@VerminusM The question for the hypocrites should be: if Russia has historical, legal, and moral claims to Ukrainian territory comparable to Israel's claims to Palestinian territory, why has Russia faced sweeping international sanctions while Israel has not been subjected to any.
@ForeignAffairs@ben_vagle They seem to have forgotten what century they live in. Their attempts to coerce Russia have achieved nothing. Their pressure against Iran has come close to bankrupting Japan. And any effort to pressure China would likely be little more than a tickle to Beijing.
@GadSaad Netanyahu once said: "I know what America is. America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction." So his agents work to influence MAGoys to support Israel.
@GadSaad Rather than a genuine individual, it may be an Epstein-like construct engineered by the same organization assembled from obvious contradictions: a Canadian draped in the American flag, an evolutionary scientist defending religion, and a Jew espousing Nazi-like ideology.
@elerianm Forgot to mention the main reason: preventing Japan from having to sell its massive holdings of U.S. Treasuries, which could put additional upward pressure on U.S. bond yields.
@ForeignAffairs@ckalu13 The main lesson Taiwan should learn is to pursue a peaceful solution, thereby preventing the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives, the destruction of critical infrastructure, and the displacement of millions of refugees.
@elerianm Today's policymakers often resemble ancient high priests, relying on powerful incantatory language. They seem to believe that uttering the right words and incantations with ritual precision can reshape reality itself.
@elerianm@FT A chain always breaks at its weakest link. It's not surprising that the country with the highest sovereign debt per capita is the first to crack.
@Rothmus Maybe humanity owes Mao some thanks for delaying China's development by couple of decades. Otherwise, China might have become a global superpower much earlier. So hopefully, by the time it fully emerges as a superpower, it will be more mature and restrained.
@ForeignAffairs@shoumitro_c@arvindsubraman Britain was one of China's greatest development partners—especially when it enforced free trade at gunpoint during the Opium Wars.
@ForeignAffairs America's Asian allies expect Washington to ride to the rescue if China attacks. They seem to have overlooked the fact that they're not Israel and China is not Iran.
@GadSaad@mehdirhasan His colleague Epstein tried to blackmail members of the establishment to advance Israeli interests. He is trying to influence a much less sophisticated audience, which has critical thinking skills of Gru's Minions.
@Lucynycx@grok Neanderthals were known for their barrel chests. Since most people have around 2–3% Neanderthal ancestry, he probably has more than average.
@ForeignAffairs Claiming that a country with four times the population can never overtake a smaller one implies its average citizen is inherently four times superior—which is clearly not the case.
@m2n3l6v5@DCFRowe@apocalypseos Israel should be grateful that its Ashkenazi Jews ended up in Northwestern Europe rather than Spain. Otherwise, Israel might have resembled Colombia at best and Cuba at worst.
@elerianm Japan gave many countries hope that very large budget deficits could be sustained indefinitely. Now it appears that this assumption may not be as solid as many believed.