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What is Greenland's motivation for this proposal, in your opinion? Greenland has the right to vote for full independence from Denmark under the terms of the 2009 self-governance rule.... I agree that I oversold my suggested alternative to optics. If we could all jump together to the kind of ~honesty and sincerity I'm wishing for, I think it would be great for us all, but given the adversarial nature of things we're in at the moment, how do we move towards... I appreciate hearing this. I used to be super liberatarian-esque non-interventionism, but a few years ago I read "Prisoners of Geography", (highly recommend) written by a British veteran global journalist, and between the lines I kept being grateful that Team America really was... What do you need from a candidate to convince you to vote for them?
For me by far the most important thing is geopolitics. Given that America is the "world police" and is largely responsible for keeping world maritime trade routes open (on which the entire world economy rests - including the US economy), it is shocking to me how much people focus... - johnky...
🧨 We Need a Better Way to Talk About Landmines
Finland just pulled out of the global treaty banning landmines — and it’s stirred up a storm. Human rights groups like Amnesty International are calling it a dangerous step backwards. And I get it: landmines are horrifying.... Thanks for sharing this; "China isn't as big of a challenger to the american hegemony as people think" has been my gut sense for a while but I'm so uninformed on the subject that I have high error bars.... - bcook1014...
I'm going to give you a few links that best reflect what I'm trying to say about the war being a psyop and the ones perpetrating it are globalists. A history in 4 Psy-Ops: Has Iran ALWAYS been a member of the Club?... - trust...
I have been upgrading my estimate for valuation of remote high end sustainable living arrangements. .. this will be a trend that grows . Its why China is against data centers. We will improve and harden grudge when big players need it to be. And they do .... The Iran War Is Now Raising Questions Far Bigger Than Iran
The letter is unquestionably political propaganda. It portrays Iran as the victim, presents its own government in a favorable light, attacks President Donald Trump, condemns American support for Israel, and directly encourages Americans to use the November midterm elections to... - onHhello, my names Brian. I am passionate about the mass migration that's happening to all the European countries.byabove...
because the west has been so greedy with other soverign nations. so the plan is this …. the west come over africa and africa come over west
- onI am disgusted, angry and can not BELIEVE what the Republicans and 5 democrats did Yesterday. I love, absolutely this Republic and the fact that our representatives have given our sovereignty away and sold our military out is unacceptable. Am I the only one feeling this way? bySassiebrat67...
They merged our technological info and know how plus our military with Israel. That is treason.We've lost our sovereignty. And all this AFTER the Pentagon raised the level of concern on that Country.... Read the full post - rockydewyer...
UAE x Israel x USA is a bad contract. USA x China x Europe is a good contract.
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I am a drafting technician with two decades of hands-on technical experience, but that professional identity is really just one layer. Underneath I am someone who thinks like an analyst.... - Emberley...
What do the people of Twain say? That do they want to do collectively? To believe China won't do what it already said it would could be deadly. Twain belongs to those that built it " The people of Twain" .... - eellis0408...
No matter what Ukraine did or didn't do, Russia started the war. They invaded Ukraine.
I hope you're not alone in that desire, that's what we're here for! And hoping to be a schelling point for others like you/us to find each other. you mention on your profile being an expert the arctic; i read tim marshall's opinion of that area in his book The Power of... - sness...
There is a great geopolitical book on how geography influenced history and economics, if you haven't read it! "The Accidental Superpower" by Peter Zeihan.
An US - Iran Thread, especially as it relates to personal sense-making and 'waking up' frames
I'd love help making sense of what's going on. I don't have a lot of geopolitical history other than reading books by Tim Marshall and I don't even really know what kind of questions to answer, so here are some of the ones I'm thinking about....