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no to nuclear Iran, no to two-state solution, no to bi-national state
no to nuclear Iran, no to two-state solution, no to bi-national state
Adam,
I agree. “Freedom of the press” does not exist in the US MSM, hundreds of innocent political prisoners still languish in our nation’s capitol, and an unelected administration controls the White House. I don’t believe a word “our side” says, about anything — including Ukraine. I expect the Russians to be the more honest party.
@Stevenl
I recently suggested that Russia should amalgamate with Europe. I thought it was in both their interests to do so. I did not consider how the US would react to such a merger..
I can see that the US would be losing its superiority and supremacy.
Some in the US are fearful of an alliance Russia-EU!
Ths is the author and title of the commentary in Business Insider, for those who prefer to look it up this way.
The author cites all kinds of “experts” to justify his claim that this “Cold War II” is more volitile than Cold War I, and more likely to end in an all-out nuclear war. I don’t know how much credence to place in any of these experts. But you can judge for yourself.
Unlike this writer, ho is evidently German, I do think the West has an ideological advantage over Russia and China, because their nationalist narrative has only internal appeal and is not attractive at all to the countries they propose to conquer. But the Western “democracy” narrative still has a lot of appeal to people who live under tyrannical dictatorships.
However, in order to make the “democratic” narrative appealing, the Western countries will have to discard their internal repression of dissidents, and the U.S. in particular with have to stop rigging elections. Otherwise the claims of the Western countries to be true democracies ring hollow.
https://www.businessinsider.com/cold-war-russia-china-ukraine-america-nuclear-scarier-foreign-policy-2022-3.
This is a fascinating analysis of “Cold WAR II” and why it is more dangerous than Cold War I, because the actors are motivated only by nationalism, not ideology. In Cold War I, iboth sides could influence people with ideological appeals. But now they can influence other countries with force or the threat of force.
From the Russian-language newspaper “Proekt,” which used to be published in Russia, but has now published in “exile” in the United States.
Some evidence has begun to accumulate that Vladimir Putin is seriously ill. There is not only this report from Proekt, but WION-Gravitas also reports this. While the Proeckt ‘investigative team” says tha Putin may be suffering from prostate cancer, WION’s sources tell them that he may be suffering from Parkinson’s disease.
Another report on WION says that the Russian legislature is considering legislation to exempt former presidents of Russia from prosecution for any crime they have or may have committed at any time during their lifetime, either before, during or after their presidency. If it is true that such legislation has recently been proposed in the Russian Duma, it might well mean that Putin is considering “early” retirement before his term ends.
A Different Kind of Bloodbath