Ukraine War Update NEWS (20240502c): Geopolitical News, No Free Lunch & US Is Not World Police
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I do hope the Georgians keep up the momentum and expand their protests throughout the country others might follow
Thank you Jonathan ❤ Love to all ❤ 🫂 Slava Ukraini ✊️ Heroyam Slava ✊️ 🇬🇧 ❤ 🇺🇦
Hi Nikki!!!
@jmtpolitico80 👋 😊 Hi Jason 🫂 ❤
Great content as usual JP. Thanks to you and your team for the hard work of combatting the trolls and misinformation.
I just ordered a MUGA hat , a little expensive at $40 , but hey , we must support what we believe !
My question, very serious one, is it a snapback?
@@michaelwiwchar3414 don’t know , guess I’ll find out . 🙃
That over charge money supports two Ukraine 🇺🇦 charities
You and Andrew Perpetua's team have been my main source of trustful information for over a year from now, and I'll thank you for presenting the news and your thoughts as accurate as possible. For the most part, I've been following news related to Ukraine/Europe and China/Pacific area, but the Israel/Palestine conflict hasn't interested me much after the first couple of weeks. I used to be mostly pro-Palestine, but got a correction after October 7 and the fake bombing of a hospital Oktober 17, and another one in the opposite direction after as I understand that Israel has vastly overdone their response attacks. My heart is with the civilians that don't want this shït. I watched your yesterday's geopolitical news, where you said that it is proven that the civilian casualties in Gaza is >30k at this point. It might be so, but if the sources are related to un, red cross/half moon or amnesty international, I just cannot believe them after seeing their neglect toward Ukraine. As a scientist, I'm only interested in facts, or as close as possible. I'm unfortunately also been having a depression for over two years now, so whenever I read a full page of anything, I need an hour in bed to recover. Thus, audio or audiovisual information is preferred before reading. I spent my best part of the afternoon writing this, so I hope that someone can provide any serious sources.
i'll probably go through that piece at some point
👋 😊 Hi Eskil 🫂 ❤ I've suffered depression, I'm sorry you're going through it. There is light, Love. Focus on the light ✨️
@@NikkiOwen Thank you, Nikki. I just wish you and any in-between people the best in life. The only thing I wish for the ones not wanting to build a better world is to experience depression.
I recommend Vlad Vexler. He is a British philosopher of Russian descent and in one of his YT he explains what Mearsheimer gets wrong about Russia just like the Western Leftist, who still haven´t realized how they have been manipulated by Russia for decades. If I could I would vote for Ben Hodges! China is challenging the USA on 3 fronts: 1. Europe with Ukraine 2. Middle-East with Israel 3. South-China-Sea with the Philippines; the Philippines is for the CCP a testing ground as they don´t want to test the USA straight going to Taiwan. Huge support for the Georgian people who don´t want to be part of the Russkij Mir!!!!!!!!!!! Pressure MUST be put on the pro-Russian government and especially their founder and de facto leader, a friend of Putin! And don´t forget Moldova! I bet Russia will stage something there.
Hi team, good evening everyone, thank you Jonathan
Hi Bud!!!!
Hi 😊
Give the Ukrainians what they need and they will succeed.
or they can pay for it that’s a win win situation.
Bless your heart ❤ is a term of endearment in Scotland
And here in the US.
...and in the U. S.
As someone who had Ken Clarke as MP for 30+ yesrs iI was similar. Your vote though may not influence who is elected, it will be counted and arguably turn out figures are very important indicator of the state of democracy. Also... just found my poll card (and aome bills) so there you go... you reminded at least one Brit who would have forgotten
Hi Jonathan. Really appreciate your commentary today! I do want to add another reason for people and countries support the underdogs- we just feel good about ourselves for doing so! Whether we are emailing/calling our Reps or donating our own money, we feel proud to do so!
