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by stuper1
Sat Nov 18, 2023 1:19 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Led Fridman
Replies: 65
Views: 17301

Re: Led Fridman

Be sure to catch Lex's latest interview with John Mearsheimer to finally hear some common sense talk about Ukraine. All it took was 400,000 dead Ukrainians and another 400,000 permanently maimed Ukrainians before it became acceptable to talk some common sense on the matter. Oh well, life is cheap in...
by stuper1
Tue Nov 14, 2023 1:40 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1139
Views: 800723

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

ppnewbie, You are absolutely right in your opinion. Don't worry about arguing with these guys. They are nice guys, but they don't do any serious research or thinking on these matters. They think everything is black and white. The US and the West are great and never do anything wrong and have every r...
by stuper1
Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:02 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: A Simple Parable about Israel
Replies: 12
Views: 10106

Re: A Simple Parable about Israel

Mountaineer, Thanks, I will listen to the podcast. Do you think, based on what you heard, the historian host would have any revisions (small or large) to suggest for my little parable? He might question the ‘foe for hundreds of years’ in this part: “ Their worst enemy, Gang Jim, is a smaller group ...
by stuper1
Sun Oct 15, 2023 3:56 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: A Simple Parable about Israel
Replies: 12
Views: 10106

Re: A Simple Parable about Israel

Mountaineer,

Thanks, I will listen to the podcast. Do you think, based on what you heard, the historian host would have any revisions (small or large) to suggest for my little parable?
by stuper1
Sun Oct 15, 2023 12:32 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: A Simple Parable about Israel
Replies: 12
Views: 10106

A Simple Parable about Israel

Picture this: the year is 1900, and we are in a large city on the east coast of America. The city has many gangs that fight each other brutally for various reasons. For over 150 years, Gang Alan has controlled a neighborhood of about 10 blocks by 10 blocks, so 100 square blocks, in the center of the...
by stuper1
Sun Oct 15, 2023 12:12 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: On Appeasement in Ukraine with Reference to Exceptionalism
Replies: 4
Views: 2628

Re: On Appeasement in Ukraine with Reference to Exceptionalism

Agreed on all points. The only ones though who can force a change in Russian government are the Russian people themselves. If the USA acts like jerks to them, they won't want to follow us. If we mind our own business and model a thriving, prosperous nation, they may decide that a real democracy look...
by stuper1
Sun Oct 15, 2023 12:10 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Who Killed Prighozin?
Replies: 4
Views: 2496

Re: Who Killed Prighozin?

I question all of it, because I've seen too many examples of misuse. Trump and Covid blew the lid off media malfeasance.
by stuper1
Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:24 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Who Killed Prighozin?
Replies: 4
Views: 2496

Re: Who Killed Prighozin?

Well, exactly. I never claimed they were anything but conjectures. Contrast that with what you get from the news media these days where they claim to know 5 minutes after Prighozin's plane blew up that Putin is the only possible person who could have been behind it. Does anybody actually believe ANY...
by stuper1
Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:20 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: On Appeasement in Ukraine with Reference to Exceptionalism
Replies: 4
Views: 2628

Re: On Appeasement in Ukraine with Reference to Exceptionalism

Thank you, Vinny. That's actually an interesting objection you bring up. I'd say there wasn't a whole lot more of value that the US could take over after it took Texas to California from Mexico. Of course, then there was Hawaii, and I believe we had a large influence in the Phillipines and Puerto Ri...
by stuper1
Sat Oct 07, 2023 11:09 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: On Appeasement in Ukraine with Reference to Exceptionalism
Replies: 4
Views: 2628

On Appeasement in Ukraine with Reference to Exceptionalism

To properly discuss the idea of avoiding appeasement as it relates to the Ukraine war from an American perspective, we first need to rightly understand the idea of American exceptionalism, which if understood incorrectly can easily lead to hubris and narcissism and thus to folly. It should be uncont...
by stuper1
Sat Oct 07, 2023 12:27 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Who Killed Prighozin?
Replies: 4
Views: 2496

Who Killed Prighozin?

Let’s use some common sense to think about who may have killed Prighozin? Many people haven’t given it any thought, assuming that Putin is the only viable candidate. This is incurious, and the case is not nearly as clear-cut as we’ve been told, which I will explain below, showing some simple reasons...
by stuper1
Fri Oct 06, 2023 1:57 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Interview of a Ukrainian Mother
Replies: 1
Views: 1719

Interview of a Ukrainian Mother

Below is the transcript of a recent interview by a journalist in a western Ukrainian village: Interviewer: how do you feel about your son dying to defend Ukraine from attack? Mother: I am sad. I wish he were still alive. Interviewer: did you know that your son would still be alive if Ukraine had sim...
by stuper1
Fri Oct 06, 2023 1:34 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Deconstructing typical reporting (i.e., propaganda)
Replies: 0
Views: 13117

Deconstructing typical reporting (i.e., propaganda)

