That‘s a very bad move on their part, as it will antagonize Europe. Trump’s reign was a great chance for China to improve relations with Europe, but if they support Russia, they are choosing the losing side.
But when you moved in Cyprus, the US was mostly on Turkey’s side because they were weary of Greece’s sympathies for communism.
In case of a war with Israel, everyone knows on who’s side will the US be, and expelling you from Cyprus will probably be one of the priorities in such scenario.
The...
And how would 5th gen figters defend you from covert operations and asymmetric warfare?
Unless you plan for a direct war with Israel or Greece, there is not much use for 5th gen fighters, other than posturing.
Look how far it has gotten Iran when they attempted to get a nuke. Sometimes it’s...
This is where I was going. Geopolitics should be played in a smart way, and elections should not interfere with foreign policy. When you sacrifice your country’s best interest to score electoral wins, you know you are on the wrong path.
And who are those countries? Which country wants to attack you? None of your neighbors has the military strength to fight you, so nobody will attack you regadless of having a 5th Gen Jet or not.
They don’t seem to have any problems with Saudi Arabia or UAE getting advanced weapons. Maybe it’s because they never intend to fight them.
As a member of NATO, it would be natural for Turkey to be in good relations with Israel, since most NATO countries consider Israel to be an ally.
I think...
I never implied you are comparable to Iran, but this doesn’t mean that a war with Israel would not be very bad for your country. Israel has the baking of the US, so fighting them is not something to be desired.
This happens all the time in geopolitics, but this doesn’t mean you have to reach a...
But why are you worried about a potential war with Israel? You are in NATO, so Israel will not attack you. Why not be friends with Israel, like the Saudis are doing?
It’s easy to be safe from Israel. As long as you are in good relations with them, there is nothing to worry about.
But if you...
Imagine that at the beginning of 2022, if you checked any military power ranking, Russia would have been high above Israel, and Iran would be above Ukraine.
Now compare that to the real war situation. Israel has managed in two days to control Iran’s airspace despite being at 1700 km away, while...
What is the life expectancy of the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces? Under current circumstances, it may be one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.
Who Israel has killed
Some of the top Iranian officials killed by Israel overnight:
Major-General Mohammad Bagheri (Chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces)
General Hossein Salami (Commander-in-chief of the IRGC)
General Gholam Ali Rashid (Senior commander of the IRGC)
Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari...
Russia has plenty of Lebensraum and it has very low birth rates. Birth rates are more corelated with education, wealth and culture, than with availability of teritory. The recipe for high birth rates is a combination of a poor and uneducated population with a traditional culture. Russia only...
The Japanese live much better than the Russians. And when Russia will be bankrupt and dirt poor, full of rebelious regions wanting independence, it is not out of the question that the Japanese may simply buy their islands from a corrupt Russian regime like the one of Yeltsin.
And don’t forget...
Russia must be Balkanized after what it did in Ukraine. There is no other way to discourage other countries from doing the same. Russia must pay a heavy price, and the disintegration into smaller countries is the best solution to the Russian problem.
You are citing events that happened over 100 years ago and before the Soviet Union existed.
Before the existence of Communism, Russia was just another imperial power, like the British, the French, the Austro-Hungarians or the Ottomans. Sometimes they were the “good guys” and sometimes they were...
These numbers do seem exaggerated. I doubt they hit 92 aircraft at Belaya and 56 at Olenya. From what it is said in the news, Ukraine claims to have hit about 40 Russian aircraft across all the attacks, which is still a huge number, but nowhere near the above.
Anyway, this attack was amazing...
Ok, then I will elaborate a little. The Soviet Union has been the spreader of communism throughout the world, which is the ideology that brought the most poverty and most deaths in the XX century.
Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, the Kim dinasty in North Korea are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes...
Of course they don’t have high enough supplies, but what they need to do is to place large orders to MBDA/Saab for Taurus missiles, so they can send to Ukraine a few missiles on an ongoing basis. Placing large orders for European made missiles should have been done by all European powers from...
Respect for Friedrich Merz! Germany finally has a Chancellor with a backbone. Let’s hope some Taurus missiles are also included in the package, and that we will find about them after some spectacular kabooms inside Russia.
