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  1. Woland

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Ukraine has had 5 democratically elected presidents since 2000: Kuchma, Yuschenko, Yanukovich, Poroshenko, Zelensky. Each with differing platforms and ideas. For the past 25 years, Russia has had two, and that's if we're counting Medvedev as an independent president rather than Putin's...
  2. Woland

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Russia hasn't even managed to destroy Ukraine's air capability, never mind NATO's. When F-16s arrive to Ukraine and continue operating, will you admit that what you just wrote here is nonsense?
  3. Woland

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Ukraine hasn't received aid from the US since December 27, 2023, and hasn't received significant aid since October. Any US aid still delivered is miniscule and from what was announced/agreed upon months ago, since funding for Ukraine has been stuck in Congress since October. Yet somehow Russia...
  4. Woland

    USA The Immigrant Issue and Texas' Insurgency

    This is not connected to the situation in Texas, it's about passing the Supplemental bill that includes immigration reform and funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. https://www.axios.com/2024/01/27/senate-border-deal-biden-house-republicans
  5. Woland

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Instead of searching for Russian TV debates, I would recommend this channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1420channel - which asks ordinary Russians interesting questions, many dealing with politics, war, democracy, etc.
  6. Woland

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Arestovich was neither Zelensky's aide nor a participant in the peace negotiations. He is a blogger and was an unpaid communications advisor to the Office of the President. The Office of the President is the entirety of the Ukrainian federal apparatus working for the President, consisting of...
  7. Woland

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Safe is not just a matter of the likelihood that the money is frozen. Safe is overwhelmingly about the interest earned balanced to potential risks (from currency fluctuation, crises, etc.). In addition there is the ease and convenience of using the USD and Western financial institutions. The...
  8. Woland

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    The US has already previously seized money from Cuba and Iraq. Additionally even the UN Security Council in 1992 ruled to seize frozen Iraqi oil assets and transfer them to Kuwait to pay for Iraq's invasion, so there's sufficient precedent. Moreover there aren't that many opportunities for...
  9. Woland

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Fortunately Trump would not be able to take the US out of NATO. Earlier this month Congress signed legislation requiring approval from the House or Senate. https://thehill.com/homenews/4360407-congress-approves-bill-barring-president-withdrawing-nato/ Congress is also the only part of government...
  10. Woland

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Aid to Ukraine from the US has absolutely slowed down. This is observable both in the size of packages, and in the messaging from Ukrainian officials in public and private. Delivery schedules for aid that has already been allotted and paid for is unchanged. The total size of military packages in...
  11. Woland

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Actions speak louder than words. Until US Congress passes a new supplemental, aid from the US will be minimal since there is very little money left for allotted spending from the previous supplmenetal. Here are the statistics of US aid by month (in millions of USD): 2022: Feb 350 March...
  12. Woland

    Live Conflict Israel-Palestine War|Regional Escalations

    I would argue it's the other way around. China has a short window of time when it came challenge the US due to demographics. By 2100 US population is expected to increase to 434m, whereas China's is expected to decrease to 600mil. Consider this: China is currently 5x larger than US. By 2100...
  13. Woland

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Jim Jordan is no longer running for Speaker on Congress after losing the third vote in Congress (with his loss margin increasing each time). This is great news for Ukraine since Jim Jordan was an ally of Trump and opposed to Ukraine aid. The new leading candidate for Speakership is now Tom...
  14. Woland

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Shaheds are not difficult to shoot down, you can even shoot them down with an AK if you manage to hit them. So protecting from Shaheds over a small area is not difficult with guns similar to the ones used on Gepards, for example.
  15. Woland

    Live Conflict Israel-Palestine War|Regional Escalations

    Yup. You still don't get it: killing civilians is always wrong. Wanna stop with the whataboutism and condemn the murder of innocents now?
  16. Woland

    Live Conflict Israel-Palestine War|Regional Escalations

    Stop excusing the inexcusable. What about this child: https://streamable.com/wdj3l3 - was he a valid target too? What about the civilians shot at the bus station? The civilians whose throats were slit after they were dragged out of their cars? If you're making excuses for these crimes, you're...
  17. Woland

    Live Conflict Israel-Palestine War|Regional Escalations

    Hamas appears to have kidnapped a child no older than 7, and other Palestinian children are beating him. Nobody is going to spend political capital to help Gaza after such footage. Frankly I have trouble seeing what is redeemable in such a society. https://streamable.com/wdj3l3
  18. Woland

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Of course I'm aware of that, but if you follow the current situation in Congress, even Biden's request for $24 billion in funding was met with opposition and didn't succeed. Republicans are tying aid to Ukraine to border funding and other concessions, and a group of Trumpist Republicans are...
  19. Woland

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    My bad, I didn't realize. If you want, you can delete your post and I'll delete mine to keep this topic clean.

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