There is breathless reporting today on a missile strike that (very sadly) killed many people in a village in Ukraine. The reporting says it was very likely the Russians who launched the missile. Let's use some critical thinking skills (i.e., common sense): 1. The village is in eastern Ukraine (i.e.,...
by stuper1
Fri Oct 06, 2023 12:20 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Political Influence on Military Intelligence
Replies: 1
Views: 1458

Political Influence on Military Intelligence

This is such an important article. She talks about how military intelligence gives its customer what it wants to hear, just like any business will do. This gets to the very heart of where our foreign policy disasters start. The author is a retired USAF lieutenant colonel -- not exactly someone who i...
by stuper1
Fri Oct 06, 2023 12:14 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Reuters: Global War Fears are Good for Business
Replies: 1
Views: 1492

Reuters: Global War Fears are Good for Business

Caitlin has another great article about the use of propaganda to make money for people for whom human life is cheap: [url]https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2023/10/01/the-mad-propaganda-push-to-normalize-war-profiteering-in-ukraine/ [/url] (Trigger warning: she sounds 100% certain of her opinion. If t...
by stuper1
Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:59 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: An American’s long scribblings on diplomacy with China and Russia
Replies: 2
Views: 2830

An American’s long scribblings on diplomacy with China and Russia

I’m an American, mid-50s in age, who used to be strongly patriotic, but now thinks that God loves all His children equally. America and Americans have done a lot of very good things in this world and some very bad things. The same is true of other countries. Nobody has a monopoly on good or evil. As...
by stuper1
Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:52 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Top Ten Dumbest Things Empire Propagandists Ask Us to Believe
Replies: 1
Views: 1112

The Top Ten Dumbest Things Empire Propagandists Ask Us to Believe

The article linked below is a quick read. Caitlin, as his her wont, hit this one over the fence, out of the ballpark, across the river, and into the next county:

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2023/10 ... o-believe/
by stuper1
Thu Oct 05, 2023 12:17 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
Replies: 52
Views: 33717

Re: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?

The scenario is getting muddled somehow, probably my fault. Nobody invaded anybody in 2014. There was possibly a coup in 2014, depending on who you ask, but definitely leadership in Ukraine changed from pro-Russian to anti-Russian, and the Russians say that the US facilitated or encouraged that chan...
by stuper1
Wed Oct 04, 2023 11:39 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Broken Promises Have Consequences: hundreds of thousands dead, no end in sight
Replies: 22
Views: 16136

Re: Broken Promises Have Consequences: hundreds of thousands dead, no end in sight

The USA has been a wonderful influence on the world in terms of things it has done domestically, modeling representative government and capitalistic free markets as examples to other countries, and developing fantastic technologies in agriculture, industry, medicine that have helped to raise living ...
by stuper1
Wed Oct 04, 2023 8:18 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Broken Promises Have Consequences: hundreds of thousands dead, no end in sight
Replies: 22
Views: 16136

Re: Broken Promises Have Consequences: hundreds of thousands dead, no end in sight

No, there's more to it than that, which I will mention below. But I will say that the NATO missiles would be enough in my view, for one reason, which is I'm more than convinced of what the US response would be if a foreign power was trying to put missiles in Canada or Mexico pointed at us. Other tha...
by stuper1
Wed Oct 04, 2023 8:01 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
Replies: 52
Views: 33717

Re: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?

No, I don't mean an abrupt action. I mean a slow action developing over 30 years just as the Ukraine situation has developed over the last 30 years, and Russia has tried many, many times to talk Ukraine out of it and has told the West that missiles in Ukraine are a red line that shouldn't be crossed...
by stuper1
Wed Oct 04, 2023 7:14 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Broken Promises Have Consequences: hundreds of thousands dead, no end in sight
Replies: 22
Views: 16136

Re: Broken Promises Have Consequences: hundreds of thousands dead, no end in sight

vnatale wrote:
Wed Oct 04, 2023 6:00 pm
stuper1 wrote:
Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:57 pm
By the way, this is fun, I'm learning a lot about how this game is played. Much appreciated.
How are you defining the game?
That's probably the funniest post of all right there. Thank you, Vinny, you're always able to lighten up the mood around here.
by stuper1
Wed Oct 04, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Broken Promises Have Consequences: hundreds of thousands dead, no end in sight
Replies: 22
Views: 16136

Re: Broken Promises Have Consequences: hundreds of thousands dead, no end in sight

I'll be happy to answer straight out, except very sincerely I'm not clear on what your question is. You said "Is there anything else?" Could you please clarify that for me? Anything else what?
by stuper1
Wed Oct 04, 2023 7:10 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
Replies: 52
Views: 33717

Re: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?

Dualstow, What would the US do if say China and Canada were developing a close relationship and it was beginning to look like Canada would allow China's nuclear-tipped missiles into Canada pointed at the US? A lot of people like to point to the Cuba missile crisis when thinking about that question. ...
by stuper1
Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:57 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Broken Promises Have Consequences: hundreds of thousands dead, no end in sight
Replies: 22
Views: 16136

Re: Broken Promises Have Consequences: hundreds of thousands dead, no end in sight

By the way, this is fun, I'm learning a lot about how this game is played. Much appreciated.