No one scattered.
Perhaps, we just realize its pointless to argue with someone whose mind is made up.
Regardless, none of our opinions here matter.
However, some of us are intellectually honest and agnostic to ideology.
Others cling to what makes them feel safe.
Our opinions have as much worth as yours.
Zero.
What we are pointing out are the ridiculous levels of hypocrisy and double standards.
Stop sipping the Kool-Aid and think about it.
Apples and oranges.
It's not my intention to take a stand as to what is morally correct or not.
Don't try your obfuscation with me.
And thanks for making my point.
Yes, what Mearsheimer said IS true.
Isn't "might is right" what has been going on since the fall of the Soviet Union?
30+ years of US hegemony.
And what do we have to show for it?
Don't minimize what the US has done in the past.
It doesn't start or stop at Iraq.
Just examine history.
Millions of lives have been affected...
How about the reasons given for the invasion of Iraq in 2003?
That was a case study in building a case for a war with falsehood.
Countries will do what they will do.
Mearsheimer calls it like it is.
And he systematically laid out the reasons for THIS conflict from as far back as 2015.
And...
When I mentioned China, I meant they did a good job to reduce and in many cases eliminate their reliance on others.
Systematically, through various means over the last few decades.
And look at them now.
China in 2022 versus 1980 and certainly 1950.
A near peer to the US, and Western Europe...
The West keeps critical tech to themselves to make others reliant.
Until this is addressed, all others will be at their mercy in some way or another.
In this respect, China has done a remarkable job in the last few decades.
I think so in many ways.
The post Ukraine war world will be a far different place.
I really hope the violence ends but that a multipolar world will begin to be established.
The West CAN NOT have complete hegemony to export their agenda to the other peoples of the world.
We have seen that for...
Eh, this is a complex topic beyond the scope of this thread.
I wish Muslims well wherever they are.
But I am disappointed in so many things regarding the Gulf Arabs.
But then again are WE any better?
Self preservation is the name of the game friend.
Bro seriously?
What does it mean to become disciplined?
transitive verb. 1 : to punish or penalize for the sake of enforcing obedience and perfecting moral character. 2 : to train or develop by instruction and exercise especially in self-control.
This is my last post on this matter.