🇪🇸🇮🇱 - Tbf, I don't think Spain waiting until the Catalan separatists are out of power before recognizing Palestine is a coincidence.
Should I post a "Geez, the voters didn't buy those shitlib op-eds saying they were fools for thinking the economy is not doing well" at 8am/whenever I wake up on November 6 if Trump wins?
Anonymous Poll
78%
Yes
22%
No
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Should I post a "Geez, the voters didn't buy those shitlib op-eds saying they were fools for thinking the economy is not doing well" at 8am/whenever I wake up on November 6 if Trump wins?
🇺🇸 - Democrats boasting about the state of the economy is retarded, will lead to Trump winning and it shows that having a capital city with only civil servants is a bad idea if you are a stable democracy.
🇸🇩 - Ethnic cleansing in El Fasher as people are seen marching through the desert after fleeing Abu Shouk camp.
🇦🇿🇦🇲 - I heard a second source, a very trusted one with no history of mistakes, float the scenario of a pro-Russian coup in Armenia followed by an Azerbaijani invasion.
🇫🇷🇳🇨 - French mismanagement of New Caledonia was and is of historical proportion, and reached a level where separatist groups are essentially trying to force France out.
First of all, it is important to understand the context we are in. The Kanak, despite having lost 6 referendums, are still natives. Thus, using any kind of lethal force against them is a huge political liability, and the same can be said for when gendarmes come back to France in a French flag-covered coffin. This isn't Catalonia, this isn't Scotland, this isn't Srpska and this isn't Quebec. Yes, I know that my followers are proud Westerners that will dislike me saying that, but keep in mind we currently have a democratic White House. A Western state needs to keep that in mind, as it means it can't just do whatever it wants.
For these reasons, when troubles arose in the 80s, French socialists from the time found a compromise with the separatists before being forced to leave: France would keep control of the Nickel mines in New Caledonia, would keep sovereignty over the islands, but would also greenlight 3 independence referendums and autonomy for the island. France then froze the electorate.
It is important to understand that under international law, New Caledonia is considered a non-decolonized territory. This means that according to the United Nations, France controls New Caledonia only de facto as an "administrating power".
Also, as you may have noticed, the Kanaks are not exactly your typical French suburbanite Arab 14 yo rioter that will run away from the police as soon as the police bring guns into the equation. What I'm saying is that, as I have predicted, the whole "This will end like Nahel riots" comparison was full of shit. Kanaks are a highly organized group that are united in their will for independence.
Macron was warned of this. He ignored the warnings. Why was he able to ignore those warnings? He reformed the prefectoral corps to be able to appoint any yes men he wants instead of choosing properly educated people.
Currently, the police is outnumbered, and this situation is likely to continue at least until the Olympic games are underway. This timing coincidence with the olympic games in France is fully man-made, as the French leadership knew they were risking to trigger civil conflict while the olympic games are imminent. Same thing for the war in Gaza which makes colonialism even less presentable than usually. That is why blaming Azerbaijan is completely tone-deaf: Macron, and him alone, is responsible for this situation.
The situation on the ground is critical, as even Macron recognized, with foreign countries doing repatriation flights, food insecurity, houses being burned down en masse, casualties, even unreported casualties and even Tiktok being banned. There is also a notable healthcare system collapse and schools being outright closed until at least late June.
As a conclusion, the more this crisis goes on, the less it is likely that any satisfying solution will be available for France other than withdrawing from this territory it possess since the 19th century. Macron apparently had an opportunity to end the crisis when he went to Caledonia yesterday, and missed it completely.
First of all, it is important to understand the context we are in. The Kanak, despite having lost 6 referendums, are still natives. Thus, using any kind of lethal force against them is a huge political liability, and the same can be said for when gendarmes come back to France in a French flag-covered coffin. This isn't Catalonia, this isn't Scotland, this isn't Srpska and this isn't Quebec. Yes, I know that my followers are proud Westerners that will dislike me saying that, but keep in mind we currently have a democratic White House. A Western state needs to keep that in mind, as it means it can't just do whatever it wants.
For these reasons, when troubles arose in the 80s, French socialists from the time found a compromise with the separatists before being forced to leave: France would keep control of the Nickel mines in New Caledonia, would keep sovereignty over the islands, but would also greenlight 3 independence referendums and autonomy for the island. France then froze the electorate.
It is important to understand that under international law, New Caledonia is considered a non-decolonized territory. This means that according to the United Nations, France controls New Caledonia only de facto as an "administrating power".
