with 100 special forces troops and air power they routed the Taliban in 3 months
Russia could not beat Ukraine to save itself
Do you think all those Pakistani migrants who head for Europe are idiots ?
You can argue about what if's. There is plenty to argue about.
The big issue on this forum is people are clueless as hell. You did not know Germany was partitioned after WW 2. that tells the overall level of literacy. This is not a knock on you. It is general level of knowledge and the selective...
Germany was already carved after WW2 - Silesia & Pomorenia to Poland, East Prussia to USSR, Bohemia/Sudentaland to Czech. 14 million Germans were expelled to what was left of Germany
No big ideas. It is not lack of trying. Everything big has sort of failed or stalled. But they are pushing on a lot of small to medium ideas successfully. The biggest advantage is that their rivals are in a bigger mess
They are doing a great job milking the existing product lines - iPhone, iPad...
$40 billion is the exports. What is import value of all the components ? The net export value is the only thing that counts :-)
Does Apple even make that much phones ?
How is ambassador supposed to know ? He does not command the security establishment
There is a lot of questions. The priority is to recover the hostages at a minimum
Not trading with your neighbors is a disadvantage. Let me there be no arguments. I do not know the specifics because I do not know the state of the Pakistani economy and the Pakistani workforce (or that matter India's)
On what grounds are they going to help ?
Some of them - Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Sudan have internal security operations against local ethnic groups in their states.
A bunch of them are dictators and monarchs. What are they going to do ? Preach about self-determination.
Of course there is a...
Given how badly Ukraine bloodied Russia's nose I doubt China will attempt anything
at the end of the day countries have to clean up their act. No amount of American or Western generosity will help countries that won't help themselves
you are partially right here. If Ukraine can bitch slap...
Did I defend India anywhere ?
The irony is that a CCP bot who makes no apologizes for lack of press freedom in China has the chutzpah to comment on those freedoms in other parts of the world.
do not compare press freedoms in USA with India or China. India is far better than China in press...