Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
Gawd you boneheads are stoopid- the author is Chas. Freeman, not me. Thank you for the magnificent compliment anyway, but entirely undeserved- I am neither an ex-Ambassador or a widely published author.

Anyway, great work from the Mod team- it's own Thread! My own particular interest in this whole Ukraine debacle is it's global geopolitical/ geostrategic and economic implications- not war porn. So let this thread be focused on broader geopolitical considerations involving current events- and the messy Megathread can be left to focus more on kiddyporn.
It is not that you post people with a differing opinion. It is that you appear to trawl the net looking for someone that does and give it creedence without mentioning the negative side of repressive autocracies you support.
I could write many posts about the the failings of america its support of some of the worst right wing regimes in an almost paranoic hatred of socialist and communist regimes. As the saying goes. "America will always do the right thing after exhausting all other possibilities." The saving grace of a democracy is its ability to get and do better via the people who elect them. The regimes you support do not have this ability with control over media and all forms of its citizens life.
The fact that you dont see what is blindingly obvious to anyone with average intelligence is that the overwelming choice of people around the world are democracies. No one is fleeing countries that are riddled with poverty, war or bad governance to China or Russia, they are all fleeing to USA Uk Europe Australia Canada N.Z. etc. These countries are the overwelming choice of migrants from all over the world for a reason, yet you fail to see this glaringly obvious fact while supporting countries where mass migration is always outbound.
No one is saying the west is perfect but just remind me where in Putin and Xi's paradise is your current abode or in fact most of the authors you quote? They are living in countries where their anti government comments can be expressed without a gaol sentence or a sudden disappearance following.
You and ohoh both mix an ounce of truth with a pound of lies.