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This concerns me. We need a rapid de-escalation of tensions.

You do that, and Donald won't be your friend anymore.

The U.S. has always honorably fulfilled any binding obligations with regard to Taiwan. The current position of the U.S. is detailed here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan%E2%80%93United_States_relations# Despite the U.S. having formally recognized the People Republic of China it...

In regard to China we should follow Teddy Roosevelt advice, "Speak softly, but carry a big stick." To that I would add, "Do not approach a delicate relationship with a belligerent attitude."

Brilliant! Thanks. Reminds me of that WWII cartoon in which two American G.I.s are walking down a paris boulevard. One says to the other, "Have you ever seen so many foreigners?".

when I read this my first thought was that it did not jive with what I recall happening, but it's been years and my memory was somewhat hazy. So I took the time to look up the details. In truth the U.S. made numerous, valiant attempts to protect Taiwan's representation in the UN but was...

My comments here and elsewhere generally have to do with the present century, but I do understand the appeal that history holds for many of us, especially when casting about for our "what abouts". One thing we can agree on is that the U.S. has been very consistent in doing what it's politicians...

I commented months ago that Biden was making a mistake to create an enemy out of China at a time when we could use China's help. And up to now they have been helpful by refraining from supplying military assistance to Russia. This current wave of China bashing got its start under the previous...

It seems if one wanted to cite examples of the Western democratic nations' hypocrisy we both could come up with much better examples than Taiwan or Hong Cong. It seems that the situation in Ukraine is not dissimilar to what could befall Taiwan. In Taiwan, as in Ukraine, both the will of the...

Yes, there are arguments. So how to select from the various arguments the one with the most weight behind it in logic and law? It seems not difficult to do this. If one of the several arguments has both the majority will of the Ukrainian citizens and the force of international law behind it...

ha ha, just as I thought. You couldn't do it!

I am guessing Vindman knows more about Ukraine than you do. Now prove me wrong without resorting to a diversion into something unrelated or an ad hominem attack on me or Vindman. Nevermind that this is an unfair challenge to you. Do it anyway.

Yup. So I think perhaps the judge allowing the prosecution to rattle on for days about Murdaugh's financial problems and stealing may form the basis for an appeal. The judge telling the jury to ignore what amounted to about nine tenths of what the jury just sat through may not be enough...

And of course the prosecution spent days harping on Murdaugh's history of stealing and lies, and the judge allowed this in. The judge should have demanded that the prosecution present a reasonable argument of why this history is relevant. In the end the prosecution tried to tie Murdaugh's...

It was a complicated case with no firmly established a time of death, only supposition on the part of the prosecution. No reasonable motive, and zero hard evidence. What was firmly established beyond a reasonable doubt, however, was that the defendant was opiate addicted at the time of the...

It is a growing number according to The New York Times Russia correspondent. It's been reported that the return of body bags to Russia, contrary to what I foolishly predicted would happen, is moving Russian sentiment toward Putin's gelatinous position*; not away from it. The original public...

This is, indeed, a succinct way to say what I took so many words to say. One has a very hard time seeing how this war can end without Russians, once again, being "fucked", as you say. Though the Soviet Union contributed mightily to the defeat of the Nazis in WWII, in doing so 24 million Soviet...

It seems "TheDawn" was referring to Ukraine's standing in regard to past and present international law rather than in regard to its current government budget.

At this point hundreds of billions would be an overstatement if you are only mentioning voluntary contributions. The actual amount spent on the Ukraine war and associated expenditures so far by the contributing nations is roughly < 0.6% of the total size of the contributing economies. Still...

It is Sunday morning, and as I read through the latest posts in this thread I can't help but notice a certain cognitive dissonance. I suppose brought on by what are felt as attacks on one's strongly held personal biases. One might go so far as to say personal biases almost as different as the...