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Science | Ukrainian bat research spun into a false tale of bioweapons
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noddy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 3:56 amI lived on the middle eastern strip in Melbourne for a few years - mostly Turks and Lebanese but quite a bit of Iranian as well - delicious food.Heracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 3:23 am
https://youtu.be/ysYGCtGYGdc?t=25
https://youtu.be/MX1VQFv3Z8g?t=294
they worked too hard, 7 days a week, building a future their kids end up not caring about.
takes 1 or 2 generations for that desperation to go away and become a proper lazy, entitled local.
Have cousins in Sydney .. yes , they built their future the hard way .. true too, takes 1-2 generations to fall into western routine
Reason is, when they come from back home, they feel "insecure", financially and socially .. 1-2 generations later, it's smooooth sailin
Re Chinese food, Chinese food inside China not same what we call Chinese food in Vancouver Canada .. it different
Vancouver has excellent Chinese food restaurants .. "North American Chinese food"
http://www.kirinrestaurants.com/
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Typhoon wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:04 am
Science | Ukrainian bat research spun into a false tale of bioweapons
Disinformation campaign centers on routine collaboration on bat parasites
This Bio research lab in Ukraine, a bit, smelly.
Victoria Nuland says something to the effect that : Ukraine/We must pay attention that those data do not fall into Russian military hand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvRpntmUIxs
Why should innocent "Ukrainian colleagues to survey bat parasites, mostly bloodsuckers such as ticks and fleas" not fall into Russian hand ?
Nuland saying Ukraine and US should hide what was being researched in those Bio lab .. She says this explicitly
Apparently all US and Ukraine messages re this are deleted .. looks like something being hidden
Probably there something we don't know .. Chinese are seconding this too
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Nothing to see there Atari
Colonels first time seeing propaganda. Doesn’t know what to do with it
Colonels first time seeing propaganda. Doesn’t know what to do with it
Censorship isn't necessary
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Bat research. All over the globe, USA researching BATS. Can’t get enough bat research
Censorship isn't necessary
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the pope now has an opinion.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... kraine-war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... kraine-war
Pope Francis has denounced the “perverse abuse of power” on display in Russia’s war in Ukraine and called for aid to Ukrainians, whom he said had been attacked in their “identity, history and tradition” and were “defending their land”.
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“The heartbreaking scream for help from our Ukrainian brothers pushes us as a community of believers not just to serious reflection but to cry with them and work for them; to share the anguish of a people wounded in its identity, history and tradition,” Francis told the meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia.
“The blood and tears of the children, the suffering of women and men who are defending their land or fleeing from the bombs shake our conscience. Once again humanity is threatened by a perverse abuse of power and partisan interests, which condemns defenceless people to suffer all forms of brutal violence.”
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Is there any conspiracy theory that you don't believe in?Mr. Perfect wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:01 am Nothing to see there Atari
Colonels first time seeing propaganda. Doesn’t know what to do with it
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May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
Re: Ukraine
Who cares what some clueless American bint did, or did not, say.Heracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:20 amTyphoon wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:04 am
Science | Ukrainian bat research spun into a false tale of bioweapons
Disinformation campaign centers on routine collaboration on bat parasites
This Bio research lab in Ukraine, a bit, smelly.
Victoria Nuland says something to the effect that : Ukraine/We must pay attention that those data do not fall into Russian military hand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvRpntmUIxs
Why should innocent "Ukrainian colleagues to survey bat parasites, mostly bloodsuckers such as ticks and fleas" not fall into Russian hand ?
Nuland saying Ukraine and US should hide what was being researched in those Bio lab .. She says this explicitly
Apparently all US and Ukraine messages re this are deleted .. looks like something being hidden
Probably there something we don't know .. Chinese are seconding this too
.
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
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bats are filthy animals with strong immune systems so they end up carrying lots of different virus's and creating new ones because of that.Mr. Perfect wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:04 am Bat research. All over the globe, USA researching BATS. Can’t get enough bat research
they interact with our fruit and livestock, so often are a cause of human pandemics.
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Why so many biolabs scattered about the country? Is the Ukraine replete with research biologists who refuse to work together?
It is likely most of these are manufacturing different pathogens. That could require separate facilities.
It is likely most of these are manufacturing different pathogens. That could require separate facilities.
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Typhoon wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:20 amHeracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:20 amTyphoon wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:04 am
Science | Ukrainian bat research spun into a false tale of bioweapons
Disinformation campaign centers on routine collaboration on bat parasites
This Bio research lab in Ukraine, a bit, smelly.
