ominous ocelot

He’s not wrong.

Can’t crush Russias regime, though. One has to keep an eye on Russia’s nuclear arsenal. Some of these ICBMs might actually be able to fly.

And one must be careful to not generate a disbalance of power between opposing (or even neighboring) countries or Gaza happens all over again. Because the stronger one can. It’s only human. :( - already some people in France are looking anxiously towards Germany’s military buildup.

Still. The argument that you need to have means to steer things your way is correct - military, economically, diplomatic. If you can make the additional expenses and budget cuts look advantageous to the general public.

Poverty.

Why is the ocean in front of and behind the car? The mirror never lies. :)

From Jair Bolsonaro to heir Bolsonaro. Ok.

List of earthquakes in Japan

Magnitude 7 earthquakes seem to happen every few years in Japan. Not a every day thing at least.

Of course he is named Donald, too.

India doesn’t care. India has its own subcontinent. I mean even european countries pay Russia for gas and oil. Because… “contractual obligations” and “economy needs”.

Ukraine does the right thing in trying to sabotage Russia’s oil and gas industry. But their resources are spread thin, sadly.

It’s a fuckup.

Impressive… auxiliary tanks!

Olympia barred Russia as response to their war. It didn’t hurt Russia economically but maybe it send a message to their general public. Or maybe it was more a message for the opposite party. I’m not sure.

There is not much to spark with the current shortage I heard.

It is not about product sales or healthy conditions for employees or customer value. It’s about using property to get more property. And about financial speculation.

My approach: Don’t listen to him. Only results count.

Game theory? He needs the west to do what he told his people the west would do?

But he doesn’t need the NATO to actually attack to substantiate his rhetoric. Or does he?

Sounds plausible. Thanks

What’s the aim here?
Testing the west?
Numbing NATOs reaction through repetition? - crying wolf repeatedly worked well for Hamas, but it is a bit different here.
Some domestic politics related demonstration of power like Sapad25?

He sells weapons to Ukraine and strongly urges the other NATO members to increase their military budget. How can this be explained?

Trump

Controlling, steering, influencing - who knows. He is still hoping for a Trump Tower at the Red Square or something like that.

The problem is that the ministers of the department of state and the department of defense aren’t up to their task either. I mean Hegseth?

The proxy war in Ukraine strengthens China, India, North korea. China gets the chance to ramp up its military production capacity even more while Russia pays for it. North Korea gains military know-how… submarines, rockets, drones. India gets cheap gas.
Ok, Syria’s regime collapsed, but the country isn’t stable at all.

Europe is forced to arm itself or so they say. The result is a diminishing influence of the US on Europe. The broken promise to protect Ukraine if they give up their nukes reduces the trust in the US. The US diplomacy doesn’t look exactly coherent - Russia has not much reason to take the US seriously atm.

Russia’s autocracy is stabilized by the war. Its war against Ukraine didn’t hurt Russia too much, it even gained something. A message to other countries with ambitions to try it themselves. Canada, Greenland and Taiwan are on the menu I heard.

And: Resources are wasted. Environment and climate are damaged. People die.

Not sure if the advantages outweigh the negative aspects or if it is more about domestic political opportunism and cleptocracy/ personal gain. Inexperiencie and shortsightedness too, maybe.

The brakes of the cabin on the other end of the snapped cable did work?

meteoric rise.

Ooooh! They didn’t write meteoritic but meteoric.
You are right. Thanks for the explanation.