Well I haven’t seen that as something widespread, but maybe I tend to ignore it?
Most here are very much against Russian war crimes, so it’s a double standard if they support Ukraine doing it.

But there have been actions taken by Ukraine that have been called war crimes by the Russians, which are not. Russia is trying to create a false equivalence.
Be careful not to fall for that either.

No I didn’t, because it isn’t true.

Funny how war crimes are assumed, I’m obviously talking about militarily valid targets.
But yes you are right, committing war crimes will only lead to Russians wanting revenge.

That’s it!! Now I will NEVER use an iPhone as a server. 😋

How would that in any way help developing countries?

Cool 😎

Oh yes it’s changed alright, the lie has become bigger.
Consider the TV show married with children, a shoe salesman is married and has 2 children a house and a car, on a single lower end income.
And it wasn’t completely unrealistic back in the late 80’s to mid 90’s.

Why so low? in the 70’s we (Denmark) had a 4% budget for foreign aid! Later reduced to 2%, but we can do more if we want.
If we were actually directly at war with Russia, we would likely spend 25% maybe more on it.
Surely Europe can give more than 0.5% to stop Russia terrorizing Europe.
Clearly Europe and allies need to step up the game, now that we can’t expect more help from USA efter January.
We also need to do more against Hungary and Slovakia for being traitors to EU. That should not be allowed to go unpunished.

Ukraine is entitled both legally and morally to have their land back including Crimea.
Trumps advisor is talking like a Russian puppet.

It would be nice to see those missiles bring some of the heat of the war to Russia.

Absolutely, USA has a very egocentric way of thinking. Probably in part because everybody is indoctrinated with individual freedom is more important than life. So sociopathy is celebrated as a virtue, because absolute lack of morality is freedom.

However more and more Americans are beginning to understand that there is also freedom in things like not having to worry about hospital bills. Which is freedom for the masses instead of freedom for the few that are rich.

“One people, one nation, one ruler!”

To be fair, how is a school teacher supposed to know that’s a Nazi slogan, just because it’s common knowledge? /s
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/nazi_propaganda_gallery_03.shtml

For flooding, you can elevate a house.

Now you just needs to elevate the roads and everything else you use in your daily life like supermarkets too.
Typical egocentric thinking, that as long as your house is OK, everything else doesn’t matter.

I suspect Putin hopes that Ukraine will be more willing to compromise, if he keeps the pressure high, and Zelenskyy has no hope of aid from USA when Trump takes over.
But I think Zelenskyy knows or suspects that Russia is just as hard pressed internally as Ukraine is now, if not more.
But Iran may slow down sending more material to Russia, because now Israel is much more likely to attack them, because Trump will very likely give the green light when he becomes president.

How big of him. /s

You are delusional both about Musk and conservatives.

Ah yes, every year every grade gets a little bit easier, because everybody can just take what’s been done all the previous years.
I listened to this crap about “stealing knowledge” when Japan rose like a rocket among international economies, the song is always the same, and it’s completely ignorant of the fact that ALL rising economies did it on the knowledge of others. But probably none more than USA.
There is nothing wrong with that, and now USA has advanced far beyond the technologies they originally inherited from Europe.
And China is doing the same now, just like Japan did half a century ago.

Yes they are even stealing more advanced technologies from us than we have, I don’t know how they do it, it’s quite amazing. /s

I don’t see how China can be prevented in becoming a global leader in many or even most industries and technologies. The more important they are, the greater the likelihood that China will take the lead, because they will make greater effort.
As I see it, China has the economy, educational system, people and leadership to achieve it.
USA has better economy, but lacks in leadership, and can’t even maintain their infrastructure properly.
India has similar population, but is behind on economy and education.
Europe lacks in population and leadership, and is somewhat hampered by language barriers.

The only way to prevent Chinese dominance in the future, would be for USA, EU and allies to pull together. But there is zero political commitment in that direction, and with the election of Trump, I don’t see that changing for at least the next 4 years. And without it, China will soon become undisputed economic industrial and technological leader of the world, because they have ALL the necessary ressources, and make the necessary political decisions followed up with economic incentives.
China is doing this in every key area, while USA is trying politically only in ONE SINGLE AREA!! (chips)
There is no doubt who has the political leadership for the future.

PS: I am absolutely not a fan of China and their 1 party system, or their foreign policies ATM, they have become more aggressive in international politics and against their neighbors.
I am warning against letting China get too far ahead, just like we were many that warned about Trump. And probably with the same result.

To the headline: NO.

The clearest change that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is likely to make on foreign policy is in Ukraine.

Not really, despite his insane promises, he most likely will do nothing. Except block further aid to Ukraine. But that already happened when the house blocked aid for 8 months.

declining Western stockpiles

Many European countries are supporting Ukraines native weapon production, and increasing production in EU. Although USA has a bigger industrial complex, and some of the best weapons, I think the rest of the world will still more than a a match for Russia.

Ukraine’s significant manpower and corruption problems —have increased.

No it has not increased, and it is worse for Russia. Russia is blatantly corrupt, and their economy evidently cannot carry the burden of the war at current levels, where Ukraine has a financial budget for next year that seems way more sustainable.

Ukraine will win without USA, because the rest of the world will continue to support Ukraine.

For a terrorist state, this is a mild incident. But maybe it will help to show that Israel is not a lawful state. Making it easier to understand that they are not acting lawfully in many other areas.