I think being on Russia's border might have a little more to do with it than refugees. The refugees would be coming from Ukraine and they are not fortifying that border.
To play the devil's advocate, Poland and the Baltic states received a lot of third country refugees (from Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, etc.) from Russia and Belarus before the war in Ukraine.
It was a hybrid warfare campaign where Russians would advertise how easy it is to cross the border and how good life is on the other side. They would also help them get to the border.
Those refugees quickly overran Baltic refugee centers and caused political instability.
China is busy with more important things than the petty conflicts of Western countries. China is not going to shut down all businesses and economic trade because Western sanctions failed. The rest of the world is not involved in your bickering.
You failed math. EU 448 million, US 335 million, Canada 38 million, Australia is 26 million. Then again, math is not important according to certain people in the government and the laymen. 61 billion dollars is going to do nothing for Ukraine. You know why? Math. It is that simple.
Russia is not at war with NATO, NATO is not a country, NATO's demands of 2% spending on military does nothing to de-escalate the situation, NATO membership for ukraine was used as a partial justification for the russian invasion, and it has been clarified that ukraine was never getting in
NATO is a front established to counter communism by the rabid imperialist american empire, if the united states had an interest in sheathing their sabres NATO would be dismantled
the united states has at this point agreed to send more money to ukraine than was sent during the marshall plan (marshal was later given a nobel peace prize for his work combatting communism rebuilding democracy)
have fun dying in a trench when you get called up, be a good lad and run along now, your spilled blood will line the pockets of american arms executives
Firstly, absolutely nobody in this comment chain said Russia was at war with NATO.
Second, it's Russia that started invading independent foreign countries in this recent conflict, of course Russia's neighbours and their allies aren't going to reduce their spending, they don't want to risk being invaded or threatened.
Third, it is true that they haven't really tried to deescalate the situation, but I don't see how they could unless Russia accepts to entirely leave all of Ukraine's territory, which Russia is unwilling to do. There can be no compromise here, anything else would make Russia the imperialist state...
And just stop with the personal attacks, they only end up making your arguments less credible
Tankie is big mads. I'm not worried at all. I just can't possibly imagine living you life around all these trumpeters and incel tankies. Like is it just you all repeating acKtually at each other all day?
Argentinian culture is leftist, which is why inflation is a persistent problem and economic decline is a daily, annual news cycle for them. It is not surprising that governors of states don't obey the central government regarding things like subsidies, because they don't follow rules in the first place. Democracy does not work for Argentina.
In my language (german) ukraine is feminine. Die ukraine. And as such, you always have to use the pronoun (die).
You can't for example say "USA haben gewählt" since the US too is feminine. It's always "Die USA haben gewählt" (The USA have voted)
So in german you say "Die ukraine ist nur eine Sideshow" which will then become "the Ukraine is just a sideshow"
Which is a very Cynical take btw but i fear that it could be somewhat true.
You can however say just the countries name if it is Neutral (das). "Deutschland hat gewählt" "germany has voted". Here it would actually be weird to use "das Deutschland". Only Exception is the United Kindom (Das vereinigte Königreich). It's constituents (england, scottland, wales) however will then again be without the pronoun. "Schottland hat heute gewählt"
The Ukraine is the Russian way of referring to the country. That is why this has mostly disappeared in western media. In German many countries get an article so the translation is indeed tricky as it puts back something in English that refers to something the Ukranians requested to be removed.
But in German it is indeed the normal way of referring to countries. You also provided an eloquent response.. keep being awesome!
Pretty funny come to think of this... I can imagine stuff like this can really blow out of proportion in official talks.
Depends on if Trump wins. If he does, the US will let it happen. If Biden is in office, we will at least send strongly worded letters of disapproval to China.
Oh pipe down. Biden has been tasked with trying to undo the continuous damage the GOP guided by Trump are doing to the international stability.
Under Trumps influence the world has dramatically destabilized and everyone is rearming. Old conflicts are brewing, the political right is on the rise.
And everyone is seeing on display that the so called greatest country on earth is inept in holding a former president accountable for an insurrection he manufactured.
During trump's presidency the world has seen the blatant lies or alternative facts and how much they pay off.. every accusation they make is an admission.
Narcissists and psychopaths are having a field day being out and open, since their emperor has shown that if you are brazen enough, noone can touch you.
Unless you live a subsistence lifestyle and somehow also produce all of the complex goods you need, you care.
A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would more or less kick off world war three. To say that's bad for everyday life is an understatement, and that's assuming nobody launches nukes.
I’m confused. So Macron’s party was democratically voted out by the people? So instead of accepting defeat like any rational person/party would, he decided to call a mulligan and do it all over again? What’s he going to do if they lose a second time?
As an American, I feel like this is somewhat familiar, and would have negative consequences.
Edit: I will admit, I am not as savvy with foreign politics. I jumped the gun, and made an incorrect assumption based on my emotions. For that, I apologize. I do want to thank k those who took the time to explain it to me; I have learned something today, and it’s appreciated.
His party lost hard in the EU Parliement elections tonight. The last legislative elections in France were a few years ago, and this is the one he's calling for right now.
Basically the opposite of what you've suggested. Theoretically this is allowing the parliament to more closely align with what the EU elections suggest the people want. Obviously he's probably hoping that his party is voted back into power, indicating that France actually does support a pro-EU stance, but that's not guaranteed to happen.
Two separate elections, he's got power in France but at the European level people just voted for another party, so he's started the election process in France to let people decide if they want the party in power in France to reflect the choice they just made at the European level.
Pennsylvania has just voted in an election for US Congress on the federal level, and voted in the Republicans with huge gains. The Democratic Pennsylvania Governor then calls for an election for the state legislature of Pennsylvania (this can't be done in the US, but let's pretend it can) so that the people can elect a new state legislature that more closely aligns with their current position.
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