Nice Jeffries signing! 😂👋👋✌️👎👎👋👋🙏🙏👐🤲👍👍🤙🤘🤞✌️👆🖕👇🫵🫵Salava Ukraine 🇺🇦
Your Introspection is Profound, JMSP
Afternoon again JP, Greetings troops 👍🖐😊
Hello! 😊
Afternoon bro 👍😊@@tommarney1561
Hi John 🏜
Thanks for a good video , and you are 100% right , in you video , keep on the good work
Thank you "Oat Milk" great update Slava Georgia Slava Ukraini 💪🔱🇺🇦
"Bless her heart" means that she can't help herself and deserves some pity for it.
Not where I grew up!
There is a similar phrase in Glasgow. God love them. It can either be empathy or sarcasm.
Pity for sure! Beyond help!
It's a good time to remind people that a big part of the importance of the US in supplying Ukraine is the huge amounts of kit that the US produced for the Iraq war. Task and Purpose's video about MRAPs pointed out that the US spent an astonishing $50 billion on MRAPs during that war. I don't know specifics, but the same type of thing happened with other classes of kit, too.
On point JP, most of the thrust behind russian intention is dominance by brutality,whereas the rest of democratic thinking entities are there for mutual benefit, cooperation always wins,thanks man you is the dude❤
"dont say stuff if you dont know much about it" "I dont know much about it but..." Lmao losing it.
One of your best ones yet Jp. Very clear especially with the free lunch part. Important to explain the way it works. Thank you. 👍👍
All great videos as usual thank you
That young girl from Georgia was great...............Sanctions could be something that could be done quickly...
Very very good talk and perception about US JP. This is also how the most Europeans see the US.
Agreed 🇺🇦🇬🇧✌️
Morning Pearce. Yes we all need Muga hats. Thank you for taking the time to cover the real issue in the south China sea (AKA 9 dash line lake). I have argued here before that this is real issue with China right now in relation to attempts to maintain control over the Scarborough shoal so they have away out of the of blockade should an attack on Taiwan occur. Learning bit by bit. I am no expert either but I have spent years in the area.
Totally agree.......
Yes this is a big issue, that is why there is now a Carries Strike Group in the Area instead of their normal patrolling behind Taiwan. Lots of US Coast Guard Cutters their as well, and US Littoral Ships their now as well! China just dispatched a Frigate to the Region.
@jmtpolitico80 solid points if I may as forward to call you jmtp. I only understand the area from a Chinese perspective due to in the past living in China and doing business there for the past 20+ years. I believe, this is only me, that Xi is attempting to make an example of the Philippines (weakest US treaty partner in the area). I won't disagree with anyone who states that China is particulary vengeful to the Philippines since the world court ruling but I think it is more than this. Rotten Duterte always played the balance one against the other and it was my undestanding for the longest time that Bongbong was going to be the same. He made much posturing early on after his election to be that way and has seemed to have flipped now which has lead to the far more aggressive actions by China or seen the other way China getting more aggressive (fishing and resource capture) in their perceived sino lake forced Bongbong into having no choice but to flip positions and allowing the US expand their military footprint in the Philippines . I know nationalism plays into it and Xi is mighty proud of his navy (yes the navy is a Xi thing) so no surprises he would use this arm of the military to project strength at home. Lots of the baffling things China does at the momment is intended distraction for the home audience to cover up the failing economy.
@michaelwiwchar3414 He is cautious about his economy, but has walked close to the sanctions line with Russia. He is checkmate if he goes too far by the Straits of Malacca.
I've noticed almost everything from these protests are in English. They are obviously trying to appeal to a western audience. And their English is very good.
Michael Ledeen’s famous quote sums up United States foreign policy in a nutshell. "Every now and again the United States has to pick up a crappy little country and throw it against a wall just to prove we are serious.” This is how the rules based order works.
And the next on the list is Russia...possibly stretching the literally definition of ''little' but thankfully makes up for it for being more than a bit "crappy"!
The US can’t even handle the Houthi’s right now, so they might want to rethink a war with Russia.
@@mtnregnar198 What are they going to do? Invade?
Thanks JP
100% Agreed sir.
