1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

You know very little about this. He does believe that and most Russians believe that  too as they are brainwashed in school.

You can compare it to the Cuban missile crisis, Russia does not want NATO on its doorstep as the USA did not want Russia on theirs.

Then there is also the fact that Ukraine is very rich in minerals etc. a breadbasket that the west wants to control by using a proxy war and plunging the Ukraine into debt they can never repay.

 

Question , who will pay back the money when Russia wins??

9 minutes ago, kiwikeith said:

You can compare it to the Cuban missile crisis, Russia does not want NATO on its doorstep as the USA did not want Russia on theirs.

Then there is also the fact that Ukraine is very rich in minerals etc. a breadbasket that the west wants to control by using a proxy war and plunging the Ukraine into debt they can never repay.

 

Question , who will pay back the money when Russia wins??

Vladimir thanks you.

Witness Finland and Sweden joining NATO.

Putin's reaction -- CRICKETS.

I get it -- you WANT Russia to win.

The maga fascists keep saying Russia has already won.

Well if their dear leader Trump has his way, he will cut of Ukraine and threaten NATO.

Now is the time to not let him (or Russia) win.

Edited October 29, 20241 yr by Jingthing

We're not quite there yet but drone and robotic technology is coming for low wage jobs in agriculture and the food service industry

 

 

Edited October 29, 20241 yr by theblether

5 hours ago, Jingthing said:

You know very little about this. He does believe that and most Russians believe that  too as they are brainwashed in school.

 

Right.

I have a very clean mind.

Unlike some others that I might point to, but will not.

 

Let me ask you a question then.....

 

What's your opinion on Noam.

 

Are you a Dershowitz fan?

Or a Noam fan?

 

Have you watched the debate between Dersh and Noam, at the Kennedy School of Gov?

 

Just asking....

I loved that debate!

Noam wiped the floor with Dersh.

 

NEXT

 

Derh is one heck of a mean SOB....IMHO.....

 

16 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

I'll take a shot. First, they don't have the sealift capacity to move enough troops or weapons across the Taiwan Strait. Also not enough airfields within flying distance to ensure aerial superiority in the event of a seaborne invasion from the mainland. Also, the time it would take to build up enough force across the Strait would be a huge giveaway to the West, and give the forces of good a chance to counter.

 

What China COULD do is wreck Taiwan economically with missiles and bombing. But an invasion would be very difficult. 

 

All very solid reasoning.  However, I offer that while China could lay waste to the infrastructure of Taiwan it would result in a severing of all financial ties and trade with the free world. South Korea and Japan would  be at risk. The Philippines would panic. India would not support China.. China would see its own economy damaged and  would likely face serious economic boycotts from 60% of its markets.