Recent content by brainiac3397

I took a 23AndMe test. Unsurprisingly, it says I'm pretty much Turkish(which they encompass as Turkey and the Caucasus region) but some Italian somehow got in there. That was interesting. I'd like to do a more in-depth one, just for fun, but those cost way more because of all the investigative...

I think the new logo has more pizzazz. The old one was a bit more plain(not that it's bad, but I think this one has more weight because of the stars included).

Didn't like last avatar. Current one is straight to the point till I make a new one.

Not to be pendantic, but is there more than one example to prove systematic issues because odds are, there isn't a country in the world without it's own "butcher" criminal seeing as the common denominator in all crime is a human being. There's still a difference between societies where it...

Never understood this honor killing nonsense that involves killing your own family members. I mean, how absurd is that? "Protecting" the honor of your family by murdering your own family as part of the process? All that shows is that you have such little value for family that you're not above...

The US dollar is a major reserve currency. That doesn't mean these economies need the US to do business. There are 8 different reserve currencies including the Euro, Yen, Sterling, and Renminbi. The US dollar is the highest due to US global trade, but if the US starts cutting itself off left and...

I actually disagree with closing NATO bases. NATO isn't a part of the US political system(or European one for that matter) and has semi-independent functions separate from the political scheming of sovereign governments. As long as Turkey remains in NATO and remains a valuable member(which it...

Economics are not a zero sum game. The US is the number 1 economy but it relies extensively products it imports from other countries. Targeting these countries would hurt the US more than those countries because while the US relies predominantly on them, these countries don't rely predominantly...

I believe you meant to say he's dumb and cowardly, seeing as those are the main traits that are being taken advantage of. Have you heard the man speak? Does that sound like any sort of intelligent human being to you? And they will not need to "bow" to the US. Contray to media, Europe will...

There's no indication Europe is going to obey the US(yet, it's obviously a bit early) and threatening to sanction all of Europe is going to hurt the US more than it will hurt Europe, especially if they maintain their relationships with China. Maybe the UK will join with Trump, but I don't think...

"Any aggression against Israel will be met with a severe response" Typical. First they launch their attacks and then when a response is prepared, it's "aggression" and not a reaction to their pre-emptive strikes.

If nobody else joins in, which I doubt they will, this is just going to be dumb sanctions with very little effect. Iran will just turn to Europe and the US will get to play footsie with Israel.

It's going to be a useless gesture and I bet Netanyahu will jump ship before the repercussions kick in. It's the usual method of leaving the mess in America's hand after pushing to create the mess himself.

The only reason SDF exists as a coalition is because of the USA. Why wouldn't you join if it meant getting free American weapons and money? It's not like the YPG is an attractive choice to the locals seeing as they're pretty much a seperatist organization that has a strong preference for Kurds...

Looks like ISIS remants in the area are trying to claim they shot it down with MANPADs.