@MiesBee Je bent een beetje zuur Mies. Wat deze kerel gedaan heeft is gewoon waanzinnig knap. En naar een topuniversiteit in de US gaan is ook geen kattendrek. Wat heb jij bereikt Mies?
@Vincentgdevlugt De vraag is waarom deze omroep zulke zure mensen aan het woord laat. Daarmee verkondigen ze de boodschap van hun baasjes. Trump=slecht en alles wat boven het maaiveld uitsteekt moet plat.
@Boreout Dat zou kloppen als immigranten een netto positieve bijdrage leveren aan de samenleving. Kan je dat aantonen? Hou daarbij dan als maat aan hoeveel belasting ze betalen. Neem de immigratie over de laatste 5 jaar per land van herkomst en laat even zien wat ze ons opleveren.
All the bleating about "international law" shows just how completely deluded some of our elites have become.
International law was a pleasant fiction that lasted for a few decades. It was never real and now the world has reverted to its default setting: Great Power politics.
This is why, as a strong Ukraine supporter, I have never talked about international law or called Putin's attack an "illegal invasion".
Laws are based on submission to an overarching authority backed by force. There is no such international authority and even if you view the UN as one, it does not have the ability to use force against those who violate "international law" other than against small countries with weak militaries.
When the US attacked Iraq, the UN did nothing.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, the UN did nothing.
If China invades Taiwan tomorrow, the UN will do nothing.
If you cannot enforce a law, it's not a law.
I do not support Ukraine because naughty Vlad broke the rules. I support Ukraine because it's not in OUR interest in the West to have Russia marauding its way through friendly countries on the borders of Europe. It's in our interest for us to be as strong as possible and for our adversaries to be as weak as possible.
President Trump is a realist and a pragmatist. He sees through the fictions other "leaders" cling to.
A good leader advances the national interests of his country. If more Western leaders did this, our civilisation would be in a much better place
All the bleating about "international law" shows just how completely deluded some of our elites have become.
International law was a pleasant fiction that lasted for a few decades. It was never real and now the world has reverted to its default setting: Great Power politics.
This is why, as a strong Ukraine supporter, I have never talked about international law or called Putin's attack an "illegal invasion".
Laws are based on submission to an overarching authority backed by force. There is no such international authority and even if you view the UN as one, it does not have the ability to use force against those who violate "international law" other than against small countries with weak militaries.
When the US attacked Iraq, the UN did nothing.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, the UN did nothing.
If China invades Taiwan tomorrow, the UN will do nothing.
If you cannot enforce a law, it's not a law.
I do not support Ukraine because naughty Vlad broke the rules. I support Ukraine because it's not in OUR interest in the West to have Russia marauding its way through friendly countries on the borders of Europe. It's in our interest for us to be as strong as possible and for our adversaries to be as weak as possible.
President Trump is a realist and a pragmatist. He sees through the fictions other "leaders" cling to.
A good leader advances the national interests of his country. If more Western leaders did this, our civilisation would be in a much better place