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Why is this relevant on this thread? So there are poor coal miners in W. Virginia. How does that fact belong on this thread which is about war in Europe. Did these patients of yours drive Range Rovers before the war and now because of US decision to help Ukraine all of certain poverty has struck...

No way should this be believed at face value since there is nothing but general assertions (rest probably classified). But if one or more of these things happen as its soldiers get mobilized in the coming month: 1. No change in status quo in 1 month 2. T62 tanks get brought out (vs. just...

Remember Top Gun line 'your ego is writing checks your body can't cash'. What happened to the bold statements that Russia made in May that supply lines were fair game and targets. For those you needed PGMs and cruise missiles. None got used, supply chain is as wide open as my corner store and...

Its costing SpaceX $20M. Some of it is paid for by US/Poland/EU but not entirely. They may be paying for the terminals. SpaceX is not yet a profitable enterprise: just like Raytheon gets paid for what is shipped to Ukraine, it would make sense that SpaceX be paid. Take aside the fact that Musk...

Now we know the first few days after the bridge attack, Russia/Crimea claiming all was opened was staged. https://www.axios.com/2022/10/13/photo-cargo-truck-crimea-bridge-explosion Eventually the bridge will get repaired but it will be painful till then. Photos show long backup of cargo...

I think the fellow posters saying that Europeans will tire of this and Russians have their act together will say that this guy is a CIA agent and Putin has a well oiled machine underway Thats understandable: Raytheon and Lockheed get paid for things being used. So why not Musk? Specially since...

Soviets military doctrine and weapons have time and again proven inferior. Arabs, despite outnumbering and surrounding Israel and with proportional assistance from USSR to US / Israel lost in every battle and ceeded land. And now Russians themselves have proven that neither their doctrine or...

They can still afford to eat and keep roof over their heads. They won't go to disney for vacation and change their cars later this year. But nobody is leaving their countries because things suck. Unemployment is still at record lows. Also the lower / middle class had a good run during COVID...

If you are doing this than kudos to you for your generosity. For EU countries this is a boon since their labor shortages are temporarily solved for for a few years as more of the refugees will work. But majority (not all) have the males of their house are not with them and are in a war...

No dude, put map of Afghanistan and your intelligent argument of warm water port was Soviet Union's God given right. That tells the rest of us your depth of knowledge. No wonder you are starting your own forum. But I don't know how you will find people similar to you to go there since a 5th...

Chinese suppressing information on J-20 and putting to jail anybody that will talk about it does not make it a perfect aircraft. For all we know it only flies in airshows and hasn't done any military ops ever. Afterall Chinese Navy pilots don't land on carriers at night. So there are no night...

PMLN guy shows up in true colors. Bas*ard showing up with flowers as if criminal Dar has accomplished some big feat. He is there with a begging bowl.

For the company making the ultimate next generation missile (S400) and I say this sarcastically, they have to source basic computer network package to run its office from the US company. This is just to run the business and its operation. Two observations: 1. this is a top tier advanced...

Their entire male population mobilized and stayed in Ukraine. Its not the comedian, its their dignity. When Putin mobilized 300K, 300K men also left. There is the difference Video? Source? Or we believe it because you typed it?

Also, US (as wrong as those actions were), never failed in those 3 countries to the point to threaten nuclear weapons. Thats ultimately what makes Putin look weak (and is weak): when you have to take on a country 1/5th your size and threaten nukes. Nation building was a dumb neo-con goal but...

For Saudis, I understand what they did and why they did it even though other Gulf countries did not want to cut production. Ultimately they want to maximize the oil revenue after 7 years of low prices and this is the last surge of oil prices as on-going shift from hydrocarbon. I don't agree...

I don't question your IQ because its zero. You have no idea that Afghanistan is a land locked country, so I won't insult Pakistan by asking you are you in Pakistan. You can't even read the map you yourself posted and highlighted the border. And yes I have been on Pakistan side to see the...

where do you guys this sh**. I am not jewish or Israeli (common accusation from those that are out of arguments). This makes no sense. About 85% of Jewish population is split between Israel and US. Most of the rest of it is in advanced countries spread around Europe. Ukraine's population is...

You were exactly right till March of this year. As an example, German population had considered the arms industry to be the equivalent of a vice (tobacco) like business and pressuring banks not to provide any financial assistance (letters of credit, loans) to arms manufacturers. This is how...

Gas is several times more expensive but now only 9% of gas is coming from Russia. Its lost its biggest customer. And Europeans still have gas but it costs more. Costs more is more palatable than not having an alternate. What the FT has not had is coverage on what it does to poor countries...