Victoria Nuland says something to the effect that : Ukraine/We must pay attention that those data do not fall into Russian military hand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvRpntmUIxs
Why should innocent "Ukrainian colleagues to survey bat parasites, mostly bloodsuckers such as ticks and fleas" not fall into Russian hand ?
Nuland saying Ukraine and US should hide what was being researched in those Bio lab .. She says this explicitly
Apparently all US and Ukraine messages re this are deleted .. looks like something being hidden
Probably there something we don't know .. Chinese are seconding this too
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Who cares what some clueless American bint did, or did not, say.
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.. A good one
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Not clueless. Neuland directed the Maidan coup.Who cares what some clueless American bint did, or did not, say.
https://www.state.gov/biographies/victoria-nuland/
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https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.pre ... 1.10682008
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.pre ... 1.10682008
For Aleksandr Dugin, the most influential thinker in Russia, the war in Ukraine is a historic moment that will usher in a new world order
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Propaganda is not a conspiracy theory. It's a part of daily life.Typhoon wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:10 amIs there any conspiracy theory that you don't believe in?Mr. Perfect wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:01 am Nothing to see there Atari
Colonels first time seeing propaganda. Doesn’t know what to do with it
You are making a straw man argument. Why are you doing that.
Censorship isn't necessary
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No kidding! We need 100's more around the world! Especially in places like Syria, North Korea and Venezualanoddy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:21 ambats are filthy animals with strong immune systems so they end up carrying lots of different virus's and creating new ones because of that.Mr. Perfect wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:04 am Bat research. All over the globe, USA researching BATS. Can’t get enough bat research
they interact with our fruit and livestock, so often are a cause of human pandemics.
Censorship isn't necessary
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Or Bio-labs are where Bio-weapons are found. Transportation of old bio weapons being problematic.The Soviets were notorious for dispersing. Presumably to make sure they had some left after a nuclear exchange.Nonc Hilaire wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:58 pm Why so many biolabs scattered about the country? Is the Ukraine replete with research biologists who refuse to work together?
It is likely most of these are manufacturing different pathogens. That could require separate facilities.
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Doc wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:38 pmOr Bio-labs are where Bio-weapons are found. Transportation of old bio weapons being problematic.The Soviets were notorious for dispersing. Presumably to make sure they had some left after a nuclear exchange.Nonc Hilaire wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:58 pm Why so many biolabs scattered about the country? Is the Ukraine replete with research biologists who refuse to work together?
It is likely most of these are manufacturing different pathogens. That could require separate facilities.
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I think, all treaties banning WMD, nuke, Chemical, Bio are into toilet and flashed long ago ..
"Certain" big powers don't value other nation's lives .. for them, if "push comes to shove", they will use nuke, Chemical and Bio weapon "on other people".
1950's, Eisenhower time, US had a plan, in case USSR overruns Iran from north, to create a "nuclear bomb" wall to stop USSR .. there was no mention that this would mean 100s of 1000s of Iranian death.
United Nation no more for "all Nations" interest, but is controlled by a few nations .. did UN stop West supply Chemical to Saddam and bomb Iranian city with that ? NO .. not even debated
Meaning
Covid-19 very vividly demonstrated that a simple virus can stop a Nation .. we saw how everything in Europe, US and many other nations stopped , airlines west bust, Hotels, resort, cruise industry, restaurants , businesses .. all stopped
Am sure many military experts watching and scratching their head
World has changed dramatically since Bush Junior.
West/Israel were boasting first time hacking Iranian centrifuges, now mad mullahs hack Israeli gay dating sites with name, address and preferences
https://www.timesofisrael.com/suspected ... onal-info/
Next came Obama hitting "terrorist" with million dollar "drones" controlled from 10,000 miles away .. now Iranian $ 5000 dones doing acrobatic 50 miles inside Israel
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-697004
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mad mullahs need Grindr in farsi. Best they can do.West/Israel were boasting first time hacking Iranian centrifuges, now mad mullahs hack Israeli gay dating sites with name, address and preferences
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The world has become a very unstable place for civilizations and life in general. If I could only find that earth emergency stop button so I could get off.Heracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 8:17 pmDoc wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:38 pmOr Bio-labs are where Bio-weapons are found. Transportation of old bio weapons being problematic.The Soviets were notorious for dispersing. Presumably to make sure they had some left after a nuclear exchange.Nonc Hilaire wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:58 pm Why so many biolabs scattered about the country? Is the Ukraine replete with research biologists who refuse to work together?
