Did what's happening now help that goal?
When did he offer that? The immediately precipitating factor of the war was Ukraine preparing to launch an assault to take back the Donbass...
Right, it wouldn't be a military threat, but I don't think folks like Putin or Xi are concerned about that. As I mentioned above, the threat is to...
Invasion, no, but attempts to topple his regime backed by hostile and heavily armed forces across the border, yes. You can see on this board the...
Tom Friedman is an excellent reporter who should've stuck to reporting and stay away from commentating. The end game appears to be in sight:...
Not to you, but it's up to you. It's up to the Russians to decide whether the threat of another invasion from the west, with western Ukrainians'...
Why do we have the Monroe Doctrine in place? The answer is the same. Your view is certainly the mainstream one, but it certainly has not...
One thing I'd like to add about Mearsheimer's talk is regarding Russian concerns about fascism in Ukraine. He acknowledges that there is a...
How long have you been following Eastern European politics? Russia has long, LONG made it clear that Ukraine and Georgia joining NATO would be...
They're free to do what they want, our arrangement would only be with Russia. It'd be just like Saudi vs Yemen. We don't like what what the Saudis...
The thing I appreciated the most about Trump was his foreign policy. He's one of the few who never sent troops anywhere, only withdrew them, and...
I don't think he's racist, I used it to get what I wanted, which is for him to state what he he and probably a large portion of the population as...
Solution? If you had asked me a couple months ago, I'd say to compromise with Russia. Tell Ukraine that NATO is a no go, but we'll expand trade...
You only mentioned carnage, so I was under the impression that lives is what you really cared about. It seems like you just used it as a front to...
The "carnage" of a few hundred civilians dying? Do you know how many have died in each of the wars in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia in the...
They're doing exactly what a super power does--looking out for their own self interest, blood be damned. And speaking of blood, let's have some...
I believe that our the Cold War 2 we've engaged in with China started when China began taking steps to de-dollarize.
There's no need to wonder, the answer is a resounding yes. Heck, Hitler did not have nukes and we still let him do whatever he wanted until we...
Despite the obvious propaganda value of the drone strikes on Russian forces you've seen, it's probably not actually easy to attack them with...
I don't think either is justified. I think they're all war crimes. Also, can you link me to where it was brought before the UN? I'm interested...
