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12-08-2024, 08:26 AM
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#1326 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Originally Posted by whitev70r  ^ I know that Assad was a terrible tyrant but I did some initial reading about the Syrian rebels who overthrew him and they are Islamist militants associated with Al-Quaeda! That country is effed. Is this the case of one tyrant being replaced with another? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...ani-syria-hts/ | Definitely disagreeable with us politically lol
But I think they are probably more like what would be acceptable in that part of the world, compared to who Russia and Iran wanted there
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12-08-2024, 02:38 PM
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#1327 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by whitev70r ^ I know that Assad was a terrible tyrant but I did some initial reading about the Syrian rebels who overthrew him and they are Islamist militants associated with Al-Quaeda! That country is effed. Is this the case of one tyrant being replaced with another? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...ani-syria-hts/ | It's a cycle of the enemy of my enemy is my friend
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12-08-2024, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by snowball It's a cycle of the enemy of my enemy is my friend | Also he's a military leader, he did not take over the country nor was he "installed". They pushed the Syrian army out of the city and removed Assad. That's where we are now.
Now he leads one of I don't know how many groups who will want to take control (and I don't know who, if anyone, benefits the people rather than the West or Russia/Iran)
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02-20-2025, 03:39 PM
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So it seems like Zelensky has agreed to work with Trump over some sort of rare earth minerals plan in exchange for US support. Previously, a leaked version of the initial US plans pretty much suggests US will become an overlord raping Ukraine for its mineral resources as well as having the first right to approve financial dealings and such. It is unclear whether those terms have been revised now that Zelensky has agreed to "work with the US".
Since nobody outside of the US and Ukraine top brass knows what those newly agreed upon terms are just yet, I am not going to speculate what they might be. Obviously I can make some guesses, but seeing how Zelensky has agreed to them now, the only thing I can do now is to wish them good luck.
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02-20-2025, 04:22 PM
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Imperialism is still going strong in 2025 
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02-20-2025, 04:31 PM
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#1331 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Trump threatened to pull support if EU doesn't do the same, forcing Ukraine to cede to Russa. He has given them 3 weeks
They're not about to do this, so get ready for the US leaving NATO
And then get ready for the US to become even more isolated from the rest of the world, putting them at the same level as China. A country others will begrudgingly will work with only if it benefits them.
And good luck beating China at that.
Get ready for RMB to be the de facto currency, replacing USD, and everything that goes with it.
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02-20-2025, 05:01 PM
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Guess Telus was playing the long (long) game by not pulling the rest of the 4G Huawei hardware out of the network.
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02-20-2025, 05:43 PM
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#1333 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp Trump threatened to pull support if EU doesn't do the same, forcing Ukraine to cede to Russa. He has given them 3 weeks
They're not about to do this, so get ready for the US leaving NATO
And then get ready for the US to become even more isolated from the rest of the world, putting them at the same level as China. A country others will begrudgingly will work with only if it benefits them.
And good luck beating China at that.
Get ready for RMB to be the de facto currency, replacing USD, and everything that goes with it. | He also fears BRICS because China’s ultimate goal is to accelerate the de-dollarization process. I doubt Russia or even China will ditch BRICS, they know Trump’s time is limited, so they’ll play nice to extract as much as they can from him. Once he’s gone, they’ll resume their efforts to undermine US dominance.
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