It is likely most of these are manufacturing different pathogens. That could require separate facilities.
.
I think, all treaties banning WMD, nuke, Chemical, Bio are into toilet and flashed long ago ..
"Certain" big powers don't value other nation's lives .. for them, if "push comes to shove", they will use nuke, Chemical and Bio weapon "on other people".
1950's, Eisenhower time, US had a plan, in case USSR overruns Iran from north, to create a "nuclear bomb" wall to stop USSR .. there was no mention that this would mean 100s of 1000s of Iranian death.
United Nation no more for "all Nations" interest, but is controlled by a few nations .. did UN stop West supply Chemical to Saddam and bomb Iranian city with that ? NO .. not even debated
Meaning
Covid-19 very vividly demonstrated that a simple virus can stop a Nation .. we saw how everything in Europe, US and many other nations stopped , airlines west bust, Hotels, resort, cruise industry, restaurants , businesses .. all stopped
Am sure many military experts watching and scratching their head
World has changed dramatically since Bush Junior.
West/Israel were boasting first time hacking Iranian centrifuges, now mad mullahs hack Israeli gay dating sites with name, address and preferences
https://www.timesofisrael.com/suspected ... onal-info/
Next came Obama hitting "terrorist" with million dollar "drones" controlled from 10,000 miles away .. now Iranian $ 5000 dones doing acrobatic 50 miles inside Israel
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-697004
.
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Doc wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:15 pmHeracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 8:17 pmDoc wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:38 pmOr Bio-labs are where Bio-weapons are found. Transportation of old bio weapons being problematic.The Soviets were notorious for dispersing. Presumably to make sure they had some left after a nuclear exchange.Nonc Hilaire wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:58 pm Why so many biolabs scattered about the country? Is the Ukraine replete with research biologists who refuse to work together?
It is likely most of these are manufacturing different pathogens. That could require separate facilities.
.
I think, all treaties banning WMD, nuke, Chemical, Bio are into toilet and flashed long ago ..
"Certain" big powers don't value other nation's lives .. for them, if "push comes to shove", they will use nuke, Chemical and Bio weapon "on other people".
1950's, Eisenhower time, US had a plan, in case USSR overruns Iran from north, to create a "nuclear bomb" wall to stop USSR .. there was no mention that this would mean 100s of 1000s of Iranian death.
United Nation no more for "all Nations" interest, but is controlled by a few nations .. did UN stop West supply Chemical to Saddam and bomb Iranian city with that ? NO .. not even debated
Meaning
Covid-19 very vividly demonstrated that a simple virus can stop a Nation .. we saw how everything in Europe, US and many other nations stopped , airlines west bust, Hotels, resort, cruise industry, restaurants , businesses .. all stopped
Am sure many military experts watching and scratching their head
World has changed dramatically since Bush Junior.
West/Israel were boasting first time hacking Iranian centrifuges, now mad mullahs hack Israeli gay dating sites with name, address and preferences
https://www.timesofisrael.com/suspected ... onal-info/
Next came Obama hitting "terrorist" with million dollar "drones" controlled from 10,000 miles away .. now Iranian $ 5000 dones doing acrobatic 50 miles inside Israel
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-697004
.
The world has become a very unstable place for civilizations and life in general. If I could only find that earth emergency stop button so I could get off.
.
I think, West too should base their relation with the world on "trade" .. trade based on a "win-win" for both side.
Did bombing to "export" democracy and freedom work out "for the other side" ? .. does not look like it did
West did not understand that "democracy, freedom" is a "cultural" evolution .. cultural evolution, by definition, can not be "exported" .. rather is a "evolution" of the prevailing culture .. time is only remedy for that evolution.
With all due respect, West should learn a lesson from China, relation with the world should be by trade, FAIRE TRADE
If West considers China "Belt and Road" no FAIRE TRADE but predatory, fair enough, let world trading with China find out.
In that case, world will say , Western deal is FAIRE TRADE but China predatory trade leading to West "winning most deals" .. let market to decide
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If you had not noticed Iraq is still a democracy. Saddam was a great dam to hold back democracy in Iraq. It lead to the various color revolutions in the world.Heracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:37 pmDoc wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:15 pmHeracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 8:17 pmDoc wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:38 pmOr Bio-labs are where Bio-weapons are found. Transportation of old bio weapons being problematic.The Soviets were notorious for dispersing. Presumably to make sure they had some left after a nuclear exchange.Nonc Hilaire wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:58 pm Why so many biolabs scattered about the country? Is the Ukraine replete with research biologists who refuse to work together?
