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Good to see you around @Azeri441

Yes but these wars were not of the same depopulative style genocide the mongols carried out in their first expansive phases. They were not content say with just killing the elite that chose to resist them (or a few days of punitive pillage)....that was more the norm of the time. It bears a real...

The mission in brutal terms was largely punitive one in relation to 9/11. i.e to both punish as many of the perpetrators (ASAP) and then reduce as far as possible AFG's (and relevant neighbours too given abbotabad) potential to harbour elements that could plan and project such terrorist attacks...

Someone should tell the Taliban in Pakistan to change their name....to help the Taliban fanboys in this thread (and other places). https://www.geo.tv/latest/368848-3-dead-at-least-10-injured-in-quetta-as-blast-rocks-mastung-road

@Nein2.0(Nomad) Nein I would be careful in associating too strongly in the turkic-mongolic (steppe/altaic) connection. The mongols inflicted some of the worst atrocities at scale (on mankind) on turkic areas in central asia (and they would do so on persians, chinese, arabs and russians as...

This is precisely why Taiwan needs to invest in SSM saturation capability of Chinese harbour infrastructure in the opening blitz of any war. PLA and PLAN logistics are heavily dependent on it for amphibious invasion (Staging and execution)....so that is where ROC needs to step up its game to...

Well we have a whole lot of time to muse upon how its going.....lets see. Early 2030s for delivery is the current starting delivery estimate.

Yeah they are off their rockers if they think lira depreciation will buy heavy growth. There is no relevant direct investment number (over last 5 years etc) to back it for starters.

A good read: https://www.espn.in/olympics/cycling/story/_/id/29650872/wheels-iaf-sparking-cycling-revolution

Great book. The movie (if you like the book) is highly recommended as well. I would prioritise these as there are huge amount of cultural references everywhere to both. He does a good job.

Yeah well, roxor was a "look and see" strategy (on something small+rural etc) by mahindra...given chrysler's IP on industrial design etc for the "jeep" brand. It still got stuck with the problem anyway....and did well in customer reviews all things considered. Thar is thus a complete no go...

You know, there is a whole lot I disagree with Chris Hedges....but I find he is spot on for lot of stuff too. Tells a lot of it just like it is....and no BS. This is what I meant (much earlier in thread) is one needs to know the actual ex-media types to know why the "media" (and related...

We will see, I hope I am wrong for what its worth. The thing is the escalation of the cost and the delays that are driving it that are quite concerning.

Archiving completed up to early August. Pleasant September wishes to all members.