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Dahobbs

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  1. I better not read anymore bullshit in this thread about us taking a new, tough stance against Russia. Fucking ridiculous wish casting.
  2. Ukraine shouldn't have been existing where Russian soldiers wanted to go.
  3. What I want is irrelevant.
  4. Let it happen. The country needs to collapse in order for everyone to see the leopards for what they are.
  5. @Laxtonto I guess this is the carrot, give Russia part of Ukraine.
  6. Until then (or their deaths), I'm here for their suffering.
  7. Pre-game was still more entertaining than the actual game.
  8. As any physicist will tell you, everything is physics. Now, assume a perfectly spherical cow...
  9. Wait, you think Mahomes is the problem?
  10. So, turns out the line is important.
  11. Looking like a long day for KC.
  12. Looks like a 8 year old put it together last night.
  13. Yes, China is our principle economic and military competitor. That has been true for about two decades. It is not new. Military and civilian leadership have recognized that for quite some time now. But let's not pretend our moves are necessarily coherent. For instance, Greenland is a property of a close economic and military ally. At least up until we indicated we wanted to take it, there wouldn't have been a real concern that American companies would be denied to the opportunity to develop resources there if the economics supported it. The problem has been that the economics aren't great. China has a many year head start on generating the technologies and workforce necessary to mine and refine rare earth minerals. Chinese companies also own intellectual property that restricts development. It wasn't the raw material we lacked, but rather the economic incentive to develop this industry. Were we truly concerned with combating China, a stimulus bill similar to the CHIPS Act would have made a lot more sense and wouldn't have risked severe blowback. Similarly, restricting the sale and development of EVs further erodes any economic incentive by decreasing the demand that could have fueled development (e.g., lithium for batteries and neodymium for electric motors). As to Russia, the war in Ukraine is largely the result of losing sight of Russia as a rival and destabilizing geopolitical element. It isn't a good idea to double down on that failed strategy.
  14. Rare earth minerals arent actually rare and we already have a lot of them. The issue isnt access to them. It is the ability to mine and process them.
  15. We actually got my FIL's head somewhat screwed on correctly recently. He started to wake up from his haze and realize he had been tricked. Been treating him with kid gloves the last few months as a result. I just wanted everyone to know that change is in fact possible. It helped that my MIL always saw through the Trump bullshit.
  16. When is Melania getting deported? Nah. There will not be a country, so no worry about voting. It'll be burned down.
  17. Because the tariffs didn't actually happen.
  18. Versus just use them themselves to shoot at Russians? Have you met Poland? Of course they will hand them over if it kills Russians.
  19. You should probably change your diaper more often then.
  20. Both sides, am I right?
  21. He did what?
  22. Ok. Now I'm 90% certain that group was working for Trump and or Russia (is there a difference?).
  23. Yes. And we are saying those voters are stupid. And we are laughing at those voters for being stupid. You can't stop us. Stop trying.
  24. You show me yours. I can link to article after article that would call that political suicide. I'm also not entirely sure what you were asking Biden to do. Seemed to me he did quite a bit. But backing out of long term military procurement contracts with the critical ally in the region that has significant political power here would be fucking stupid for many, many reasons. We might as well concede all our influence in the region to Russia and China.
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