It is likely most of these are manufacturing different pathogens. That could require separate facilities.
.
I think, all treaties banning WMD, nuke, Chemical, Bio are into toilet and flashed long ago ..
"Certain" big powers don't value other nation's lives .. for them, if "push comes to shove", they will use nuke, Chemical and Bio weapon "on other people".
1950's, Eisenhower time, US had a plan, in case USSR overruns Iran from north, to create a "nuclear bomb" wall to stop USSR .. there was no mention that this would mean 100s of 1000s of Iranian death.
United Nation no more for "all Nations" interest, but is controlled by a few nations .. did UN stop West supply Chemical to Saddam and bomb Iranian city with that ? NO .. not even debated
Meaning
Covid-19 very vividly demonstrated that a simple virus can stop a Nation .. we saw how everything in Europe, US and many other nations stopped , airlines west bust, Hotels, resort, cruise industry, restaurants , businesses .. all stopped
Am sure many military experts watching and scratching their head
World has changed dramatically since Bush Junior.
West/Israel were boasting first time hacking Iranian centrifuges, now mad mullahs hack Israeli gay dating sites with name, address and preferences
https://www.timesofisrael.com/suspected ... onal-info/
Next came Obama hitting "terrorist" with million dollar "drones" controlled from 10,000 miles away .. now Iranian $ 5000 dones doing acrobatic 50 miles inside Israel
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-697004
.
The world has become a very unstable place for civilizations and life in general. If I could only find that earth emergency stop button so I could get off.
.
I think, West too should base their relation with the world on "trade" .. trade based on a "win-win" for both side.
Did bombing to "export" democracy and freedom work out "for the other side" ? .. does not look like it did
West did not understand that "democracy, freedom" is a "cultural" evolution .. cultural evolution, by definition, can not be "exported" .. rather is a "evolution" of the prevailing culture .. time is only remedy for that evolution.
With all due respect, West should learn a lesson from China, relation with the world should be by trade, FAIRE TRADE
If West considers China "Belt and Road" no FAIRE TRADE but predatory, fair enough, let world trading with China find out.
In that case, world will say , Western deal is FAIRE TRADE but China predatory trade leading to West "winning most deals" .. let market to decide
.
But largely you are correct it is cultural much more than an imposition from without.
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Doc wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 11:04 pmHeracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:37 pmDoc wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:15 pmHeracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 8:17 pmDoc wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:38 pmOr Bio-labs are where Bio-weapons are found. Transportation of old bio weapons being problematic.The Soviets were notorious for dispersing. Presumably to make sure they had some left after a nuclear exchange.Nonc Hilaire wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:58 pm Why so many biolabs scattered about the country? Is the Ukraine replete with research biologists who refuse to work together?
It is likely most of these are manufacturing different pathogens. That could require separate facilities.
.
I think, all treaties banning WMD, nuke, Chemical, Bio are into toilet and flashed long ago ..
"Certain" big powers don't value other nation's lives .. for them, if "push comes to shove", they will use nuke, Chemical and Bio weapon "on other people".
1950's, Eisenhower time, US had a plan, in case USSR overruns Iran from north, to create a "nuclear bomb" wall to stop USSR .. there was no mention that this would mean 100s of 1000s of Iranian death.
United Nation no more for "all Nations" interest, but is controlled by a few nations .. did UN stop West supply Chemical to Saddam and bomb Iranian city with that ? NO .. not even debated
Meaning
Covid-19 very vividly demonstrated that a simple virus can stop a Nation .. we saw how everything in Europe, US and many other nations stopped , airlines west bust, Hotels, resort, cruise industry, restaurants , businesses .. all stopped
Am sure many military experts watching and scratching their head
World has changed dramatically since Bush Junior.
West/Israel were boasting first time hacking Iranian centrifuges, now mad mullahs hack Israeli gay dating sites with name, address and preferences
https://www.timesofisrael.com/suspected ... onal-info/
Next came Obama hitting "terrorist" with million dollar "drones" controlled from 10,000 miles away .. now Iranian $ 5000 dones doing acrobatic 50 miles inside Israel
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-697004
.
