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That happened a long time ago. Different people, different weapons, different cultures. People were more willing to sacrifice themsleves back then, and war required less skills and training than it does now. Now, when we have women in positions of power and with more rights than men, why would...

That’s why conscription is not a solution in the XXI century, at least not in devloped / high income countries. People who have a good life are not willing to fight in a war. They can’t be effective soldiers if taken by force, because their only goal will be to stay alive, not to inflict damage...

That’s fine as long as they are volunteers. But when men are drafted to war against their will because some crazy leader thinks they need to sacrifice for the greater good, than that’s a different thing. Maybe because of the Eastern cultures, the pool of volunteers would be much higher, but...

I’m not saying a country shouldn’t defend itself from aggression. What I am questioning is conscription-based armies who defend the country against their will. If the country can get enough volunteers to fight a war and defend, they should go for it, but the moment you resort to...

That’s because most states / countries are and have been ruled by murderous psychopaths who care more about a presumed personal “legacy” than about the people they are supposed to lead. Most wars happen because both sides are ruled by evil psychopaths. The current conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza...

So easy to say from the sidelines that others can “afford” the casualities. Arabs are humans too, and their lives matter as well. Why would they sacrifice their lives just to destroy a country that will fall anyway sometime in the future? Human lives are more valuable than some stupid state...

You can’t challenge a country in modern long range war based on demographics. The high population of China won’t help in a sea and air war, but it would be very costly to maintain and feed during an embargo. If China and the US shared a large land border, your theory would make sense. But...

This is another reason why China won’t start a war. They don’t want to be cut off from Middle Eastern oil.

If your economy collapses, the last thing you need is a war and international embargo. China needs seabound imports. It is dependent on that. The US can easily shut down the seabound trade routes. China is in no position to fight a war against the US. That’s why the US keeps pushing this...

You are actually confirming my point. It is the US who wants China to attack now, when the US still has the upper hand. It is not in the interest of China to start a war now. China wins by playing the long game.

You cite something about Germany and free speech in the same post? C’mon, you can do better than that.

China won’t invade Taiwan. China’s strength is its economic game backed up by improved scientific education and a globalized economy. If there is a war and a break-up of the globalized economy, China loses. China is dependent on a functional global economy, because they import a lot of basic...

Of course he is ready, because it is not him who will pay that price. So easy to send other people to die for your grandstanding.

I condemn the hospital attack, along with all the indiscriminate bombing of civilians. Israel is acting in a similar way to Russia. The way they lie in order to deny their war crimes is also very Russian-like.

That’s great news! A four times increase in production will allow for new countries to buy CAESARS, while at the same time Ukraine will be able to receive additional units. Maybe 4 units will go to other countries, and 4 to Ukraine each month. This is they kind of production ramping that is...

The “bears” just got two airports blown off with 9 helicopters on them, with a shiny new toy from the US, which is the oldest and weakest version of ATACMS. That’s just with a 75 km range weapon. In a few weeks, the Ukrainians will have the new 150 km range ammunition for HIMARS that will allow...

The Chinese are not stupid to do anything now, as this would be perceived as an anti-Israel move, which would have long term negative consequences for China. If they act as an enemy of Israel, it will strengthen the defence cooperation between Israel and Taiwan, and it may even pressure the US...

I’m sure some people in Bali would be happy. When I was there in vacation a few years ago, I asked a taxi driver if the tsunami has reached Bali, and he started to rejoice while laughing that he loved the tsunami because it killed so many people in Aceh, where there are only muslims. He seemed...

If they tried to set it up in Germany, there would have been another holocaust by now. Europeans would have turned nazis rather than accepting something like that.

Yes, that is pure hypocrisy. The bombing and killing of civilians is wrong, and what Israel is doing now has no excuse. It is one thing to have an anti terror campaign and to target a terrorist organization, and another to carpet bomb a city filled with children. The hypocrisy of many in the...