@PeterSchiff This war seems to be unnaturally suppressing oil prices.
$90-95 crude with huge supply reductions and imminent destruction of reserves and capacity defies logic.
@Kekius_Sage Ambien comments were 8 years ago.
Low dose ketamine has very little effect except for maybe enhancing cognition.
Two shots (3 oz) of Jack Daniels far more inhibition reducing than either of these.
Excessive diet coke consumption probably the most destructive chemical vice.
@B_Matthijssen@WW3finalboss You have a point. But Russian immigrant jews are not pulling the strings for Russia's benefit.
We need some new non-zionist leaders who are not warmongers and can carry on diplomacy in a rational manner.
Never heard of post Soviet Russia openly calling for removal of a President or an announced goal to weaken and diminish the U.S.. You must have been rereading the Mueller reports. The marionette that is destroying us from the inside is controlled by Israel which constitutes a far greater threat.
There is a strange development in which academics of international politics are expected to publicly condemn adversarial countries before they are allowed to participate in public discourse. The complexity of international politics is reduced to a moral question of good versus evil, and academics must make moral declarations before even discussing facts, history, strategy, and interpretations. Academics should explain why states behave as they do; they are not moral validators.
What value does it bring to an analysis if the analyst "condemns" one side? After Russia invaded Ukraine, the former Norwegian foreign minister actually argued that "this is not the time to understand, but to condemn". This ridiculous position is pushed on academics. However, understanding is not endorsement, explanation is not advocacy, and ignorance is not strength. I argue it is in Russia's security interest to push NATO away from its borders, it is in Iran's interest to control the Strait of Hormuz, and it is in China's interest to create a new international economic architecture. This is not advocacy, nor is it a normative position about how the world should work; rather, it is a recognition of how the world actually works.
An academic should examine interests, capabilities, and strategic calculations that produce such policiesโnot participate in ritualised declarations of virtue that contribute absolutely nothing. Furthermore, moralism and condemnation often lead to a lack of understanding and increased conflict. When the conclusion is always that the good guys are confronting the bad guys, then the solution is always "peace through strength", "weapons are the path to peace", and defeating the latest reincarnation of Hitler. If you want war, condemn the other side as pure evil. If you want peace, the first step is to understand the other side.
This is not 2016. Itโs not even 2025. President Trump is clearly declining, physically, emotionally, and psychologically. It doesnโt matter if you love President Trump, or hate him, for the good of the nation, it is time to give serious consideration to encouraging President Trump to resign on his own, leaving on anything close to terms he gets to set.
If not, the damage to our country could be so profound that we may never recover, and that spans everything from the disintegration of NATO, to possible actions with a new war in Cuba, the fallout of the Venezuelan operation, and of course, the disasters in both Iran and Ukraine.
Trump is failing in everything he set out to do in this second term, and America is reeling under the consequences of his failures.
It doesnโt matter, democrat or Republican, or anything else. It is time for the good of the nation, for President Trump to resign.
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@DougAMacgregor@MCarbonaraFL Is he a Trump worshiper ? ???
His judgement seems a little out of whack.
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LEADERSHIP THROUGH PEACE: President Trump is giving NEW LIFE to the markets amidst peace deals with Iran.
GREATEST LEADER IN U.S. HISTORY.
We don't need a deal to just declare victory and leave.
Once our troops are out of harm's way and a major pointless war is avoided, we can quietly work out all the other details while Trump projects victory at home.
This not ideal but it's the least bad option at this point.