Raze

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  1. His antics may have killed Canada’s conservative parties momentum
  2. That’s ridiculous. There are plenty of non-trump supporting men in Florida. And plenty of trump supporting men in nyc.
  3. It’s a neo nazi documentary. It’s nonsense.
  4. I gave you the benefit of the doubt earlier but it’s clear this is larp. I’m guessing the trump regret thread from last week was also.
  5. What you are not considering is: Women clearly want to be objectified to some degree. Women enhance their own attractiveness and seek out the desire of men. If a woman receives none she will feel left out and offended. The same woman who wears a skimpy outfit to the club and complains about drunk guys hitting on her, would be devastated if she goes out and all night no one approached her and they just approached her friends. This is essentially what the average man’s experience is, his sexuality is not valued. Male sexuality is also demonized. Unless he does it smoothly in the right context it is often demoniz3d as predatory or a nuisance. Men are objectified in their own way, usually as “success” objects or “entertainment”. Because men are expected to provide and intimate they feel like they have to put on a song and dance and prove their worth to women who just sit and judge them, and decide their worth based on their personal success.
  6. Because that goes without saying, they can spend all day talking about how they admire femininity and it won’t make them any closer to attracting a woman.
  7. If that was true Russia would have begun the military buildup before invading Ukraine, not prior. Russia trying to take on NATO would be suicidal.
  8. 1) what if part of the ceasefire agreement involves Russia reducing its military capacity? Would you still think that is there goal? 2) so what is the alternate, just keep throwing Ukrainians at them hoping to bleed them out more before Ukraine runs out?
  9. I don’t see how Europe can take a leadership role when currently they let America bully them and in many ways they are declining even further in influence. I’d prefer their leadership to America but I don’t see it happening,
  10. Talking to them is a bad idea. Just get a lawyer.
  11. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-israeli-forces-used-80-year-old-palestinian-human-shield-killing-him
  12. And why does that matter? A government being authoritarian does not automatically make its positions wrong. Their internal authoritarianism is their internal issue, it doesn’t mean they are automatically on the wrong side of every foreign policy issue.
  13. The idea that Europe can’t defend itself is silly, Russia is having so much trouble with Ukraine now imagine if all the other European countries were also fighting with them. Regardless Russia has no interest to take on Europe directly as a direct conflict with NATO could easily escalate to nuclear war and destroy human civilization. Russian bots are a minor issue compared to mainstream outlets that hold water for US and NATO propaganda, which has been far more damaging.
  14. It does matter because Ukraine remaining neutral limits its military coordination with the US and if they try to use Ukraine as a launch pad for attacks Russia can attack it without triggering article 5 if it’s not in NATO The US has overthrown countless democratic leaders. Russia is a dictatorship, so that does nothing to assuage their fears. US overthrowing a dictator often lead to less peace. it’s the opposite, Ukraine was fine when it was neutral, trying to incorporate it into NATO has wrecked an entire generation of Ukrainians They invaded Chechnya because they feared a domino of independence movements. Ukraine was their fears coming true. NATO is largely funded by the US and defends its interests Then you are naive, the US has toppled governments and invaded counties that posed no security threat to it especially in Latin America, they would be highly aggressive to a border country engaging with a direct rival China wouldn’t do that because China is sane enough to realize it shouldn’t try baiting wars with great powers outside of its circle of influence. Though if the security competition between China and thenUS a heats up its entirely possible they ape US strategy to try and get the US bogged down in wars to weaken it as the US a has done to Russia twice now. Russias economy is already growing under sanctions. If according to you they would lift some sanctions that indicates better prospects of growth. If no one cares about Ukraine joining NATO they would reject its membership. World leaders have said multiple times they plan on admitting Ukraine into NATO. The US was pushing for Ukraine in NATO for years. Russia probably wants to control four oblasts as a buffer and have guarantees of a demilitarized neutral Ukraine
  15. Are you sure the dog actually bit you? Did your clothes rip at all or did you get bite marks? Get evidence, that can help
