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"If you build it, they will come."

Sure, but the point stands that the bomb wouldn't be available for a few months. And pulling the plug on aid would definitely be a problem for them eventually, but just because you cut off the start of a supply pipeline doesn't stop the rest of the stuff that's still in the pipe from flowing ...

I stand corrected on what your position is on that subject. Oh, is that what you're worried about? The debt is a problem but it's not going to come to a head that soon unless interest rates double or triple from what they are now and stay at such a high level for a long time. That would put...

Ah, so perhaps "end of USA by 2040" in the same sense that "KGBstan killed Russia". I still don't buy it but it's less unbelievable than the USA actually ceasing to exist as a recognizable geopolitical entity by then.

If you only bet on sure things, you miss a lot of opportunities. Half the reason the rich get richer is they can afford to bet and lose a few times when the bets that pay off more than compensate; but you have to be able to eat a few losses, or willing to risk everything.

The story explicitly says the production boost is "to supply Ukraine" as well as replenish NATO stockpiles. Is the story incorrect as to what officials claim?

I think we have reached the point of "agree to disagree". Thank you for your thoughts.

A good attempt, but given the most recent post I'm not sure that's what was actually meant. In any case, that's a sensible view of history. It's just that... ...if Germany's ambitions are no longer following the old imperialist paradigm, then it follows that subjugating its neighbors may no...

Poland sanctioned worse than Russia? What on earth are you talking about? And perhaps you can clarify something else for me. Do you think that Germany cannot succeed without putting its boot on Poland's neck, or do you think that Germans are just obsessed with hurting Poles even when there is...

Right, so in WWI, Germany played the role of an imperial power butting heads with other imperial powers, hoping to get a bigger piece of the pie and reaping only sorrow. In WWII, it was more of a fanatical revanchism, spurred by socioeconomic catastrophe and kept afloat by death cult propaganda...

I thought about arguing against this but then I realized it was posted by ATP.

The US has been interested from time to time, but Denmark has never been interested.

Irrelevant? Surely not!

As for the missile systems, Poland has a choice between building their own or buying from America, while Belarus has a choice between building their own or buying from Russia. Given the latter choice, I'd build my own, too. American hardware is expensive, but you get what you pay for. Russia...