The ANC is not naive, just viciously and systemically corrupt. They know the institutions of South African statehood have been raped, depleted and looted by their own hands, it's just a matter of time before they lose any central authority from Pretoria, probably in the next 20 years or so.

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

In all seriousness, they're just taking the money, saying what Russia/China wants so long as it personally enriches them and will probably find themselves in quiet exile in 20 years. Probably in Singapore, and never having to face the consequences of their looting of an entire country's wealth and prosperity, and still not actually throwing in and living amongst the shithole states they claim to idolise.

blah blah blah Hindu Nationalists blah blah blah

Another one who didn't hear about the follow up report, that all "issues" with the Puma were minor. Which is the real issue with the readyness statistic just the other way around, that even really minor things make the machine count as not combat ready, even though it would be in a real war.

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Yeah we just let in millions of people who's chosen leaders have the destruction of Israel as part of their covenant. Delusional.

Yes, shame on those powerful activists and NGOs bullying the small, startup government of the CCP.

> That false information was further used to accuse Sweden of bias and hypocrisy.

Yeah, that was quite irresponsible from Israeli authorities. I understand why they wanted it to be perceived as them having more clout with the Swedish government than Erdogan and also they wanted to get all the praise for preventing that event from taking place, but those statements from Israeli Foreign Ministry and ambassador painted a completely wrong picture of how it went down.

The only way the Swedish government was involved is that the Swedish Prime Minister apparently got into direct contact with the organizer and asked him to rethink his plan, but it ultimately was the organizer's own decision.

hold up

Nobody is arguing that it isn't better to have both in NATO. But the truth is that Sweden and Finland have a lot more to gain from joining NATO than Turkey. So basically, Turkey can prolong this situation forever, the same way their candidacy to the EU is frozen. If Sweden doesn't want to make key concessions to Turkey, then they will not join NATO, not today and not in 20 years from now. If Finland wants to share the same future, so be it, but everybody would be safer, including Sweden, if at least Finland they joins NATO. And Finland saying they will not join without Sweden doesn't have any effect on Turkey's position.

Didn't they use drones to do exactly that recently?

Absolutely. I’ve been fascinated with them since college. Bolsonaro is disgusting.

One that got almost exterminated under Bolsonaro rule

One of the first books I had to read in college (1992) was by Napoleon Chagnon who spent years living with and studying them. What an interesting culture.

Sweden and Finland is the shaft and the sack. You can’t separate them.

It’s pretty sad that Russia must stoop to slavery and human trafficking to try and make progress on the battlefield.

Few warriors of their own so they’re trying to shake down over-crowded prisons in poor countries under autocratic or corrupt regimes.

What the hell is it with the word "slams" that makes media/ news agencies so wet in the underwear? They seem to love that word.

Croatia isn't slamming anyone, that shithole country cant even slam a god damn car door.

Screw this Ray Liotta wanna be.. couldn’t even advance in the World Cup with home field advantage…

I mentioned WW3 and got about 30 downvotes on this forum lol, hope is a hell of a drug. Be prepared, good luck and my best wishes to everyone

People talk about NK artillery, but they don't understand how much better and more accurate Western systems are. If people believe NK can flatten Seoul, they better believe the Finns can wreck most of the Russian border crossings within a day. Most folks don't understand how close Finland is to Russian population centers as well, while Finland's population centers are better protected from land invasion.

A sea route will never be viable for Russia, as their Baltic fleet capability is vastly overrated. They have little to no amphibious capability by modern standards. They have limited missile cruisers which would be utterly annihilated within the first 2-3 days.

If it turned into a conventional warhead ballistic missile fight, the entirety of Europe will invade Russia within the week.

So is Elon on 2nd place now?

As long as you trade with counties that do not follow sanctions, you have loopholes. Intentional or not. You knowingly sell through third party or they resell without you knowing.

We need a general ban on high impact goods trade to countries not participating in sanctions.

Literally in a thread about Israel sending military assets to Ukraine.

How deep the anti Israel sentiments and ignorance goes, it's always incredible to see.

Given his past associations with Trump, this should be denied, in my opinion.

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Standard need of the army in Israel. Every operation conducted deep in Palestinian territories must be followed by an armored military ambulance with a doctor/paramedic together with a team of medics.