Aloha!
When Britain ended the slave trade around the world, it was against its financial interests, it cost the equivalent of Billions today. It was done for completely moral reasons. The costs were not paid off until 2015
So this is a really interesting subject as I think it aligns with enlightenment thinking and a change in philosophical understanding of others. But it's such a shift in thinking doesn't take place, then we treat an awful lot in terms of strategic interests. I think there has to be a tipping point of horrors before acting with boots on the ground, and that is kind of what the UN is for. Or supposed to be for.
True, sometimes it's important to be on the right side of history on moral grounds, not just out of self-interest. It's a shame that the UN doesn't work as we would like it to.
In the western U.S., "bless your heart is a term of consolation or to express approval of a kind act.
Jonathan should run for public office. JP for MP !
I completely agree 👍
Nah he's too honest for that.
I learned TANSTAAFL from Heinlein's the Moon is a Harsh Mistress too long ago to say. But love it.
Afghanistan was a case of severe mission creep.
Rugby ... that is very interesting john ... 🙃 ... That's brilliant john. 😑
Great work as always 👍💙🇸🇪❤️🇺🇦💛
Pro Tip - He who pays the most gets to be the leader of the "hopefully" free world.
It would have been a much shorter video if I had just said that!
If Georgia gets deprived of its EU candidacy because of police violence I will demand that France gets thrown out of the EU because I have "seen some pretty violent police brutality towards protesters" there too. And in Germany too. Like the farmer clinging to the roof of his tractor in Gorleben having his hands beaten by a police trunchon while another policeman sprayed pepper spray into his eyes at point blank range.
I love the muga cap,where can I get one 😅
I hear you i l am from Bedford Indiana. Im a Democrat in a very red state. In my life time the only time I voted for anyone on any level who actually won was Obama when he won the state of Indiana. I tell my children their vote counts when I really know it doesn't really matter because in my county 80 percent of people are maga Republican. It really makes me sick and I really hope something changes really soon. If not America is going to cease to exist as we know it
37:15 - Looks like an old-fashioned Rugby melée (scrum?) is taking place on the streets of Tblisi.
Greetings Legendary Team.
Soviets were done until the US came in and sent so much military aid to Russia that Russia's entire military was almost completely rearmed. And I'm pretty sure it was Patton after WW2 who went to the soviet union then came back and said "we defeated the wrong enemy" says all you need to know about Soviet Russia
Great one JP! Anyway you could do a Live cast with Gerdes, Jake Broe, Ben Hodges, and anyone else. On politics of war, and how Ukraine will win, and Propaganda influence?
03:45 - I've written off Maersheimer years ago as an old fossil stuck in the 80's who in his later years have concentrated on being contrary to anything and everything the US does on the international stage.
The trouble with China is why the US is asking the rest of NATO to step up (which they are beginning to do on a large scale). While the US military is designed to fight on two fronts, Chinese militarization is extremely concerning and will likely tie up the full strength of the US. It ain’t counter insurgency. Scary times.
Any war with China would be a naval war and over in a month.
@@user-sg6or2nu5n We will not lose quite that quickly. It will take longer than that to get enough carriers to have the West quit.
Yes, no free lunch Europe. We have ours with or without you guys truly. Cant say the same the other way around though. And thats the problem. Need to realize that. Think about it. Who is immediately in danger without the other? Yeah just stew on that and think who is getting the free lunch bud.
As always, another doozy of a geopol update video, Jonathan. Thank you for sharing your "non-expert views". They're much more informed and less distorted than mine. The "no such thing as a free lunch" idea is well explained, and I fully agree on all points. Except for the "Georgian scrum". As a rugby watching Kiwi (and a hooker in my schooldays), I reckon the growing mob of righteous Georgians pushing against nefarious authoritarian influence, symbolised by the water-cannon, (ditto PRC) was more akin to the rugby maul - where often at a throw-in to a line-out, a player carries the ball forward, supported by a growing number of team-mates (instead of passing it onto the back-line)😊 Cheers Slava Ukraini!
