Quote (Fnall @ 21 Oct 2024 00:14)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-korea-reports-on-14-million-mobilised-people-ready-for-holy-war/ar-AA1sn0OX

Does Kim realize his starving troop won't last 3 month vs SK?

Ready to eat grass and one another maybe, not much more.

Quote (Hamsterbaby @ Oct 21 2024 01:16am)

This is the same sentiment a number if posters have on Russians 2 years back on this thread.

Guess what?

Quote (Fnall @ 21 Oct 2024 00:20)

maybe same poster claim Russia will be on EU border in few month, 500,000 dead+300,000 injured russian later still away 20 miles from where start with mass advantage first months

Quote (Hamsterbaby @ Oct 21 2024 01:25am)

Russia isn't interested in EU. A direct war with any NATO country will means nukes are used.

Anyone who thinks that needs to rethink. Furthermore , look at the map, it is quite obvious Nato already have Russua surrounded. Ukraine is just the icing on top to change their government to toe the line of NATO and the West.

A good strategy, considered if Russia falls, China will be contained without a fight and NK and Iran neutralized.

Wishful thinking, but a well founded one.

Quote (Fnall @ Oct 20 2024 09:36am)

Ex-allies of Russia expanded NATO by asking and sometime pleading to join, and couldn't pull their weight in term of financing their own military in many cases. Some horrible tactic to surround Russia with allies that won't be ready to fight if anything.

Or maybe it just Russia and its shit history all aware of, thats to blame, unable to create any normal living condition for normal people, all smart Russian already left anyway, 21th century war is first for brains not for land.

Quote (Thebarba @ 20 Oct 2024 18:10)

How interesting how the sentiment has changed. People who spoke with absolute unshakeable certainty that Ukraine would win this war decisively are changing their tone to something more realistic.

Let me guess this will be memory holed just like Covid was. "Oopsie!"

Quote (Fnall @ 21 Oct 2024 00:36)

Ex-allies of Russia expanded NATO by asking and sometime pleading to join, and couldn't pull their weight in term of financing their own military in many cases. Some horrible tactic to surround Russia with allies that won't be ready to fight if anything.

Or maybe it just Russia and its shit history all aware of, thats to blame, unable to create any normal living condition for normal people, all smart Russian already left anyway, 21th century war is first for brains not for land.

To understand how Russia value people you dont have look too far:

https://i.postimg.cc/7DRYdHXJ/1w5h4s3jwlvb1.png

Quote (Malopox @ Oct 19 2024 11:33pm)

We speak English here as JSP is predominantly US / Canada forum and US / Canadian citizens barely speak any other language other than English. First/Second gen immigrants speak their native language ofcourse and some people pick up bits and pieces of Spanish / French in high school, but majority are not fluent enough.

International languages of commerce are English, French, Russian, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. If you speak all 5 - you are set for life in international trade / finance.

Portuguese / German fell off hard. Hindi is local to India and they all speak English anyway plus their local language and maybe language of their neighboring states (eg Malayalam / Tamil). South East Asia speaks English or Chinese for business between each other. Africa speaks English, French and Chinese.

English is lingua franca in 21st century. It is based on Latin/ descendant from Latin, hence you are able to partially understand Latin languages if you speak English. Latin was not a Christian language.

English as lingua franca might give way to Mandarin Chinese as US/UK influence wanes in the 21st century. I will be making sure my kids speak Chinese next to English to prepare them for what’s coming. I seriously considered doing an exchange at Fudan myself when I studied at uni and I regret not doing it. I was not fluent in Chinese enough to qualify for an exchange there.