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If Iran can't produce their own Mao Zedong, they should probably study him. Iran begging for new negotiations is pathetic and just invites more western aggression.
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If Iran can't produce their own Mao Zedong, they should probably study him. Iran begging for new negotiations is pathetic and just invites more western aggression.
I think we will know more later this year, gotta observe how that Iran-Russian security pact will develop.
That is if Iran will even sign it this month.
Others' idea and mine: With regard to Trump's series of tough statements on neighboring countries, I think there are two aspects to it, on the one hand, one of the big goals of this Trump administration is to extract as much value as possible from their allies and to get as much as we can out of them. These statements were likely made as a preparation for a series of future lines. On the other hand, based on Trump's appointments to this administration, he has a strong will for internal reform. And often to push a reform smoothly, you're going to need a victory, you're going to need a victory to get a hold on the internal political discourse for yourself. Trump may well be really trying to achieve something to enable him to get an external victory, even if it's a victory over an ally.
So if Trump does achieve some degree of “territorial control” by some means (assuming he gets Greenland or the Panama Canal), it is more likely to pave the way for his internal reforms.
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Jai Hinds grabs self hating white worshipping Chinese lib by her bobs and vagene.
The right dog licked the wrong people.
Gotta pump them GDP numbers
The real screening question is who else part times at 7-11 in addition to those roles
I was rewatching episode 11 from the anime Legend of Galactic Heroes. Its amazing how you always find new stuff with rewatches.
So basically one of the Emperor's concubine wants to murder the sister of the main character because she feels the MC's sister who's younger stole the emperor's heart. One of the villains who pretends to help her but is actually trying to get rid of her says "she is a fool who is still chasing the sun when it had already set long ago". Even if she killed the MC's sister, the emperor would not come back to her since she is old and past her prime and the emperor will just find someone else.
That quote was really damn good thinking about it. Loads of people do not want to accept things have moved on (like relationship split, no longer in power etc) but are still hoping for the good old days to come back. I realize you see this a lot with the west and their vassal states. For example, Europe which was once the center of envy when it had empires in the 1800s are now filled with people trying to hope those days will somehow magically come back when we can see that time has moved on while they haven't. That why all these so called progressive westerners you can see are always looking back to the good old days.
Well not just the west. You can see it with Russia. They still wish the days of the USSR would come back which is why they still have so much pride despite the fact that its is gone now. China was also the same with some of the worst displays being late Qing. We had morons who wanted the Qing dynasty to come back in the 1920s (after WW1!!!) not realizing China had moved on from those outdated guys over a decade ago.
When you realize how many people fall into this mindset, its easier to realize why entire countries act certain ways.
So basically one of the Emperor's concubine wants to murder the sister of the main character because she feels the MC's sister who's younger stole the emperor's heart. One of the villains who pretends to help her but is actually trying to get rid of her says "she is a fool who is still chasing the sun when it had already set long ago". Even if she killed the MC's sister, the emperor would not come back to her since she is old and past her prime and the emperor will just find someone else.
That quote was really damn good thinking about it. Loads of people do not want to accept things have moved on (like relationship split, no longer in power etc) but are still hoping for the good old days to come back. I realize you see this a lot with the west and their vassal states. For example, Europe which was once the center of envy when it had empires in the 1800s are now filled with people trying to hope those days will somehow magically come back when we can see that time has moved on while they haven't. That why all these so called progressive westerners you can see are always looking back to the good old days.
Well not just the west. You can see it with Russia. They still wish the days of the USSR would come back which is why they still have so much pride despite the fact that its is gone now. China was also the same with some of the worst displays being late Qing. We had morons who wanted the Qing dynasty to come back in the 1920s (after WW1!!!) not realizing China had moved on from those outdated guys over a decade ago.
When you realize how many people fall into this mindset, its easier to realize why entire countries act certain ways.
The system and the mindset/culture that goes with it in what makes USA right now is too entrenched that the only likely competent thing Trump or any US president can do is to ensure the dominance and victory conditions of their respective parties every election. Project 2025 is a great example.
Of course, there might be some exceptions depending on the events and situation that may occur making things dicey. With the exception of probably the lunar landing, war unites the US, their parties and their people like no other. But this isn't the 2000s and Iraq is not China.
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Jiang inherited a weak hand but placed it well. But the J10 call wasn’t as big as you are implying. Even if China bought a thousand more Flankers from Russia, it wouldn’t have changed things as far as your examples went.
The Tejas decision is irrelevant to be frank. The problem isn’t with this one project but the whole Indian establishment and industrial structure.
SAC was HAL, growing fat and complacent and kept looking for foreigners to give them the next big thing instead of seeking to advance and innovate themselves. And that was with CAC and the J10 giving them direct competition since they say the J11 as the high end with the J10 as the low end, and assumed a similar standing between SAC and CAC. It wasn’t until Chengdu won the next gen fighter contest with the J20 that SAC really fundamentally changed their ways. And that was with a big talent injection direct from CAC to SAC.
India with HAL as the monopoly supplier has no chance as HAL is too big to fail and will just never change their ways and keep failing upwards to secure more and more contracts and funding.
If the Indian government split HAL down the middle and had half work the the Tejas with the rest continue with flankers, they might at least have a chance.