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Hard Power and Soft Power
- Thread starter taxi1
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Elon jealousy. Run your administration (and country) like a reality tv show...expect Snookie and The Situation to show up.
It's a hypothetical. I can say whatever I want.
Bro if you’re mad about people getting breaks or help when they could finance it all on their own, then I got some news for you that isn’t even off this continent.
Like all the countries we help rebuild in Europe? They might turn on us, but it isn’t because of funding right meow.
There is a foreign policy concept where you help build infrastructure and industry in poor or vulnerable countries, and then you hit them over the back of the head and extort them. I think it’s called BRICS and is a big communism thing…but I’ve been seeing a similar technique in other places lately.
I understand your concern Spekkio, but I think you’re underestimating the power of supporting small nations and potential democracies. That said, there is a time to step away when it is clear we won’t be successful in the long run a la Middle East.
Honestly dude, I was like 69% sure you were a Russian troll, but I’m about 96% sure your are in fact something else after this. Imagine telling a dude who’s been fighting an invading army he needs to show respect to a guy who has a track record of…*not supporting him.* I’d also like to point out, Ukraine downright stopped the Russians in their tracks despite being outgunned and out numbered with *minimal* aid at the outbreak of the war limited to defensive and light weaponry, most of which was from the UK and other European nations. The man was offered an extraction at the verge of peril and a government in exile but stayed and rallied and united his ENTIRE NATION to stop the Russian advance. I believe the quote was, “I don’t need an extraction, I need bullets” which is up there with JPJ quotes.
Further more, the entire continent, with the exception of Belarus, rallied behind him to a. Provide support b. Increase their own military capabilities. Europe has often been the champion of supporting Ukraine more than us, and has demonstrated their understanding of how Russia is a threat to their security.
Serious question, have you ever trained to fight with a NATO ally? Have you done it since this war kicked off?
Would you have supported giving the same amount of money for food aid or something directly labeled HIV/AIDS treatment/prevention?
It’s a fair point Wink. USAID is by no means a well run organization from what I have seen over the past 15ish years. It needs to be run better and find effective ways to promote that the US is the good guy in the world. My favorite classic example is the amount of grain we shipped to the Port of Djibouti in the 2008-2010 time frame to alleviate famine in Somalia. We literally unloaded shiploads of it only for it to rot in Djibouti because we didn’t have a way to get it into Somalia. Obviously poor execution.
That said, I don’t have a problem with helping a vulnerable group of people in the world when others won’t step up to help them on their own.
Vance has been at the President's side in a lot of these engagements. He's there to do the heavy lifting when the President lacks the intellectual capacity to understand complex issues... which seems to be most of the time.
Talk show side man
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
So this is the miracle of video editing.
Watch the whole 60 minute press conference and see if you come away with the same impression. There was 45-50 minutes of normalcy until JD Vance picked a fight.
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Exactly. Folks should think of all the times you didn’t fuck a goat. So unfair.
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
That's a really odd fetish you got there, but whatever floats your boat.
An American walks into a bar in somewhere in Ireland and sits next to a really old guy drinking a beer. And the old guy’s like, “Did you see that wall on your way into town?” And the guy’s like, “Yeah.” And the old man’s like, “I built that wall with my own two hands. But do they call me O’Grady the Mason? Noooo.”
Then he’s like, “Did you see those cabinets on your way into the bar?” And the guy’s like, “Yeah.” And the old man’s like, “I build those cabinets with me own two hands. But do they call me O’Grady the Carpenter? Noooo.”
Then he says, “Did you see the iron gates on the way into town?” And the guy’s like, “Yeah.” And the old man’s like, “I built those gates with me own two hands. But do they call me O’Grady the Smith? Noooo.
But you fuck one goat…”
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A classic joke...I heard it told as a young man from the vantage of 'Spiros the Greek bridge-builder'
Stonewall jobs at risk after Trump's foreign aid cuts - BBC News
The UK-based LGBTQ+ charity could be forced cut up to half its staff in the wake of changes to the way the United States funds overseas aid projects.
www.bbc.com
Another article that makes one scratch their head
In an effort to keep things aligned with ground reality, this is not the first time a U.S. POTUS has yelled at Zelensky, just the first time one has made an unfortunate (and unprofessional) public spectacle. Zelensky clearly misread the room and Trump responded in a remarkably immature way, but Zelensky has a bad habit of making demands from allies and then scolding them when they don’t follow.
I am all for Europe stepping into the current confusion and taking the lead on the Ukrainian issue. We already know what they’ll push for…an end to the fighting, a return to 2022 borders, and a European PKF…all things Zelensky opposes.
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
He also said "fuck you" in Ukrainian to the VP.
If I am Putin, I am not seeing the benefit to a cease fire any more. I’m seeing Ukraine having lost its key supporter, and thinking I am going to keep the pressure maximal until there is a break in the stalemate and a collapse somewhere to exploit. Right or wrong. Anything less than Ukraine collapsing is a failure on his part, after all.