Bobby_2021

Give the long-term foreign policy of the US, post Yeltsin, to seek the strategic defeat, containment, dismembering, disenfranchisement of Russia, obviously to funnel trillions in resources back to the west with their neoliberal policies, would you be in favor of such policy or not? This is the same foreign policy that made US rich in the first place, at least had a lot to do with it. More wealth means more development especially food security, fuel security and everything else. I mean this is the developmental direction of states according to SD right? I also remember you saying that the reason lower developed states are targeted is because they are lower developed than their higher developed counterparts. How does all this factor in dictating the foreign policy of the US?

@integration journey Assad has deeply penetrated the psyche of the Syrian people and will continue to influence Syria. 2 Decades of rule was not for nothing. Allowing Israel, Turks and US to steal Syrian land is peak Syrian for you. Also was that Jolani guy even born in Syria or even lived in it enough to understand to govern it? --- One thing is for certain, the coordinated yet unexpected clash of events suggest only one thing. The highest levels of decision making from the Axis of resistence knows what they are doing. This is not the win that the west thinks they have got. They are unknowingly walking into another Afganistan, although this is certainly a win in the short term for them.

Afd could never get elected democratically. Else we will get to see another coup and re elections till we see the right party. Everything is perfectly democratic of course. Democracy is the pillar of the free world.

Thank you so much for stating the obvious. The Chinese are more than happy for a peaceful resolution with some special arrangements. But if the west keeps using Taiwan as a tool for containin China like they did with Russia using Ukraine, we are all cooked.

Is that really so? Even the collective NATO military got smoked by Taliban. Does that mean American military is a paper tiger? No. A good operation needs good leadership, clearly stated goals and a well defined path to accomplishing those goals. What were all the military accomplishments of the US/NATO that met all the stated goals? Did the US meets it's goals in Vietnam? What about the dubious goals of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? This is not an all out war against the west that Putin declared. It's a special military operation with limited objectives namely 1) Liberation of Donbass 2) Prevent Ukraine from joining NATO. 3) Demilitarize Ukrainian Army. All goals are going exactly according to plan as Putin is inching closer to his stated goals every single day. Western propaganda outlets have convinced their gullible consumers that Putin couldn't capture Ukraine in 3 days, hence the SMO is a failure. Putin never wanted the whole of Ukraine buddy. Putin never said it. But the west is happy setting dubious goals for Russia and spinning it as a loss for Russia when they fail to meet the westen projection of Russian interests. ---- Regarding Russian Military being a paper tiger...since when have US military have won a trench warfare since ww2? In fact US/NATO army could only work in situations with high air superiority where they could bomb tf our of places in their billion dollar fighter jets. Russia has shown them that modern warfare is more about attrition and good old artillery and high tech drones. All of which Russia and China are the masters at. If Russia could drive west closer to war in Ukraine by draining all their resources while China stops selling drone to Ukraine, and they can easily use Russian help with invading Ukraine. This is plausible winning strategy. Not commenting on much, but this is enough to show they are more than just paper tigers. Note that the war in Ukraine is not just Ukraine Vs Russia. It's NATO vs Russia already if you actually follow the actual mechanics of the war. The Kursk operations, ATACMS missiles are all NATO joint operations. And NATO is on the losing side as of now.

The Tiktok videos also consists of preserving the whales, not wage slaving your life away and actually having a life if not for the economic realities dictated by the boomers in power. The equivalent of TikTok videos for boomers was locker room talk of beating up their wives if they didn't get a full sized meal when they come home among other things. I am not shitting on them for it. Boomer were spoiled because they grew up in a time where one man with subpar skills with a little hardwork can live comfortably without fomo, marry a cute women in 20s itself, provide for an entire family, buy a house on SINGLE INCOME. Now how many younger generations even do have this available as an option. Now the young people of today need multiple income, multiple languages, multiple skill sets, sales diversification and whatever bullshit it takes just to have a shot, which is not guaranteed because the boomers are the ultimate gatekeepers of opportunities and of course they will have nepotism. There are the ground level economic realities of an average boomer vs average gen z. Imagine studing coding and watching multi billion corporates are pouring billions into replacing you at the start of your career. Should feel nice.