The world has become a very unstable place for civilizations and life in general. If I could only find that earth emergency stop button so I could get off.
.
I think, West too should base their relation with the world on "trade" .. trade based on a "win-win" for both side.
Did bombing to "export" democracy and freedom work out "for the other side" ? .. does not look like it did
West did not understand that "democracy, freedom" is a "cultural" evolution .. cultural evolution, by definition, can not be "exported" .. rather is a "evolution" of the prevailing culture .. time is only remedy for that evolution.
With all due respect, West should learn a lesson from China, relation with the world should be by trade, FAIRE TRADE
If West considers China "Belt and Road" no FAIRE TRADE but predatory, fair enough, let world trading with China find out.
In that case, world will say , Western deal is FAIRE TRADE but China predatory trade leading to West "winning most deals" .. let market to decide
.
If you had not noticed Iraq is still a democracy. Saddam was a great dam to hold back democracy in Iraq. It lead to the various color revolutions in the world.
But largely you are correct it is cultural much more than an imposition from without.
Iraq a good sample that a good dictatorship is better than a bad democracy
Saddam was a "bad dictatorship" .. Spain's Franco was a good dictatorship
Iraq not a "natural" Nation, never been .. drunk British general invention .. Kurds no Arab , Arab Sunni (probably) less than 20% of Iraqi Arab .. and .. Iraqi Arab Shia "confused" who they ?
Democracy meaningless in Iraq .. better have a patriot, fair, wise dictator (meaning Shia)
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Dictators bad 101Heracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 11:21 pmDoc wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 11:04 pmHeracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:37 pmDoc wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:15 pmHeracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 8:17 pm
I think, all treaties banning WMD, nuke, Chemical, Bio are into toilet and flashed long ago ..
"Certain" big powers don't value other nation's lives .. for them, if "push comes to shove", they will use nuke, Chemical and Bio weapon "on other people".
1950's, Eisenhower time, US had a plan, in case USSR overruns Iran from north, to create a "nuclear bomb" wall to stop USSR .. there was no mention that this would mean 100s of 1000s of Iranian death.
United Nation no more for "all Nations" interest, but is controlled by a few nations .. did UN stop West supply Chemical to Saddam and bomb Iranian city with that ? NO .. not even debated
Meaning
Covid-19 very vividly demonstrated that a simple virus can stop a Nation .. we saw how everything in Europe, US and many other nations stopped , airlines west bust, Hotels, resort, cruise industry, restaurants , businesses .. all stopped
Am sure many military experts watching and scratching their head
World has changed dramatically since Bush Junior.
West/Israel were boasting first time hacking Iranian centrifuges, now mad mullahs hack Israeli gay dating sites with name, address and preferences
https://www.timesofisrael.com/suspected ... onal-info/
Next came Obama hitting "terrorist" with million dollar "drones" controlled from 10,000 miles away .. now Iranian $ 5000 dones doing acrobatic 50 miles inside Israel
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-697004
.
The world has become a very unstable place for civilizations and life in general. If I could only find that earth emergency stop button so I could get off.
.
I think, West too should base their relation with the world on "trade" .. trade based on a "win-win" for both side.
Did bombing to "export" democracy and freedom work out "for the other side" ? .. does not look like it did
West did not understand that "democracy, freedom" is a "cultural" evolution .. cultural evolution, by definition, can not be "exported" .. rather is a "evolution" of the prevailing culture .. time is only remedy for that evolution.
With all due respect, West should learn a lesson from China, relation with the world should be by trade, FAIRE TRADE
If West considers China "Belt and Road" no FAIRE TRADE but predatory, fair enough, let world trading with China find out.
In that case, world will say , Western deal is FAIRE TRADE but China predatory trade leading to West "winning most deals" .. let market to decide
.
If you had not noticed Iraq is still a democracy. Saddam was a great dam to hold back democracy in Iraq. It lead to the various color revolutions in the world.
But largely you are correct it is cultural much more than an imposition from without.
Iraq a good sample that a good dictatorship is better than a bad democracy
Saddam was a "bad dictatorship" .. Spain's Franco was a good dictatorship
Iraq not a "natural" Nation, never been .. drunk British general invention .. Kurds no Arab , Arab Sunni (probably) less than 20% of Iraqi Arab .. and .. Iraqi Arab Shia "confused" who they ?
Democracy meaningless in Iraq .. better have a patriot, fair, wise dictator (meaning Shia)
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