That becomes moot when it’s war, and the coverage in question is about the internal political situation of the people they are currently fighting. The same applies to any country at war, and their domestic press coverage of their opposing force, or country.
Does this mean I should use AJ to source credible information on internal Israeli politics? How about Russia Today for reporting on Ukrainian morale?
Seriously, stop posting wartime propaganda and pretending it’s credible journalism.
I don’t know, I feel it brings something…a bit of good cheer and comic relief, which is always needed when discussing…checks notes… Ah yes, colonial settler violence, indigenous displacement, and ethnic cleansing.
The judge was the literal child of Uganda. Because she displeased his parents (Uganda), they disowned her. They even disinvited her from all upcoming family birthday parties and witch burnings.
Or maybe they meant distanced,* like it says in article. I don’t know, pick whichever version of events you prefer, that’s what I always do.
- Uganda distanced itself Friday from Julia Sebutinde…
Imposter. That was a test. The real 4Chan would know that I use:
FileName.ACTUAL_REAL_LATEST_FINAL_PROD_VERSION
And it works everytime, about 70% of the time.
Are you the hacker known as 4Chan? How else could you know my version naming convention?
Regardless, all will be forgiven if you can remind what folder and file actually contains the final version. So… which is it?
Please explain the chain of events and military alliances that you see leading to WW3 from events in the ME.
War is bad, regional conflict is worse, but neither are WW3.
You’re using American verbiage, which is incorrect usage for this situation.
Conservatives traditionally conserve i.e. conserve traditions, nature, etc.
This is liberalism, in the classical laissez-faire sense, not the bastardized American usage of the word.
Call me a traditionalist, but I much prefer the antichrist.
Foreign policy is always about power, end of story.
America has been trying to remove itself from the ME, or at least significantly shrink it’s footprint, without leaving a power vacuum for Iran to fill. The plan was to have KSA and Israel fill that void instead, along with Turkey.
Morality and principles only directly impact foreign policy decisions if they impact the domestic political calculus. For example, if MBS believed moving forward with the Israeli partnership would result in him losing power.
This is not reflective of my own feelings or values. It’s just a neutral observation and assessment of the situation.
You’re not wrong, but maybe you’ve noticed that whenever any country announces they’ve arrested a spy, or foreign intelligence asset, the country they’re accused of spying for always, without fail, denounces it as political persecution and denies the allegations of spying.
So…while there’s recent precedent for political detentions of citizens under false pretense of spying, it’s not like it’s that hard to believe they were a spy.
The only real evidence we have that they aren’t a spy is that they weren’t summarily, and quietly, executed.
We’ll just have to wait and see how they proceed. Will they be used for a prisoner swap of detained Chinese intelligence assets? Or held indefinitely.
Because indefinite detention probably means innocent of spying, and waiting to be used for a political bargaining tool.
No, that’s not what’s happening.
Poor women and women in poor counties are used as baby ovens for the wealthy, or those with the means to rent their wombs. Which is why he specifically refers to it as the “commercialization”.
He’s saying that’s exploitive and immoral as there as children waiting to be adopted. So instead of “renting” a poor women’s womb, adopt a child instead.
Also, FWIW I’m pro-choice, but that doesn’t mean I should pretend everyone who thinks differently is evil.
Opposing abortion isn’t always about a misogynistic need to control women. For some people it’s a genuine belief that life begins at conception, which is what Pope Francis appears to sincerely believe.
That doesn’t extend to everyone, and I’d go so far as to say most of the Evangelical American pro-life movement are just reactionary hateful shitstains who are genuine misogynists that wouldn’t hesitate to get their mistress an abortion.
Anyways, just my $0.02
Security expenditures are just numbers on an Excel sheet, just like HR, and legal…it’s a business.
You know what else is a big threat? Executives of cost-center departments not understanding how to articulate their needs in terms of profit, or profit loss.
HR and legal departments are generally much better at explaining their concerns and needs in terms of profit, and not abstract concepts i.e. security.
Funny headline, but less dramatic article, and explanation.
There’s currently no active sailors capable of taking over for the one retiring.
Using LinkedIn to reach RETIRED naval officers with the requisite qualifications to come back for a 2 year position.
Also, they already use LinkedIn for recruiting in similar situations, although this is the highest ranking officer role they’ve used LinkedIn for.
Sure, if there is one thing we know about former Anglo-British colonies, it’s their inate pacifism and inability to field and maintain competent and formidable militaries…
I don’t recall them commiting war crimes during naval engagements. But, it is Canada, so…they probably did some stuff that was left out of the history books and military tribunals.
That’s not what’s happening here. If anything, this the US flopping it’s massive dong on the table and asking if anyone else wants to prove they can dick her down good enough to take over.
The post-WW2 global economic order is built on the security guarantee that maritime trade is secure because the US Navy will fuck anyone’s shit up who uses force to interfere with it.
Ironically, the biggest benefactor of this arrangement has been China. That’s also who would be most impacted by long term closure of these particular maritime routes.
So knowing that only the USN is currently capable of providing the long term security guarantees for this situation, they are going to make a show of it, or extract something of value their efforts - even if it’s just countries voting for some UN resolution that goes against their public statements or political rhetoric.
Please understand that this explanation isn’t my personal endorsement, approval, or disapproval, of what’s happening, or why, it’s just a very high level statement of facts and neutral analysis on the situation.
It’s not surprising that Germany is lacking these supplies as their military procurement is… incompetent, or rather, it’s a complex web of insane bureaucracy, poor decision-making, and political interference, all under the understandably long shadow of two World Wars and the Third Reich.
But the Leopard II is a hugely popular export model, so I’m a bit surprised that they can’t source parts for repair from NATO members and other allied countries that operate it. Many of which have their own licensed domestic production lines and supply chains to support them.
Not that I’m going to defend the honor or integrity of the American lead neoliberal order, but reading this made me laugh, and loudly:
China’s foreign ministry spokesman on Friday urged Washington to respect international trade rules and market-based principles
China takes all the worst parts of Western capitalism, and finds more ways to make them even shittier. Including enshitifying the already beshitted aforementioned principles.
Because of Russia’s vast geography and relatively limited waterway access, it’s better to think of their different fleets almost as individual smaller navies.
Especially in the context of the Black Sea fleet and Turkey’s ability to restrict access of military vessels through Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits because of the Montreux Convention.
So to answer your question under that more narrow scope, I believe it’s roughly 20% of the Black Sea fleet has been destroyed.