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The above are the significant words. All the conflicts that have happened since 1948 are over the land. The UN gave them borders within which they are legal, but they want more, and if they have to steal them will do so, while the US will cover for them in the UN. The legal land owners are understandably not happy with that arrangement. I wonder how the israelis would like it if the UN said it was taking land off israel to give to a recently discovered tribe of Canaanites ( the people exterminated by the ancient Hebrews when they took the land for themselves )

Perhaps, like so many in the west, youths are fat, unfit and would be useless in combat. Anyway, if it keeps going as is perhaps they will be conscripting 15 year olds soon. IMO any country that has to conscript the unwilling has to do so because the citizens do not agree that the war is worth dying in.

You should give them all white feathers.

It's like a school bully. The bully wont stop by himself and the bullied guy isn't strong enough to defend himself. Others have to step in. Which is also the whole idea of NATO. All countries together are too strong for anyone else to try to invade any individual member state. Agreed, but NATO is for NATO countries, not all of the world. Ukraine isn't in NATO and NATO isn't the world's policeman. There are plenty of lovely wars to get involved in all over the world, but the only one NATO has got involved in is one with white people and it ignores all the ones with dark skinned people. Tell me why the west didn't stop China invading Tibet. They didn't did they? Didn't do anything, nothing at all. So much for standing up against the bullies.

IMO it would have been pretty obvious that Hitler intended to expand Germany's borders, and he had the best military in the world to do so, so it was in their interest to get involved. Worth remembering that America did not join in till Hitler declared war on America. Not the same situation with Russia. Russia, despite western propaganda had reasons for invading Ukraine, is highly unlikely to attack any NATO country and has been shown to have a second rate military. Far as I can see it's a proxy war that failed, and a gold mine for arms companies. Saving the western world from Putin, not so much.

Followed by a bit more ultraviolence on Ukraine. Two can play that game.

Given that Ukraine is not a NATO country, or have a treaty with NATO or America, the west does not have to start MAD because Russia retaliated against Ukraine using west supplied weapons to attack the Russian mainland. If they do choose to escalate by using nukes, better say goodbye to every person you love before they become dust.

It's the defense's job to do whatever it takes that is of benefit for the client. Seems that they are taking advantage of the prosecution's incompetence.

Indeed.

Looks like the prosecution's case is falling apart already. I suppose it comes down to whether the jury is in fact unbiased. If in doubt do not convict and all that.

All you have are excuses, excuses, excuses. I suppose it was just a coincidence that 91 indictments just happened in time for an election cycle. Every time you post something like that I just hope more that the Donald wins, to see the snowflakes crying on U Tube.

Oops, you got me there. My bad. I thought he was older, but I didn't check.

Sooooo, tell us all about Obama and Biden's service in Vietnam.

(one found guilty in court) I wasn't aware that Trump had been convicted of rape. Do tell us when that happened in a criminal trial.

Soooooo, tell us about Biden's service in Vietnam, if you want to point fingers at anyone for not going.

On that I agree. Sadly politics are broken in every country I know of. IMO it's more the norm than the exception.

I don't disagree with your opinion of him, but IMO if every disgusting individual in places of power in the entertainment, financial, and political systems worldwide were convicted they would have to build about a million new prisons to keep them in.

The idea that the Dems are the party of Democracy is a very bad joke, IMO. Which is not to say that the GOP are any better. Two sides of a dud coin.

I disagree because IMO Westmoreland was an incompetent oaf that did everything possible wrong. They should have looked to the British in Malaya to see how it should have been done. However, according to my research, the American military ( despite Westmoreland ) had won by 1975, but the politicians ( as usual ) lost their bottle and ran away ( as usual ). I agree about Johnson, who tried to micromanage the war from the W H, which never works. Many others guilty in pulling defeat from the jaws of victory, including the IMO vile war criminals Nixon and Kissinger.

I wouldn't write that myself on this forum, but that pretty much sums up what I think of many politicians.

and for the zillionth ( not really but it seems like it ), the popular vote is meaningless in a presidential election, as was intended by the writers of the constitution.

IMO they'd have to be mad to provide full immunity, as that would allow presidents in the future to literally get away with murder. I hope they do delay the trial till next year as IMO the indictments are political, and unfortunately the SCOTUS can't rule on that, but they can give him a fair shot at the presidency.

and once again you are claiming to know what I know. You don't, but I expect you will keep deflecting as you don't have much else. Am I mistaken, but wasn't 2019 over 4 years ago, yet they waited till the election cycle to prosecute.

I never took much notice of the trial as it seemed like a bunch of women that had colluded to have sex with him in return for favourable treatment in movies ( as has happened since entertainment became an industry ) changing their minds and complaining ( as has happened for decades ) that he forced them. Perhaps he did get off more by forcing them; I don't know as I wasn't in the room, but I do know that any man that has fame and or power has zero problems finding women only too keen to have sex with them.

Trust the prosecution to make a mess of what should have been a slam dunk conviction. Do they take special classes in how not to conduct a proper prosecution, or are they just incompetent?