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03-01-2022, 02:48 PM | #181 (permalink) |
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Let's assume that's true. Which nation would you rather be beholden to?
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03-01-2022, 02:59 PM | #182 (permalink) | |
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Clinton Bush Obama Trump Biden ?
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03-01-2022, 03:25 PM | #183 (permalink) |
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Alright. You're entitled to whatever opinion you'd like, I just wanted to ask.
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03-01-2022, 03:35 PM | #184 (permalink) | |
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If you're the Ukraine, I think there's a major difference from Bush to Biden.
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03-01-2022, 04:01 PM | #185 (permalink) |
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How is China rich?
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03-01-2022, 06:15 PM | #186 (permalink) |
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in 1880 China was the global powerhouse of economic prosperity. Did they get there by acts of violence?
Looking at this chart, China has a $14.34T GDP. Britain has a $2.83T GDP. Assuming your statement about acts of violence gets people wealth, that assumes China's atrocities are 7x greater than that of the UK. My point in all of this is to say that violence is a hallmark of all great nations. it might be fair to say violence made the US wealthy, but I would argue in the league of nations, America has some catching up to do in terms of global violence.
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03-01-2022, 06:30 PM | #187 (permalink) |
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Do we have to kill off Mexicans or something to achieve that level of greatness? We're about out of Natives.
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03-01-2022, 09:21 PM | #189 (permalink) | |
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There's coercion in Russia's sphere of influence as well, and if you're Ukraine I imagine the coercion that didn't involve hundreds of years of occupation, the holodomor, and the ever present threat of invasion probably sounds a lot better, especially if it gives you protection from all of the above.
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03-02-2022, 09:09 AM | #190 (permalink) |
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I just heard from my friend in Croatia and they're obviously concerned since they border Hungary. I told her being in NATO is a blessing because Putin knows if he invades a NATO country, it's nuclear war for sure and I'm sure Putin wouldn't want to be remembered as the man who destroyed the world, including and especially Russia.
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