Let’s be serious here, and don’t take their excuses at face value. The US could have easily survived without a few ATACMS earlier in the war. How many ATACMS did the US fire during all this time they denied Ukraine access to them? Yep, zero, because they didn’t need them for anything.
The US...
Eurelectric: renewable power generates more than half of EU’s electricity in H1 2024
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Europe has greatly reduced its reliance on Russian gas in the last two years. For electricity generation, only 25%...
Of course he evaded the question, because he had no convenient answer to it. Trump went to the debate to win over the electorate, and no answer to that question would have helped him.
He knows very well that he should keep his supporters beliving that he will end the war in day one, but at the...
I think it is too late for the Democrats to pull a win even if they replace Biden, because they haven’t built a national campaign for anyone else. I don’t know much about Gretchen Whitmer, but Gavin Newsome has no chance to beat Trump, as he is a far left radical that will not resonate well with...
I think this is the first time I am in agreement with you. If the Democrats have any dignity left, they will retire Biden and replace him with a younger candidate, at least to spare him future humiliation.
I am pointing out the fact that the US can severely cripple China’s economy from far away and without engaging them directly. This means that it is up to China how much it wants to escalate when it retaliates. If China attacks US ships first, then the US will have a much easier time to mobilize...
I am not underestimating them. I am just pointing out the obvious fact that the US has the capability to restrict maritime trade if it wants to, first by putting pressure on exporting countries and companies, and second by using its navy to stop ships from getting close to China. They don’t even...
I don’t think the Chinese would even dare to adventure far from their shores because of that. And the US and its allies would not nead to get close to China, as this would be too dangerous. Instead, they would simply focus on denying trade, as China would be cut off from Middle Eastern...
They can sail, but how far off from China will they dare to venture if the US and its allies are hunting them?
I don’t think the Chinese navy would even try to go far from home in an open war with the US, as it would be an easy victim for US submarines and naval airforces.
It is one thing to...
It would be very easy for the US to cut China’s maritime trade routes, because it doesn’t have to do it in China’s proximity.
Oil supplies from the Middle East could be cut at source or through threats on the exporting countries.
All trade from the Indian Ocean can be cut through the Straits...
If all those states collapse, there will be more wars, death, famine and misery for the people in the Middle East. If this is your political preference, you are very deranged.
China has already offloaded about half of its US Treasury holdings, and nothing “seismic” happened.
From November last year:
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Datawatch/What-is-behind-the-40-drop-in-China-s-U.S.-Treasury-holdings
From Februay this year...
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...
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...
