries is spies. This is just a political move.
