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Originally Posted by choc e-Claire
It's been a year since this happened and, not only is it still worth celebrating on its own, but it started a chain of causality that got me laid. So it truly was a highlight of 2023 for me.
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hahahaha! congrats on getting laid
kissinger himself fucked around quite a bit, so maybe he'd be happy to learn this lolol
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Originally Posted by verme (prevaricator)
Finally took the time to read it.
I think the real pitfall would be to keep following the same path. I can't tell you about the future, but right now I'm experiencing first-hand the consequences this conflict has had in Europe on a humanitarian and economic level. Every European has felt it.
This is a proxy-war [ from the mouth of Boris himself]. Just another round of the power games that have been at play in the region, going all the way back to "The Great Game" in the 19th century.
Ukraine can't win this war. And the Americans, and the Europeans, are not coming to save them. It ends with a deal, and the biggest reason why that hasn't happened yet are the "experienced professionals" of the Biden administration. They saw an opportunity to weaken an adversary and bankroll US Defence contractors, to the tune of, so far, 175bn of your US dollars.
[ former Zelenskyy adviser and member of the delegation at the peace talks]
[ former Israeli PM]
So I'm sorry, but no, I don't really believe Biden is "suffering with the Ukrainian people". |
hahahaha of course he's not suffering lol
but anyway. at this point it's evident this has to end in a "deal". this can't keep dragging on
the more important boris bit for me there is he says we allowed our proxy to fight with one hand tied, and it's been cruel. putin is still in power (remember carl bildt's prediction from the maersheim debate?) and russia has not collapsed. yes they are hurting, but they are also now more resilient and aligned with china. or under china
if the west had managed to vaporize putin in the first 6 months we'd all be singing a different tune now. but the gradual strangulation, so widely telegraphed in advance, did not work
the usa will usa, britain is britain, they have their habits. the bigger problem for me here is europe, a big talker under the american umbrella but no real unity or werewithal to lend. it's hard enough to defend the euro, a war is something else
and unfortunately experienced professionals will be experienced professionals. this is the curse. i'm sure it happens in your industry as well, as it happens everywhere. it's the unstoppable internal logic of institutions. the wire + yes minister + carlo cipolla describe the world