Well played
JP vacilates between the "there is no such thing as a free meal" mantra" and the "oh look that old granny is being mugged, you have to help her" mantra. But they are mutually exclusive at least in terms of their underlying principles. One is a free meal, the other isn't. I wish he would make up his mind on which of these motivational narratives he wants to propagate.
29:50 - Very concentrated around the Philippines and Taiwan. India is also very much involved (in opposition to China) as free passage thru the Malacca strait is vital to Indian economy. There has also been (minor) clashes with Vietnam and others in the region. China flexing its muscles and trying to impose control has many countries in the region (and elsewhere) on edge. A focal shift to the South and East Pacific has been going on for several decades already, although China's increasing assertiveness is relatively new (15-20 years).
You’re right about the USA not being the world’s police.Myanmar was a democracy worth defending but there was no benefit to them.
Good example
From Reuters: "Ukraine's $61 bln lifeline is not enough"
Full agreement on that. It _may_ be enough to stop the steady Russian advance, but does not even approach what is needed for Ukraine to win their country back.
Thanks
We keep talking of percentage of GDP on defence, some remind us of our contributions at the height of the cold war, I was wondering what were the tax rates back then? corporate and individual, also how much of our GDP get's spirited away to offshore tax havens. When I was a child in the 60s we had aircraft carriers full of planes, our own bomber force and many more fighter jets than we can field now, we need to re arm and learn from the Ukraine experience fast!
Bloody hell cobber,dunno where you find the time to do all your videos,along with reading through all the shite us buggers bounce around in the comments section. Your interaction with us lot is humbling and much appreciated, but may I suggest your time is better spent doing a multitude of things other than responding to a 6 (or 7?) point critique. The fact is,the bulk of 'us lot' follow you because fact,logic and integrity are features of your content, and you are very well qualified in your views and opinions. Righteo,now that I've blown some smoke up your arse,I'm off to work,after all,we're not all here to fuck spiders eh mate? Thanks,keep it up ❤
so it's not worth me writing this comment? Dang.
I'm sure mr hess was overjoyed that his humble opinion attracted a civilised point by point responsefrom yourself. Maybe he learned something. When you engage in civilised respectful conversation there are no losers
23:10 - I bet Macron is referring to the complacency, smugness and contrived righteousness permeating Western societies resulting in a reduced "drive" and assertiveness on the international stage. We should, of course, be inclusive and allow full-fledged participation of emerging countries - politically and economically. It is more a question of how.
13:41 How about a million dead in the Rwanda genocide. Even after the death of UN peacekeepers... no American invasion... shocking! It's as if the US cares for US interest... just like... literally.... EVERY OTHER NATION! OMG! JON WE ARE ON TO SOMETHING!
Bill Clinton has said publicly that was the worst decision of his time in office. I agree........we should have done something.
Rwanda has no easy access for any influence from the U. S.
The bobble the She-who-shall-not-be-named lives in a crazy-land.
14:55 - Of course the US (and others) wish to safeguard their own strategic objectives both regionally and globally. The moral argument is only an afterthought - a way to legitimize and "explain" involvement. Geopolitics 101 in the Rational Choice Model of international relations. If they didn't intervene or "police" strategically, world trade and the rule based order (and therefore US prosperity) would suffer. All those aligned with the US - NATO in Europe, the Quad (and others) in Asia - share most of the objectives as they pertain to both the economic and political spheres.
NAFO got MUGA trending Its everywhere todaya lot of the Fellas asking to wear MUGA caps
What does Nafo stand for, I’m afraid to ask.
That cap is about the only thing MTG has brought to the discussion worth mentioning - and that was unintentional 😂
I would dearly love a Muga hat, but I don’t want to pay Marrjorie, is anyone else selling them? lol
@@darrinvaughan8992 Noone would buy one off her! NAFO does a shed load of fundraising wont be long until they appear)
@@darrinvaughan8992 The North Atlantic Fella Organization
MUGA !!!!!!!
