CTID1977
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shhhhh!Yep. Plan C, or as it’s called in Red Dwarf, “Operation Pawn Sacrifice” - except in this case, that’s a lot of pawns to lose.
What the hell are the Russian generals thinking?
shhhhh!Yep. Plan C, or as it’s called in Red Dwarf, “Operation Pawn Sacrifice” - except in this case, that’s a lot of pawns to lose.
What the hell are the Russian generals thinking?
Without a doubt it has become much more fascist the past 20yrs under President Xi.Is China communist or fascist?
Without a doubt it has become much more fascist the past 20yrs under President Xi.
Or if you are given license to do something as opposed to being given a licence to do something.I guess it depends if you have to be licensed to get a licence.
The post 1945 restrictions on industry were quickly ameliorated and gradually removed over a few years.Japan was helped post WW2 because the allies realised 20m+ people were going to die of starvation otherwise.
It had nothing to do with 1919.
People don’t realise that over half of Japanese deaths in WW2 were from starvation.
West Germany was invested in because the USSR took over East Germany and it became the front line of the Cold War.
Famous quote from the time -
There is no choice between being a communist on 1,500 calories a day and a believer in democracy on a thousand.
This was the motivation for lightening the restrictions on German industry, from a cap of 25% of pre war levels to a cap of 50%.
Obviously capping industry at 50% of prewar levels is still an incredible punishment and not helping growth at all.
Again, nothing to do with 1919.
It was Ostpolitik rather than naked capitalism, though I grant you the profit motive was strong too.They can’t stop buying oil and gas from them. Same as we can’t stop pouring cash into China. The west has been asleep at the wheel for decades now, all in the name of capitalism. If things start to cost more, outsource it, sack the local workforce and make profit. Don’t ‘waste money’ on fuel storage options, just buy it when you need it, it’s so cheap. What could go wrong?
They gave them to Russia in return for guarantees that their borders and sovereignty would be respected. Never trust a dictator.I think Ukraine had the biggest Arsenal of nukes at one point....could be wrong though.
Slava Ukraini.
They'll never defeat a nation like this, slava Ukraini !