Can’t compare countries with different levels of growth and in different phases.
Socialism is a rich country’s economic model. One has to reach sufficient levels of prosperity and wealth to start dabbling in that

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I hope so, and I imagine that's true from a top-down perspective. But I suspect that the lower level troops, many of whom are not professionals, are probably a little more focused on rapid deployment rather than perfect documentation. Which is understandable, if not ideal

I didn’t claim an immediate prosperity from a colonial rule.
I can’t really fault the economic policies from independence to around 60’s. What caused the slow growth was a bunch of economic policies that included nationalisation in the 70s. That crippled the economy and almost went bankrupt in late eighties and nineties.

I bet that among the list of training that the Ukrainian military received documenting landmine placement was on the list.

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The F35 is dual capable. IRC the F16 and F15 are too. They can carry nukes.

I can imagine that would be one of the reasons they're hesitant to send stuff like that. Russians see a plane that could be carrying a nuclear bomb. It's flying towards the border. They could come to the wrong conclusion, especially if it's a stealth plane, and they're worried they might lose it.

Reaping the seeds they sew eh?

Anyone working in a call center isn't sending a probe to Mars.

I'm not sure there's anything for me to get. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

UK energy sources "live" data from Gridwatch.

I can attest to Israeli irrigation technology. Netafim makes, by a wide margin, the best irrigation products in the agriculture sector. Their drip products that incorporate check valves save me a ton of water every year by not draining the lines at the end of the irrigation pulse. Saves me close to 5 gallons per day, and I'm a small producer.

>I don't wish it, that's for sure. I also don't think Putin intended to annex the entire Ukraine. He might have intended a regime change.

He wouldn't have allowed democratic elections to occur, right? Plus, I'm pretty sure he would've annexed parts of Ukraine that are currently being fought over.

>We're not at the start of the war, are we? Right now it's Zelensky that rules out peace talks. Plus it's not like things started at the start of the war. There was a long history of Minsk agreements going nowhere.

Zelensky is ruling out peace talks with Putin because Ukraine tried to have talks with Putin only for them to be ignored. Russia said that Ukraine must acknowledge annexed territory as Russian, so they are not willing to negotiate.

>The US would be able to fill Crimea to the brim with military bases and missiles, and Russia would be unable to do anything up until the very moment of attack.

Ukraine was nowhere near to joining NATO, there were no plans of putting military bases in Crimea, and NATO wasn't going to attack Russia due to MAD.

Data from biased sources I suspect.

Embracing free market trickle down economics actually lowered the quality of life for the poor in my county.

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Well, yeah, but then again we've never before been a decade away from an actual, real Q10+ fusion reactor, even if it's not intended to be a commercial one, and now we are.

Just like Russia, a pathetic country afraid of social media lmao

Can you give me an example of a post-colonial nation that was able to become economically prosperous immediately after obtaining freedom using only free market capitalist economics?

I'm sure there are others, but ...I can't name any. I certainly don't know if a compelling reason to visit Peru, except for "maybe" Machu Pichu

> Without Western support, Ukraine would be taken over by Russia. I trust that you oppose that outcome, yes?

I don't wish it, that's for sure. I also don't think Putin intended to annex the entire Ukraine. He might have intended a regime change.

> Russia is the one who is not willing to negotiate, Zelensky was desperately trying to contact Putin to talk with him at the start of the war only to be ignored by him.

We're not at the start of the war, are we? Right now it's Zelensky that rules out peace talks. Plus it's not like things started at the start of the war. There was a long history of Minsk agreements going nowhere.

> NATO expansion is not a justification for the war, since NATO does not pose a threat to Russia.

NATO surely can be used as a shield for American military expansion. The US would be able to fill Crimea to the brim with military bases and missiles, and Russia would be unable to do anything up until the very moment of attack.

But training for what jets ? It can't be F16 as France has none. So does it mean France is also "considering" sending some Mirage ? some Rafale ?

Worked in Portugal

Trump wanted to criminalize statements made to congress under oath. “Colonel Vindman is a traitor and should be tried for treason” (punishable by death) Along with anyone else who said something he didn’t like. Then he did have him bumped off of the promotion list. The only one in over a thousand nominations. Oh right, sorry, let’s get back Iran.

Iran is really becoming North Korea, but unlike there, the Iranian aren't having it.