Recent content by contricusc

Flights canceled across Russia as Aeroflot got hacked and its servers erased by Ukrainian and Bielorussian hackers. A top floor window may open soon for Aeroflot’s CEO, who apparently didn’t change his password for three years and still used Windows XP servers at the company...

“Beijing has also waded into the debate while watching from afar. Its Taiwan Affairs Office has accused Lai of "engaging in dictatorship under the guise of democracy" and "using every means possible to suppress the opposition".” Oh, the irony, when the Chinese accuse others of engaging in...

“Communist” Russians die for the motherland while “Capitalist” Americans make a profit. This is how things were always supposed to happen.

Since the embassy is considered Azerbaidjani territory, this could be seen as an attack on Azerbaidjan.

Yes, war is bad. Who knew that? Well, everyone except Putin and Netanyahu… Unfortunately people in Western Europe don’t know Russia the way people from Eastern Europe know it, and you don’t feel threatened because you are far away and the Russians never reached your lands. But you should...

You say I have no clue, but you just reinforce what I stated. Switzerland is not in the EU and NATO, that’s a fact. And it is by choice, not because it was not welcome. When you refuse to join the EU and NATO, you lose prioriy. Ukraine has asked to join both the EU and NATO. Unlike...

Yes, Switzerland would not be easy to invade because of its geography, but let’s be realistic, they would not stand a chance against any of its big neighbors like France, Italy or Germany. But this is of course meaningless, because they have no enemies, and won’t be at war with anyone. They are...

What a great military strategy, to hope that war will never happen. And what if it happens? You want Europe to be caught with its pants down? Wasting? So having a powerful military is wasting money? You do seem to be a traitor, since you want Europe to be weak and powerless, so that every big...

Are you serious? Of course size matters. Look at how much damage Russia can do despite being a backwards country, just because of its size. If Russia was the size of Ukraine, it would had started no wars and wouldn’t have been a threat to anyone, but because it is big, it is creating problems...

Ukraine is bigger than Switzerland. It is more important in the long game. Switzerland is a small vassal state of the EU, abiding by its regulations but without a seat at the table where decisions are made. It is surrounded by much more powerful countries and its army is useless, as it won’t...

I know what those systems are designed for. My point is, Ukraine’s biggest problem right now is not the few ballistic missiles that Russia fires at them. Yes, they need to be able to defend from those too, but it is ridiculous that the bulk of the money spent on arming Ukraine goes to...

Wasting money on air defence, while there is no talk of Taurus, Tomahawks or other long range missiles, which is what Ukraine actually needs. No amount of Patriots, NASAMS, IRIS-T or any other air defence systems will be able to stop Russia from launching hundreds of drones daily at Ukraine...

This is one of the biggest mistakes the West is making when helping Ukraine. The insistence on high cost tier 1 air defence missiles like the PAC-3, which cost a lot of money, is a strategic mistake. It wastes a lot of resources for very little effect. The money spent on Patriot systems and...

Yes, this is indeed how Trump is treating Europe. I just hope that Europeans will understand that without unity there is no future for Europe as a relevant global player. Europe has many problems to solve, because it is made of many countries with different cultures, interests and languages...

I do agree that GDP is misleading in many ways, because of the price difference. But nominal GDP is still very relevant when it comes to the money available for imports and investment. When China buys oil from Saudi Arabia, it pays the same price as Europeans. It doesn’t matter that in China...