Search results

Seems like early unofficial results are claiming a Hezbollah victory.

There are some differences between what the Nazis did to the USSR and Japan did to China. The Nazis directly occupied the territories of Russia they captured, though they did run two tests of puppet states in Soviet territory(Belarusian Central Council and Lokot Autonomy). Otherwise, like what...

You keep throwing out the phrase "ignorant assumptions" yet everything you're saying is literally...assumptions. There's no explanation of the rationale behind any of what you're saying beyond "nuh uh, you're wrong". The KSA is a banana republic. The Crown Prince's solution to filling the...

You're not wrong about the derivatives, but what you are wrong about is that that's what will sustain the Sauds. Most petroleum products are the kind that get burned as fuel and that's where Saudi money comes in. Even if the derivatives are still used, they're not the major use of petroleum...

Evet. The atrocious avatar I put together also emphasizes it :tongue: (edit: Hopefully I'll have a more streamlined design incorporating these elements. I just wanted to have something out there and memorable for the moment).

I'd be happy to be educated on the matter. Can I assume, based on your response, you aren't the one with the capability of doing it despite the contrarianism? I mean, if I'm so wrong about oil money, then why is the KSA building the world's largest solar power plant and attempting to diversify...

The US definitely has the resources, the problem is that it has the wrong resources. For the last few decades, American politicians have been using and manipulating the military for their own political agenda. American fighter jets are falling apart so what does Congress do? Buy more tanks. We...

I'm not sure they'll be able to completely supplant existing Western standards, but they'll definitely end up skewing the international standards to prefer the Chinese variants. Similar to how China got its currency into the IMF reserve currency list. As their influence grows, the various...

Russia is nice, but I think China is still better in the long-run. Russia's future doesn't look too good. Between the absurd levels of oligarchical corruption and the seperatist sentiments across the various autonomous republics, how long will Russia be around to aid Pakistan's geopolitical...

Her father isn't a very pleasant man. Kidnapping boys to enslave them as jockeys for his horse racing, prosectuing victims of rape by accusing them of adultery(despite having been raped), and there's even allegations of abusing his daughters(which is probably this one tried to run away). I'm...

I don't really trust the Crown Prince and all these reforms. In my opinion, he's just making the KSA look prettier for the West while he adopts corruption as his primary goal. He doesn't really care about religion or country, just about squeezing out as much cash as he can. Eventually, their oil...

Got to start somewhere. At the end of the day, having experience building domestic equipment will help in the long-run.

I'm not sure I'd want the KSA to represent Sunni Muslims. Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey, or Malaysia would be the best choices(albeit Erdogan has screwed around with the Diyanet so I can't say how much that's affected religious affairs). Or split Sunnis and Shia based on schools of thought. Saudi can...

You'd think with that many people, they'd be able to make something original and not steal from neighbors and other countries. I chalk it up to pure laziness, there's pretty much no excuse for plagarizing entire songs and media when you should be more than capable of doing it yourself.

A .22 is the "logical" choice in caliber for a handgun, but if he's looking for self-protection a .22 is mostly impractical. A .38/9mm is probably going to be the best option without being too overpowering. There's also .32 but that's not as common and is only marginally better than a .22. I...

Could've put together a better avatar but this one is quite simple and to the point.

1) Tell your interests? Enjoy a wide assortment of topics but my primary focus has been strategic studies, political theory, military history, and matters of defense and security. I also enjoy keeping up with R&D in the defense industry as well as aerospace. Also follow up on various business...