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You greatly overestimate the cost of the Ukrainian war for the US. So far, most of the weapons delivered to Ukraine were from existing inventories, older weapons that were already paid for. Also, the spending on new weapons systems goes back in the US economy, and considering the increased...

I remember seeing an interview with Fidel Castro sometime ago, and he was talking about the Cuban crisis in the nineties after the Soviet Union collapse. The most funny part was when he said something like “we were all expecting the US to collapse, but instead the Soviet Union collapsed“. You...

Even Putin’s friends have a price. Aleksandar Vučić may present himself as pro-Russian, but he still sells ammunition to Ukraine’s friends if the price is right.

I am one of those skeptics. From what I see, the US is drip feeding weapons in a way to make sure the war lasts for a long time, giving Putin the illusion that he can win the war, so that he is willing to sacrifice the Russian economy and prolong the war instead of just giving up and...

I think this is the West’s biggest mistake. Instead of taking on the opportunity while Russia is weak and put more pressure on it until it collapses, they are more preoccupied with keeping it functional, because they fear China will benefit from it. For Europe, the collapse of Russia would be a...

You just confirmed my point. You are a radical, and you don’t even consdier the moderates to be muslims. Very much like Daesh ideology.

For Gary, the only muslims that matter are the Palestinians (not that he cares about their lives, but he invokes them as the reason why he hates the West), the Houthis (because they fight against the West) and the Islamic State (because they are fanatical radiclas like him). He doesn’t care...

We can only hope and dream that the day will come when this statement becomes true. Unfortunatelly, no Western leader has declared this ambition, but if Putin continues his endless series of mistakes and poor decisions, this outcome is not unrealistic. There are so many potential new states...

Ukraine was not part of Russia. The Soviet Union was not Russia. By the same logic, the EU should have rights over the UK, because at one time the UK was part of the EU. And by the same logic, Russia would also have rights over the Baltic states, because they were once part of the Soviet Union...

Good thing that the vast majority of Europe is not made of countries like Switzerland, Austria or Hungary, where Putinist propaganda has brainwashed people at a large scale. People in Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Netherlands or the UK are much better informed when it comes to Russia and they...

This attitude is so disgusting when coming from a European. I guess Hitler shouldn’t have spared Switzerland back in the day, so maybe people like you would understand more the difference between aggressor and victim.

You still didn’t understand anything. It’s about changing the top people and their party from power, with someone who presents opposite ideas. If Gary Kasparov could defeat Putin in an election and become president, that would be democratic. But this cannot happen in Russia, because real...

There is a huge difference that you refuse to see. In a democracy, the public has the ability to change the people in power. The head of state, the head of government, etc. While the elites, oligarhs and big money are generally safe no matter the elections outcome, the country leaders can be...

The illusion is very important, because it reduces tensions in society and keeps people less angry. Also, while democracoes have many flaws (I said this many times), they still generate change when the electorate demands it. If Trump wins the election for example, he won’t be able to do...

Democracies have many flaws. They are far from perfect. But their main strength is that they don’t allow too much power to accumulate under a single person or family. By doing this, they prevent the most henious crimes and abuses and result in a more stable society. Democracies also have the...

Technological and economical development are usually correlated with the respect for private property, which is typical in capitalist societies. Private property is more respected in democratic societies, because democracies have a set of institutions that abide by a set of rules, and there are...

If we look at history, democratic societies account for a tiny fraction of the total. Most of the times all countries were autocratic, and even when some democracies existed, they were mostly the minority. Despite the fact that democracies have a tiny share of global history, they account for...

The old history is dominated by autocratic regimes, which are characterized by stagnation and slow technological progress. All those examples of empires you give as success stories are actually zero growth societies where centuries have passed without any palpable technological and economic...

The war in Ukraine is very important for the US establishment, as it is part of the long term strategy of containing and weakening Russia. There is no way Trump would be allowed to ruin their plan which is going so well. If Trump will not cooperate (my bet is he will), there is a quick fix for...

Unfortunately Moldova doesn’t have anything resembling an army, so their best bet would be to invite the Ukrainians to liberate Transnistria. They should have done so long time ago.