ChicagoExpat

But Russia's got lots of men, and recruits from Nepal, India, West Africa, etc, so even when it doesn't end well, they'll still have guys to maintain their war.

If you need time to consult with Beijing as to how to answer, just take it and answer later. It's better than answering immediately while showing zero ability to respond when it's demonstrated that you're posting bullsh!t.

That might have been more meaningful but for Russia's total destruction of Chechnya (twice) for wanting the same thing you claim Russians in Donbass want and should be granted. In fact no country allows a region to simply declare independence, especially when it's clear a hostile foreign power is instigating it.

It can't go any worse than Russia's 2 day war to take over all of Ukraine.

You appear to be totally unfamiliar both with Bakhmut and what's happening in the Kursk region.

Wow, you support Hamas, Islamic Jihad, etc. At least you're honest about it. While I strongly disagree with Israel taking land in the West Bank, the current war is from Gaza, from which Israel evacuated years ago, partially as an attempt to remove an irritant. But that, of course, made no difference to Palestinians, because the issue isn't having all of Gaza and the WB, it's the killing of Jews.

Canaanites were NOT Arabs. Read a book, man.

I doubt you actually know, most don't. The irrelevance of your comment, of course, if that there are no Jebusites around anymore, while there are Jews, much to the consternation of many on both the Right and Left.

On that we agree. Not yet anyway! 😁

Hyperbole but dumb hyperbole nonetheless

So you're defining anything positive done, really, for any reason, as "socialism." OK, I think this conversation has exhausted its usefulness, if there ever was any.

Public goods are NOT examples of socialism. The have been around since humans built cities, millennia before "socialism" was thought of. You're confusing causation and correlation.

Your arguments are all based on straw men. Here are a few examples: 1) capitalism in its worst form -- your description reads like something from a communist pamphlet passed out on the corner and doesn't actually exist anywhere 2) socialism in its best and ideal form -- the reality is its always an abject failure, delivering equality only in the high quantity of the misery it apportions out, while needing a police state to enforce it and ensuring the bosses still eat first and longest at the trough 3) the reality of capitalist economies today -- you seem totally unaware that every single capitalist economy makes enormous efforts to "soften its devastating effects", ranging from minimum wages to unionization to anti-trust laws to environmental laws to affirmative action to heavy regulation to fire codes to social security to social health insurance to... the list goes on and on and on. In short, you're arguing AGAINST something that doesn't exist in FAVOR of something that can never exist.

I'm actually shocked anyone still flogs this discredited ideology, and the religious belief that undergirds it -- the perfectibility of human nature.

Capitalism is also if the others don't like what they're getting in the pride, they can go off and do their own hunting. Socialism is that the lead male still eats til he's full, and then the rest get nothing.

Do you really need it explained to you the different consequences between nuking a foreign city and slaughtering your own domestic opponents? I think we're done here. We're all dumber for having engaged with you.

Wow, the entire U.S. law enforcement and intelligence apparatus is doing everything it can to jail opponents -- they're really bad at it, then. And this is why the Thais are ignoring the U.S. statement?

I was living in Moscow when Russia started its war (fixed that for you). I don't remember any of these confessions. That special training sounds exciting! So, Russia is one of the most paranoid countries on earth when it comes to "foreign spies!" and it is run by a dictator with absolute power who doesn't hesitate to kill his opponents, or if he's feeling good that day, send them instead to gulag on trumped up charges. It is surprising to me that Putin would put up with an entire state-controlled media controlled by his enemies. While he has killed and jailed many journalists, you're claiming the rest are American spies. Why does he put up with this?

I LOVED his initial campaign video and decided I would really watch what he does. Unfortunately he has gotten to the point for me where he doesn't seem to have the judgement to be in the White House (the dead bear thing wasn't the only thing).

Thanks, source?

"REAL SOCIALISM (or COMMUNISM) HAS NEVER BEEN TRIED"

Well, it's not ENTIRELY false. There seems to be a strong correlation between support for Trump and support for Putin, a least.

What would the Dems' immigration legislation do?

Oh Charlie the America hater hasn't heard of someone! That is truly the standard for when someone is a "somebody" or a "nobody."

How is it racist for each country to have their own rules? You really think the UK's rules aren't based on an understanding of what Thais do once they have a visa?