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sinyug
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> Saudis > Israelis Already ongoing. We know which sides everyone has picked. > Indians We have been targeted by Pakistan-based terrorists for forty years and tens of thousands of people have been murdered. No one bothered to do an
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> Its about the contrast of men in track suits throwing rocks and climbing fences versus women with children. He is openly talking about neighborhood help. All the media reports are full of "they look like us," "blue eyes&
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> In Austria, Chancellor Karl Nehammer stated that “of course we will take in refugees, if necessary”. Meanwhile, just last fall and in his then-role as interior minister, Nehammer was known as a hardliner against resettling Afghan refug
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> "What about Iraq and Afghanistan" is literally reasoning Vladimir Putin is using to invade Ukraine. Why wouldn't he? The US provided him with a perfect template to justify his invasion. People often forget that the conse
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> "There's three internets now. There's China's, there's the internet of the European Union and the U.S., and then there's distorted internets in between," in countries like Russia, Watts said. > &qu
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> Yeah they should have said "special non-millitary operation" instead, right? What I wrote: THEY keep using the term "war" when referring to THEIR actions against Russia. If a British or French minister says that THE
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> impending doom that's hanging over our heads? The conflict is localized to parts of Ukraine. There is no impending doom as long as NATO does not directly intervene. And I simply don't see Biden or Johnson sacrificing American
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> A pretty sound argument can be made No, it cannot. The US and Europe accusing Russia of acting without provocation is like a serial killer with 600 dead girls buried in his basement complaining to the cops about his noisy neighbor. >
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> Other countries doing unreasonable things Ukraine itself was part of the illegal invasion of Iraq.
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> exclude every Russian from the world community. Not the world community, only the West. Most of the world has no problems with Russia and Russians.
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> Putin wanted this war Yes. > proactively No. He could have done this any time he wanted over the last 8 years. So why now? I don't know what, but some thing has changed in the strategic calculus after the Trump administration w
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> Doesn't Russia has its own Nazi problem at the domestic level? Every western country has some localized neo-nazi phenomenon. But I don't think any of them have official sanction or form part of that country's armed force
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> Russia should no longer be allowed to communicate with or influence the global community. The West does not get to control who Asian and African countries can and cannot communicate with. It does not own the internet. If it claims that
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Who would have thunk that the US and Europe would be fighting on the side of actual Nazis in 2022 after spending a decade labeling every political opponent a nazi. These people have no shame and no sense of morality and they weaponize those
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> Russia is currently firing on innocent civilians in a sovereign country right now. Explain how what you just said is relevant to that. According to a multi-decade policy followed by Western countries, that is not a crime.
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> "get the rest later" never actually ever seems to happen when it comes to the US and EU. This. The neocon-influenced US addiction to spreading freedom and democracy to authoritarian countries has been almost universally deadl
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> History will not look kindly on those who insisted on a neutral stance on the face of evil. In that case, let us start with the war criminals in the US and Europe, and their enablers in the media, technology and think tank space, who i
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> Anyone claiming the need for such a "demonstration" is clearly irrational Some would say that interfering in a territorial conflict between a nuclear power and its neighbor is an irrational act by itself.
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> How? It would be a demonstration of what would happen to Western population centers if the West crosses any red lines drawn by Putin. He is done with 25 years of poking and prodding and has already warned Sweden and Finland about sever
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> no rational reason. Nuking Paris/London is irrational. The thought process behind nuking Stockholm can be defended.
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> But I am not convinced the Russian leadership is willing to risk being wrong about this. The West has already deployed financial nukes. For Russia, there isn't that much left to lose anymore. Putin may not directly target actual n
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The real question is: what lines are the West unwilling to cross? If Putin nukes Stockholm, are Britain and the US willing to sacrifice New York, Washington, Los Angeles and London in order to give him a bloody nose?
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> We can decide by consensus. I have to really appreciate how the US and China are getting every thing they want in this conflict without firing a single bullet: * destroy crypto * make Europeans dependent on American fuel supplies - can
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> This way we can perform >50% counter attack on terrorists? Who is a terrorist? In the Israel vs Palestine violence, which wallets will you block? What about the Balochistan Liberation Army vs Pakistan? Houthis in Yemen vs Saudi Arab
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> 2014 invasion Was in response to a US-supported coup against a president friendly to Russia. What are a US Ambassador and a US Assistant Secretary of State doing at a political protest in a foreign country?[1] > U.S. Assistant Secre
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> "The measures we are introducing, that large parts of the world are introducing, are to bring down the Putin regime," the spokesman, who speaks on condition of anonymity, told reporters. > "We have introduced widespre
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> The Americans are happy to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian, and to sanction Russia to the last European with five Euros in his pocket. It bears the brunt of sanctions against Russia just like it has with sanctions on Iran. This is w
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> Diplomacy has not worked Inviting former parts of the Soviet Union to join NATO is not "diplomacy."[1] The US should try this diplomacy with China: recognize Taiwan as an independent country, invite it to join NATO and see wh
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> The difference is stark. For led lighting, 20W (ceiling fittings) for every 100 sf in rooms with light walls provides a lot of illumination in my experience. Can double that for kitchens etc.
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The Ukrainian representative to the UN actually threatened the safety of Indian students in a sneaky manner when India abstained during the UNSC vote.[1] Soon after, Ukrainian border guards beat them up. Africans suffering a similar fate as
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