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baykalov

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New York Times: Absent direct NATO intervention, Ukraine cannot achieve its goals.

The trouble is that Ukraine has only one surefire way of accomplishing this feat in the near term: direct NATO involvement in the war. Only the full, Desert Storm style of deployment of NATO and U.S. troops and weaponry could bring about a comprehensive Ukrainian victory in a short period of time. (Never mind that such a deployment would most likely shorten the odds of one of the grimmer prospects of the war: The more Russia loses, the more it is likely to resort to nuclear weapons.) Absent NATO involvement, the Ukrainian Army can hold the line, but complete victory is very nearly impossible. The problem for Kyiv is that — public assurances aside — Washington has no interest in directly entering the war.

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siegecrossbow

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Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ spark conservation row​

Researchers worry Colombian environment ministry will side with animal-rights activists rather than curb the invasive animals’ spread.

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Cocaine Hippos are invading Colombia.

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Makes cocaine bear look like a toy animal.
 

pmc

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Sanctions are slow burning. RU is literally running down financial reserves to keep stuff afloat.
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Germany has non state capitalism is asking Indians without German language skills to immigrate as fast possible. it seems they ran out of Turks. i mean weak state ultimately lose out to corporate interests that can add shortages in places that ultimately impact demographics. State jobs need to be attractive and interesting so that best and brightest also want to work there.

Speaking on Thursday, Deripaska said building “state capitalism is not an option” and warned of “serious” pressure from sanctions.
 

ansy1968

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Just to add...

Americans have been supplying weapons since KMT was still on the mainland. This is nothing new.

China threatening other countries is just playing the same game as America as you said.

The old saying, talk softly, and carry a big stick, well China is doing something else... Talk is cheap, just make more sticks, bigger and better.
Yup you said it well bro and let's ask the Indians since they have a tasted the Chinese sticks. ;)
 

taxiya

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A quick Russian victory would also provoke the US into making sure that the same would never happen again in Asia. That wouldn't be good for China. Just look at the effort US put into the Vietnam War vs. Korean War.
Being able to make something quick is a capability not a desire regardless being provoked or not. If US has that capability in Asia, China will be careful in Russo-Ukrainian war, otherwise China doesn't care what the US feels or wants.
 

ansy1968

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Being able to make something quick is a capability not a desire regardless being provoked or not. If US has that capability in Asia, China will be careful in Russo-Ukrainian war, otherwise China doesn't care what the US feels or wants.
bro China had a timeline and they won't be provoke as they are not ready, the US talk about 2025 that's the inflection point beyond that it will be difficult for them to accomplished their task. The spoiler is Russia and this time they want a payback and we may see it with eventual collapse of EU.
 

TK3600

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Cannot do anything about it.

The Indian image of themselves, is that they are independent but aligned with the West, therefore they associate themselves with what they perceive as the winning side.

From that philosophical starting point, of their place in the world and in history, they fully believe they are ahead of China, a poor backward country. Any hints of China mega cities and wealth, all very minor details, as China is poor and extremely backwards in their minds.

When China demonstrates something better than the Americans, it hits the Indians like a double whammy.

Any Chinese advances in science or technology, or China improves its geopolitical position, not only it is a move that benefits China who is a rival, it also strikes directly and negatively against India's worldview and self-image.

They need to vent.

Cannot do anything about it.

Often we find that commentators in the West and many Indian commentators say that China is weak in basic science and basic research.

Whether that is true is not the point. We know they will not research that. What they really want to say, it is a backhanded attempt to say China is not as good as the West and never will be, according to their worldview.

Again, cannot do anything about it.

My view is that their ideology is their problem.

No more, no less.

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I believe pride is central to Indian's problem. It stops them from work hard to improve because they refuse to acknowledge their current poor state. This manifest in two ways. First they need someone to step on. They compare themselves to someone who is decent (China) and convince themselves India is better. Second they need to borrow glory from someone. They compare themselves to those better than them to convince themselves be equal. But at the same time this pride is very valuable for stopping them become puppets of USA. Why would I bend over to you if I am your equal? So instead of just mocking that pride we should work with it.

You cannot change that pride, but you can rework it to make it more suitable for cooperation. Hear me out: "China is an equal to India, and they need our (indian) help. Western countries are losers and we India is smarter than them. We have independent diplomacy and we are backing the winner that is Russia. The fact China can see that makes them on the same page as us which means they are worthy to work with."

If somehow we can rework the narrative that way we can foster a cooperative relationship with India; regardless of their pride that they are better than us. We just need to swap the position with west. Make India step on west instead. Make China share glory to India. To do so we have Russia to act as pivot. Convince them western country are dumb, and China is smart, but not smarter than India. This way you earn just enough respect, but not so much that they become jealous. In other words there needs something done on western country. Beating western country is the key to pacifying India.
 
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