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What specifically was the threat to NATO countries from Russia prior to the Ukraine conflict? Even now, given that Russia is struggling to finish the conflict in Ukraine, the point has been very clearly made that Russia CANNOT take on NATO in a full fledged war, nor was there any sign it was...

Great for the Military-Industrial complex though. I know of several smaller defence companies investing significantly in expansion, which is worrying because companies don’t tend to make these kinds of investments without some degree of confidence in medium to long term increased/increasing...

Being sentient and having some degree of intelligence does allow one to absorb new information, evolve and change. I can only speak for myself. I genuinely believed the Fauj was removing itself from poitics and the PTI winning the 2018 elections was another sign of the same, especially after 2...

The stink of the leadership eventually permeates the entire organization. While I completely agree that the average foot soldier may not be guilty, this scale of intervention in the elections, judiciary, law enforcement, media, illegal surveillance and buying and selling of Politicians is not...

There is that infamous comment from Maryam Nawaz during a Jalsa that strongly suggests Asim Munir was appointed to the COAS position by the PDM precisely because he promised this crackdown. “Asim Munir, Jo waada kiya hai woh nibhana ho ga — Asim Munir, you’ll have to fulfill the promise you...

You’ve shown yourself to be good at comprehending English over the years so I can only assume that you’re cherry picking one line out of one post and ignoring reams of other detailed posts, not just on this thread, but across the forum for over a year now. That said, let me spell it out for you...

Not directed at you, but many of us have been pointing out that violence and intolerance can’t be detached just because the target changes. What I mean by that is that these kinds of incidents occur because some individual/s feel/believe that their honor, ghairat, pride has been damaged. Most...

Absolutely, for defending the country from external threats and customers/allies willing to pay an unsubsidized price for them. But I will continue to oppose the US Establishment stoking and funding unnecessary wars overseas, such as the one in Ukraine, that only cause more bloodshed and global...

I appreciate the attempt, but while you’ve moderated your tone, you’ve still resorted to attacking the ideology of the individual in question instead of making an argument as to WHY you disagree with his suggestions. Left, right or center - ideas, policies, proposals, suggestions etc should be...

Unless the plan is to have an endless war, these are short term gains, not long term investments or permanent job creation to support sustained demand. And again, regardless of how much it averages out per individual taxpayer, we have a massive staffing shortage in our public schools with...

Does the Javelin cost money to manufacture? If yes, who’s paying for it, any why should Ukraine, out of all the conflicts and issues in the world, be prioritized for spending American taxpayer money?

I deleted all the recent posts on Jesus, history, ethicities etc, not just yours.

Please don’t treat suicide and depression as something so trivial as to be overcome by just having faith. Depression, anxiety can be crippling. Our society stigmatizes mental health and just looks towards ‘have faith and pray five times a day’ as a solution. Depression is a disease and faith or...

The decision to support them with American taxpayer money might be something you support - I don’t, and I and many others will continue to argue against sending hundreds of billions of US taxpayer money to Ukraine while people at home struggle with sky rocketing healthcare and education costs...

Its a valid perspective from one side. Instead of just spewing abuse at the people making those arguments, could you be so kind as to articulate WHY you disagree with them? Thank you. This is why I asked members to leave aside emotions and focus solely on objective discussions. There will be...

I’ll indulge you - how exactly will the judiciary go after retired generals when the judicary is being coerced by the same Fauj? What incentive does the Fauj have to allow the judiciary to go after retired Army officers for violating the constitution and rigging elections, and how exactly do we...

What did I ‘copy paste from twitter’? I stated the obvious solution that is clear to everyone - the Fauj and Munir need to set aside their ego and realize that their approach has failed and the only way they can win back public respect and support is to acknowledge their mistakes, end the...

A strong leader commands respect and people will follow willingly A weak leader instills fear and people will follow out of fear and self preservation By extension, those qualities broadly apply to the institution as well. What Bajwa started and Munir is solidifying is a disastrous erosion in...

The Fauj has almost hit rock bottom when it comes to public perception. At this point the best thing it could do to ‘save face’ and regain public support and respect is to accept that it was wrong and fix its mistakes by ending this fascist crackdown and allowing institutions and courts to...

I wouldn’t say he’s a patwari, just a blind follower of the Fauj, like many of us, unfortunately, used to be. The difference being that most of the rest of us realized how wrong we were in blindly supporting the Fauj and that the Fauj was in fact the root cause behind the failure of civilian...