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Caribbean Hawk's avatar

Can you imagine Canada changing its constitution and declaring that its future is an alliance with a fellow Arctic state, Russia? The US would never stand for it and military forces would be immediately mobilized to destroy the Canadian government and demands that it declare neutrality forever. This is the corresponding situation with Ukraine with their constitutional declaration of an alliance with a Russophobic Europe and, by default, eventual membership in the NATO military alliance. Only the stupid, deluded or deranged would think of Russia allowing this.

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Eoin Clancy's avatar

Eu industrial productivity took another nosedive first half analysis shows with Germany leading the way. Tough and rough times ahead for us in the garden. New houses sold last week near me in rural Ireland for €470,000 3 bed semi detached. Nearly all Indian nationals buying them. Fucked right up!!

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Loam's avatar

Trump has said that "Putin Is Tough As Hell." That may be true. But isn't it more likely that Putin and his administration are simply consistent and true to their principles? Being tough isn't in itself a virtue; being honest is.

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the blame-e's avatar

And here I thought the domestic and foreign policy of lying, cheating, two-timing, cold-hearted, mean-spirited, home wrecking, "loserdom" of the United States was all there was. Isn't that the definition of what a Global Hegemon is? I don't know. You read the news here in the US and you don't know where you are.

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Anna's avatar

Europe has been moving smoothly to become a predominantly tourist destination, "enriched" with "vibrant" and "diverse" additions from subsaharan Africa, Indian subcontinent, and country 404.

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Loam's avatar

A recreational resort that is becoming less and less independent.

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the blame-e's avatar

Only without the extreme heat. But that is coming soon.

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Chops's avatar

"European position of prolonging the conflict at any cost" Really? I suspect they'd rather see the conflict ended quickly with Russia's withdrawal. It's a strong statement to say they'd rather see the war continue than that.

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