What you are implying is that Russia must subordinate itself to a world economic system dictated by the West and, in particular, by America. — Apollodorus
gunboat diplomacy... — Apollodorus
Who is doing the bombing, here? — Wayfarer
Is that what they did when China invaded and annexed Tibet? Or when Turkey invaded and occupied Cyprus? Or when Turkey invaded and occupied Kurdish territories in Syria and Iraq???!!! — Apollodorus
I posted to this thread to register my outrage at what is being done to Ukraine, and I'm done with it. — Wayfarer
The only way would be if you would be sure that the other side will chicken out. — ssu
The Geneva Summit, the first meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, was held on November 19 and 20, 1985. The two leaders met to discuss the Cold War-era arms race, primarily the possibility of reducing the number of nuclear weapons. Hosted in Geneva, Switzerland, the meeting was the first American-Soviet summit in more than six years.
At Geneva, the two men quickly developed a rapport, even as they debated—sometimes quite ferociously—international issues of such grave importance. Gorbachev left a good impression on Reagan, who described the Soviet Secretary General as having “warmth in his face and style, not the coldness bordering on hatred I’d seen in most other senior Soviet leaders I’d met until then” (Gaddis 229).
I've said all I'm going to say. I posted to this thread to register my outrage at what is being done to Ukraine, and I'm done with it. — Wayfarer
this outrage - entirely valid - comes packed in an apologia and ideological flag-waving for Western power. — StreetlightX
Not everyone can be a politically nihilist — Olivier5
not cheering on a bunch of proven murderers is a baseline ideological position of mine. — StreetlightX
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