I would very much like to buy the MUGA cap it would be the best Irony for Marge ' Traitor ' Greene.
I dont think that guy ever implied we were workd policing for moral aspects... we simply lead the charge in all of those strategic events. And you guys benefit with low cost because you dont invest in military. Need to pull your own weight is what hes implying.
MUGA caps already being sold on Meitas Touch in US and Ukraine Matters websites!
Rugby and St George... hmmm is there a connection? St George is on the English flag St George is on the Georgian flag I am secular too, but there are religious trappings and traditions that explain underlying history, and being aware of the iconography and allegorical stories of the saints is often a very useful endeavor
01:45 - Both iPhone and MacBook are primarily produced (assembled) in China, although Apple started moving its production to Vietnam a little over a year ago. I bet the Russians may still acquire original parts from China thru illicit channels.
Foxconn is also moving out of China......
I saw this clip “MUGA” in real time… thought she was bonkers
38:40 - Telling that all former Soviet republics are vehemently opposed to once again being usurped and incorporated into Russia. I bet the same will happen if the Russian Federation fractures and renewed independence efforts by peripheral republics gain momentum.
It was American strategy to be the world's policeman - Pax Americana - America Supreme. Atlantic Council just had a good article about it. Our deciding not to be the world's policeman we will lose our supremacy, but being America First now we don't understand what made us first. Too bad on us. I liken it to 2 teams - us vs China/Russia/Iran/North Korea. THEY WANT us to step down but didn't count on team members not wanting to join them forming their own team. Europe was content with being part of ours, but if you don't do your job as team leader and respect them as equals, or defend their interests only your own, team members do it themselves. Europe's strategy is now Autonomy, I forecast the EU will expand to include a Defense Component and the UK is going to miss out, I bet you join. Europe is expanding it's military manufacturing you have a head start on us. The GOP defunding Ukraine in essence defunded ours. Canada ordered a NASAMS for Ukraine over a year ago, still not even contracted out yet last I heard about a month ago. Meanwhile Europe is building plants all over including Ukraine. The EU lost the UK thanks to Russian propaganda, but they are expanding faster than Russia is. You are right the Pacific needs to follow their lead. Taiwan already said Ukraine is KEY to their future including their decisions, the PM of Japan pretty much told our leaders they want us to lead and are unhappy seeing us not. Not only Republicans but he specifically said we're not out of misplaced fear or hesitancy that was aimed at Biden. And I have come to the conclusion Biden like Bush only protects oil. Gasoline prices seem to be the most important thing to him for his election. Not winning a World War. He MAY or may not probably will go to war for Taiwan and South Korea if we're not bogged down in the Middle East as Russia and China want. Trump won't unless China Hawks get their way. China and North Korea have nukes so why can he defend them not Ukraine? Because we need their tech, it's valuable. It will hurt manufacturing if it's cut off. Ours, economy. Biden is moving to sign a Defense Agreement with the Saudis for God's sakes. The ones he ran on punishing for Khashoggi but never intended to. The ones who attacked us 9/11 who not only make women wear head coverings but cover head to toe and ask their male relatives permission to leave the house. The ones who behead opposition like Iran does. Because oil. He has yet to sign one for Ukraine, and he did not defend them because they were not valuable economically to us. He was stupid enough not to realize how important they are to European AND our Security. He is another Realist - human rights good or evil suffering have no meaning for him. He pretends to care he does not. Sorry to be harsh but that's my interpretation. Belief systems like that are how we got where we are, incapable of evolving past world wars and inhuman atrocities. I can only hope the generation of protesters FOR human rights lead us beyond that. They are going to have to for our race to survive the age of wars nuclear proliferation since Biden threw the premise for non-proliferation away and created nuclear terrorists, and climate change - which requires us to move away from oil. By the way looks like Biden is going to help build oil rich Saudis a nuclear plant, for perfectly peaceful reasons I'm sure - NOT
Thank you for this thoughtful comment
Thank you for this thoughtful comment
Brexit cost us big time I was against it the vote was something like 47percent against and 53 percent for that vote was one by the senior citizens the youth were dead against it
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The "there is no such thing as a free meal" thesis that JP continuously mentions directly contradicts the fact that many Nato countries don't honour their part of the agreement to spend 2% of their GDP on defence. Hence both propositions cannot be true. One of them is a historical generalisation (the free meal thesis), the other one is historical fact that can be supported by figures and data. I prefer this one. It is epistemologically on a sounder footing. Conclusion: there is and often was such a thing as a "free meal" in geopolitical history. But Trump wants to change that. Has he ever heard of King Knut?
