@Rajk999 saidWhat leaders? What type of countries?
Just like there is no such thing as capitalism. You are just being petty. In any case, the leaders of all those types of countries should be killed because they abuse their population.
The USA overthrew democracies and replaced them with brutal dictatorships. The Shah and Pinochet to name a couple. My government has never respected democracy. You have been influenced by propaganda to think regime change is about morality. Why is the empire fine with MBS? I will tell you why. It has nothing to do with how a leader treats his people. It has to do with playing ball with the USA and doing things in the interest of the USA. If a dictator does that the USA supports him. He can dismember journalists all he wants and the USA is still supporting him.
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@Ponderable saidOf course NATO is protecting the Heroin trade. Why do you think they went into Afghanistan? To increase Poppy growing and Heroin production. That is what happened. The Taliban were suppressing Poppy growth so NATO invaded and increased it.
Wow @Metal-Brain, how far do your hamdlers go in reframing history?
NATO is part of the Heroin trade?
And that these Albanians, who you accuse of "stealinG" the Kosovo were the oes who had lived there since generations is not even worth some consideration?
To call you a fool would mean to elevate you to higher levels than you deserve...
Certain politicians are wealthy from the opium trade long ago. These same families are probably in the heroin business now. John Forbes Kerry for example. FDR's Delano drug runner family. Changing from crude opium to heroin makes perfect sense. Opium alone was largely outdated. The derivatives are not. The Council on Foreign Relations was also founded by opium smugglers and their heirs. These drug smugglers run the western world. The CFR dude. The British empire protected the opium trade with the opium wars. This is just history repeating itself with heroin.
And an insurrection is fomenting in Serbia right now. The Serbian people don't like their government. They want to overthrow it. Looks like the people there long for the days under Milosevic.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/largest-anti-government-protest-serbias-history-takes-over-belgrade
@Metal-Brain saidYou must have been dropped on your head as a child or worse. You can tell how moral a country is by two things:
What leaders? What type of countries?
The USA overthrew democracies and replaced them with brutal dictatorships. The Shah and Pinochet to name a couple. My government has never respected democracy. You have been influenced by propaganda to think regime change is about morality. Why is the empire fine with MBS? I will tell you why. It has nothing to do with how a leade ...[text shortened]... the USA supports him. He can dismember journalists all he wants and the USA is still supporting him.
- How many people flock to their country by any means necessary. People risk their lives to GTFO of countries like Russia, Cuba, North Korea and Venezuela to any western nation whose economy is based on capitalism.
- How much foreign aid, grants and assistance this country provides to other countries in need. In 2020 the US in gave over $50,000,000,000 in aid to countries all over the world and to humanitarian organisations. While Russia can barely manage 1/ 50 th of that.. ie less than one billion $$ in aid. Its not that they dont have, they are stingy bastards. Their focus is weapons and even their own people suffer for basic necessities.
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@Metal-Brain saidI would be 100% on board with NATO beating Israel senseless for the crimes they have committed against human rights. 😆
"doesn't this mean that NO country in the world is free to commit ethnic cleansing and genocide?"
Israel is. Isn't it?
Americans generally have a blindspot there, tho. And NATO needs unanimous consent.
@spruce112358 saidThe blind spot is yours. Try to get that fixed.
I would be 100% on board with NATO beating Israel senseless for the crimes they have committed against human rights. 😆
Americans generally have a blindspot there, tho. And NATO needs unanimous consent.
@Rajk999 saidThat is ridiculous. People flock to the country with the world reserve currency because that is where the money is. Not all capitalist countries are wealthy so you are wrong. People do not flee to "any" western nation.
You must have been dropped on your head as a child or worse. You can tell how moral a country is by two things:
- How many people flock to their country by any means necessary. People risk their lives to GTFO of countries like Russia, Cuba, North Korea and Venezuela to any western nation whose economy is based on capitalism.
- How much foreign aid, grants and assista ...[text shortened]... are stingy bastards. Their focus is weapons and even their own people suffer for basic necessities.
Show me a capitalist country in Africa that people are migrating to in mass for a better life. Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Who is risking their life to go there?
https://marxist.com/haiti-striking-example-of-barbarism-of-capitalism.htm
@Metal-Brain saidBlack or African capitalist countries are not prosperous because they are mostly corrupt. It has nothing to do with the capitalism. All communist or socialist systems are failures. Not all capitalist economies fail. Most are a raving success. It depends on the people.
That is ridiculous. People flock to the country with the world reserve currency because that is where the money is. Not all capitalist countries are wealthy so you are wrong. People do not flee to "any" western nation.
Show me a capitalist country in Africa that people are migrating to in mass for a better life. Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere. ...[text shortened]... their life to go there?
https://marxist.com/haiti-striking-example-of-barbarism-of-capitalism.htm
@spruce112358 saidIsrael is a MNNA. Have a read here on what is a MNNA. Maybe it will help you to understand that you live in a delusional world regarding Israel's future:
I would be 100% on board with NATO beating Israel senseless for the crimes they have committed against human rights. 😆
Americans generally have a blindspot there, tho. And NATO needs unanimous consent.
A non-NATO ally, specifically referred to as a major non-NATO ally (MNNA), is a designation given by the United States government to countries that have strategic working relationships with the U.S. but are not members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This status was first established in 1987 and provides various military and financial benefits, such as access to advanced military equipment, training, and participation in research and development projects with the U.S. Department of Defense.
