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Hard Power and Soft Power

sevenhelmet

Quaint ideas from yesteryear
pilot
Thanks. An F-4 pilot told me it was 600 lbs and I thought he was kidding. I guess he was.

I think 600 lbs. is probably closer to the correct answer- the "42" is an old joke around here when people ask seemingly random questions.

This F-4 hook thing has got to be the strangest threadjack I've seen in a while... was there any particular reason you chose a 57-page foreign policy thread to pose your question?
 

FLGUY

“Technique only”
pilot
Contributor
I think 600 lbs. is probably closer to the correct answer- the "42" is an old joke around here when people ask seemingly random questions.

This F-4 hook thing has got to be the strangest threadjack I've seen in a while... was there any particular reason you chose a 57-page foreign policy thread to pose your question?

It may be strange, but it looks like it…..Hooked ya.


I’ll see myself out.
 

BDR529

New Member
I think 600 lbs. is probably closer to the correct answer- the "42" is an old joke around here when people ask seemingly random questions.

This F-4 hook thing has got to be the strangest threadjack I've seen in a while... was there any particular reason you chose a 57-page foreign policy thread to pose your question?
Its 4D chess bro, just hang on it will make sense in a min.
 

Swanee

Cereal Killer
pilot
None
Contributor
We’ll start with Carlson. Total clown that is absolutely in bed with Putin - an absolute puppet.

Trump? The case appears weaker because of how Trump works. You’ll see and hear what you want to see and hear but Trump’s history doesn’t suggest he has any deep love for Russia. He layered sanction after sanction on Russia in his last administration, all the while grinning at Putin. Since returning to office he hasn’t rescinded a single one. He clearly has sociopathic tendencies so no one is safe with him and he only listens to people until he feels he is no longer in control. To point, I wouldn’t be surprised if Elon eventually gets put on the shelf by Trump for taking too much of the limelight.

The entire Republican Party? No. A recent poll shows the majority of republicans and democrats do not favor Russia or Putin. Of course there are republicans in there who like Russia, but there is also a smaller number of democrats in there who see Russia as a friend - nothing in polling is 100%. The same poll shows more support for Ukraine than Russia and most seeing our European allies as just that.
 

taxi1

Well-Known Member
pilot
It’s worth remembering this:


During the Russo-Ukrainian War,[3] Russia has forcibly transferred almost 20 thousand Ukrainian children to areas under its control, assigned them Russian citizenship, forcibly adopted them into Russian families, and created obstacles for their reunification with their parents and homeland.[7][8] The United Nations has stated that these deportations constitute war crimes.[8][9] The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for President of Russia Vladimir Putin[10] (who has explicitly supported the forced adoptions, including by enacting legislation to facilitate them)[1] and Children's Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova for their alleged involvement.[10] According to international law, including the 1948 Genocide Convention, such acts constitute genocide if done with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a nation or ethnic group.[11][a]
 

MIDNJAC

is clara ship
pilot
We’ll start with Carlson. Total clown that is absolutely in bed with Putin - an absolute puppet.

Trump? The case appears weaker because of how Trump works. You’ll see and hear what you want to see and hear but Trump’s history doesn’t suggest he has any deep love for Russia. He layered sanction after sanction on Russia in his last administration, all the while grinning at Putin. Since returning to office he hasn’t rescinded a single one. He clearly has sociopathic tendencies so no one is safe with him and he only listens to people until he feels he is no longer in control. To point, I wouldn’t be surprised if Elon eventually gets put on the shelf by Trump for taking too much of the limelight.

The entire Republican Party? No. A recent poll shows the majority of republicans and democrats do not favor Russia or Putin. Of course there are republicans in there who like Russia, but there is also a smaller number of democrats in there who see Russia as a friend - nothing in polling is 100%. The same poll shows more support for Ukraine than Russia and most seeing our European allies as just that.

I’d buy your thoughts about Trump, and I do think Elon is probably a dead man walking working with that administration……they always are eventually.

To the last point, I didn’t say they were knowingly approving of russia or Putin. They absentmindedly regurgitate his talking points that they pick up off some random social media post that kinda sounds right to them, given who it is coming from. It is a human condition, unrelated to political affiliation, but one that seems to become more acute every year.
 
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