Actually, we all want it to happen. All people who support Ukraine want to see strikes inside Russia with Western weapons. As for the consequences? We should deal with whatever Russia does, which would probably be nothing, as this is what they usually do when their red lines get crossed. And if...
Sorry if I was beeing too aggressive, but what you are saying is complete nonsense. Your theory is that if Alexander the Great was Macedonian, he was not Greek, which is absurd, because you can be both Macedonian and Greek, just like you can be Athenian and Greek, Kyivan and Ukrainian, Londonese...
You are just promoting propagandistic websites that try to rewrite history. The delusion is strong with you, so I won’t waste my time anymore debating you, especially since this is also off topic here.
Yes, exactly like them.
Yes, a country belongs to the people that inhabit it. What a novel concept that is…
And your posts are called Scott Summers’ hipocrisy than. Because you don’t treat the Russia/Ukraine conflict the same as the Israel/Palestinian one, which is the definition of...
He was from the ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedonia. Ancient Macedonians were just as Greek as ancient Athenians, Spartans, Corinthians, etc. They spoke the ancient Greek language, wrote with Greek alphabet and were part of the Hellenistic culture. His teacher was Aristotle and his mother was...
And that first Slavic state you mention is the predecessor of today’s Ukraine. You are being misled by the word “Rus”, assuming that they were the modern Russians, which is false. The Moscovites (the predecessors of today’s Riussians) named themselves “Russian”, in order to associate themselves...
You are making many wrong assumptions about the West, derived from the fact that you see the West as a monolithic group. There are diverging interests inside the “West”, and different opinions on many issues.
The most important thing to acknowledge is that the US and the EU are convenience...
You are right in everything you said. The question is, why is this happening? The answer to that question lies with Erdogan’s attitude towards the West, Greece, Israel, and also Russia.
Turkey is not seen as a trustworthy ally by the West, and this is why there is reluctance to help it build an...
You win safety, because being part of NATO means potential enemies would think twice before attacking you. There are several aggressive countries in Turkey’s region (Russia, Iran, Israel), but none of them would dare to attack Turkey as long as it is part of NATO.
If you would be out, and...
You are going with countries that are geographically very far away, so they are not very likely to have meaningful economic relations with you. Malaysia, Bangladesh and Indonesia are simply too far.
Some more realistic prospects for such a bloc would be Azerbaidjan, Georgia, Turkmenistan...
There is already one such economic bloc, named GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), which is doing quite well.
The secret to forming such economic blocs is aligned interests and values. In the case of the countries you listed, there is more conflict than cooperation. You can’t seriously say that...
This is simply not correct. Even if we look at it from a territorial perspective only, the gamble paid off, as Ukraine took more square kilometers in Kursk than what it lost in the Donbas because of the weakend defenses.
If you add to that the morale boost, the fact that the war was brought...
The Kursk incursion achieved two very important strategic goals for Ukraine:
1) A huge boost of morale for Ukrainian forces, that also helps with recruitment, which greatly offsets any losses in Donbas
2) It proved to the Western allies that Russia will not go nuclear even in the event of...
When I visited Uzbekistan, I went to a bank to exchange some dollars, and I noticed that the bank was selling rubles, but it was not buying them. All other currencies (USD, EUR, GBP, CHF, KZT) had a buying and a selling price, but the ruble only had a selling price. They were not buying rubles...
It was a combination of both. If they were not involved in Ukraine, they would have had a much sronger deterrence and Azerbaidjan would have had second thoughts about the war. But since Russia was already struggling in Ukraine, the Azeris knew they won’t be able to help Armenia, so they took...
It’s not whataboutism. I am simply pointing out clear facts that Russia is in no position to help someone, especially against a much stronger foe like the US.
Russia couldn’t even help Armenia (which was part of their security alliance) against Azerbaidjan. How can you expect them to be able to...
That’s sad, because regime change was the only good option for Iran. As long as the current regime remains in charge, Iran will be a pariah state under sanctions and poor. There is no way the current regime can achieve anything good for the country. It’s the same with countries like Cuba...
I agree with what you said, except for the part where nuclear bombs will strengthen their negotiating hands.
The West is willing to negotiate with Iran with the purpose to keep it away from building nuclear weapons. If they get the nukes, why would the West negotiate with them anymore?
And...
