No way man don't you know Joe Biden is an accomplished free diver? Old Joe took one deep breath and planted explosives on both pipelines in one dive.



Mainly valid points if not fairly speculative.

I think the US has a unique geographical and economic potential that almost no other country has; Also a demographic advantage currently.

An interesting point that you touched on with the workforce comment, is something that is already happening, a sort of "de-globalization" in relation particularly to supply chains.
We saw with Covid lockdowns, China's zero covid policy and the Evergreen fiasco that global supply chains are over exposed.
The US is uniquely placed to protect itself by re-shoring or near-shoring manufacturing and supply chains; The opposite is true for China, afaik.

One of the United States Greatest Advantages to me is geographical position which i completely agree with you. Her two nearest neighbours are zero threat.
The greatest threat towards America now, apart from the Rise of the Chinese is actually her own people. The great political divide, the so called " woke culture " thinking that Maths is Racist, the far right , and when it comes to education, the famous affirmative action.

This post was edited by Hamsterbaby on Mar 10 2023 07:25am

If you want to nuke france you need:
- 1 - to ban it from NATO
- 2 - to have nukes



In France we have a good 25% who don't want to do anything to help Ukraine and are eventually praising Putin's regime. These people are also constantly criticizing the current democratic system.
Dunno how it is in your country exactly but the main reason for this is ignorance. Asking them to clearly formulate their "solution" to solve the "problems" systematically leads to silence, no answer:
They simply stop to talk or do a diversion. Terrible.

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They complain of “being 'sent to massacre.'” Several groups of Russian soldiers mobilized in Ukraine denounce the conditions in which they are sent to fight, without preparation or equipment, in videos circulating in Russia in recent days.



- All the videos feature mobilized soldiers who complain of being sent into combat in such unprepared and disorganized conditions that leave them with little chance of survival.

- Russian soldiers denounce the fact that they have been drawn into the ranks of the separatist forces of the Republics of Lugansk and Donetsk, such as these soldiers from Irkutsk, Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk, who recorded a message addressed directly to Vladimir Putin broadcast on March 7 on a Siberian Telegram channel. "We were transferred to the First Slavic Brigade of the Donetsk People's Republic and sent to storm fortified areas without any artillery support or heavy equipment. In short, we were sent to slaughter under mortar fire, d 'artillery and heavy machine guns'

- Mobilized soldiers also complained of being "sent to the assault without contact with unit commanders, without fire support, or […] artillery support and aerial reconnaissance". Above all, these soldiers ask the Russian President to intervene "urgently, because punitive measures are being prepared against [them]".

- Another point common to most of these videos is the lying strategy of the Russian army leadership of which these men seem to have been victims. Most of them claim that they were told that they would be confined to second or even third line tasks, like those Siberian soldiers who thought they were going to "monitor the installations and ensure the defense of the territory" and who find themselves used "in assault sections without training or preparation". “Some of these men are overweight, over 50 years old and absolutely incapable of taking on such missions”, explained the wife of one of them recently on another Telegram channel.

The source is trusted:
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/europe/manifestations-en-ukraine/video-quand-les-mobilises-russes-interpellent-vladimir-poutine-pour-se-plaindre-d-etre-envoyes-au-massacre_5702174.html

===> This is what you get with such amazing regimes.

your on fire today. dont disagree with any of that either, the only nuance is I would, as related to people, the greatest threat to america is the cultural and political divide in the country in tandem with its overarching long term foreign policy and domestic policies.

This post was edited by ferdia on Mar 10 2023 07:34am

Ok deal! BIN

This post was edited by DizzyBusiness on Mar 10 2023 07:32am

The news did come from america, who is most likely behind pipeline explosion.
Either them or ukraine anyway

You can quote me, Ukraine do not have the hardware or software to do it.

My bet is the US or UK, or at least backed by them.

If people really wanted to know they would force Sweden to provide what they know.

That's possibly true as well.



They have to keep their mouth shut if they want to enter nato

This post was edited by SylvesterStallone on Mar 10 2023 07:37am