A two state solution won't work. Hamas has control over Gaza which is basicaly a city , and it's gone to hell. It would be insane to give them more land.

Is Russia really in a place to talk shit anymore?

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Yeah. Even in this post-civil war period, they’re so dysfunctional they have been going through one of the worst economic crises ever recorded (according to the World Bank). It just doesn’t work.

Pretty sure those countries will realize it's a bad idea when some men think the money is worth the risk and sign up, then never come back. I doubt enough will sign up to significantly boost Wagner's ranks or offset their loss of personnel. The bigger issue is Wagner getting their hands on resources to fund the war.

I'll...just enjoy my oil money alone then. 🫠

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Rio Tinto has to be one of the shittiest companies on the planet.

They also make the Kaliningrad gap a lot less of an issue.

Explain to me how Finland and Sweden outside of NATO is safer for Finland than Sweden out and Finland in?

Russia can't bully neighbors any more, not with how far behind they are. They are about to lose an war to ukraine and in a year or two the whole western border will be NATO. I guess they can try to bully azerbaijan, but, seem to be deterred from trying this in the last few years. If they go after Georgia it would get western weapons to defeat them. I doubt China would permit them to bully kazakhstan or north korea. So, they are outclassed by all neighbors.

Yep. Look no further than Lebanon to see what that dysfunction would look like. Not an inspiring track record

Yep. Unfortunately it seems like a demographic issue as well. Current Israeli adults have predominantly lost trust in Palestinian leadership due to the intifadas plus the growing share of Haredim as a % of population. Will require some buffer time until (hopefully) the voter base has replenished with people who have not experienced intifadas. Similarly, Palestinian youth are increasingly affiliating themselves with Islamist groups (Hamas, PIJ, etc.) rather than secular groups. While I have plenty of criticism for the PLO/PA, at the very least they are ideologically able to make compromises and less tied up in religious absolutism.

Yeah I remember a joke at school (in a developing country) that a good proportion of news stories are always about buses ‘plunging’ and the currency ‘plummeting’, and maybe they could switch it up to add some variation

Right. Can. But hypothetically would you rather be between a bully and someone who will help you, or a bully and someone who can help you.

I don’t blame Finland.

And that’s why Israel has them too

Who was it that said: "Capitalists will even sell you the bullets to kill them with."?

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Because the best option is to tax more the rich to get what the pension cost. He is a former Rothschild investment banker, so he does not want to upset his friends.

I remember hearing speculation not long after they took over again that they would deliberately create humanitarian crises in order to get international aid packages. This was right around the moment they found out they wouldn't have access to the previous governments finances and they were getting black listed for aid from every western nation.

Neither side wants this because it’d immediately devolve into a dysfunctional sectarian state likely to descend into civil war.

At this point, the Biden administration (and pretty much most governments in the world) accept that neither side is willing to make the politically explosive concessions necessary for a peace deal. For example, the Palestinians would likely need to give up their right of return, and Israel would need to give up many settlements and more.

I guess they’re just waiting until either side has their own Anwar Sadat. Until then, they mostly just want to avoid war with many casualties.

What NATO country forced North Korea to invade over the 38th parallel?

Sweden can help defend Finland anytime they want, they don't need to be a NATO member to do that.

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