Climate Change Thread

[Montmorency]

What else could we do? See Suez. After that, it was clear the only independent action we could get involved in was prevent Communism. Anything else and the Americans call in the debts.

Interesting article on the relevance of the Suez Crisis case for the American Empire.

[Gilrandir]

Yes, notice how Russia had to re-colonize some southern regions when the independent country that tried to run them failed because it wasn't ready yet.

Shall I quote you?

You are very unclear once more. ... Because your post could be interpreted several ways ...

[Husar]

Shall I quote you?

I was using the occupation of Crimea and Donbass to make fun of Greyblades' argument.

[Greyblades]

Poorly, your entire argument requires a preconception of russia as being equivalent to late colonial Britain, France, Belgium. and Portugal.

[Husar]

Poorly, your entire argument requires a preconception of russia as being equivalent to late colonial Britain, France, Belgium. and Portugal.

Yes, I forgot that Slavs are also Untermenschen in your ideology. Mea culpa.

[Gilrandir]

I was using the occupation of Crimea and Donbass to make fun of Greyblades' argument.

Your comparison was invalid. First of all, Crimea and Donbas aren't now colonies of Russia. Second of all, Ukraine didn't FAIL to rule them, it would still rule them had Russia not invaded them.

[Husar]

Your comparison was invalid. First of all, Crimea and Donbas aren't now colonies of Russia. Second of all, Ukraine didn't FAIL to rule them, it would still rule them had Russia not invaded them.

Oh really? That's shocking! I thought my one-liner was on the level of a PhD...

[HopAlongBunny]

The Arctic is where it's happening

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...oaa-computers/

The warming is fast enough to cause the NOAA's computers to flag the data as possibly erroneous

[Devastatin Dave]

Its called "weather"....