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victoon

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This so-called advisor has gained some fame, and notoriety due to this 2019 interview in which he pretty much laid out the rational, and the known intent that Ukraine sought this war against Russia for their own strategic reasoning. Apparently this dude had been preparing, advising the Ukrainian government on this very scenario. It looks like he's almost mapped everything out.

this honestly scares me. sure the guy is cold blooded analyst and showed a lot of conviction. But this is stuff of crusaders. He is treating nationalism and ideology with religious fervor. And his willingness to go to war can only find parallel in some parts of the middle east.

But scares me more is it's not difficult to imagine there might be people in Taiwan fostering similar mindset. I really hope it doesn't come to that.
 

Strangelove

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Then China ought to update their "no interference" stance if, and only if their own National security interest is being compromised by another power like in Solomon Islands for example. If the Chinese keeps playing this moral high ground, that would result in a far more costlier result against China. At the end of the day, China will almost always be accused of influence reality or not, might as well do it.

1000% indeed...

Other nations will think twice if China starts supporting Okinawa independence and Aboriginal rights... maybe Aust can do with a little regime change too?
 

MortyandRick

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This so-called advisor has gained some fame, and notoriety due to this 2019 interview in which he pretty much laid out the rational, and the known intent that Ukraine sought this war against Russia for their own strategic reasoning. Apparently this dude had been preparing, advising the Ukrainian government on this very scenario. It looks like he's almost mapped everything out.

Amazing he predicted everything, but how is he so confident that Ukraine would win? Did he expect NATO assistance or no fly zone? would he still feel that Ukraine is winning based on todays events?
seems like strong evidence the Ukrainians were especially preparing for a war with Russia for many years. Knowing this, I think the Russians never expected to roll over the Ukrainians and their progress so far is impressive.
 

Coalescence

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this honestly scares me. sure the guy is cold blooded analyst and showed a lot of conviction. But this is stuff of crusaders. He is treating nationalism and ideology with religious fervor. And his willingness to go to war can only find parallel in some parts of the middle east.

But scares me more is it's not difficult to imagine there might be people in Taiwan fostering similar mindset. I really hope it doesn't come to that.
Cold blooded analyst sure, but completely self-destructive and stuck in a tunnel vision. Its easy to predict what Russia would do and their possible plans for invasion, when you bloody keep pushing them and giving them a reason to do it.

He wasted his talent over his stubborn goal to get into NATO and for 'muh nationalism', it would have been better to diplomacy with Russia and keep options available, but now they put themselves in a road of no return, where either they win against Russia and join NATO, or cease to exist as a nation.

The core of the strategy as well is that Ukraine will get help from NATO, in order to defeat the Russians, but look at what happened. NATO didn't even dare fight Russia face to face, and only provided covert support via weapon supplies and intel. Imagine putting your entire fate to an organization who you don't have any leverage on or guarantees. You might have a better shot at convincing the Russians to let you go freely than this. You can tell the strategy is not working as intended as well, with Zelensky constantly begging and shaming NATO, EU and US for not giving them help.

And yes there will always be a someone like him in any country and region like Taiwan, the difference is if these people call the shots like him as the military advisor or they will die as a nameless soldier in the battlefield.
 

j17wang

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Actually, both political unrest and no-confidence vote were tried to derail Solomon Islands' relationship with China. We arrived at this stage because both failed.

I guess she would be ecstatic if the Han Chinese became extinct, because that would certainly hurt the CPC! Some of the pro-West Chinese are really the worst China-haters.
LOL, can go cope harder.
 

Coalescence

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I guess IVF is the first step before artificial womb, but an important step nonetheless. It should improve the chances of birth, reduce or completely eliminate the chance for birth defects, and also extend the age for successful pregnancies. I wonder what's the rate of IVF in China, and is 10% born through IVF Denmark has is the highest in the world?
 
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