Liberal Americans whine about helping Ukraine while not even being able to point out where Ukraine is on a map — now it’s wannabe antiwar Westerners lecturing the world about the moral virtues of helping Palestine while not even being able to name the language that Palestinians actually speak.
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Putin: US presidents come & go, but politics stay the same. When a person is elected, they may have some ideas. Then people with briefcases arrive, well-dressed, wearing dark suits. These people start explaining how things are done. Instantly everything changes. This happens w/ every administration.
‘Vietnam has shown the ability of “balancing geopolitical rivalries with an élan that has eluded other countries.”’
But Vietnam didn’t go down that path. Instead, Vietnam’s leadership firmly decided on their priority – their own country’s economic interests, not the desire of any outside power to turn Vietnam into a kamikaze.
"Israel can’t fight all the groups/places at the same time so has ceasefire agreements in one or two areas so they can concentrate on another area."
Still convinced that she is an eco-activist? She supported Indian farmers but not European farmers protesting. She doesn't care about the Nord Stream bombing—biggest eco-terrorist act in history. She joined regime change protests in Georgia—can you imagine the outcry if she joined US Jan 6 protests?
China executes a former top government official for embezzling over 1.437 billion yuan. On RT Comments: "If US had laws like this, the entire US congress, I believe, would have been put down long ago," and, "The US would have no government if the same policy would be carried out in the US."
Today's Western leftists are an absolute joke. USSR & Vietnam liberated others from genocide (Holocaust & Khmer Rouge). Meanwhile Western leftists are less effective than ever as Israel gets record financial support, yet they're more obnoxious than ever, using Gaza to boost their own egos.
Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times.
Every single time that Ukraine has been independent over the last century, it has constantly let itself be exploited by enemies trying to attack Russia. This happened in early 1920s during the civil war, in 1940s by Nazi collaborators, and now by the US through coups like Orange Revolution & Maidan.
Greta Thunberg joins Western-backed regime change protests in Georgia, fulfilling my prophecy that she is an ideal candidate to become a CIA asset.
Paul Graham re: AI "So a world divided into writes and write-nots is more dangerous than it sounds. It will be a world of thinks and think-nots." Ditto for reads and read-nots…
In 2007, a bunch of lads in a motorcade got through APEC security by slapping a Canadian flag on the car and having dudes in suits & sunglasses jogging alongside. Then a lad dressed as Osama Bin Laden gets out and walks 10m from the hotel where Bush is staying.
That attitude defined Hồ Chí Minh’s last years. He was already in his late 70s. His comrades asked after his health. ‘Bring down more US aircraft,’ he said, ‘and I’ll be in the best of health.’
“Have you ever seen a person who is afraid that the war will end? I saw him, and his name is Vladimir Zelensky,” Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico told the host in an interview with Radio Slovensko.
"The US has no functional president and has not had one for months, and it's barely noticeable and barely matters because there's a permanent unelected machine that runs the government." — Glenn Greenwald on X/Twitter