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by quotz 10mo ago
The colonialist argument you are debating is not adequate, you can say the same for the whole Western bloc. You can even say the same for NATO [1]. [1] https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02&#x2F
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by quotz 10mo ago
Here’s the source from the guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/06/us-ukraine-rus...
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by quotz 11mo ago
I am sorry but I am withdrawing from this debate any further. You're not refuting my points.
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by quotz 11mo ago
> Finnish law requires all apartment buildings to provide proper shelters, which adds about 2% to construction costs. When was this law enacted? > The public and other government institutions would much prefer to hear that there is no
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by quotz 11mo ago
The military and intelligence chiefs of all these countries will of course act this way, the other side of the answer for this question is "No worries, Russia's not a threat, we'll keep everything as is". Imagine if a mi
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by quotz 11mo ago
> Putin's intense hostility toward NATO stems from the fact that NATO stands in the way of invading Europe .... > It is a problem for Putin only because he seeks to invade Europe; NATO stands in the way. These are the most outla
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by quotz 11mo ago
The land grab is Russia's assurance that the crimean pipelines and access to the black sea and the sea of azov remain unchallenged. The pipelines are extremely important to Russia's economy, and they will of course make sure to se
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by quotz 11mo ago
My argument is that Russia was compelled to attack both Georgia and Ukraine because of NATO expansion, or rather preventing NATO expansion, not because of "Putin is crazy, wants to be a Tsar". Your argument is that Russia wants to
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by quotz 11mo ago
Yes, that doctrine got bastardized and became highly relevant after WW2, read the wiki
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by quotz 11mo ago
The argument is that these rules that you describe that any country can join any mutual defence pact without any repercussions is just plain wrong, mainly because the US would be immediately working against that even with military intervent
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by quotz 11mo ago
Please read about the Monroe Doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine
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by quotz 11mo ago
And just like it tries to still do in Venezuela. They also did something similar in Nicaragua. Latin America has suffered tremendously from the US's Monroe Doctrine. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doc
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by quotz 11mo ago
The assurances made by western leaders were made verbally, but not codified into treaties or agreements, as per the famous line "not one inch eastward". Does that make western leaders lying twofaces? At the 2008 NATO meeting in Bu
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by quotz 11mo ago
What would happen if Canada joined a mutual defense pact with Russia? Or Mexico? Think about this scenario, would the US invade immediately?. Something similar actually happened with Cuba in the 60s, and the US invaded them, doing a total n
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by quotz 11mo ago
What would happen if Canada joined a mutual defense pact with Russia? Or Mexico? Think about this scenario, would the US invade immediately?. Something similar actually happened with Cuba in the 60s, and the US invaded them, doing a total n
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by quotz 1y ago
Where did you learn about all this info? Is there a website / medium tracking this? Maybe wiki?
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by quotz 1y ago
This is the first time I hear about this. Was there any coverage of this in mainstream media at that time?
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by quotz 1y ago
Iran getting nukes would arguably make the middle east way more stable, and possibly also mitigate further genocide
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by quotz 1y ago
How many people in the white house and congress have israeli passports?
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by quotz 1y ago
Another fun fact, from Wikipedia, the name Frisia "stems from Latin Frisii, an ethnonym used for a group of ancient tribes in modern-day Northwestern Germany, possibly being a loanword of Proto-Germanic *frisaz, meaning "curly, cr
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by quotz 1y ago
actually i used to live in flatbush the first year i moved to nyc in a "coliving" space, and the rent was very low around 1.2K p/m, but never again going back to that area... Parkside ave station was disgusting honestly.
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by quotz 1y ago
Its beyond minid-boggling how you spend 1300 a month on rent and gym and other stuff. Which neighbourhood are you in? How many roommates? I've usually paid around 3-4K for a studio...
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by quotz 1y ago
But men do not respect other men nearly as much as they respect the gods and the supernatural
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by quotz 2y ago
I was in a hurry and hoped others would continue the thread. Cline is open source, pay as you go, using your own Openrouter API keys. You can use any model you like. Its more expensive than Cursor of course, depending on usage and models.
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by quotz 2y ago
Cline is much better
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by quotz 2y ago
The project of Skopje 2014 was actually a big money embezzlement scheme for the regime back then which was borderline dictatorship and mafia. The top dogs actually squeezed the whole government budget for themselves getting contracts and te
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by quotz 2y ago
Where I am from, like probably the majority of the world, you cant use ESTA.
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by quotz 2y ago
European living in the US :)
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by quotz 2y ago
The gratitude they have towards America is due to the USA declaring war against Yugoslavia and Serbia, and "liberating" Kosovo. Bill Clinton is considered a national hero and even has a monument declared to him, and even boulevard
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by quotz 2y ago
Most of the leading crime gangs in europe and worldwide are Albanian [0]. They are a global operation thats present in almost every country thats relevant to the drug trade, and thats as a result of their massive diaspora (something like 30

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