US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

[joecct]

Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

I'd give them 2 weeks, tops, Senator.

@haaretzcom: McCain to Vladimir Putin, 'You will never defeat the Ukrainian people'
http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/1.762442

[Kepler]

Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

I'd give them 2 weeks, tops, Senator.

@haaretzcom: McCain to Vladimir Putin, 'You will never defeat the Ukrainian people'
http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/1.762442

And that's being very generous to the Ukes. ("Did he say 'Ukes'?") Ukraine looks like an excellent place to test Russian T-90 tanks: 3/4s of the country are Northern Lowlands and Coastal Lowlands, including a straight shot from the Soviet, er, Russian border to Kiev. Not to mention that Moldova to the south has a Russian minority that wants to rejoin the Motherland, and Belarus in the north is a Stalinist leftover more obsequious to Putin than Trump.

The West of the country hates the Russians but the East is pro-Russian and would probably welcome them as, well, you know... In all probability you'd get a partition where the West would call itself the legitimate Ukraine and join NATO and the EU, and the East would join whatever Putin is going to call his Co-Prosperity sphere. He's 65 this year and not getting any younger. If he wants to make the Big Move, clock's ticking, and he'll literally NEVER have a better opportunity with his unwitting dupe in the White House.

[LynahFan]

Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

At this point, can we just agree that to the incoming administration, ALL policy is "foreign?"

[Kepler]

Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

Interesting.

The editor of one of France’s most popular newspapers has said he will stop commissioning opinion polls ahead of next year’s presidential election, citing pollsters’ failure to predict Brexit or November’s US election.

Stéphane Albouy, who heads Le Parisien and its sister title Aujourd’hui en France ... said he wanted his journalists to focus on “on the ground reporting” instead of relying on surveys.

[burd]

Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

Interesting.

Very.

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

Interesting.

Nothing wrong with polling; just don't oversample, like they got caught doing in 2016.

[burd]

Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

Nothing wrong with polling; just don't oversample, like they got caught doing in 2016.

No, but any changes that might draw some of the media's attention away from the pure horserace aspect of campaigns might leave room for a little policy discussion. (Ducks down for Scooby incoming)

[5mn_Major]

Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

Nothing wrong with polling; just don't oversample, like they got caught doing in 2016.

Media polls (like anything else about media) is about drawing interest and related publicity. He may be advancing a subtle philosophy, but he's making a small but bad business decision.

[Kepler]

Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

So we're gonna have a Russian stooge in the White House. What could go wrong?

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

Putin wants all the 'Stans under his thumb just to prevent Afghanistan from becoming another terror breeding ground that could spill over into Turkmenistan, which has large, untapped reserves of oil and gas that I'm sure Russia and China have been plotting to loot for years. Also, so maybe he'll be in a better position to exert more influence over Tehran. Particularly if the Trump administration tears up Obama's deal, and the US goes back to square one with Iran.

[burd]

Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

BEIRUT (AP) — At least 43 people were killed Saturday when a car bomb went off in a busy market in a rebel-held Syrian town along the Turkish border, activists and rescue workers said.

The explosion ripped through the central market in the town of Azaz in the northern province of Aleppo, damaging a government building and local court house as well. Rami Abdurrahman, the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group, said those killed included six opposition fighters. He said the explosion was caused by a rigged water or fuel tanker, which explains the large blast and high death toll.

This is complex shyt, and we can only hope Trump and his minions are up to the task. Hopefully, it's tweetsolvable.

[walrus]

Many, many planes of war flew in and out of bangor today. Closest airport to europe, guard refueling airport. Iran?

[Kepler]

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Many, many planes of war flew in and out of bangor today. Closest airport to europe, guard refueling airport. Iran?

We just did a big deployment to Germany. Maybe they were coming back?

[joecct]

Re: US Foreign Policy: The Wogs Begin at Calais

We just did a big deployment to Germany. Maybe they were coming back?

They're going after the person at the helm of the Jadeites!

[5mn_Major]

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Here's a pretty cool Global Peace Index. Too bad its pretty much bunk.

First, with half the world's global military spending, a similar amount of its nuclear capability, and probably more than half of its military arms exports...I don't know that I'd call the US neutral as its posed here. Second, China if possible is worse. They threaten all their neighbors on a regular basis while supporting the world's biggest warmonger in NK, and have a large number of prerequisites to allow for a sustainable peace. Seems somewhat political.

http://www.realclearlife.com/news/20...e-opening-map/