European leaders tell Putin to agree to unconditional ceasefire by Monday or face ‘massive’ sanctions
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I would have defended against agreeing to specifically target civilians, yes.
This is only something that you have assumed that other people want. Dismantling a settler colonial state is not genocide, on the contrary, it prevents future genocides. And obviously, a settler state can only be dismantled through violent forceful actions, especially against those who seek to uphold it. Any pretenses otherwise are just as delusional as the belief that Nazi Germany could have been destroyed without killing the millions of soldiers of the Wehrmacht who fanatically defended the regime to the very end.
Or in other terms, there are no wars against the leaders, the very concept is nonsensical. Leaders don't fight wars, soldiers do.
Wouldn’t it have been better to fatwa specific Israeli leaders instead of the entire country that is full of civilians who didn’t cause this?
I hate this excuse liberals keep making, either to whitewash the actions of nations that have lost their minds, or to do cringe "I hate the government not the people" sthicks.
The government doesn't fall from the heavens. The Israeli leaders, just like the Americans or Nazis did not come out of nowhere and cause mass hypnosis amongst the innocent populations whose only crime was to be too weak to resist hypnosis. These leaders emerged from the population. They were supported by the population before they acquired legislative/executive power (that's how you aquire the power in the first place). Their commands mean nothing if the population doesn't go along with it. These leaders are leaders of nations only so long as they represent the wills of their nations, and the will of their nations is to kill, to loot and to worship their capitalist masters.
No man, and I mean none at all rules alone. One comes to realise this truth when one converses directly with the supposed innocents in America, or Germany or Israel. These people by and large know that their governments are involved in genocide (at this point, who isn't aware?), and if they aren't actively cheering it on, at the minimum they are going along with it.
Please no exploitation of gnc folk 🥺
Russia is still basically a heavily militarised Italy in terms of its economy
Are we still believing this bullshit?
Russian economy (2022):
Total Energy consumption: 33.8 Exa Joules
Energy consumption per capita: 234.397 GJ
Europe economy (2022):
Per capita: 62.68 GJ
How the fuck was this even something Europeans actually even found themselves believing?
Democracy is when you live in the country with the highest suicide rate in the world and a corporate dystopia where union or communist organising is illegal.
The approval rating for the government, like all liberal "democracies" (none of them are democracies) is 36%. I could guess that it was lower than 50% before goggling it because it's almost like a law of liberal democracy. The people don't actually have any control over policy (which is always controlled by oligarchs in countries with parliaments). Once the election hype dies down, being betrayed becomes inevitable.
The problem is that decoupling from the US is a very complicated process, especially when it comes to technology. Well, it's complicated in the sense of how to decouple without hurting corporate profits/control, or giving rise to a populist momentum.
It is explicitly the policy of the chinese government to not try to take Taiwan by force unless some red line is crossed and the one china 2 systems policy is irreversibly violated.
Since the policy hasn't been irreversibly violated, the mainland hasn't invaded. This has been the system for the past 70 years and has been maintained by every Chinese administration, including the current one which has run for 10 years already and has still maintained the same 1 china 2 systems policy.
Of course, due to many factors, such as the fact that an invasion is still possible, the military build up along the first island chain by the west in an attempt to encircle china, and the ability of western powers to cut off oil imports to China by blocking off the straits of malacca, the mainland builds up naval power as quickly as it can.
However! As other commentesr have pointed out, these barges are actually useless as military equipment, as can even be seen in the photo that is presented. Why would a country with aircraft carriers and a virtually unlimited supply of drones/missiles rely on such comically sinkable bridges to roll in tanks into Taiwan?
“It’s crucial that your support for Ukraine doesn’t decrease but instead continues and grows,” Zelenskiy said, according to a text of the speech. “And this is especially true for air defense, military aid, and our overall resilience.”
It's crucial, why? What will it accomplish?
Kallas has put forward a proposal for EU members to deliver as much as €40 billion in military aid this year, stepping up after €20 billion flowed to Kyiv in 2024. Assistance would be voluntary, but participants would be encouraged to make contributions in cash or equipment in proportion to their respective economies. After several countries balked, the debate was narrowed to focus this week on the ammunition component.
Amazing. Every EU country is rushing to ramp up military spending by using the war as justification. Hundreds of millions of euros have been slashed from welfare budgets. And yet, they don't want to spend any of this money in the country where the war is actually happening!
Literally the entire top level of the government is appointed by the president, who also effectively has supreme veto power over every decision (since vetos can only be overturned by 2/3rds majority, which probably won't happen).
Like at this point literally just make an absolute monarchy it would be more efficient.
He said Russia had suffered more than 50,000 losses during the operation - including those killed, injured or captured.
I love how they are clearly just making up numbers.
Last week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said he believed the Kursk operation had "accomplished its task" by forcing Russia to pull troops from the east and relieve pressure on Pokrovsk.
