@Green_Knight3@Alawiyeon Wealthy and powerful? These guys were showing up with practically nothing. The scrappy Ashkenazim who laid the states foundation were poor
As much as I despise the Mullah regime, do think about this-
Is the Middle East and South Asia prepared for the re-emergence of a free Persia, fully unleashing its economic, intellectual, and military capabilities, free from the stupidity of the Mullahs control?
For example, I’ve studied the Iranian Air Force in the 80s in their war with Iraq. This is back when their pilots were still western trained and their jets fully modern- our best guess of what a modernized Iranian military would look like, and holy shit did they kick ass.
@Green_Knight3 My take is that would have been possible, and Zionism would have remained a religious idea and not a practical state building movement, if Muslims had a shred of decency and if they were open to have Jews live in their country as equals
Also part of the problem that I have with @stevehou and his characterization of the Chinese economy is that I get the very strong sense that social classes in China are compressing whereas in the US they are widening. So lets take my trip to Macao. When they opened up Cotai
@KareemRifai Or maybe Trump has a different agenda he wants to make it clear to the Taiwanese that they are on their own and should start negotiating a deal with Beijing.
First of all, it's become increasingly obvious that Trump doesn't share your agenda, and he wants to end US support of Taiwan.
Second, complaining about PRC actions in Taiwan is going to be hiliarious given the fact that much of the US Navy is blockading Venuzeula.
@harukaawake When the perpetrators of Unit 731 genuinely atone for their barbarity & atrocities then perhaps we can take their faux indignations about animal cruelty seriously.
@morris_que14 And who the hell uses the term Instagrammer for a content creator from China especially with all the whining about how US social media apps are banned in China. 📱