I can't help but draw parallels to all the situations in the past where the exact same pattern happened in cartoonish like similarly. 1. Iran 1953. CIA overthrew Mossadegh and installed a western puppet shah, which ultimately led to the Islamic revolution of 1979. Now Iran is the biggest pain in the ass to the westen led order. 2. CIA supporting and funding Mujahedden in Afganistan in the 80s to lure the soviets in. Now they are known as the Taliban and they became a humiliation and waste of Trillions to the west. 3. Israel supporting and finding radical extremist groups in to counter the moderate PLO. Now hamas is their biggest pain in the ass. All of them work in Timelines of a couple of decades. 4...... Now they are supporting and making relations with (ex?) Al-quada leader who even killed American soldiers. This guy literally praised 9/11. This radical headchopper and internationally recognised terrorist who had experience in insurgency is supposed to be better in governance of a complicated society than some eye doctor? Syria is going to be another long term quagmire for western conquest that is going to economically bankrupt them. Putin is playing 4d chess here. Think long term. Syria being a complicated society makes it all the while more important that you don't do regime changes there because it's hard to properly govern a complicated society. For a final say, where are all the die hard Palestine warriors on this fourm? The palestinian cause is good as dead now. Now when shit hits the fan, don't come asking Russia or Iran for help because there will not be.

You guys are making a false equivalency here between generations. Yes there is laziness and self bias. The the degree to which boomers have destro the young generations hopes gauged in actual numbers is unfathomable. Millennials are more closer to boomers than gen z I feel. Which is why I also made it clear that I am not super bullish on millennials. Millennials are slightly better off and slight improvements are significant considering the sheer scale. Gen z would be in a perfect position to bring forth actual change in my opinion. This is a developmental thing and nuanced. There are real psychological differences in the minds of young folks compared to older ones.

Well articulated. The efforts you put in your writings is commendable.

Oh yeah protection of civilians is of utmost importance to the IDF. They always take care to destroy everything that can be possibly used on civilians. --- CNN posting fake news about liberating prisoners of Assad. The entire media ecosystem in Syria has been polluted by western NGOs and corporate media who have their own interests. It's not even worth going against it. --- https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/us-lift-10-million-bounty-de-facto-syrian-leaders-head-rcna185076 US to remove the $10 million bounty on the head of (ex?) terrorist leader of Syria.

Guys if you are too lazy to keep up with this, then let that be. Even I am not interested to be honest because it's a shit show. But don't use that void of credible information to twist this in Tates favour because that isn't going to happen. He is being bombarded with mountains of lawsuits and asset seizures that I feel sorry for him. He is stopping to new lows to scam people and it's hard to sit and watch. And most importantly every single one of Tates fan accounts are blatantly lying upon instructions from the HQ. Don't fall for it. For credible information follow this account on X. He has been providing the most reliable coverage of the case in real time. https://x.com/CrayonMurders

It is a detached evaluation based on Spiral Dynamics. Younger generations are more liberal and mature, generally speaking. ------ @integral Realistically speaking, I think the true potential of millennials will be overshadowed by boomers who would never fully allow younger generations to grow. So gen z might be in a better position to bring about true change. Millennials would provide a nice cushion for genz who would bring actual change like the ones we are hoping for.

Very generally speaking, hell yea.

Good luck dealing with Israel expanding into Syria all the way up to Iraq. They are already expanding the population in the golan heights. Next they will need buffer zone more into Syria till they can see Damascus. I think they are close enough already. You do realize that this is literally what they are planning for right? This is a head start for the greater Israel project. They have made it clear what they want. Tell me how you plan to resist it. Or are you okay for giving up Syria for the sake of Greater Israel project? Isreal will keep expanding to Syria and become more hawkish with Trump. Which is why I think this will end up another Afghanistan moment for Israel and the west in the long run.

This was the only thing putting forth any reasonable resistance to Isreal's maniac genocide and you are happy to see them lose? If Israel is steeping up to redraw borders deep into Syria, soon we see the west being entrenched in another quagmire. There is a non-trivial possibility that Putin might be playing 4d chess here. It is Israel that wants to overextend itself and it will do, and the US will be forced to support it no matter what. At this point, it is too soon to reach conclusions. Note that these groups have no allegiances and will fight for whoever pays them more. So thing could go sideways real quick.