Definitely. These things look like shipping containers for a reason. Time will tell if the US really did recall them.

So I said to my minister: “Minister, here’s the deal: whatever the businessman doesn’t want to do, which is to gnaw on the bone, the government will gnaw on the bone and we’ll make this road”

Sooo… lets let foreign capital take what whatever it wants and we’ll foot the cost of the things capital doesn’t consider profitable?

In my opinion:

I’ve always seen Turkey’s NATO membership as a bargaining chip for EU membership. And I think it’s becoming obvious to Erdogan that the EU is collapsing and even if they were given membership, it won’t bring economic prosperity. Erdogan is openly defying US sanctions on Iran, wanting to join BRICS and SCO. The US will not like that at all.

I agree with you on flexing. I think Erdogan is leveraging NATO in any way he can to get something for Turkey. NATO is a financial burden and dysfunctional mess, which is especially evident now with Ukraine. Turkey has the largest ground force army in NATO and what will that bring if NATO directly engages with Russia? Probably the most deaths out of all NATO nations if he went along with it. If Erdogan wants something better for Turkey, he’ll find it on the other side of the alliance, and I think he’s waking up to that.

giant L

The great thing about being a Banderite is history treating you as a useful idiot twice.

Zero surprise if the Ukrainian weapons black markets all have facebook pages

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Yeah, I don’t mean for Zelenskyy himself; there’s no way for him to hold onto power. He can only become more unpopular. The maximalist charade to look powerful in front of the Banderites isn’t going to play out well for him, and the longer he stays in office the more likely he’ll get killed in a coup. If he capitulates, the Banderites will likely keep their promise to hang him. I’m not holding my breath, but if Zelenskyy cares at all about saving human lives he should do it now.

Just wait until they join BRICS+ and try to leave NATO…

It’s the title of the video.

Hasbara would probably be a lot more effective if they knew how to shut the fuck up whenever they have a genocide boner

Allowing the seized 300 billion be used for concessions (with conditions that it be used to rebuild civilian infrastructure) might be a good deal since the US is going to look to keep it anyway. But I’m not sure who would be trustworthy, effective guarantors for Ukraine neutrality at this point.

I think we all agree at this point that holding out for better negotiating terms will only result in a weaker position and worse outcome for Ukraine. Zelenskyy needs to wake up and start peace talks immediately.

That article goes pretty hard. It’s been slow, but more msm are calling this what it is. I really hope popping that narrative can force significant western deescalation. I’m not sure what else can at this point.

Who had “Isn’treal finally coming out as a nuclear power” on their 2024 bingo card?

Hungary coming in with 83/14 there certainly explains Orbans surprise visit today

Someone pitch DeSantis the idea to move Capitol Hill to Miami. Or maybe the everglades.

Yeah, I agree it doesn’t change much materially. My take is being that this is a line goes up metric for western countries, it does show a widening fracture between the US policy narrative (esp. sanctions) and the emergent multipolar reality.

I mean…

1. Bolivia denounced Israeli war crimes and severed their diplomatic connections
2. Bolivia is not on Team Ukraine
3. Bolivia is friendly and doing good trade with Russia and China
4. Bolivia is sitting on a LOT of lithium, which is basically the new oil
5. Bolivia is the coup capital of the modern world
6. AMLO, Putin and a number of others have called it an attempted coup

Getting couped seems like the most likely thing to happen. Weird stuff indeed.

Current Ukrainian losses are over 2000/day; which would mean that a reluctant, frightened, untrained conscript army of 18-60 year old men who often lack ordinance and working armor are somehow smoking 12000 Russians a day. Some of the rubes may buy that shit, but no state intelligence is going to take that for truth. Ukrainians know it’s bullshit. Who is he even trying to lie to?

“This is a terrorist attack against Serbia,” said Dacic. “We are still talking about possible motives.”

no clue why? really? jfc is this the most head-in-the-sand take of 2024?

also remember, never bring a crossbow to a gun fight; a ( -_•)▄︻デ══━一 is much more reliable.