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I would like to revise my previous analysis to say that one of the strategies I mentioned previously (Ukraine doing hit-and-run strikes to force Russia to commit forces to defend gaps in their line) actually seems to be working. Russia has no effective counter to such guerilla tactics unlike...

I have to admit, I'm also not particularly confident about a Ukrainian victory. You can talk about Kursk all you like but it doesn't change the fact that Russia started making pretty major gains in Ukraine once this operation got underway which leads me to suspect that Ukraine diverted a...

It's not just Muslim countries, across most nations the age of consent is between 14-18. Forget countries, you can have age of consent varying by state. Germany, Italy, Austria and Portugal for example all have it at 14. There are even exceptions going as low as 12 if both the boy and the girl...

@Spitfire9 was merely pointing out that Erdogan conducted himself tactlessly. It is possible to criticize/insult someone if you wish without being so...inelegant about it. Erdogan has been leader of Turkey for 20+ years now and he still behaves like somebody that walked out of Nardaran yesterday.

I am fairly confident on blaming the lacking of Turkish citizens mentally on the education system. From what I can see, it's certainly not the lack of human potential and 100+ years is certainly enough to reverse the damage of the previous centuries. Azerbaijan has a similar problem where we...

PKK wasn't created by the US. Why do you keep harping on about this line?

The Democrats are correct about J.D. Vance being a moron. He's Trump's weak point and might possibly end up being even more of an Achilles' heel for the guy than Sarah Palin ended up being for John McCain. I've heard rumors that Doug Burgum, governor of North Dakota, was Trump's first choice and...

I think what Iskander meant is that during the Afghanistan withdrawal, Turkish/Azerbaijani forces were the last of the participating nations to leave IIRC. Part of that is because the Taliban generally refrained from attacking our soldiers and vehicles so other NATO troops would sometimes hitch...

Surprised at South Korea being so high.

I'm going to be nice but this is optimistic at best. Aside from the fact that Kamala Harris couldn't debate a preschooler and come out looking good, very few people in the US actually give a crap about abortion any more. The mid-terms were when the issue was still fresh on the agenda and even...

I keep confusing the flags of Nigeria and Niger.

To be fair the shooter was pretty dumb to be aiming where he was. Most professionals always advise to aim for the center of mass (in this case the mass being the head). And that pic shows the bullet passing closer through his ear than it actually did. So in reality the shooter's aim was kinda...

Shooter actually did hit Trump but he was wearing a protective vest. There's a photograph floating around showing a bullet hole in Trump's clothes. And if you listen to the audio from the event, you can identify the shooter getting off at least 2-3 shots before the Secret Service start firing back.

Secret Service and the police had multiple civilians raise the alarm and point out the shooter climbing up but they did nothing. This entire affair is fishy but so is American politics in general.

Is this more cost-efficient than hiring regular people though? Time will tell.

Turkish authorities may be waiting to see how the Iranian presidential elections go. The most popular candidate, Dr. Mesud Pezeshkian, is ethnic Azerbaijani who is in favor of much better relations with Turkey. Granted he may be just another grifting candidate or worse, a plant to placate the...

The German team was tactically superior but the Spanish team was more technically proficient. Spain could've scored multiple times early on when they kept the pressure up but they sorta got lost for a bit when Germany repeatedly caught them on counter-offensives and took a while to regain their...

I'm still baffled whenever I hear Germans or the French or whatever whine about Grey Wolves being some fascist terrorist organisation on par with Nazis. And when I ask them to cite the terrorist attacks that the Grey Wolves supposedly committed, they either describe a bunch of shit that was...

I am always amused when mainstream media tries to subtly pivot from "Trump wants Europe to pull their weight when it comes to being in NATO" to "Trump is going to sell out Ukraine to Putin" and thinks no one will notice. A reminder that Trump was the one that started seriously arming and...

The idea of letting protesters, well, protest is to preserve freedom of speech and project a lawful image to the rest of the world. However since Turkey is already considered a dictatorship, might as well double down and put those jackboots to use cracking down on the necks of people who...