Key Points About Major Non-NATO Allies:
Benefits: MNNAs enjoy benefits similar to those of NATO members, including eligibility for loans of military equipment and participation in defense research projects.
Designation Process: The President of the United States designates a country as an MNNA after notifying Congress at least 30 days in advance.
Countries: Currently, there are 19 countries designated as MNNAs, including Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Qatar, South Korea, Thailand, and Tunisia.
Significance: The designation signifies a strong strategic partnership but does not imply a mutual defense pact like NATO membership.
Recent Developments:
Kenya: In 2024, Kenya became the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to be designated as an MNNA, highlighting its role in regional security.
Qatar and Colombia: Both were designated as MNNAs in 2022, reflecting their strategic importance to U.S. interests.
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@Rajk999 saidWhat should be happening instead of MNNA nonsense is that NATO be rapidly expanded to include Japan, South Korea, Australia, Brazil, etc. 😆
Israel is a MNNA. Have a read here on what is a MNNA. Maybe it will help you to understand that you live in a delusional world regarding Israel's future:
A non-NATO ally, specifically referred to as a major non-NATO ally (MNNA), is a designation given by the United States government to countries that have strategic working relationships with the U.S. but are not membe ...[text shortened]... Both were designated as MNNAs in 2022, reflecting their strategic importance to U.S. interests.
The UN is a fatally flawed organization and, as was shown in Bosnia, is pretty useless at keeping the peace. Something needs to replace it, and NATO is a good choice.
Then the only remaining item to fix is free and fair election of our NATO ambassadors. THEN we have something like the beginnings of a world government that could eventually end all war on a global scale. 😆
@Metal-Brain saidukraine too had ethnic cleansing, genocide, war crimes and a bunch of different people all wanting independence? I NEVER KNEW THAT UNTIL YOU TOLD ME, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH OH ORACLE OF FORBIDDEN AND HIDDEN KNOWLEDGE
NATO invaded Serbia. For this reason alone I think Russia has a right to fear NATO expansion. Since NATO is an invasion pact the demonizing of Putin for invading Ukraine is hypocritical propaganda.
The people who demonize Putin and Russia for invading Ukraine do so as if Russia was the first country to invade another country. It is not that I have a problem with someon ...[text shortened]... are just invasions you should consider the possibility that you have been influenced by propaganda.
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@Rajk999 saidSame with socialism. Not all socialist economies fail. Some are corrupt like any country might be, but elitist capitalists do their best to stomp out socialism before they can ever achieve communism. Since no nation has ever achieved communism it has never had a chance to fail. That fact exemplifies the myths you are spreading based on lies.
Black or African capitalist countries are not prosperous because they are mostly corrupt. It has nothing to do with the capitalism. All communist or socialist systems are failures. Not all capitalist economies fail. Most are a raving success. It depends on the people.
You have been duped by propaganda. End the trade embargo against Cuba so you and your capitalist friends can prove socialism can fail without your help. You and your capitalist friends are trying to destroy socialism and bragging about how it fails as if you are not doing everything possible to make them fail.
End the trade embargo and sanctions against socialist nations. If you are so confident they will collapse under their own weight why are you so terrified of socialism and the chance they might become communist? Your fear proves they could succeed because you and your ilk are fighting them before they can at every turn with immense paranoia.
If Marxism is so prone to failure why did the USA have to spend so much money and blood fighting it in the Vietnam war? The domino theory proves they were terrified it might succeed. That is why they had to snuff it out at any cost.
@Metal-Brain said"You have been duped by propaganda."
Same with socialism. Not all socialist economies fail. Some are corrupt like any country might be, but elitist capitalists do their best to stomp out socialism before they can ever achieve communism. Since no nation has ever achieved communism is has never had a chance to fail.
You have been duped by propaganda. End the trade embargo against Cuba so you and your capita ...[text shortened]... heory proves they were terrified it might succeed. That is why they had to snuff it out at any cost.
Oh, my God, what unlimited irony.
@Metal-Brain saidAll communist and socialists regimes are failures.
Same with socialism. Not all socialist economies fail. Some are corrupt like any country might be, but elitist capitalists do their best to stomp out socialism before they can ever achieve communism. Since no nation has ever achieved communism it has never had a chance to fail. That fact exemplifies the myths you are spreading based on lies.
You have been duped by pr ...[text shortened]... heory proves they were terrified it might succeed. That is why they had to snuff it out at any cost.
If a man need to succeed with the help of someone else then by definition he has failed.
@Rajk999 saidYou are a liar. Cuba still exists. And a lot of people like living there. Criminals flee all countries rather than go to prison. Why do you think Maurice Strong fled to live in China? If I was as dishonest as you are I would claim he fled capitalism to a socialist country because capitalism is a failure.
All communist and socialists regimes are failures.
If a man need to succeed with the help of someone else then by definition he has failed.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-35073966
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It's understandable that Russia (and some Michiganders?) still have bitter memories of the French and German invasions, just as many Eastern European people (and their relatives overseas) remember Russia's invasions.
It seems Russia wants to be respected as a great nation, but at the moment I think we can only say that it is a large and powerful nation that has produced some great artists. I don't know what Russia could or should do to achieve greatness while preserving the unique and variegated flavors of the Russian Federation. I imagine it would not involve a bunch of shiny megacities as China has been doing, and I actually hope it would involve preservation of the natural beauty of Russia's forests and riverlands.
Maybe they're already doing it but the word hasn't gotten round yet. No idea. What do you think, @Metal-Brain?