But it is not yet clear at what cost.
It's over. Ukraine has been "at what cost"ed by the BBC.
I don’t see how his plans are lacking actually. They’ve already established dialogue with Russia. It’s going well both according to the US and Russia. Seems to me that there’s a very good chance they will come to an agreement this year.
I agree that the end of the war will be negotiated by the Trump admin, and likely this year, since the AFU can'thold out much longer. Certainly, his relationship with Russia is much better than Biden's, but tbh that's a very low bar to clear.
When I say that Trump's plans are lacking, I am referring to his overall geopolitical strategy. I might have missed out on some development that happened recently since I haven't kept up with the news this week, or maybe I just don't see the big picture yet.
Ruining the relations with Europe could be part of the strategy here.
This is a possibility, I'll keep an eye on it.
Whom do they need hard power against if they normalize relations with Russia exactly?
They will need some level of hard power maintained in europe to pressure any European government or left-wing movement against doing things that will harm American investments. They will need hard power to defend against the ruse of such movements to begin with. I don't think it's far fetched to assume that the Trump admin is aware of the possibility of large scale populist upheavals in Europe bringing harm to American assets. Especially with climate change and nationalist sentiments intensifying.
That's in the optimistic scenario that relations with Russia are fully normalised. Although I suppose in a full divestment scenario none of this is necessary.
I think Trump genuinely understands that the war is a sunk cost, and on top of it he knows that it’s going to be an Albatross around his neck if he doesn’t end it.
I don't think it matters what Trump's genuine beliefs are or aren't. His administration's ability to execute his plans is severely lacking, that's even assuming that his words line up with what the admin wants behind closed doors.
Furthermore, the rapprochement with Russia will allow him to divert resources to Asia which is where the US sees a real threat now. In the grand scheme of things, Europe is just not that important anymore from the US perspective.
I think it will prove to be much more difficult to divest from Europe than people are expecting, and that like most of Trump's gambits, his admin will half ass it and call it a day.
The amount of American capital invested into Europe is staggering. The UK alone has more American FDI than the entirety of the south-east Asia (including China). US corporations also store 64% of their foreign assets in Europe. My point is that America cannot actually divest from Europe. It has to maintain a hard power and soft power presence in the continent to safeguard its capital. If Europe starts buying large quantities of American weapons (as Trump wants them to), it only strengthens American interest in the region.
I expect that either the US and Russia work something out, which I think is most likely, or the US will simply bail on Ukraine and cut their losses. The reality is that the US is unable to keep the war going much longer materially, and unlike the Europeans, they actually acknowledge this fact.
Well, the Americans and Russians will have to work something out at some point to end the war.
Well, the "european interest" I refer to is the interests of the working masses but
I suspect the european elites are instrumentalising the crisis to smash their domestic welfare states on the grounds of national security
This is what I suspect as well. The elites see an opportunity while the euro libs seek to prove to their authority figures what good dogs they are by betraying their class.
So far this isn’t anything like that period in German history.
Seeing the rise of AfD and Germany's agressive collaboration on the Israeli genocide, I have to respectfully say, liberals like you are willfully burying your heads in the sand.
Poland has been doing more than its share for Europe defense
Europe's defense against who? Europe faces no actual military threats from anybody. And no, civilians in the imperial periphery or immigrants don't count as military threats. For the last 3-4 centuries, the only nations who have been killing Europeans are other Europeans.
Americans are more likely to invade Europe than help them in a conflict.
Even Trump, who is trying to shake down Europe has actually continued/resumed aid to Ukraine. I can't believe that Europeans are falling for a con from the world's greasiest clown. He only postures so that you guys are scared into spending more money on NATO and American weapons.
Wakes up to do what? Kill more kids in the Middle East?
If NATO tries to get Ukraine to join, the war will be prolonged and escalated. If they don't, then what the fuck was Ukraine holding out so long for?
NATO is stuck in between a rock and a hard place. There is no way for them to come out of this without taking a massive hit to their reputation (which would be well deserved).
This video is only further proof of this. Europe and America can only "solve" this contradiction in the tried and tested way. Choose the easiest option, loot the parties involved, massage public opinion then move on. And often these steps don't even happen in order.
They kind of are, since the US military, finance oligarchy, industry and us aligned media completely dominate Canada. For the most part, trump doesn't even need to annex them to make them into the 51rst state of America.
It’s very likely that many parts of those vehicles are sold to these companies by CCP owned or partly-owned businesses, from the steel to the leather to the plastics, these cars are cheap for a reason.
Tell me you have 0 understanding of the socialist market economy without telling me you have 0 understanding.
Please reduce gas imports more. Cripple any semblance of industry and power you have left. You will only use industrial power for killing children in Gaza and maintaining policing infrastructure either way. Better to let the gas be used by Chinese and Indian consumers (unironically).