The USSR wasn’t perfect and there were some mistakes that they have done, such as supporting Israel early on. But one lasting good thing it did was help People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) develop their missile program. We are seeing the lasting legacies of this now.

An interesting source on this: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP06T00412R000200350001-0.pdf

And I thought we here ate a lot of meat.

pacifists

did the meaning of the word change? Europe is not what I would consider as pacifists

I don’t know about these reports. I wish they are true, and maybe they are, but I think they are generated to justify increasing the military budget.

Will I live to see China mop the floor with the US? I can only dream

Totally normal, not suspicious at all

Gina is such a rabid Sinophobe. Let’s see how far her hate will take her and the rest of the US.

Yes, I am not overly concerned. As I see it with enough cheap energy and technology, it is a livable problem, if only the entire region had peace and stable governments. Some cities in the more prosperous countries have outdoor air conditioning, and what luck cooling is a more efficient process than heating. I personally hope we develop nuclear energy and use outdoor air conditioning in all cities.

Don’t complain about heat if you haven’t lived around the Persian Gulf. I know what true heat is like and you can watch this and see https://youtu.be/adcfm-fBhSw

Dubya: They hate us for our freedom

This is going even better than I hoped for. I wonder how long this will last and what will be the long term effects of this.

Sarah Palin husband was in some Alaska independence party

GCC states get demonized for the treatment of migrant workers and a lot of it is justified. But at least all of them are moving to have heat protection laws in place!

https://www.newarab.com/news/qatar-takes-action-protect-workers-extreme-heat

Unfortunately this is life, it always has been like this and always will be. There will be people you are interested in that won’t reciprocate, it happened to all of us, and there will be people interested in you that you won’t be interested in, she probably exists but not on your radar, women in general are less direct about their interests and wait for the man to make the first move. I had both happen to me, a woman I was interested in that rejected me and a woman that was interested in me that I rejected.

If you feel the need to be sad then take your time and deal with your emotions. Rejection is tough and can be demoralizing, be it a job or a love interest. What you are going through is normal.

This is a good thing for China. As someone who worked in tech in the US I always had more Chinese and Indian coworkers than any else. I don’t know if US politicians are aware or not but let them hurt themselves.

In the past i used to wonder how and why empires fall. Now we are witnessing it, and it is not one thing but an accumulation of contradictions and self sabotage.

Cheers comrade. May you always be pleasantly surprised

Still holding the same view now?

Total victory is no longer a realistic goal

Neither is partial victory, or any victory.

China is already the largest exporter of cars and they are pretty much banned from the US market except for US-branded cars like the Buick Envision. There’s the whole rest of the world where China can undercut and possibly annihilate US and European makers.