30-12-2015, 08:00 PM
David: Thank you for your reasoned and reasonable response, although I'm not sure about Putin's foreign bank stash. (I know this is churlish, but is it any less likely that Bam has offshore $$$ as well? Do we just assume that Putin maybe does but Bam probably doesn't?)
Lauren: I'm not sure what you mean by opposing the empire, or how strongly you would wish him to do it. Seems to me that throwing major air and missile attacks in support of a regime the empire demands be "changed" is pretty strong. Denouncing "the West" (another term for empire) as being the cause of the Islamic State before the UN is pretty strong if you ask me. Russia and China held joint naval exercises in the Mediterranean Sea this year (see http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/china-and...terranean/). I suppose NATO was thrilled about that?
What would you have the man do, short of starting a thermonuclear world war?
Lauren: I'm not sure what you mean by opposing the empire, or how strongly you would wish him to do it. Seems to me that throwing major air and missile attacks in support of a regime the empire demands be "changed" is pretty strong. Denouncing "the West" (another term for empire) as being the cause of the Islamic State before the UN is pretty strong if you ask me. Russia and China held joint naval exercises in the Mediterranean Sea this year (see http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/china-and...terranean/). I suppose NATO was thrilled about that?
What would you have the man do, short of starting a thermonuclear world war?