Every move is calculated always simpley put that’s it
oh my gods JP answer your phone! Just taking the Mickey out, or Joshing you as we say across the pond sometimes. (Mickey and Josh seem like very unserious people.) As an American, I'm mixed about our role as world police. Historically, our go-to for foreign policy has usually been regime change since William Eaton and the bey of Tripoli in 1804. (for more recommended reading, pick up Pirate Coast, by Richard Zacks.) That's sometimes caused us some blowback in the long run, in terms of friends around the world, and led to some pretty heinous stuff in regards to our imperialism. ( the degree to which Dole and Chiquita have had a hand in South America and Hawai'i is on par with the British East India Co.) On the one hand, I agree with you JP that geopolitics is a sometimes disreputable but necessary game with messy outcomes, compromises and half measures, but demonstrably better when done democratically with the will of the people than performed at the behest of autocrats. However, my altruistic side wants progressive policies in place that don't solely have our best interest at heart. As the world's biggest economy and military, we have a responsibility to see that we use our power to genuinely increase the quality of life around the world and defend those who can't defend themselves without leaving other nations beholden to the United States for further aid. Thomas Sankara said that true food aid wasn't the delivery of refugee aid meals and supplements, it was the delivery of fertilizer, tractors and seed. I would like to see a United States that proceeds on a course of action because the majority of citizens thinks its the right thing to do, not just because it benefits us. I dunno, I think I'm rambling now and straying from geopolitics into philosophy, and I blame you for it! I genuinely think that it is a-ok to do the right thing on a global scale and not necessarily need for the action to benefit oneself.
Can’t affect change or moan about the result if you don’t vote (despite sometimes it being futile) 👍🏻
If only Russian citizens followed suite to the “brave” people of Georgia, Putin could possibility be ousted .
MUGA is now totally viral.
It should be MUFA, but MTG got even *that* wrong. Make Ukraine Free Again!
@@sirsmeal3192 Indeed.
Who could help the Philippines to develop some sea babies to defend themselves
No disrespect but the French and the Americans did not leave Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and now Chad of their own free will, they were asked to leave and subsequently replaced by Russian contingents. For context, France was fleecing Niger paying peanuts for the uranium extracted there and polluting the environment in a country where less than 15% of the population has access to electricity; France also was controlling the currency used in this countries.
I have talked about the extractive nature of their presence their previously
Maybe _that_ was the wakeup call Macron needed to fire him up against the Russians. He wants to be the big man in the room and a losing situation opened his eyes to a new path.
Being in Speaker Johnson’s shoes must be tough ?
They are pretty smelly, aren't they?
Deterrence might be seen as "world policing" by some, but remember here are some examples of failed deterrence: First Chechen War, 1994-1997. Second Chechen War, 1999-2000. Russo-Georgian War, 2008. Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014-present. Russian invasion of Ukraine, 2022-present.
Did I miss the attempts to deter ???
If you do not deter, you have failed in deterrence.
Don't worry I didn't vote either. It seems like the results are already rewritten. I would like this changed to be more transparent. This is hard to do and keep voting anonymous. However anonymity is needed, most are proud of who they voted for.
Just a quick comment those of us yankee's interperet god bless him/her means the opposite effect...