  16. The USA which has the most control over NATO has been involved in countless coups and civil wars to topple governments they don’t like. It’s completely natural Russias regime would view NATO trying to get onto its borders as a potential threat. NATO was involved in bombing Serbia and toppling Gadaffi. Putin himself reportedly regretted not intervening to stop the overthrowing of Gadaffi. The CIA maintains 12 bases on Ukraines border. Given the history of the CIA removing leaders the US doesn’t like, yes they are a threat. That doesn’t mean a invasion was the right move or justified however. It does mean that, as you agreed, it’s to be expected that trying to bring Ukraine into NATO would lead to Russia becoming aggressive. Currently Russia has been forced into strong ties with China and the global south is uniting more behind BRICS I could say the same thing to the US and NATO. Why exactly do they feel the need to continue expanding to be closer and closer to Russias borders while knowing Russia views it as a threat? What do you think the US would do if Mexico tried entering a military alliance with China and let Chinas secret service build bases on the US Mexican border? Russia has the most sanctions of any country in the world and their economy is growing because they found ways around it. So it doesn’t look like they are “done.”. It doesn’t seem like Iran is done either. Reports now show Netanyahu is planning to strike Iran to draw the US into war, if Israel could just get Iranians to internally overthrow the government they wouldn’t need to do that. So far trump indicated interest in a deal, so Iran isn’t looking like it’s done either if the deal goes through and they can remove some of their sanctions. Now Americans on the right are getting tired of funding Ukraine and it looks like a negotiated solution is coming. If not Russia will continue seizing more and more land as they already are. Sanctioning Iran is much easier than sanctioning Russia because Europe didn’t rely on a lot of trade from Iran. In the case of Russia the sanctions have hurt the economy of Europe. Lets assume somehow the war ends without a deal that doesn’t requires removing the sanctions, eventually the public will start asking why exactly they are hurting their own energy economy by sanctioning Russia when there isn’t an active conflict with Russia (given that the war ended). So no the sanctions wouldn’t last. And again that’s also a unlikely scenario simply because sanctions being removed as part of a negotiated solution is much more likely.
  17. Get a lawyer Tell the jury you have anxiety and fear of dogs and panicked when it started biting you
  18. - it doesn’t matter what you or I think, it matters what Russia thinks - how did the USA behave when Cuba tried to house Russian nukes? multiple US politicians publicly said they support Ukraine because they see it as a way to hurt Russia without expending American lives. Why would Russia continue invading smaller neighbors? Theyll suspend sanctions because they can’t justify them to the public when there isn’t a war going on, also their opinion is shifting to wanting to focus on China and not viewing Russia as a threat. Anyway the sanctions will probably be suspended before that as part of a peace deal regardless.
  19. Those aren’t of greater importance than Ukraine, which is why they didn’t intervene again to rescue Assad If they could do that, they would have already done it NATO regularly takes aggressive action, such as Serbia or Libya. The head of CIA admitted in leaked memos that Russia views Ukraine entering NATO as an existential threat Because Ukraine cannot win in all likelihood, so it makes sense to negotiate what you can now rather than fight on and lose more and more for a worse end result Because they are morally against the invasion and the US pressured them as they could use Ukraine as bait to weaken Russia, they did the same with Afghanistan to damage the Soviet Union. They wouldn’t then help Russia, just that when the active conflict is over they will be more open to trading with Russia for their own benefit as there is less reason not to.
  20. The US already let in 200K Afghan refugees and
  21. The biggest downside of peace now is that making Ukraine make a deal will allow Ukraine supporters to continue the fantasy that if the war just continued they would win and blame Trump for being in Putins pocket. This is a shame as it will dampen the blow on the military industrial complex and government would get from the failure the same way it got in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, which means it won’t be effective in making the public more skeptical of backing future wars.
  22. Those are soldiers who are declared missing. Not the same as Russia claiming soldiers are still alive an active who died enough to fudge the numbers of those analysis. Where else would they need to put a large amount of armed forces? People have been saying Iran is on the verge of a revolution for decades, there really isn’t indication that’ll happen for sure at this point. They view stopping Ukraine in NATO as a existential threat, fighting Ukraine is prioritizing Russia to them. Far more than propping up some foreign dictator. Because the costs of continuing to go to war and occupying more and more land would not be worth it after a certain point. A negotiated settlement can also include security agreements regarding Ukraine. The West won’t cut off Russia continually if the war ends. Firstly part of the war ending will involve offering to reduce sanctions on Russia in exchange for something. And if not eventually if people feel it’s over they’ll demand their leaders loosen them and stop taking the economic hit, the war has caused major issues in Europe especially for Germany regarding oil.