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Why the fuck does Netanyahu's government think they can attack Iran and NOT have consequences? Oh, right - Israel has a right to defend its interests but no one else does. Motherfuckers. I think this is more 'Iran, don't attack based on rumor'. Until Israel actually attacks Iran, Iran has no direct...

The situation, from what I'm seeing, would take another Invader coming in and completely taking over all levels of government, then brutally putting down the gangs Considering putting down gangs is something that most countries have trouble doing on their own, even the US still has massive gang pro...

People still give a fuck what Dawkins thinks?

The other issue with Haiti is that being so poor and being in the path of so many natural disasters means that no matter how good a leader is they'll fail to provide stability. So the people will inevitably feel as if any leadership that can exist there has failed them and the revolutionary spirit ...

Rather harsh, but hard to refute. What does Haiti produce besides cane sugar and rum? A completely unacceptable amount of telling white slavers to get fucked. Backed up with violence. Or are we just going to ignore the decades of post independence pariah state status they had to choke on? https://e...

The other issue with Haiti is that being so poor and being in the path of so many natural disasters means that no matter how good a leader is they'll fail to provide stability. So the people will inevitably feel as if any leadership that can exist there has failed them and the revolutionary spirit w...

Israel's solution is looking rather final these days. You'd think they'd notice or care given the history but...

What is a strawman is claiming that pointing out the existence of the Gulags is (somehow) holocaust denialism. Apparently. That's not what you did, and everyone can see that's not what you did, which is why you've been called out. You attempted to draw an equivalence between the gulags and Nazi ext...

You can keep repeating that claim all you want, it means nothing because that's not what's happening here . You can waffle on about anti-communist bullshit as much as you like as if it's somehow relevant but it changes nothing. By all means though, keep stuffing that strawman with those red herring...

This is just as insidiously bad as things like SOPA and PIPA were. The more governments and gigantic corporations control the internet the worse things will get.

May he enjoy the rest that far to many mangaka don't get any other way.

It's worth observing that Russia agreed to respect Ukraine's security in exchange for Ukraine giving Russia all their nuclear weapons. We see what that was worth. Yeah, I don't know that Ukraine made the right call there. Even if Russia intends to do terrible things to a surrendered Ukraine unless ...

By and large, most people give "zero fucks" about refuge status. Then we rip the veil off of any attempts to pretend that humanity and the west is civilized and figure out what we do from there. You are extremely naive to think that nations can't prevent people from crossing the border. O...

Italy went fascist and France is about to just because a few million Africans fled from the Al Qaeda regime NATO imposed on Libya. The same goes for the Syrians and Iraqis trying to find refuge in other parts of Europe. Forty million Ukrainian refugees rushing into western Europe would cause a Four...

Millions have already fled Ukraine. The problem with encouraging even more to do so is that those people need somewhere to go. Who is going to take them in? Borders are closing all around the world, immigration is getting more and more difficult. Telling people to leave is useless if there is nowhe...

Giving Russia ANYTHING at the table beyond 'give everything back and fuck off', shows the world, including Russia, there is no consequence for invasions, and you will not be punished. In other words - welcome to Warlordism, with modern technology. If that's your criteria for warlordism, then we've ...

If someone would rather go down fighting than surrender I don't see why I should stop them. Especially since all indications, based on what the Russians have already done, are that if Ukraine does surrender then the surrender would be followed by mass slaughter, stealing of children, and theft of e...

Let me just get my crystal ball since any assessment is going to depend on a fuckton of gazing into it. The Ukrainian's military situation hinges entirely on the availability of Western aid that comes in, when it comes in and crucially, what form it takes. As currently the largest contributor, it f...

Respectfully I'd rather have somebody like Tev or Dalton step in and call things one way or the other. There's little point in allowing anything but posting articles in this thread without comment if posters cannot be compelled to debate their positions properly. If I'm wrong, and ES is debating th...

Gents, I am loathe to intervene in a thread in which I am participating but the fact is we don't have a lot of active mods left, and right now I am the only one participating in this thread. I can't in good conscience take any official action one way or another because allegations of bias would be ...

EnterpriseSovereign wrote: ↑2024-02-19 11:26pmSee, there you go again. You're in no position to be calling the shots.

DR5: Do you honestly believe that without a major and thus far unforeseen change Ukraine can win this war? If so what does that victory look like?

Fuck off, you don't get to tell me what to do, asshole. So you'll sit and question why other people think Ukraine will lose while being unable to offer anything when asked the counterfactual of how they're going to win? Do I need to start citing debate rules to compel an answer or concession from y...

Fuck off, you don't get to tell me what to do, asshole. So you'll sit and question why other people think Ukraine will lose while being unable to offer anything when asked the counterfactual of how they're going to win? Do I need to start citing debate rules to compel an answer or concession from y...

Is it lost or unwinnable though? I asked you what you thought it would take for Ukraine to win and you had nothing to say. So, either shut up or answer the very simple questions posed: 1) Given what we have seen of their war-making capability thus far, which includes support from the West, do you t...

Is 6 million+ sizable enough for you? That's how many have fled the country so far. If the war is already lost, or at least unwinnable, I'd rather see every soul left in Ukraine fleeing into the EU. Better a life in exile than death by shell or bullet. I don't think a long deadly stalemate is ever ...