I would suggest anyone that wants to know what goes on in our Worlds Waters! Subscribe to USNI, and Fleet & Marine Tracker as well. You will get almost Daily reports on what is happening around the world in our Oceans, Sea's, and Rivers! The Fleet & Marine Tracker will give you a Weekly report of What US Naval Vessels are Deployed, where they are located, and what has gone on in the last week. They do not list exactly every ship, but close. Not really any Submarines either, cause they are the Silent Service! But I Track every Report and all US, Nato, Countries, and Coast Guard War ships and M/V that are Targeted in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The Coast Guard Seizures in the Persian Gulf, and Arabian Sea. They give you lots of Knowledge and Info.
Add "What the ship ..." to that.
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Agreed
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Australia and Egypt as well as others have land based oil deposits that would be able to compensate for the whole of the current Middle East current supplies let alone all the wells I’ve done offshore in Australia that will also shut down the whole Middle East
How do you get moskow marg out her seat?
The problem with Afghanistan is USA didn't give the rest of NATO and other countries involved enough time to synchronised pulling out and left the other countries in the shit. And this is not the first time. This is not a go at the USA but instead of America thinking only of themselves they should think about other countries they get involved.
Trump.
I am pretty sure Greg Terry promoted pro-Russia apologist and propagandist Mearsheimer on one if his streams and said he was brilliant. I disputed it. I listened to his lecture blaming NATO for the war among other things. Between that and Greg's devotion to Rep Spartz his believing obvious Russian Assets has been a problem for me.I do not understand it at all.
32:40 - Ukraine 2014 was an almost carbon copy of Georgia in 2008. Will Georgia 202? become a carbon copy of Ukraine in 2022?
Let us hope.
What you say concerning “Strategic” assistance, is absolutely true. Another saying which expounds this principle is the one: Beware of the “Roman” bearing gifts “! Exchange the word “Roman” for “American.” Very appropriate.
"Europe and the free nations have to step up" ? ? ? The USA has a larger war industry and stock, than the rest of the free world combined. And financially, the EU is already spending more to help Ukraine already than the USA. What should they step-up? Building a complete war industry in 2 weeks?
Because Zimbabwe is land-locked. Because Zimbabwe has no neighbours with US bases. Can't happen. Cant get to Chechnya. Cant get to Georgia at War. . All 4 countries dont affect global geopolitics. Or export oil. Or knock down buildings in Manhattan.
yup
now i will have to think of something clever to say to get you to comment on my post,, too much pressure, been a long day !
Meirsheimer is a Joker as his previous public quasi-academic bilge before Russia's invasion shows. Tactical Voting websites are big this year Jonathan. Tactical voting will make bigger differences in the UK General Election than ever before this time.
Mierstiemer is a prominent professor who is a serious academic ,and you dismiss him because he has an opposite view. Why do you call anyone who disagrees with you a Russian troll . "A return on investment" ? How many deaths does that involve ? Unbelievable!
According to professor Oleg Rzheshevsky, "4,148 Red Army officers and many privates were punished for committing atrocities".[8] The exact number of German women and girls raped by Soviet troops during the war and occupation is uncertain, but historians estimate their numbers are likely in the hundreds of thousands, and possibly as many as two million
John, I disagree with Jonathan all the time, and he has yet to call me a troll.
Russia can get new parts easily, they're made in China lol. The problem is they're serialized and require Apple to pair them. It seems very stupid though to isolate civilians, best to keep your brands in their country to remind them of the outside world.
Sup bois
Alternative Vote system is not as democratic as "50%+1". However, this can mean two rounds of elections which might turn off a lot of folk !
There are so many different types of AV. The problem with 50 + 1 is that the 49 have no representation at all. It's worse than that because quite often you can get with first past the post 35% of people voting for a winning candidate that means that 65% of the people are not represented.
@@ATPGeo Yes, but what you've missed is that, the majority get what they want and that is a lot better than the traditional British "first past the post" system. In places where it is used it tends to polarise opinions from the start , so that folk do not have to hold a second round of voting. None of the voting systems that we have are ideal, they all have their pros and cons. Despite their faults they are all far,far better than Mr Putin's system.