Also, as you may have noticed, the Kanaks are not exactly your typical French suburbanite Arab 14 yo rioter that will run away from the police as soon as the police bring guns into the equation. What I'm saying is that, as I have predicted, the whole "This will end like Nahel riots" comparison was full of shit. Kanaks are a highly organized group that are united in their will for independence.
Macron was warned of this. He ignored the warnings. Why was he able to ignore those warnings? He reformed the prefectoral corps to be able to appoint any yes men he wants instead of choosing properly educated people.
Currently, the police is outnumbered, and this situation is likely to continue at least until the Olympic games are underway. This timing coincidence with the olympic games in France is fully man-made, as the French leadership knew they were risking to trigger civil conflict while the olympic games are imminent. Same thing for the war in Gaza which makes colonialism even less presentable than usually. That is why blaming Azerbaijan is completely tone-deaf: Macron, and him alone, is responsible for this situation.
The situation on the ground is critical, as even Macron recognized, with foreign countries doing repatriation flights, food insecurity, houses being burned down en masse, casualties, even unreported casualties and even Tiktok being banned. There is also a notable healthcare system collapse and schools being outright closed until at least late June.
As a conclusion, the more this crisis goes on, the less it is likely that any satisfying solution will be available for France other than withdrawing from this territory it possess since the 19th century. Macron apparently had an opportunity to end the crisis when he went to Caledonia yesterday, and missed it completely.
🇦🇿🇦🇲 - Any Armenian currently watching the Pashinyan address is invited to translate it on the comment section of World Affairs Blog right under this post.
🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Russia says Zelensky isn't the legitimate Ukrainian president amid Yanukovych presence in Minsk.
🇷🇺🇺🇦 - If Putin reinstates Yanukovych as allied Ukrainian president, how can implement that, as most of the Russian-occupied territory is formally apart of Russia according to Russian law?
A solution could be a Ukrainian entity within Russia, which wouldn't include Crimea but would include other Russian-occupied territories which would have Yanukovych as its "President of the Russian autonomous republic of Ukraine".
The other solution would be to keep everything Russia already occupies under full Russian sovereignty with no Ukrainian autonomy or whatever... but occupying further territory that would be apart of a formally independent, unrecognized (except by Syria maybe) "Ukrainian republic" that would have Yanukovych as its president and would extend, say, from Vovchansk to whatever else Russia conquers.
A solution could be a Ukrainian entity within Russia, which wouldn't include Crimea but would include other Russian-occupied territories which would have Yanukovych as its "President of the Russian autonomous republic of Ukraine".
The other solution would be to keep everything Russia already occupies under full Russian sovereignty with no Ukrainian autonomy or whatever... but occupying further territory that would be apart of a formally independent, unrecognized (except by Syria maybe) "Ukrainian republic" that would have Yanukovych as its president and would extend, say, from Vovchansk to whatever else Russia conquers.
🇦🇿🇦🇲 - Pashinyan pulled a Macron-like speech with no announcement, defended his policies, compared himself to Moses.
🇷🇺🇺🇦 - BTW, after making this whole fuss about "peace summits" without Russia since more than a year and without any kind of tone down of the rhetoric beyond the bare minimum given the failure of the Robotyne offensive, I don't want to hear any Western leaders complain about how agressive it is for Russia to negotiate a fake Ukrainian peace with Yanukovych.
🇦🇿🇦🇲 - I like how liberals are like "Oh, you know, we need to do endless austerity because we know its a tough decision but its for the best" and then they just make a country lose half of its territory due to reckless geopolitical realignment.
Like, you don't care about morals, you don't care about reality, you care about liberalism. And not even liberalism on the long run, just satisfying your short term liberal impulses.
Like, you don't care about morals, you don't care about reality, you care about liberalism. And not even liberalism on the long run, just satisfying your short term liberal impulses.
🇮🇶🇮🇷 - I know how hitting on Iraq 2003 is a slammed through door since a long time, but I will just say this:
Iraq being under Ba'athist rule prevented any Tehran-Lebanon highway from existing. I do think there is a chance that things in the Middle East would've played out differently for Israel and the US if they didn't invade Iraq.
Iraq being under Ba'athist rule prevented any Tehran-Lebanon highway from existing. I do think there is a chance that things in the Middle East would've played out differently for Israel and the US if they didn't invade Iraq.
🇽🇰🇺🇸 - Albin Kurti criticized for lack of professionalism following comments about the consequences of a potentiel reelection of Donald Trump.